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TIL pedestrianism was the biggest sport in America before the rise of modern spectator sports

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69JQ TIL that in Irish mythology, there is a story of a god divinely conceiving a child in a newlywed virgin’s belly. The women says “screw that,” aborts the child, then goes and gets pregnant with her husband’s child; the 100% human baby goes on to be a great hero.
OGkAX TIL: Because of their naturally amiable personalities, Samoyeds make poor security dogs. They don't attack dangers; they simply smile and growl at them.
VMlQB TIL Stanford University developed Artificial Intelligence which can guess if a person is gay, based on a photo of their face, with 91% accuracy on dating sites.
LQDrm TIL about the fall of Alan Magee. A B-17 ball turret gunner in World War II, Magee fell more than 20,000 feet without a parachute when his plane was destroyed by flak. He smashed through the roof of a French railroad station, survived, and spent the rest of the war in a prison camp.
bexE TIL Cynicism is actually a philosophy that advocates the rejection of sex, power, wealth, and fame in order to live a virtuous life that is in balance with nature.