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TIL that despite speculation and assumptions that he is a homosexual, Richard Simmons has never actually publicly discussed his sexuality

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LQwj9 TIL that Nvidia founder Jensen Huang's parents sold nearly everything they owned to send him to what they thought was a prestigious boarding school but which was in fact a reformatory for troubled kids. He taught his 17 year old roommate how to read in exchange for help working out.
ADVLa TIL when billionaire Thomas Peterffy’s father met his new wife he gave his teenage son $100 and kicked him out of the house. With his final words being “Make something of yourself”
e0Vlg TIL pickles work as a palate cleanser by sweeping fat away from your taste buds allowing you to taste the food like it was your first bite.
16njX TIL that there is plans of an international sporting event akin to the Olympics where participants will be allowed and encouraged to use performance enhancing drugs.
jNmmv TIL that in 1970 a grass roots organization known as the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America was launched by mathematician Ira Gessel due to his frustrations over public pay toilets'. He was largely successful in pressuring city councils, lik Chicagos to eliminate the condition to pay for relief