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TIL Michael Jordan has an HEIR App
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TIL "In the Doldrums" refers to a place 5 degrees either side of the equator, where the lack of wind caused sailors to get stuck
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TIL that despite the name, the New York Times Best Seller list does not simply compile which books have sold the most, but is a combination sales figures, other data, and internal guidelines. Exactly how the list is determined is a trade secret.
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TIL that the word "Karaoke" comes from Japan, meaning "empty orchestra" ("Kara Okestura")
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TIL the UN put the cost of solving World Hunger at $30 billion a year. That’s less than $100 a year or around $7 a month per person in the United States.
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TIL photography film was made with only Caucasian skin in mind and Kodak only really developed the technology to colour balance darker skin tone by chance- because of complaints over poor light calibration from makers of brown furniture.