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e0N0k TIL that there was another kind of hidden track possible on audio CDs call a pregap/zero track. You had to rewind from track 1 to hear it.
KOaoE TIL of a Russian analog computer built in 1936 that ran by a careful manipulation of water through a room full of interconnected pipes and pumps
rvQM TIL that “Chinese” is not just “Mandarin” and “Cantonese”, but at least 7 distinct language groups, or hundreds of local varieties, many of which are not mutually intelligible
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