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TIL the field of archaeoacoustics looks at the possibility of extracting sound from ancient objects.

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78VRL TIL about project Cybersyn, an attempt to implement a socialist economy aided by real-time computer processing and pre-internet telecommunication-based coordination in 1970s Chile
BgMPe TIL that psychobilly pioneer Hasil Adkins had a tradition of mailing a copy of each single he released to the sitting president of the United States. In 1970 Richard Nixon wrote back, saying “I am very pleased by your thoughtfulness in bringing these particular selections to my attention.”
ZPNB TIL of Wolfgang Beltracchi, the most successful art forger of all time, who is famous not for making recreations of famous paintings, but for making originals in the style of famous artists, believable enough that hundreds of his works are on display in museums across the world.
xVAOo TIL of Titin, the largest known protein. The full chemical name of titin contains 189,819 letters and is sometimes stated to be the longest word in English, or of any language, but generic names of chemical compounds are regarded as verbal formulae.
695aY TIL: Tom Cruise is the same age Leslie Neilson was in “The Naked Gun” (61)