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TIL Zippers Are Top Cause of Penile Trauma in US

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kJPPe TIL that there's a mind-altering parasite that live inside cats and can infect humans through their feces that make you more entrepreneurial and prone to taking risks. And at least a third of the world population is infected.
4kmg5 TIL The 200+ yr old open-outcry system that the NYSE used was disrupted by an entrepreneur who created a digital exchange that is what ETFs trade on now, and has replaced the often corrupted system that existed for generations.
oBylL TIL a billion dollar French manuscript Ponzi scheme almost collapsed in 2012, but at the last minute the person behind it suddenly won the Lottery for $219 million, allowing the scheme to continue for another 2 years.
GY79E TIL that a book published in 1981 titled "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt" associates 12 riddles and 12 pictures to 12 real locations in the USA, where a ceramic bin buried in the ground houses a ~1000$ gem. Only 2 of them have been found to this day.
5Yjop TIL that for many years prior to the Crusades, Muslims, Jews, and Christians worked together to translate and reproduce Ancient Greek texts, like Aristotle, to reintroduce lost literature to the world.