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TIL that 6 months ago, Powerball officials lowered the odds of winning by more than 1 out of 120 Million in order to raise jackpots, generate more excitement, and sell more tickets.

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GA9ag TIL of Albert Stevens, who was part of an experiment where he was unknowingly injected with radioactive plutonium after being diagnosed with cancer, ultimately for doctors to find that he never actually had cancer
wvoJ TIL 700 years ago a monk scraped off the ink of old parchment to write a new prayer book. Recent discoveries find that the paper he erased was a manuscript wriitten by Archimedes that laid out the heart of calculus thousands of years before Newton was even born.
GQA7 TIL many people in Japan are discriminated against because of their blood type.Employers often request blood types.Children at school have been split up by blood type.Japan’s softball team customises training by player’s blood type.Companies have assignments according to workers blood type.
5VMAD TIL a species of monkey known as the Lesula was discovered in 2007 (though already known by locals). It has a brilliantly blue bottom.
K9Yw TIL in 2012, a swarm of “jumping spiders” attacked India during a Hindu festival, killing 2 people, and injuring dozens.