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TIL that the Financial Modeling World Cup is a competition for Excel enthusiasts who solve real-world case studies by creating financial models, with a $25,000 prize purse.

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nenZW TIL that Notch, aka Markus Persson, had his PayPal account frozen for a suspicious withdrawal or deposit when he made $750,000 from early Minecrafat sales.
e7Gg TIL: watching porn regularly actually decreases your libido and makes it harder to perform.
WkV0Y TIL: The US tried to hide nuclear missiles in Greenland without Danish knowledge in Project Iceworm.
J16pl TIL that rats laugh by "chirping" when playing and when tickled by humans. Rats that laugh the most also play the most and prefer to spend more time with other laughing rats.
oRxwY TIL that prior to WWII, while working as a circus performer, was also working for US Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors.