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TIL about the Collegiate Sprint Football League, where players must weigh less than 178 pounds and have a minimum of 5% body fat.

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jNmYM TIL when brainstorming the time travel plot for Star Trek: First Contact, they considered sending the crew back to the Renaissance, befriending Leonardo da Vinci, and having sword fights alongside phaser fights. The idea was scrapped for being too campy and Patrick Stewart refused to wear tights.
e0BDn TIL Writer Norah Vincent lived as a man for 18 months. She said the experience opened her eyes to the “suffering of men”, namely the pain from a lack of emotional intimacy & weight of being “providers”. Traumatized by the ordeal, she checked herself into a mental health facility after it was over.
D1WBV TIL according to a 2014 study, about 1 billion birds died from window strikes in the US alone every year
90kp TIL China accounts for nearly half the world consumption of instant noodles at 44%
b6Yxp Today I learned that according to a study from British psychologist Kevin Dutton, being a civil servant is the 10th career path with the highest number of psychopaths.