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TIL The blinking light atop the Capitol Records Tower spells out the word “Hollywood” in Morse code, and has done so since the building’s opening in 1956.

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gMVy9 TIL about Basil II. He is said to have captured 15,000 prisoners and fully blinded 99 of every 100 men, leaving one one-eyed man in each cohort to lead the rest back to their ruler. The king of Bulgaria was struck down by the sight of his blinded army and died two days later after suffering a stroke
5Ybap TIL In modern music sales, the "Album-Equivalent Unit" is used to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of 1 album copy. In the United States, 1,250 premium audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 3,750 video streams are equal to 1 album unit.
R58g7 TIL that it's not just the fur of Tigers which is striped, their skin is too.
J1Oj4 TIL Plants also use photosynthetic pigments that are not green. Most of the time we can’t see these other pigments because their colors get overpowered by the green color pigments.⁠
R5l68 TIL that the year 1816 was also known as the ‘Year Without Summer,’ ‘Poverty Year,’ and ‘Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death.’