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TIL the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio appear in the stock market, just like they appear in nature.

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780b7 TIL Early in his career actor Zero Mostel was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for suspected communist sympathies. During his testimony, Mostel refused to name names, made jokes, and challenged the committee's assertions.
WklR8 TIL in 2011, Roger Federer was ranked 2nd for being the "most respected, trusted, and admired person in the world" by a study of 50k people, across 25 countries. He was only surpassed by Nelson Mandela, but beat out the likes of Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, and many others.
nW9AG TIL In the mid 1800's, Williams Clark, a former US Senator who is attributed with starting what became Las Vegas as we know it, once owned a mining company, and sold eggs for $3 per dozen to miners, whose daily salary was $4.
jNBQN TIL since the studio didn’t have enough budget to shoot Riddick (2013). Vin Diesel had to mortgage his house, obtain loans and spend most of his own money on the production
Jobk TIL the inventor of the ATM originally envisioned 6-digit PIN codes, but his wife couldn’t remember more than 4 numbers, so that became the minimum and currently most popular length.