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TIL MIT Predicts That World Economy Will Collapse By 2030

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JY1b4 TIL during the 2008 Beijing Olympics Michael Phelps was eating roughly ~12,000 calories a day.
QkxE TIL an old Persian curse: Guz bi rishit, “May a fart be on your beard.”
LK69 TIL that when Mark Cuban sold his first company for $6M, the first thing he bought was a lifetime American Airlines Ticket for $250,000. After selling his next company for about $6B, he utilized the one-time transfer and gave it to his father.
yVZZe TIL of tyromancy, the practice of telling fortunes with cheese
N77Qe TIL That tootsie Rolls saved troops in North Korea.