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TIL that “and” and “&” mean different things in movie credits

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x6EBb TIL Nichelle Nichols wanted to leave Star Trek for Broadway and informed the producer. That weekend, she met Martin Luther King who said she was a role model and Star Trek was the only show he watched his kids stay up to watch. She changed her mind, and when the producer learned why, he teared up
XPvj TIL that in Norway only 5% of financial transactions use cash and the country could be cash free by 2020.
1D9D TIL HSBC processed cash for Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. At least $881m in drug trafficking money was laundered throughout HSBC accounts. The bank widened the windows at some branches to allow tellers to accept larger boxes of money.
9wJAG TIL Despite the entire animal kingdom in Australia trying to kill you, Australia has a rabies-free status
KYv1J TIL Jeanne Calment, a French woman who is credited as the oldest person to ever live, having lived to 122yo. In 1965, at 90yo, she sold her French apartment in exchange for a right of occupancy and a monthly revenue of €380, until her death. She received double the value of the property by 1995.