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TIL of the Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) which states that for many events roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.(reuploaded with a working link)

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XEe06 TIL men traveling first class tend to weigh more than those in economy, while for women the reverse is true.
ZpgVQ TIL while filming The Prisoner of Azkaban, Alan Rickman and Alfonso Cuarón played a practical joke on Daniel Radcliffe. They placed a fart machine in his sleeping bag, positioned him next to a girl he was interested in, and set the farts off during a take that had taken a long time to get.
JYdj TIL that you can’t play mini games while a game is on its loading screen because Namco holds that patent.
a6Oo TIL that SEAL Team Six was only the second SEAL team, but was designated the number six to confuse the Soviets as to how many SEAL teams there were.
PY8WJ TIL that a study was once done in which a man wore goggles that inverted his vision. His eyes gradually adapted to this change, and after 10 days his vision seemed rightside-up again and he was able to function normally.