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TIL that they used rescue dog as ball catchers in the 2016 Brazil Open

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r5mo TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson is not an atheist, but is adamant about being an agnostic. He even changed his own Wikipedia page from atheist to agnostic, but it got changed back to atheist. He was not amused.
7PJ7 TIL That the recession of the early 2000s and the 2008–2012 global recession wiped out all middle class income gains for the last 15 years.
4kdg TIL, in 1981, a man who had been bullying residents of a small Missouri town was murdered in broad daylight when 46 townspeople rose up against him, in an act of vigilante justice. No charges were ever filed.
gMprL TIL a British woman pranked her husband by pretending she had won the lottery. Three weeks later she actually won the lottery
jNy8R TIL that cooking food allowed the human brain to develop and become the most advanced among all species. It allowed the food to releases more nutrients and hence allowed to meet the brain metabolic demand and even thrive. Gorillas spent 80% of their time eating although they have 1/3 of our neurons.