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today i learned that a coin flip isn't 50/50 but 51/49

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a87B0 TIL that for several years Republican and Democratic states had differing dates for Thanksgiving.
Qjo6 TIL that actor and olympic gold medallist Johnny Weissmuller, best known for his portrayal of Tarzan, had requested the famous “Tarzan yell” he invented to be played three times at his funeral.
ELmp TIL There’s a Mysterious Village That Was Discovered In Canada, That Is 10,000 Years Older Than The Pyramids
ZpdE4 TIL many medical experts have cited Memento (2000) as featuring one of the most realistic & accurate depictions of anterograde amnesia. And in 2017, it became the first narrative feature film from the 2000s to be selected by the US Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.
rNXRy TIL of "West Ridge", a merchant vessel carrying coal from the UK to India that went missing 141 years ago. The wreck was found when researchers were looking for MH370, to which researchers say it sunk because of an explosion.