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DQWKP TIL That the famous "Hillary Step" at the top of Mount Everest is no longer there. It was the last obstacle to the Summit. It is now an easier 45 degree slope instead of a vertical wall.
kjZ7 TIL that the first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones & connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.
b6RLQ TIL Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall were roommates together in NYC in the 1960s while working as struggling actors.
Wkl1N TIL The Makah Indigenous peoples call themselves Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx (Qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌). Makah was a title given to the Qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌ Indigenous peoples by others and means "generous with food".
WkPK4 TIL the most distant individual star ever observed is 𝟵 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 light years away from Earth. It's called 𝗜𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀 and it was detected through 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.