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TIL Apples originated in Kazakhstan and 90% of modern apples can be traced back to 2 trees.

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n7JG TIL It’s possible to listen to records that no longer exist by extracting audio from pictures of them
rDr1 TIL that pistol dueling was a sport in the 1908 summer Olympics. Contestants used wax bullets and metal masks for safety.
9Y9mX TIL in 1928, the founder of Juilliard overheard an audition of someone improvising on a Rachmaninoff classic. Appalled, he went to confront the blasphemer, but found an 8yo Black girl (Hazel Scott), whose hands were too small to hit all the right keys. She was deemed a prodigy & accepted immediately
6WYZ TIL reindeer eyes switch from gold in summer to deep blue in winter
BgEGx TIL that the city of Wausau, Wisconsin banned the throwing of snowballs from 1884 up to 2020.