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TIL of the Hedonic Treadmill: after tragedy or good fortune, you will adapt toward okay-ness.

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W71yY TIL Mark Mcgwire’s 70th home run was caught by fan Phil Ozersky. After the Cardinals offered him a signed bat, ball, and jersey for the baseball. Ozersky asked to be able to meet McGwire too in this exchange, but McGwire said no. Ozersky to keep the baseball ,which he sold for over $3million.
4GM5 TIL termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
G5Kj TIL in 1921, a Catholic priest was murdered by a Klansman for performing an interracial marriage.
l7OZ5 TIL that when Fox Sports president David Hill introduced a score bug as part of its NFL coverage, he received a death threat from an irate viewer, with a specific emphasis on him being a "foreigner"
jl6n TIL that the “nut” in “Honey Nut Cheerios” used to be ground almonds in the recipe, but is now made from natural almond flavouring which is typically manufactured not from almonds, but from peach pits.