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TIL about Fan Death

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kJaLe TIL that the 'ELO rating system' popular in many ranked games today, is named after the creator.
d8LMK TIL: Blood types evolved over time with A being the oldest in pre-humans and with B, O, and AB evolving starting about 5 million years ago.
6E9aX TIL the song "Weightless" by Marconi Union is supposedly the most relaxing song in the world and is said to reduce anxiety.
Lk9Bm TIL of Bear 122, "The Boss" - a large Grizzly bear who has dominated Banff Nation Park in Canada for the last decade.
4kDow TIL the movie Big Trouble was set to come out on 9/21/2001 and was a comedy movie about smuggling a nuke onto a plane but the movie was postponed til April the next year and the promotion campaign was toned down almost to the point of abandonment. The movie later bombed at the box office.