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TIL that as of 2020, Napster pays its musicians more than other streaming services.

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MM40 TIL The Albuquerque Isotopes minor league baseball team was actually named after the baseball team in The Simpsons
ADEk4 TIL Landing humans on the Moon required the most sudden burst of technological creativity and the largest commitment of resources ever made by any nation in peacetime. At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities.
D1wwY TIL William Henry Harrison, the 9th U.S. president, gave the longest presidential inauguration speech, in pouring rain, from which he contracted a cold that severely worsened, killing him and making him the shortest serving U.S. president.
9wxZm TIL Farrant and Manchester were rival occultists who tried to defeat the Highgate Vampire. The "magicians' duel" to settle the rivalry on Parliament Hill in 1973 never occurred and Farrant was jailed in 1974 for vandalizing Highgate Cemetery. The rivalry ended with Farrant's death in April 2019.
xVmGb TIL Bulgaria was the only Axis power allowed to keep the territory it gained in World War II, permanently acquiring Southern Dobruja from Romania.