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TIL the band Boston, the album and the hit single "More Than a Feeling" were all created by one person, Tom Scholz, mixing tracks in his basement. The actual band was formed later to play the songs live.

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Y7xaG TIL Author Paek Nam-nyong is a household name in North Korea and his bestseller novel "Friend" became the first state-sanctioned novel available to English readers
5QZk TIL children who speak Mandarin are far more likely to develop perfect pitch because of tone association with words, and that one word can have up to four different meanings depending on the pitch at which it is spoken.
VBXBZ TIL that the name "Idaho" was invented George Willing, who represented the territory to US Congress despite losing the election to be delegate. He falsely told Congress it meant "gem of the mountains" in Shoshone, but later claimed he was inspired by a little girl named Ida.
wA1J TIL That even though North and South America are physically joined, there are no roads that connect the two continents.
VMb9G TIL 'Judy' the dog was on board the HMS Grasshopper, and could hear enemy aircraft coming in. The ship sunk, and she found fresh water for the crew on a desert island and survivied a croc attack and was eventually registered by the Japanese as a prisoner of war.