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TIL Mozart sold more CD’s than Kanye, Beyonce and Drake in 2016.

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xVRe0 TIL Brad Fiedel, when composing the now-iconic score for The Terminator, accidentally programmed his musical equipment to the unusual time signature of 13/16 instead of the more conventional 7/8. Fiedel found that he liked the "herky-jerky" "propulsiveness" of the signature and decided to keep it.
aD6o TIL Dogfish Head makes beer recipes based upon the chemical analysis of residue found on pottery and drinking vessels from various archaeological sites.
5YGOn TIL Vladimir Komarov, a trained pilot, was the only person on the Soyuz 1, knowing that it would eventually go wrong, he went on the rocket instead of his friend Yuri Gagarin, he went into orbit, and his ship went at a terrific speed, smashing into the ground and killing him on impact.
Z80DR TIL in 1995 an inmate filed a US$5 million lawsuit against himself. He claimed that he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested. He then asked the state to pay because he had no income in jail.
P1ZmO TIL in Denmark cars costing 226,500 DKK (31,550 USD/30,354 EUR) or more have a 150% registration tax