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Today I learned of the term Sportswashing which is used when corrupt governments and entities use sporting events to try and deflect from negative political and social issues

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KYln4 TIL that women are twice as likely than men to be Constipated. This finding is consistent across 11 different studies.
WL9X TIL that during WWII British soldiers consumed 72 million Adderall and that Methedrine helped the RAF win the Battle of Britain.
x6g7 TIL that the character of Nigel Thornberry is strongly influenced by David Attenborough
P15oJ TIL: The world record for longest time spent awake is not 11 days, contrary to popular belief, but 18 days and 21 hours.
ngQP TIL a professor proposed a policy of automatic retaliation that would serve to end rocket attacks on Israel. If a rocket was fired at Israel an automated missile would fire at a arbitrary spot in Gaza without human input, meaning if militants rocketed Israel they would also be rocketing themselves.