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TIL the past tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”

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xnZg TIL Olympic / sports doping offers an example of the Prisoner’s Dilemma: if no athlete dopes, nobody has an advantage; if one does, he/she benefits, but if all athletes dope then the advantage disappears and only the potential negatives (getting caught) remain.
6vk7 TIL Problem solving skills are good to a point, but those who spend a great deal of time problem solving are four times more likely to develop clinical depression
Rpbl TIL that Bloody Marys, Eggs Benedict, and Coca-Cola were designed to cure hangovers
R546w TIL I learned there are no muscles in your fingers, which is part of the reason they get so cold (they also get cold because of the larger surface area as well. All the muscles that control finger motion are located in the hand and forearm.
yx6M TIL Tupac Shakur was originally considered to play the part of Mace Windu in “Star Wars”, but was murdered before he could audition