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TIL Baroque composers Handel and Bach were born 26 days apart and lived 70 miles away from each other but had never met

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R7bAw TIL that filmmaker James Cameron reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible on March 26, 2012. He is the first person to do this in a solo descent, and is only the third person to do so ever.
woLD1 TIL that the first American novel is considered to be "The Power of Symphony", published in 1789
P1g6L TIL that Napster is still around and relocating their global headquarters to Nashville… their annual revenue is $111.1M
8anMK TIL of Aardman Animations, a British animation studio based in Bristol. They are known for films using plasticine and clay animations, their most famous characters being Wallace and Gromit. They also did the animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" music video
e0lPE TIL Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit runs a cat rescue in Detroit.