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TIL In 1958 Dutch Composer Tom Dissevelt tried to make “popular” electronic music. This track was the result. You could say he was 30 years ahead of his time.

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ADQOl TIL that the Indian Government banned the use of Dolphins for commercial entertainment, calling them ‘non-human persons’, and declaring that it would be morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment.
bEME TIL There was an unlicensed game released on the Nintendo Entertainment System called Somari, which was a derived copy of Sonic the Hedgehog that featured Mario instead. The name Somari came from SOnic and MARIo.
LkEMp TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.
gMlwL TIL Jim le Blanc was exposed to near vacuum for 15 seconds when his spacesuit sprung a leak in a test chamber. The last thing he noticed before he passed out was bubbling on his tongue. It was the moisture in his tongue that started to boil...
O50a TIL ancient Egyptians used tamed and trained cheetahs for hunting; this tradition was passed on and kept alive until the 20th century by e.g. Indian royalty