› added 12 years ago

201

TIL that within 5 years of retirement 60% of NBA players go broke. While within 2 years of retirement 78% of NFL players are bankrupt or in financial stress.

Read more forbes.com

via reddit.com

xVX70 TIL That at one point, 50% of all CDs worldwide had the AOL logo printed on them
MeeWK TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
BrQOd TIL that the temporary deafness we experience when yawning is caused by the activation of muscles in the ear that function to dampen oscillations in the ear caused by loud sounds and by the difference in the pressure between the two sides of the eardrums hindering the its ability to freely vibrate.
69V7w TIL the world's longest constitution was the Constitution of Alabama from 1901-2022. At 388,882 words, it was 51 times longer than the U.S. Constitution and 12 times longer than the average U.S. state constitution.
nejg9 TIL two men broke into an abandoned hospital and stole a radioactive component of a teletherapy machine for scrap value. Over the next few days, they worked tirelessly to pry it open. Ultimately, 4 people were killed, and 249 others tested positive for high levels of radiation exposure.