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TIL Michael Burry's autism (Aspergers) enabled him to see patterns in the 2007 housing market data that helped him predict the coming crash. As the data worsened, Burry found that heavy metal music calmed his nerves, something research has more recently shown is ideal for his "Brain Type S."

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rxao TIL that in Brazil there is a football field located exactly on the equator so each team defends one hemisphere
VV4Z TIL the first webcam was created to help people avoid pointless trips to the coffee room at the University of Cambridge. The camera provided a live 128×128 greyscale picture of the state of the coffee pot, which was located in the corridor just outside the so-called Trojan Room.
X01JR TIL that it can take up to a week to scan a 90 minute film negative in 4K resolution.
R7gR1 TIL that the first Rambo movie contains only a single kill from Rambo
ADZDB TIL there in an organism which lives in the ocean floor, which reproduces every 10,000 years, and is perhaps millions of years old.