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

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KOP84 TIL in 2005 cannabis was found to convert cancerous cells in the lungs to a pre cancer state.
wj0J TIL That although Females are more likely to attempt suicide than males, Males are four times as likely to die from suicide.
w6pE TIL Magellan’s expedition claimed to have encountered giants in South America. While anchored near modern-day Argentina, Magellan’s men reported encountering 8-foot-tall men on the beaches of Patagonia. Historians have surmised that the “giants” were actuality members of the Tehuelche tribe.
VBMo8 TIL 19th century Londoners too poor to afford beds would rent boxes to sleep in. Those who couldn't afford the box would instead rent a rope, strung out wall-to-wall, and sleep with their torso hanging over it
woJ9M TIL pentagrams have been found on Sumerian pottery dating back to 3500 BCE