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TIL That Russians and Mongols Dominate Sumo Wrestling

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yD6V TIL William Dear, a respected PI, did his own investigation into the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. With his findings over 18 years, he wrote the book “OJ is Innocent and I Can Prove It” and a documentary “The Overlooked Suspect” which can’t be found anywhere online.
D1p5g TIL the "bus factor" is the minimum number of team members that have to suddenly disappear from a project before it fails due to lack of knowledgeable or competent personnel.
9WPX TIL Gordon Ramsay left one of his first jobs while as an aspiring chef because he was tired of “the rages the bullying and violence” perpetrated by the head chef
Me5KA TIL that US submarine torpedos in WW II often failed to detonate due to faulty design of their firing pins. To correct the problem, Pearl Harbor workshops designed and mass produced new firing pins from the propeller blades of Japanese aircraft downed in the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
yVKK8 TIL, a 9-year-old girl died suffering from a severe lice infestation that was so bad she was unable to walk without falling or hold things without dropping them. The little girl would die from anemia.