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TIL of Detroit’s Eight-mile wall built in 1941 to separate separate black & white communities. It still stands to this day.

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VBYlG TIL America own an uninhabited zone called Howland and Baker Island, halfway between Australia and Hawaii. It observes it's own time zone called "Anywhere on Earth". A day has passed everywhere on Earth according to this time. Amelia Earhart was trying to reach here in 1937 before she disappeared.
6DDW TIL: The fictional company name “Acme” became popular in the 1920s, when numerous companies wanted to be at the top in alphabetized business telephone directories.
QN9Pk TIL that Suzanne Somers was fired from 'Three’s Company' for asking for equal pay with her male co-star, John Ritter, who was earning five times her salary.
Y7jdP TIL about the Emos vs Punks wars in Mexico and that the Hare Krishnas de-escalated the conflict.
9KPD Today I Learned In 2000, a fight broke out while Zevon was performing “Werewolves of London” at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Zevon stopped, waited for the fight to end, said “I bet this never happens at Sting concerts,” and continued the song.