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TIL that in Greek mythology Chaos was the origin of everything

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wL01W TIL the doctor responsible for anesthetizing the boys during the thai cave rescue believed that there was no chance of the plan actually working
VMOw8 TIL French banks are still using a very old rule to calculate Bank accounts Interest on a Biweekly basis, and none have implemented a daily calculation yet. Back in the days bankers were manually doing accounting twice a month.
d819K TIL Full House star, Jodie Sweetin, was born in jail (starts at 2:30)
69REX TIL that- in spite of the "women and children first" rule- more men (338) survived the Titanic sinking than women (316). However, a little more than half of the surviving men were crew members, and 82% of the male passengers died.
xVQV0 TIL Texas' state government has a directly elected Railroad Commission. Despite the name, it ceased to regulate railroads in 2005 and now regulates on the oil and gas industry.