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TIL there is a twelve step group like AA for poor people called Underearners Anonymous

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YpxL7 TIL A 2009 study found that the risk of sudden death during a marathon is 0.8 per 100,000 people, and that triathlons have a significantly higher risk of sudden death at 1.5 in 100,000.
d89p9 TIL that one of the first synthetic dyes, Perkin's Mauve, was discovered by William Perkin after his professor challenged the then-18-year-old to synthesise the anti-malarial quinine.
6E1jZ TIL that there has only been one Pharaohs tomb ever found in Egypt untouched by grave robbers. Hint its not King Tut. Its the Silver Pharaoh Psusennes I.
R6Q7 TIL Silica gel packets are only stamped with “DO NOT EAT” to prevent people from choking on the packet. It’s otherwise non-toxic (although still not food so don’t eat it).
5YLYr TIL former Navy pilot and journalist Paco Chierici broke the Nimitz Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon event 2 years before the New York Times did