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TIL that music streaming sites are basically aggregating cloud services like Dropbox with no connection to musical labels or artists

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oBAPL TIL it’s a myth that burning witches alive was a common practice. The myth that is generally accepted for the Salem witch trials originated with the European witch trials where a witch was hung/beheaded then burned to prevent postmortem sorcery.
aw1LZ TIL that Lana Del Ray's real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant. She was born in New York City.
d8gm9 TIL about the sport of "Tank Biathlon", a sport promoted by Russia where tank crews compete on a course like biathletes in the Olympics.
K7j6 TIL, the pen name, Mark Twain, is steamboat slang for 12 feet of water.
e0915 TIL Murgatroyd - as in "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" - is a family name and not some nonsense made up for Snagglepuss