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TIL Michael Jordan earned $300 million in 2024, which topped the $260 million Cristiano Ronaldo earned last year as the world’s highest-paid active athlete.

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68jQ TIL: The idea that humans could not have been created in their current form was first reasoned by Anaximander more than 2400 years before Darwin’s Publication of “The Origin of Species”
8eLVX TIL during its 12-season run, Curb Your Enthusiasm won two Emmy Awards (Directing, 2003 and Editing, 2012) out of 55 total nominations, including 11 nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series without a win.
4koPX TIL Kitchen sponges are dirty than a toilet seat
Lk6b9 TIL: The reason capsaicin (the chemical in peppers) makes you feel like you’re burning is because it lowers the tolerance of the pain receptors in your mouth such that your own body heat is enough to trigger them to tells your brain that things are dangerously hot.
v9gj TIL A crowd funding campaign raised over £20,000 to replace all adverts in a London Underground station with pictures of cats.