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TIL that in 2009 OkCupid statistics showed that women rate 80% of men “below average”

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5Yo9P TIL before the Curse of the Bambino was reversed, they placed a Boston cap atop Mt. Everest and burning a Yankees cap at its base camp; hired a professional exorcists Father Guido Sarducci to purify Fenway Park; and spray painting a reverse curve street sign on Storrow Drive with "Reverse the Curse"
kOOp1 TIL that in 1984 a man escaped the Iron Curtain by flying a self-built aircraft across the Czechoslovakian border
eQ9g TIL when Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors & former teammate of Michael Jordan, was in college his dad was assassinated by extremists in Beirut. During a subsequent basketball game opposing fans chanted “your father’s history” while a teary eyed Kerr scored 20 points in the first half.
Wk66X TIL that there is a Jewish myth about a giant lion called Tigris. The lion had a head 21 feet (9 cubits) wide. In the myth, Tigris roared, women within 2200 kilometers miscarried and a city was destroyed. Tigris roared a second time and the teeth of the men looking for Tigris fell out
VPn4 TIL Danny Glover used to drive a taxi. In 1999, he used his leverage as a former San Francisco cab driver to raise awareness about African Americans being passed over for white passengers.