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TIL of a piece of music that the Vatican did not want copied down. Doing so was punishable by Excommunication. Mozart memorized it by ear at 14 and the ban was lifted

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0dgON TIL due to the dangerous area their stadium was located, the Raiders had to schedule all their Monday Night Football games away in the late 80's.
e0wb5 TIL Why race horses have to piss so bad!! They are given diuretics before racing to keep them from bleeding in areas like the nose.
l78RG TIL about thick water, wich is intended to help people who have trouble swallowing — often called dysphagia stay hydrated and healthy.
NX8pe TIL the Cuyahoga River was so badly polluted by companies spilling oil on it that the river repeatedly burned, the last time was in 1969, sparking an environmentalist movement to clean up the river.
LkRmd TIL Coca-Cola in the Maldives is made from seawater