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TIL that Elon already once owned X.com back in 1999 - back then, one of the first federally insured online banks

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xVYeD TIL that Chinese science fiction writer Chen Qiufan published a short story using paragraphs automatically generated by AI, based on his own writing. That story won him a literary prize in a contest moderated by an AI judge, over Nobel laureate Mo Yan
kJPG1 TIL about the "Symphony of Industrial Horns". A avant-garde rendition of The Internationale performed by Arseny Avraamov in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1922. The Symphony utilized live sounds of trains, naval vessels, factories and other industrial installations across the city as its instruments.
4kEAJ TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus.
W5VN TIL When Jack Warner cast My Fair Lady, Julie Andrews was overlooked for the part, despite being Eliza on stage. When she won Best Actress on the golden globes for Mary Poppins against Audrey Hepburn (who played Eliza) , she got her revenge by thanking Jack for making it all possible.
jNrPQ TIL that in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetian explorer landed in Canada which he mistook for Asia and laid a claim on it for King Henry VII of England.