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TIL Beverly Cleary (author of popular children’s books Beezus and Ramona and Henry Huggins) is still alive at 101 years old

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yBxp TIL entire 50-year operating budget of NASA from 1958-2008 was approximately 1/5th the cost of the 2008 Bank Bailout
KOLmG TIL the Olympic tradition of running the torch from Olympia to the host city first started at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
0dQDy TIL that the controversial blue and white dress illusion was replicated by neuroscientists with socks and Crocs
mxLGM TIL: The phrase "Dogs are a man's best friend." dates back to 1789 and was said by Frederick the Great of Prussia about his Italian Greyhound.
nylY TIL top level footballers show 10% less brain activity compared to amateurs during competitive matches and scientists have likened it to being on ‘autopilot’.