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TIL that in 1959, an eccentric musician named John Cage composed a piece titled "4'33"," which consists of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence. Just pure silence. No music.

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wop4W TIL scientists recovered DNA from the extinct miniature elephant on Sicily. Two different species of miniature elephants evolved separately on the same island. The smallest one was a meter tall and weighed about 300 kgs. The other was about 2 meters and 1,000 kgs.
JX84 TIL The founder of the Jehovah’s Witness, Charles Taze Russell once sold Magical Miracle Wheat. It was later discovered to be nothing more than a money making scheme.
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