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TIL Dead Peasants Insurance is when a company hugely benefits from the death of an employee while the family is left with medical and funeral bills

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Enpo TIL Kim Ung-yong holds the record for the worlds highest IQ at 210. He was able to solve complicated calculus equations easily with no problems by age three.
QPvX TIL that selective breeding creates language barriers in dogs and makes it harder for them to communicate and socialize normally. [i.e., if Fluffy keeps getting into fights at the dog park, this might be why.]
7ZMb TIL There exists a, “Devil’s Interval,” a series of notes so dissonant and alluring, musicians would be put to death by the clergy during the middle ages for playing them.
8dwX TIL Tyrannosaurus arms were 1 meter long and heavily muscled, with biceps capable of lifting several hundred pounds alone. They only appear small and weak relative to the rest of its body.
OOLL TIL that out of 262 Blue Angels pilots, 26 have been killed during training or show accidents, giving the job a 10% fatality rate.