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TIL Philips has a record label subsidiary. One artist that it produced for was Elton John’s singles from 1968 to 1970. Another artist was The Singing Nun’s “Dominique” which played frequently in the US anthology series “American Horror Story: Asylum”.

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6DXl TIL there’s a city in South Dakota called Gettysburg. Its slogan is “Where the Battle Wasn’t.”
EgZnp TIL in 1933 'stereo records' invented by Alan Dower Blumlein. Sadly, Blumlein did not live to see the lasting impact his many innovations had. He was killed on 7 June 1942, when the Halifax bomber he was flying in crashed during a trial of the H2S radar system. He was 38.
Oo1K4 TIL in Russian culture "British Scientists," is a running joke and Internet meme used as an ironic reference to absurd news reports about scientific discoveries, particularly ones that have no practical value. For example, "British scientists debunked the myth that mice love cheese."
GYeW4 TIL that in 2015 a Texas man was hospitalized after trying to kill an armadillo. After shooting at the armadillo three times with a .38 revolver, one of the bullets ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the face. The armadillo was not found by the police after the incident.
mxp4P TIL that the FBI wrongly accused Steven Hatfill of being behind the 2001 anthrax-filled letter attacks. He was compensated with $4.6 million.