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

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yVgal TIL that “Shanghaiing” was the practice in the 18th and 19th centuries of kidnapping men to become sailors on board ships, due to laws that imprisoned people for leaving a ship before the voyage was done

LQlkQ TIL famous baseball player Arthur Irwin committed suicide by jumping off a ship in 1921. When he died, two widows emerged. He had been living a double life and was married two different women in different cities.

GlpE TIL if you cut a bulldog ant in two, the two halves immediately get entranced in a fight to the death.

WovA TIL that a cup of Campbell’s Tomato Bisque has more sugar than a cup of orange juice, more sugar than 6 oreos, and more sugar than a serving of B&J’s Chunky Monkey.

b6bRa TIL that although the 1959 promotional jazz track “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet initially charted modestly, it became a sleeper hit in 1961 and went on to become the biggest-selling jazz single of all time. As of 2025, the song still retains the record.