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TIL that in in the 1970s professional 10 pin bowlers made twice as much as NFL players.

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M7Qm0 TIL about bank robber and kidnapper Vassilis Palaiokostas who is known as the "Greek Robin Hood" for giving away most of his stolen millions to the poor. He escaped by helicopter from the same maximum security prison twice while serving a 25 year sentence and remains at large despite a €1m bounty.
gMAD8 TIL “Decimation” was a form of punishment within the Roman Army in which every tenth man was executed by his fellow troops. It was used to punish offenses such as mutiny, desertion, and cowardice. The word “decimation” is derived from Latin meaning “removal of a tenth.”
ZpDro TIL High intensity aerobic exercise could cut the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%, according to a study of runners.
1Z7D TIL: There are 5 authentic versions of the Gettysburg Address, and we don’t know for sure which one Lincoln actually delivered at Gettysburg.
1aoE4 TIL although Mt. Everest boasts the highest altitude above sea level, and Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak, the summit of Ecuador's Mt. Chimborazo is over 6,800 feet farther from the center of the Earth than Everest's due to centrifugal bulging