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TIL that as of August, 2022 there were over 2.8 million podcasts available online worldwide with over 135 million episodes in total.

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R7el1 TIL hardgainers (people who struggle to gain weight) can subconsciously burn upwards of a 1,000 calories per day just from sitting and standing, easily while doing nothing.
QNGE9 TIL of Propaganda Due, an Italian masonic lodge founded in 1877 that by 1980s became known as the “a state within a state” responsible for high-level corruption and political manipulation.
JaG8 TIL that in 2012 Wells Fargo fired a customer service representative for putting a cardboard dime in a laundry machine back in 1963.
rRkN1 TIL when the ship the HMS Guardian struck an iceberg in 1789, its captain decided to stay on it with 62 people. 259 left in boats. However, the captain was able to save the ship and sail back to land. It took 9 weeks, but everyone on the ship made it. Of the 259 that left, only 15 survived.