What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Oranj Oct 2021 9:04pm, 22 Oct 2021 2,860 posts	0 Oranj [I had forgotten about Ed Marimba. (He was a fictional character in my college student mag) Must check out the Zappa]
Dvorak Oct 2021 12:43am, 23 Oct 2021 23,653 posts	0 Dvorak The original Bojangles, Bill Robinson, was credited with the world record for running 100 yards backwards, with a time of 13.5 seconds, recorded in 1922. This record stood until 1977. Additionally, 25th May was declared National Tap Dance Day in the USA, in his honour. The song "Mr Bojangles" is only tangentially related to him. (Credit to swittle for setting me on the course to these.)
swittle Oct 2021 8:48am, 23 Oct 2021 80,643 posts	0 swittle ^ [A v respectable time for the 100 yards run conventionally! 'Mr Bojangles sounds like an inspired choice as an alias.]
Cerrertonia Oct 2021 11:02am, 23 Oct 2021 14,884 posts	0 Cerrertonia ["Zappa" the documentary film is on BBC4 tonight at 2100 (which may or may not be the progenitor of Cerrers Zappa marimbaist discovery)]. It was Greppers posting a youtube link to a marimba concerto on OTDIFH wot dun it.
Dvorak Oct 2021 11:47am, 23 Oct 2021 23,655 posts	0 Dvorak [This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaYvMwQd3cs People also ask ... "Who is the composer of six marimbas by Steve Reich?" Although I do wonder if there really is any crossover between people interested enough to ask, and people stupid enough to ask ]
GregP Oct 2021 1:59pm, 23 Oct 2021 129,983 posts	0 GregP I blame Apple in the first place. Their recommendations algorithm thingie is really pretty good on the music discovery front, but last week they threw up this horror: music.apple.com
swittle Oct 2021 3:10pm, 23 Oct 2021 80,649 posts	0 swittle Those marimbas are trippy!
larkim Oct 2021 5:59pm, 23 Oct 2021 15,842 posts	0 larkim South Africa has three capital cities - a legislative one (Cape Town), a judicial one (Blomfontein sp?) and an administrative one (Pretoria).
JenHB Oct 2021 7:24pm, 23 Oct 2021 206 posts	0 JenHB That there is a giraffe in Birmingham! or that there is a Lego store there
swittle Oct 2021 11:24am, 24 Oct 2021 80,673 posts	0 swittle ^ Lovin' this giraffe!