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TIL that sales for the soundtrack of “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” surpassed the movie itself.

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oBOYr TIL sound can be focused into a singular spot with an acoustic lens like light with an optical lens
yVArw TIL one of george straits most popular songs, "armarillo by morning" wasn't an origional song, first being written and preformed by elvis sound-alike terry stafford
jNvZE TIL the Harry Potter books sold roughly the same as the movies at $7.7 billion USD
epVVn TIL the Calusa built fish holding pens 7x larger than an NBA basketball court in what is now Florida, requiring understanding of daily and seasonal tides, hydrology and fish biology in 1300 CE to cope with sea level changes
VBmA0 TIL when making the cover art for Pink Floyd's 1976 album "Animals," a 12-meter large inflatable pig broke loose and floated over Heathrow, causing flights to be canceled. The pig eventually landed in a farmer's field in Kent, scaring the cows.