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TIL about the Roland MT80s, a boombox that played MIDI files from floppy discs. It also features a metronome to help people practice learning musical instruments. Also, Roland made these kind of machines up to late 2000s when they added an USB port.

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x6l7b TIL: The movie 'Last Christmas', is based on the 1984 Wham! song written by George Michael, and the story setting is Christmas 2017. With that perspective in mind, "last Christmas" would mean December 25, 2016, which is the exact same day that George Michael died.
6EBBX TIL The highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in the nation, Moose's Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, is in Anchorage, Alaska. Its annual sales are approximately $6 million.
9wpa6 TIL of Heteropaternal Superfecundation - When twins are conceived with sperm from two different men. One way this can occur is when the sperm survives for a few days inside the female reproductive tract.
OG8P4 TIL about the world's shortest war between two countries. 38 Minutes of British Naval Bombardment made the Sultan of Zanzibar flee to the German consulate for asylum. He was quite rightfully denied asylum and quickly surrendered.
Y7g9W TIL Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.