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TIL Despite his short life, 35 years, Mozart was able to influence the classical music scene with more than 800 works.representing every western classical genre of his time.

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YJer TIL The U.S. Government Spent $12 Billion Building The Worlds Largest Supercollider In Texas. And Then Never Opened It.
4Xmja TIL The B-52's have been a band for 55% of the time rock and roll has been a genre, and the B-52 aircraft has been in service 55% of the time aircraft have existed.
V5AQ TIL workers excavating the World Trade Center site in 2010 dug up a ship from the 1700s made from the same wood as Independence Hall, where the Constitution and Declaration of Independence were signed.
xGYo TIL in 1983 a preserved head was discovered at a bog in Lindow Moss. Believing the remains to be his former wife, Peter Reyn-Bardt confessed to murdering her in 1960. When testing later found the head was from 250AD, Reyn-Bardt tried to revoke his confession but was still convicted of her murder.
dnAB TIL that the Argentine cougar won’t defend itself against humans but start trembling, moaning, and crying to implore compassion.