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TIL that in many typefaces rounded or pointed (like O or A) are slightly taller than flat letters (like X or H) to compensate for an optical illusion

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90lp TIL that 1989’s “Batman” soundtrack album was mainly composed by Prince, and is considered to be his 11th studio album, but since Prince had to agree to sign the publishing rights over to Warner Bros, none of the high-charting “Batman” songs appear on future hits compilations.
WkRvd TIL that Pabst Brewing Company made cheese (called Pabst-ett) as a way to survive Prohibition.
e0yYE TIL The Mayan empire was wiped out more than 1000 years ago by major, lengthy drought
gM5GD TIL that the furthest detected individual star is 14.4 billion light years from Earth. We can detect it from so far away because gravity from objects between us and the star have warped its light, magnifying it 2000 times and focusing the star's light onto Earth for telescopes to pick up.
YLgZ TIL that music preferences are strongly correlated with personality type, and that two of the most similar personality profiles are those of classical music fans and heavy metal fans.