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TIL that only about 10% of stock trades are done by actual humans. The remainder is done by high frequency trading algorithms and day trading bots.

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kEy5 TIL that in 1993, a researcher “discovered” and actually published their method on finding the area under a curve… essentially forgetting that calculus existed for 400 years already.
BgXaK TIL that people used to live in tree trunks
ADQNo TIL while filming Pirates of the Caribbean in London, Johnny Depp received a letter from a local 9 year old girl, who asked for help with "munity" against her teachers. Depp turned up with no warning at the school in full Jack Sparrow outfit, but advised against munity.
v1eGL TIL that Richard Sandrak AKA "Little Hercules" was a boy who was able to bench press 180lbs (82 kg) by the age of six. He was given a strict diet and workout regime for the first decade of his life. He's said to have never eaten any candy before his controlling and abusive father was sent to jail.
xB4D TIL that the fabric and wood pieces from the Wright Brothers airplane were flown on the Apollo 11 mission and were in the lunar module Eagle that landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr.