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TIL 3.5 billions of years ago a day only lasted 12h

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9YORG TIL of Bartholomäus Traubeck, an artist and engineer who discovered how to make music from tree rings. “A record player that plays slices of wood, [in which] year ring data is translated into music." The trees year rings are analyzed and this data is used to generate piano music.
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