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TIL that insurance companies are themselves insured against big payouts from unforseeable disasters, and that this is called ‘reinsurance’.

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ljR5 TIL rapper TI saved the lead singer of Creed’s life after a suicide attempt. This is one of three lives TI has saved.
X0kXD TIL that reductio ad absurdum is when you attempt to reduce an argument to absurdity (I.e The Earth cannot be flat; otherwise, since the Earth is assumed to be finite in extent, we would find people falling off the edge.)
gvmX TIL that next year, the movie industry will stop producing physical film reels, but most drive ins are still not digital and the cost to upgrade is prohibitive. Honda is trying to save some theathers by donating digital projectors and taking votes on where they will go.
R71JQ TIL that in Brazil in 2018, the most popular baby names were all double-barrelled: Enzo Gabriel, João Miguel, and Pedro Henrique for boys; Maria Eduarda, Maria Clara, and Maria Cecilia for girls
78Or7 TIL At one point in the 1980s, China had an estimated 400,000 Esperanto speakers, and the language was taught at a number of universities. Now there is only one Chinese college Esperanto program left