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TIL that the world record for keeping a pair of ferrets in your pants is 5 hours and 30 minutes

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grRQ4 TIL William Gibson, author of the seminal 1984 Sci-Fi novel about virtual reality titled ‘Neuromancer,’ knew nothing about computers at the time and actually wrote the book using a typewriter.
j6NRj TIL Scott Joplin suffered from syphilis, which came with many side effects that affected his piano playing abilities. Recordings of "Maple Leaf Rag" during his final years were described as "shocking... disorganized and completely distressing to hear".
JYZa4 TIL that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 has a song call Confisco from Charlie Brown Junior made possible because the fans made a petition asking Activision. CBR is a locally famous brazilian band, the singer most know as Chorão was a big skate advocate, he passed 2013.
O9XX TIL Eye movement in music reading is an extremely complex phenomenon that involves a number of unresolved issues in psychology. Despite some 30 studies in this area over the past 70 years, little is known about the underlying patterns of eye movement in music reading.
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