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TIL there is a blind guy who learned echolocation with such precision he can ride a bike and identify bad parking jobs

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rAoe TIL in the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later.
AD7nn TIL that Nike had conditions before giving rookie Michael Jordan a record contract: Either be rookie of the year, or average 20 ppg, or be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan was rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85.
kJk4E TIL that Earth's magnetic poles reverse polarity every 2 million years, so that north becomes south and south becomes north.
4X0Jb TIL Kimbo Slice passed away in 2016 at the age of 42. Apart from his famous street fights, he also fought in the UFC and Bellator MMA
9bbD TIL that areas where it is common for people to live over 100 years are known as “Blue Zones”. There are 5 on Earth: Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California; and Icaria, Greece