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TIL: An Alaskan husky in the Iditarod will burn about 9,666 calories each day; a rate of caloric burn 3.5 times that of a human Tour de France cyclist. The aerobic capacity of a typical Iditarod dog is three times that of a human Olympic marathon runner.

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NXw88 TIL that 50% of vinyl record buyers in the U.S. don’t own a record player to play their vinyl on.
xPRb TIL that Quentin Tarantino’s films all exist in a universe where Hitler died in the cinema in ‘Inglorious Basterds’.
84AZ TIL in 2007, Joshua Bell played the violin at a subway station in Washington. Of 1,097 people, only 7 stopped to listen, and he made $32,17. Three days before, tickets to a concert where he played the same repertoire were $100.
w5o6 TIL running a weak electric current through your brain can improve concentration and performance (in trials it boosted the speed with which wannabe snipers could detect a threat by a factor of 2.3)
jNGgR Today I learned feeling guilt and remorse for doing an addictive act makes us do it again and again. On the other hand forgiving ourselves and seeing things optimistically makes overcome the acts easily.