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TIL that the first woman to establish a bank in the USA was an African-American named Maggie L. Walker in 1903. The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was one of the few to survive the Great Depression and, after a merger, still exists today.

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ekMg TIL that although Walt Disney World has four parks and more attractions, it has fewer rides than the smaller Disneyland Resort.
xVAb1 TIL about Republic of Molossia, is a micronation bordering the United States, founded by Kevin Baugh and headquartered at his home near Dayton, Nevada. But Baugh continues to pay property taxes on the land to Storey County (the recognized local government), although he calls it "foreign aid."
YXE7 TIL Martha Stewart once dated Anthony Hopkins, but broke it off because she couldn’t get it out of her head that he was Hannibal Lector. Verified by her in a NPR: Wait Wait interview
vR4D Today I learned that, prior to the advent of Christianity, the LGBT were esteemed by Native Americans as having two spirits.
mxVny TIL the Vermont-Quebec border runs right through a library/opera house. The building is open to free use by both Canadians and Americans, provided they enter and leave from their country's respective door.