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TIL that Winter Olympics athletes are chronically underpaid and unless they have endorsements, the amounts they earn are paltry compared to athletes in disciplines such as bowling.

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4XDMJ TIL that the Police Service of Northern Ireland was almost given the acronym of NIPS
7rLgx TIL there are ten different indigenous languages still spoken today in the British Isles; English, Scots, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Cornish, Manx, Angloromani, Shelta and British Sign Language
wL61o TIL Over 30000 people have purchased alien abduction insurance.
6EYp8 TIL Cleopatra Was Not Egyptian
8YoG TIL that a duck’s feathers are so waterproof that even when the duck dives underwater, its downy underlayer of feathers will stay completely dry.