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TIL Maria Sharapova & her father arrived in Florida from Nyagan, Russia with only $700. Sharapova's father worked low-paying jobs to save up enough money to send her to IMG Academy sports school with a tuition of $35K per year. Today, Sharapova has earned $285 million according to Forbes.

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OG4Xe TIL about The Tarasque, a creature from French mythology. According to the Golden Legend, the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath.
b9wj TIL the May 5, 1991 “Calvin and Hobbes” strip criticized the naming of The Big Bang as not evocative of the wonders behind it, and coined “Horrendous Space Kablooie,” an alternative that achieved some informal popularity among scientists and was often shortened to “the HSK.”
7BbX TIL that some older PCs would play Für Elise through their motherboard speakers to indicate hardware failure. Other tunes occasionally heard included “It’s a Small, Small World” and “Eye of the Tiger.”
MeOAW TIL that Ethel (Vivian Vance) and Fred (William Frawley) of I Love Lucy hated each other. While out to eat she heard of his death, she celebrated and ordered everyone in the restaurant a bottle of champagne
m1x9o TIL that the scoring system to determine whether limbs should be surgically reattached or fully amputated after an extremity injury is called MESS (Mangled Extremity Severity Score). Basically, the MESSier the injury, the more likely the scoring system is to recommend an amputation.