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TIL that Garth Brooks is one of the last hold out big-name musicians refusing to put his music on iTunes because he disagrees with Apple’s approach to selling music. He will only make his back catalog of hits and his new music available for download on his own website.

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R7K9l TIL that the legendary 1981 film "Das Boot" was shot as if it were a silent film, with all of the dialogue and sound added later, because the cameras and their newly developed gyroscopic stabilizers, used for the submarine interiors, drowned out the dialogue and diegetic sound.
l78NK TIL about the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that practices Pastafarianism. Said monster created the universe while drunk. It's version of Heaven includes a beer volcano and a stripper factory.
v1Abx TIL all Treasurers of the USA have been women since 1949. Their signatures appear on all paper money.
jNZgv TIL - Handshakes where originally used to make sure that the other person wasn't carrying a weapon. The hand clasp proved their hands were empty and the shake proved there was nothing in their sleeves.
BgW9e TIL The Norwegian heavy-water saboteurs in 1943 put the whole operation on ice for 2 or 3 minutes to help the man guarding the facility find his misplaced glasses. After they found his glasses, they lit the fuses and the sabotage was a success. All saboteurs got out alive without any shots fired.