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TIL fans of Grand Theft Auto mapped the entire GTA5 world using the promotional videos and stills released prior to the game’s release

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x61Yb TIL: Oscar hosts usually get paid $15K-$25K. $15K is about the SAG - AFTRA minimum. Golden Globe hosts get paid far more than that, $100K and up.
0o1v TIL 2LT Jackie Robinson was court martialed for refusing to move to the back of the bus while serving in the Army in 1944, 11 years before Rosa Parks’ famous refusal
b6gJ4 TIL since 1998, officials at the Library of Congress have been looking for the exact books Thomas Jefferson sold to the library which were later lost in a fire in 1851. They’ve located over 4,000 exact replacements with the same publisher, date, and edition as Jefferson's 4,324 original volumes.
GYZn7 TIL a researcher spent her career studying what differentiates successful from unsuccessful people. She found grit, which she defines as "passion and perseverance for long-term goals", to be the main determinant of success, at least as good as IQ or socio-economic status at predicting life outcomes.
9YmxQ TIL the inventor of the RICE protocol for injuries (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation), Dr. Gabe Mirkin, now disavows this treatment because studies show Ice and Rest delay recovery.