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TIL - According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress

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xVvX5 TIL due to a decrease in progesterone and estrogen, women who work out on their period are more likely to feel fatigued while exercising but have the greatest potential for muscular growth during menstration.
oRW17 TIL that the Earth has been in an ice age for the past 2.58 million years, known as the Quaternary Glaciation.
7bVL TIL of the Wolverine frog, a frog that breaks its own bones in order to project claws through its skin when threatened
5Vwwr TIL that in 2014, a ship carrying over 420 people to Jeju in South Korea began to sink, and the captain abandoned the ship. Around 350 people died, and 260 were high-schoolers.
WlV8 TIL the Masai Tribe in Kenya donated 14 cows to the US after 9/11. “The handkerchief we give to people to wipe their tears with is a cow,” they said.