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TIL of frequency 4625 kHz, a station no one claims and has been going since 1973.

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5V05p TIL: There was a chess controversy in India in 2021 during a charity match between billionaire Nikhil Kamath and a GM. It was revealed the billionaire cheated by hiring several chess experts and used computers to make perfect moves. He owned a stock brokerage
4k1Ag TIL about the Great Stalactite Organ created over three years by Leland W. Sprinkle at the Luray Caverns in Virginia by finding and shaving certain stalactites to produce specific notes. Recordings were sold on vinyl and cassette and can be found online and through music streaming services.
PYDG TIL: In 1908, Tesla predicted the Internet but with all our devices using wireless electricity to boot.
jMyp TIL that Joy Division/New Order bass player Peter Hook was questioned as a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper case. It turned out the band’s touring schedule was similar to the serial killer’s movements
LQN9P TIL that most states in the USA have an official state fossil, for example the Stegosaurus stenops for Colorado.