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TIL Frank Zappa came up with a way to distribute music digitally in the 80's

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R7NZ9 TIL You don't have to swear on a bible when you enter office, you can swea on anything, you can even swear on Captain America's Shield
kODwg TIL Tarzan author E.R. Burroughs was the first author to attempt to license a fictional character across multi media platforms - books, comics, radio, movies, etc. Experts told him the various medias would compete against each other and fail. Instead it made him the wealthiest author in the US.
Bg8pk TIL white squirrels make up a third of the population of wild squirrels in Brevard, NC.
w7YY TIL of Verona Rupes, a cliff face located on Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus. At 33,000 feet, over six miles tall, it is the highest point known to man. Falling from the top would take a full 12 minutes.
gnny TIL that the producers of SIDEWAYS originally wanted Paul Giamatti’s Miles’ most cherished wine bottle to be a Petrus Merlot. Petrus’ estate owner declined, forcing a rewrite that included Miles’ most famous line: “If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!”