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TIL about Salieri syndrome where people with it are often mildly talented people in larger organizations in a position to help you — but instead they undermine your success.

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l7lDG TIL of the Erfurt latrine disaster where nobles of the Holy Roman Empire drowned in liquid excrement
N71WE TIL Documentary Filmmaker Brian Fogle accidentally discovered the Russian State Sponsored Doping program while making a movie about how to beat doping tests. The movie is credited with helping start the investigation that ended up blocking Russia from competing at the Olympics since 2017
dDjZE TIL that Henry Knox, namesake of Fort Knox where much of the US’ gold reserves are stored, ran a number of failed business ventures and accumulated large amounts of debt. When he died after swallowing a chicken bone, he left an estate that was bankrupt.
GA97E TIL of the Tel Aviv central bus station - a mega structure that includes a nuclear bomb shelter for 16,000 people. The station was designed to be confusing, so that commuters would spend time shopping. Most of it became completely abandoned, taken over by violent criminals and even a colony of bats.
dDw8E TIL the tiny landlocked African country of Lesotho has a ski resort called Afriski. It has slopes and lifts as high as 3000 meters (about 10,000 feet). In the summer there is hiking and mountain biking.