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TIL Mario Balotelli is the only Italian to win the Premier League

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nerlo TIL that despite making millions from "Game of Thrones" and "A song of Ice and Fire" series, George R.R. Martin has a modest lifestyle. He lives in a modest home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, eats at local restaurants, and welcomes fans who approach him and visit his town.
x6lGB TIL 40-year-long Study: Extreme Hot or Cold Temperatures Linked to Heart Disease
OoDO4 TIL: Astronauts left their poop on the moon. They threw out the garbage thinking everything would be sanitized by the solar radiation. Scientists don't know if the microbes in the feces are still alive, but future moon missions will investigate that.
NQOE TIL Byron White was a former star football player who became a Supreme Court Justice. He ruled in the case of Runyon v. McCrary in which a black student was rejected by a private school. That student, Michael McCrary would later become a NFL Linebacker and won the Byron White NFL Award in 2000.
OLk4 TIL about the underwater signal Upsweep, a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds strong enough to be recorded throughout the entire Pacific. It’s origin is still unknown.