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TIL that NYC architects once made a proposal for an upside down skyscraper, which would hang upside down suspended by air cables that would be attached to an asteroid.

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KO17R TIL that Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder, lead singer, keyboardist of 1980's new wave powerhouse DEVO, was the composer for Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok soundtrack and is signed on for Thor: Love and Thunder.
e01BE TIL Fortune 500 companies with strong growth profiles are more likely to engage in financial fraud than smaller, struggling companies
0wRN TIL That Bow tie Sales went up 94% after Doctor Who’s “The Eleventh Hour”
oBwnK TIL There was another game show called Double Dare. Hosted by Alex Trebek & airing on CBS, it pitted two contestants in booths attempting to identify something based on one-sentence clues. The champion would then face 3 PhDs(named Spoilers) in a bonus round. It lasted for 4 months from '76-'77.
e0w5k TIL That Buddy Bolden, the man credited with creating the musical innovations that would lead to the birth of Jazz, had acute schizophrenia and was permanently committed to a mental institution at age 30.