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TIL that the music video for the song “Buddy Holly” by Weezer was included with Windows 95.

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Oo0X TIL Catholic Priests molesting children was such a problem in the 20th Century, in 1962 the church issued an instruction called “Crimen Sollicitationis”, reiterating another instruction issued in 1922, threatening excommunication for any clergy or victim that made a case public
ZKlY TIL the song “Happy Birthday” is no longer in copyright and Warner Music has been sued for hundreds of millions of dollars in improperly collected royalties
jNVYv TIL that the Rosenberg's where supposed to be executed at 11PM on a Friday. In an attempt to delay the execution, they claimed that it would be a violation of their religious rights to be executed on the Sabbath. Their plan backfired when the judge agreed but instead moved the execution to 8PM.
XEN5j TIL sharks are 90 million years older than trees
loAer TIL that Soviet artillery launched an attack in 1942 to silence German guns specifically so that Shostakovich's 7th Symphony could premiere in Leningrad, even though the city was under siege and the musicians were starving to death, with three dying during rehearsals