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TIL In 2019, the Wuhan Greenland Center under construction had its height scaled back from 636m to less than 500m

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EVrX TIL I learned that the band Aerosmith earned more money from ‘Guitar Hero’ than from any of their albums
OoPG7 TIL that when Robin Williams auditioned for the part of Mork, an extraterrestrial from the planet Ork, Williams sat on his head when offered a chair. He was hired on the spot, the producer later commenting “Williams was the only alien who auditioned for the role.”
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