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TIL there was a record called “Three Minutes of Silence” which was placed in juke boxes. Customers would pay for relief from the music.

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WkQaN TIL the landlocked country of Mongolia has the smallest navy in the world. It is a single tugboat with a crew of seven, located in Lake Khovsgol which is surrounded entirely by Mongolian territory.
OoAL4 TIL that a deaf painter named Granville Redmond befriended Charlie Chaplin and helped him develop the techniques he used in his silent movies. Chaplin gave Redmond a studio on the movie lot, collected his paintings, and sponsored him in silent roles.
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