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TIL guys getting lubed up with olive oil and wrestling in Turkey is the world’s oldest continuous sanctioned sporting competition.

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MWOm TIL the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” that swept the Internet in 2014 raised $115 million, of which 67% went to research, 20% to patient and community services, and 9% to public and professional education. In addition, the ALS Association has since tripled its annual budget for research.
PMEw TIL that the portuguese man o war, isn’t one Jellyfish, it’s four animals living symbiotically.
xVQmk TIL it's impossible to explain how to lace shoes without demonstrating it visually. It's called tacit knowledge.
LKyZ TIL that Bob Marley’s manager would take him and his other wailers to rehearse late at night in the local cemetery where he believed that if they could conquer their fear of ‘duppies’ (spirits), they could also conquer any stage fright.
M7DQ7 TIL about Pleistocene Park in Siberia where scientists are trying to recreate the ecosystem of the last glacial period (a long time ago)