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TIL that 78% of NFL players are broke within 2 years of retirement, usually due to joblessness or divorce. About 60% of former NBA players are broke within 5 years of retirement.

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eGVb TIL of the Ideological Turing Test to determine if someone understands his opponents arguments: a partisan writes an essay from the POV of his opposite. If a neutral observer cannot tell the difference between the partisan’s answers and the opposite’s answers, the partisan passes the test.
b9gK0 TIL there is no national minimum drinking age in the United States. Instead, a law called National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 punishes states that allow anyone under 21 to purchase alcohol by cutting their federal highway funds by 10%. The last state to comply was Louisiana in 1987.
Pj5E TIL the only grammatically correct infix in the English language is the word “Fucking” Eg. Abso-fucking-lutely
nOMW TIL the largest cockfighting takedown and rooster rescue in New York State history where 3,000 birds were seized and more than 70 people rounded up was called “Operation Angry Birds”.
KOQPa TIL The reason why we view neanderthals as hunched over and degenerate is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.