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TIL: Josephine Stephenson, the soprano in Tenebrae's "Miserere mei, Deus" YouTube video, wasn’t scheduled to be there

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n0Xb TIL that Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians to ever live, became totally blind yet still continued to publish. He was able to perform computations in his head and had a remarkable memory.
wL1x8 TIL the fountain pen ink company Noodler's has an ink commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre - It's Blood Red
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N6E6 TIL that a “tramp” is someone who only works when forced to, a “bum” does not work at all, and a “hobo” is a traveling worker.