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TIL Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group, with state of the art equipment such as underwater treadmills, and whose athletes live in a specially designed house where filters remove oxygen so the athletes develop more red blood cells in a simulated high-altitude environment.

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M1o0 TIL that Psy, the creator of “gangnam style” is a heavy drinker, calling vodka his “best friend” and, I quote, “If I’m happy, I’m drinking, if I’m sad, I’m drinking. If it’s raining, I’m drinking, if it’s sunny, I’m drinking”
LkdQd TIL of Harold Blauer, a professional tennis player who sought help for his depression and was unknowingly given experimental medication. His death was covered up by the CIA for 22 years.
M7AWb TIL Kentucky has the strictest school bus safety standards in the USA, e.g. requiring 9 emergency exits. It was in response to a tragic 1988 school bus crash where a fire killed 27 trapped children and adults. The 1977 bus had only 2 exits and ran off flammable gasoline held in an unprotected tank.
8Zy8 TIL the Eternal September is a term that refers to the month when Usenet experienced a large influx of AOL users… the network’s existing culture couldn’t integrate the sheer number of new users, and according to pre-1993 users, never fully recovered
ANr0o TIL that the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse occurred in part because the structural engineering firm in charge of the project signed off on a design change without running or documenting updated design load calculations