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TIL that if you played the actual, framed golden record awarded to artists, it will probably play a completely different album than the one the award is for.

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VBBKm TIL sorcery and wizardry are viewed by some anthropologists as crucial parts of modernity - they fully reject claims that magic is antiquated
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pQvN TIL that candle flames contains millions of tiny diamonds, as they contain all four known forms of carbon.
jE8M TIL that at the time of Steve Jobs’ death, Microsoft flew their flags at half-staff throughout their respective headquarters and campuses.
eJRb TIL of the Gaia Hypothesis, which states that Earth should be categorised as a single pre-life organism operating on chemical reactions, much like an amoeba.