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TIL that I must quit listening to music

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RwWl TIL The most complex character in the Chinese language takes 57 strokes to write. It is a noodle dish.
p8YPe TIL that Nike lost the renewal of their shoe contract with Stephan Curry because they continually mispronounced his name during the sales pitch and because they used the same slide show with Curry as they did with Kevin Durant, but left Durant's name in the slideshow instead of putting Curry's.
wLpj6 TIL about Stank Baker, a man who had been booked to fly on the 1931 Avro Ten Southern Cloud disappearance only to cancel his flight and travel by train instead which saved his life. Because of this, he gained a fear of flying which became justified when he was killed by another flight 19 years later
nWoOo TIL Surgeons that grew up playing video games more than 3 hours per week make 37% fewer errors and had a 33% faster completion rate on performing laparoscopic surgery
B9Br TIL in the originally filmed ending of “I Am Legend,” Will Smith realizes he is the “monster” and the zombies have only been protecting themselves from him. The studio insisted on a replacement “happy ending”, which implies the discovery of a “cure” and nothing of the zombies’ humanity.