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TIL Alvin and the Chipmunks have won 5 Grammy Awards

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j8E TIL that since 2010, ps3 uses an audio watermark algorithm to detect illegal movie copies. It can survive compression, re-encoding and microphone recording yet it is imperceptible to human hearing.
Y7XZ TIL today 43 years ago today, the first ever computer-to-computer connection is completed
KOL5Q TIL about "Sludgefest". This is an album made by Brian Borcherdt in which he played old vinyls of Alvin and The Chipmunks on 16 RPM (instead of 33 RPM). This created a collision of pop vocals and sludge-filled doom metal instrumentals instead of the high-pitched songs you're used to.
yQdmX TIL IDAHO: Cannibalism is strictly prohibited and punishable by up to 14 years in prison, except under "life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival."
Meb67 TIL this yellow-pigmented male northern cardinal is most likely a genetic mutation that renders the pigments the bird draws from foods making it appear with yellow coloration rather than red. This is called xanthochromism; in addition to cardinals, it has also been seen in rose-breasted grosbeaks.