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TIL that the RIAA criticized the first MP3 player for having "no function other than playing material that was stolen from record companies"

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WkGY4 TIL that sponges are living animals and were the first animals to diverge from the evolutionary tree from all animals' common ancestor, making them the sister group of all other animals.
95Br TIL in the 1986 NBA draft, Len Bias, the #2 pick by the Boston Celtics died of cocaine overdose 2 days after his draft night. He is considered by some sportswriters to be one of the greatest players not to play at the professional level.
6ajw TIL the most senior officer to survive the Titanic also participated in evacuating soldiers off the coast of Dunkirk
x6Lbo TIL: That grey foxes are one of two species in the canid family that can climb trees. They have rotating wrists and can climb as well as squirrels.
6QkJ TIL that humans got crabs from gorillas.