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TIL New Zealand is part of a vast submerged continent known to scientists as Zealandia.

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VBnek TIL maternal prepregnancy obesity was associated with an increased risk of Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality through 1 year post partum; it appeared to be mediated by hypertensive disorders
lY5A TIL In 1924, German shoemaker Adolf Dassler let his brother, Rudolf, join his sports shoemaking company. During WWII, they grew to hate each other and in 1948, Rudolf started his own company across town. Adolf, aka Adi, changed his company’s name to Adidas; Rudolf started Puma.
4X8DR TIL: Blizzard Entertainment buried encrypted text in their anti-cheat software and a useless function which delivered the encryption key for hackers to find. It was a youtube link to a rick roll
4vXa TIL there is a class above the upper class called the TOP class (aka old money), whose behavior varies from the typical wealthy person with unspoken codes between members (based on Paul Fussell’s book).
6Eg7Q TIL of compersion - the secondhand rush of happiness you feel when seeing somebody else do well.