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TIL The Solar maximum is expected in July 2025, with a peak of 115 sunspots

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mx8mM TIL: Dolphins are born with hair, but it falls off shortly afterward
M7PDW TIL Game of Thrones became the most pirated TV show in history, with the season 7 finale streamed or downloaded over 1 billion times. By season 8, illegal viewership doubled legal numbers with 55M downloads for the premiere. HBO eventually embraced the piracy buzz, calling it a “free-to-play” model.
mx1xM TIL that Nintendo's NES was responsible for the recovery of "The Video Game Crash of 1983", and therefore, saved the North American video game industry as a whole.
wN0M TIL that it is not uncommon for successful people to underestimate and devalue their own achievements, and even believe that their own success/competence/intelligence is fraudulent. This mindset is known as Impostor Syndrome.
Eg8gp TIL Human blood has a protein content around 6-8g/100ml, about the same as an average ready-to-drink protein shake