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TIL Aniston and Schwimmer from 'Friends' took a substantial pay cut to insure every cast member was paid the same

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1aXJW TIL while in 1930 over 65% of Americans went to the cinema weekly, since about 1964 that number has been steadily below 10%.
grLl8 TIL about the Reverse Mandela Effect - A phenomenon where an event or detail suddenly appears in the public consciousness that would have otherwise been too significant to forget. A popular example is the supposed assassination of MLK Jr.'s mother: Alberta Williams King.
GAyPE TIL songwriter Trevor Rabin wrote the entirety of the Yes song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" while sitting on the toilet.
v1d4x TIL that the oldest continuously operating Chinese restaurant in the US is not in New York or San Francisco, but Butte, Montana. Pekin Noodle Parlor opened in 1911 and is still open today.
4YM5 TIL of a Malawian teenager who taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. He then went on to build a second, larger windmill to power irrigation pumps. He did this all from books he read in the library.