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TIL a women with a PhD in math won the scratch lottery in Texas 4 times (about $21 million) by figuring out the algorithm of the ticket production.

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jNyVj TIL Celine Dion hated “My Heart Will Go On” on first listen. Her husband convinced her to record a demo & she “wanted to choke” him for committing her. She recorded the demo in 1 take on a day she didn’t feel good. Everyone in the studio was “getting chills.” That demo track ended up in the movie.
wLxMM TIL Pressure differentials can trap and kill divers underwater
Red1 TIL a study found that people who like randomly generated ‘pseudo-inspirational’ quotes (quotes that don’t mean anything, e.g. “A wet person does not fear the rain”) on social media websites are also more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, alternative medicine and the paranormal.
OV4e TIL That While Tesla was listening on the radio, Marconi was transmitting. Tesla believed he had heard Mars when in actuality he had only heard the only other radio on earth that was coincidentally broadcasting.
EeeV TIL Stephen Colbert has four bug species named after him, grew up two blocks away from his future wife, and is an ordained minister