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TIL that Tiger Woods’ affairs led to an estimated shareholder loss of $5-12 billion due to dropped sponsorship deals.

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691pZ TIL Ball's Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world, home to last known wild population of the Lord Howe Island stick insect
Wkxkd TIL Ottoman sultan Murad III was impotent. According to historians "his arrow was working but was unable to reach the target of union and pleasure." After many attempts by his mother a cure was found with one side effect: his libido increased so much by the end of his reign he had over 100 children
4X5Kg TIL Valérie André was the first woman to fly a helicopter in a combat zone, piloting 129 helicopter missions between 1952 and 1953. André rescued 165 soldiers and twice parachuted into combat to treat wounded soldiers. André became the first French woman to achieve the rank of General Officer.
D1rQY TIL that the Malcolm in the Middle theme song and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song were written by the same people, They Might Be Giants.
yQXlJ TIL Anthony Fauci was the captain of the basketball team when he was in High School