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TIL about Mohed Altrad, a French-Syrian billionaire who doesn't know when he was born because his mother was assaulted by the tribal chief and died shortly after the birth. Being a Bedouin he had no access to school. He still obtained a doctorate in computer science in Paris thanks to a scholarship.

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l71wK TIL: In 1982 Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em was released on Atari. Players control two nude women; the goal is to catch semen in their mouths, which is falling from a masturbating man on a rooftop, without missing.
nWgVB TIL that in 2001, a man survived for 76 days adrift in the Atlantic Ocean by catching fish with a spear, collecting rainwater, and even drinking turtle blood to stay hydrated.
8NP4 TIL that in 1932 the Austrian town of Wörgl issued its own currency with a tax for holding it, in order to spur the use of currency. The town defied the Great Depression, and public works and employment continued as normal.
pY49p TIL - Chinese Restaurant Syndrome actually originated from a letter by a Chinese physician named Kwok that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1968, describing certain symptoms he had experienced after eating Chinese food.
pE7O TIL the Eleusinian Mysteries, 3 secret rites shared (on some years) among thousands of participants, was a central component of a yearly Greek ceremony honoring the goddess Demeter. It was practiced for ~1000 years but the secrets were so well guarded that scholars have no idea what they were.