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TIL John Cage composed Imaginary Landscapes No. 4 which was scored for twelve radios tuned at random

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1aR0d TIL that WW1 was referred to as "The war to end all wars." Since it's end 100 years ago to the day, there have been a total of at least 224 separate wars around the world. Resulting in a total of around 67,380,966 deaths.
QMRL TIL that Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is only accessible by air and sea.
yQea TIL the book The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia beat out 50 Shades of Grey as Amazon’s Best Selling Book.
aNmZ TIL that a big part of Japanese school lunches is teaching schoolchildren food nutrition and are prepared with local produce, supporting local farmers. Famous chefs are also roped in to prepare special lunches to get feedbacks from children on what to improve on cooking for picky eaters.
4kA6a TIL that 5 Christian Churches use the title of Patriarch of Antioch: the Syriac Orthodox, the Maronite, the Syriac Catholic, the Melkite Greek Catholic, and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. Although no current patriarch is based in the city of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey)