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TIL that endurance athletes are more likely to develop heart problems than the average person.

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JYVRV TIL that 1% of the static seen in between changing channels on TV is caused by the light of Big Bang
x8l7 TIL Actress Carrey Mulligan and singer Marcus Mumford were childhood pen pals who lost contact. Each found fame and were reintroduced to each other as adults and fell in love. They are now married.
BgxKr TIL The South Atlantic Anomaly is an area where the Van Allen radiation belt is closer to the earth's surface (200km from the surface). The SAA has caused false solar flare alarms, led to the destruction of the Hitomi telescope, and crashes laptops.
X0Dok TIL In 1965, an excavation team discovered the Sword of Goujian in a tomb in Hubei, China. Encased in a nearly air-tight wooden box next to a skeleton. The sword is over 2500 years old but was in perfect condition, test affirmed that the blade could easily cut a stack of twenty pieces of paper.
EJ0w TIL Jimmy Wales founded a porn site in order to acquire the initial funding to create Wikipedia.