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TIL Greek language uses the English semicolon (;) as a question mark (?), while the colon (:) and semicolon (;) are performed by a raised point (·)

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ODy4 TIL: that the “women make 77c on a man’s dollar” stat is obtained by averaging out a random group of men versus a random group of women. When adjusted for age, same career and same experience, women earn about 95.9-92.2c on a man’s dollar. (pg 29 for statistics)
VMeLm TIL Pain tolerance is reduced by sleep deprivation.
7rPEr TIL that one of the oldest living creature is a 11,000 years old glass sponge found in the East China Sea
p87lb TIL in 1913 and 1914, it was legal in the U.S. to mail children under 50 pounds.
XKE8 TIL Drew Carey, a minority owner of the Seattle Sounders, decided that they needed a marching band. Thus, the first and only Major League Soccer marching band.