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TIL a 124,500 square foot abandoned Walmart in McAllen, Texas, has been turned into the largest single-floor public library in the United States

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PY9GL TIL that despite having starring in roles in Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, Captain Phillips, Sully, Bridge of Spies, and The Post, Tom Hanks has not been nominated for an Oscar for 17 years
l7XGK TIL that vulture bees are a kind of bee that feed on rotting meat and produce a decay-resistant edible glucose product resembling honey. This is mistakingly called “meat honey” because it’s not actual honey, while the honey that bees do have is of unknown origin.
ZMZQ TIL the Sun has completed 18-20 orbits of the Milky Way galaxy since its birth but it has only completed 1/1250th of its orbit since the dawn of humans.
9wA56 Today I learned of Seneca Village, a settlement founded by free Black Americans that was seized and razed in 1857 to create New York's Central Park. Wealthy families successfully sued to prevent the seizure of their land that was the original site proposed for a park.
4XllX TIL that the Clash song Garageland was inspired by a critic's comment that "The Clash are the sort of garage band that should be speedily returned to the garage, preferably with the motor still running".