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TIL of Alex Steinweiss who invented music album cover art

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kJYxW TIL the tree topper used on the Rockefeller Christmas tree since 2018 has 3 million Swarovski crystals and weighs 900 pounds (408.23 kg)
xV7LB TIL that in 1978, an inspection of a damaged U.S. Navy ship revealed the remnants of claws from the tentacles of a giant squid. The claws were much larger than any that had been seen by scientists, indicating that the squid was of a size substantially greater than any that had been documented.
6vOX TIL that Jim Carrey auditioned for Saturday Night Live. Ultimately, he was dropped in favor of Charles Rocket. Who is Charles Rocket? The villain in Dumb and Dumber.
DNDV TIL there is a cemetery for German WWII soldiers maintained in Normandy, France
jNnOE TIL of the Da Silva family from Brasilia, whose members have 6 functional digits in each hand.