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TIL a 2009 study found that two years after retirement, 78% of former NFL players are under financial stress or have gone completely bankrupt.

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arvJ TIL that bluetooth was named after Harald Bluetooth - King of Denmark 1000 years ago. The bluetooth logo is made from the Nordic runes of his initials.
W7ggN TIL Saint Catherine was tortured on a wheel by the Emperor Maxentius for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. The wheel broke and Catherine was eventually beheaded instead. Her martyrdom is remembered in the firework called the 'Catherine Wheel'.
WwD8 TIL Kansas serial killer, the BTK Killer, installed alarms as a part of his job, and many of his clients had booked the company to stop BTK from ever entering their homes, unaware that BTK himself was installing them.
wLpbE TIL Famous physicist Sir Roger Penrose conjectures that consciousness is a result of quantum mechanical phenomena in neurons. He has worked with anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff to suggest with anesthetic/biological research that microtubules may act as a suitable site in neurons for consciousness.
d9vr TIL that as part of the British Royal Navy’s ‘Last Resort Letters’, in the event of a catastrophe submarine commanders will verify annihilation of civilised society in Great Britain by checking if BBC Radio 4 is still broadcasting.