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TIL only a few American universities make money off of college sports. The overwhelmingly majority of universities loses money for the school

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g9wA TIL Robert Damiens, who tried to kill Louis XV, had his hand burned with sulphur. Molten wax, molten lead, and boiling oil were poured into him. Then he was partially dismembered by harnessed horses and the executioner completed it with an axe. Then his still-living torso was burnt at the stake.
XERlQ TIL The actor who played Chozen from Karate Kid 2 now owns a restaurant and has a freaking amazing tv commercial.
NXQDJ TIL many of Alfred Hitchcock's "Hitchcock blondes"- including Eva Marie Saint (North by Northwest), Kim Novak (Vertigo), Vera Miles (Psycho), and Tippi Hedren (The Birds)- are all alive today and in their 90s.
nRjP TIL a soldier deployed to Iraq had his fully paid house foreclosed on by the HOA.
4wG5 TIL that Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926. 1,000 officers and 15,000 volunteers searched for her until she was found in a hotel, registered under a different name.