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TIL Ancient Greeks did not consider "1" to be a number, and the idea of doing so would be controversial for centuries afterwards.

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d8ne7 TIL that Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" almost went to a hemorrhoid commercial.
KmjQ TIL Michael Jackson became the first artist in history to have a top 10 single in five different decades (six decades if his Jackson 5 tenure is included).
e016n TIL Auto-tune was created by Dr. Andy Hildebrand in 1997 and the first song to use the pitch-correcting software on vocals was “Believe” by Cher in 1998.
ojbY TIL Microsoft made a series of marketing blunders including CUNT (Critical Update Notification Tool), Bang (now bing) and spent $200M promoting the line “Prepare to Fly” just before 9/11.
e0kWD TIL of the Lizardman Constant, which basically says that 4% of polling data is worthless due to people either being insane or deliberately corrupting your data