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9m9M TIL: The average GPA at Harvard is 3.65. This is more than a full point higher than the average GPA in 1950.
OMP6 TIL In the 1912 Olympics, Duke Kahanamoku was favored to win 100m freestyle swim. When he overslept, missing the prelims. Cecil Healy of Australia refused to swim in final unless Duke was allowed to swim special qualifier. The judges relented; Healy’s sportsmanship cost him the gold.
KYlLR TIL people who were born blind use their visual cortex to solve math problems
OG57Y TIL about “Everyone Knows That”, an 80s pop song that no one has been able to identify (besides a 17-second sample) for two years. The full-length song, artist(s), release date, and lyrics have still yet to be found.
OYm1 TIL: In 2004, 200 women took law in their own hands and came to the court armed with vegetable knives and chilli powder and murdered on the court floor a serial rapist. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.