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wL9K1 TIL after a city loses the Super Bowl, cardiovascular deaths and total deaths jump due to stress
WkmgL TIL American currency went as high as $10,000, with $5,000, $1,000 and $500 bills also in circulation. They were discontinued in 1969 for “lack of use.”
XbQ8 TIL In 1984 Summer Olympics Judo final, Egypt’s Mohamed Ali Rashwan lost to Japan’s Yasuhiro Yamashita who previously tore a right calf muscle. Rashwan did not aim for Yamashita’s right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play. He won an award from the International Fairplay Committee.
ADd5n TIL Mithridates VI of Pontus daily ingested small doses of poison because he feared being poisoned during his reign. After defeat by Pompey in the third Mithridatic war, he tried to commit suicide by using poison. His attempt failed because he had developed immunity.
v1G47 TIL Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of women who were familiar with Dana Scully say the character increased their belief in the importance of STEM, half (50 percent) said Scully increased their interest in STEM, and nearly all (91 percent) said the character is a role model.