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TIL That Australia is Wider Than The Moon

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P1pRG TIL that the NYC neighborhood of Marble Hill is in Manhattan, despite being attached to the Bronx and not physically part of Manhattan island
7rX1L TIL that when Bill Withers was in his 30s earning $3 an hour, he went to a Lou Rawls concert. He overheard that Rawls (who didn't arrive) was to be paid $2000 for the show. Withers immediately bought a cheap guitar and started writing songs.
xj0b TIL giant pandas can survive on bamboo only because of gut bacteria
4kmg5 TIL The 200+ yr old open-outcry system that the NYSE used was disrupted by an entrepreneur who created a digital exchange that is what ETFs trade on now, and has replaced the often corrupted system that existed for generations.
OGyX4 TIL before she played elderly Rose in 1997 Best Picture winner Titanic, actress Gloria Stuart had been in one other film nominated for Best Picture... the 1934 film Here Comes the Navy