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TIL scuba divers dive backwards to keep boats stable

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06NM TIL - At the age of 15, Jim Carrey and his family were so poor that they were all living out of a van, with Jim having to quit school and become a janitor to help support them.
D16MD TIL Blue Whales eat between 20 and 50 million calories every day. That's approximately what a human adult eat in 50 years (2500 calories/day). In the words of the researcher himself, "that is about 70 to 80 thousand Big Macs".
avQ9 TIL– Free internet education:The ultimate list of educational websites.
pxdQ TIL: There’s a subway ticket machine in Moscow that accepts 30 squats as payment. Installed ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics to “bring sports to the people”.
nvZY TIL that shoe companies Adidas and Puma were started by feuding Nazi brothers.