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TIL Good Judgement Project (GJP) that demonstrated certain "superforecasters" were better at predicting geopolitical and economic events than even experts in that field (even if they had classified info) based on HOW they thought about problems & ability to reduce basic biases experts tend to have.

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5YW59 TIL Kangatarianism is a vegetarian diet with the addition of kangaroo meat as a choice. It has environmental benefits because indigenous wild kangaroos require no extra land or water for farming and produce little methane.
ZpXXQ TIL Lacrosse was original created by Native North Americans
GAvD7 TIL that the NHL played in every single season during the 2023-2024 year. Starting preseason on the first day of Fall on Sept 23rd 2023 and concluded on June 24th 2023 after the first day of Summer which was June 20th.
Ypd0P TIL that before Rob Wietoff was casted as John Marston in Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar wanted to get Clint Eastwood or Robert Redford for the role but they all turned it down
J0o8 TIL Martin Van Buren was the first U.S. President for whom English was a second language (He spoke Dutch). He was also the first President to be born in America, (as opposed to British Colonial soil)