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TIL there was a competition between professional investors, teenagers, and Orlando the Cat to see who could earn the most money in the stock market during 2012. Orlando, with an increase of 10.8%, beat the investors (3.5%) and the teenagers (-3.2%) by throwing his toy mouse to select his stocks.

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nK0b TIL J.K. Rowling is quoted as saying “I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, ‘Ms Rowling, I’m so glad I’ve read these books because now I want to be a witch” when her books were accused of satanic themes.
Y7JeW TIL: 9 days before the start of production of Jaws, neither Quint nor Hooper had been cast. The role of Quint was originally offered to two other actors, both of whom passed. Robert Shaw was reluctant to take the role since he did not like the book but decided to accept at the urging of his wife.
WkaM9 TIL: Puddle Of Mudd's cover of About A Girl was not a joke, as a response to critics Wes Scantlin states “Toxic People Are a Waste of Time”.
8aaR8 TIL about the Dunbar's number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town's population is below the Dunbar's number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.
a80bA TIL About 'Project 100,000', a Vietnam era program to recruit 100,000 men a year to fight America's war in southeast Asia. Many of the recruits were illiterate, had IQs of less than 70, or suffered from other mental or physical impairments. Thousands of the recruits died in combat.