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9DLB TIL OK Go added their 35 minute track “9027 km” on their album “Oh No” in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software.
XEgNE TIL Disney currently owns 12 of the 32 highest-grossing media franchises of all-time
9YAm TIL that the orbits of all the planets of the solar system were within the same 90° arc of the solar system on February 1, 949, and that the next time it is thought this will occur is on May 6, 2492.
9wvn7 TIL that the real fiddle that belonged to Charles "Pa" Ingalls, made famous from the "Little House on the Prairie" books and series, was bequeathed to Laura Ingalls Wilder and is now on display at a museum devoted to her and her books. It is still maintained and played at museum events.
jdnQ TIL that pencils are yellow because, in the 1890’s, the world’s best pencil graphite came from China. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty, so American pencil manufacturers started painting their pencils yellow to indicate they contained high-quality Chinese graphite.