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TIL the highest paid player in the WNBA makes less than $100,000

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vPgEr TIL that glimmers are the opposite of triggers. Glimmers are small, positive experiences that promote feelings of safety, calm, and well-being. They can include cuddling a pet, a time in nature or a favourite smell, song or food.
69GKl TIL in 1970, 20 percent of all girls participating in high school sports across the country were in Iowa. By 1976, a few years after the passage of Title IX, that eye-popping 20 percent fell to 5.8 percent.
KYG9 TIL there is a “Jonestown Death Tape.” An audio recording of Jim Jones/his followers leading up to and during the mass suicide in Guyana. It is chilling and disturbing, perhaps NSFL for some.
Z8YyG TIL that in the 1650s the Holy Roman Emperor allowed the Lutherans to build three churches. Petulantly, he stipulated that the churches be constructed in one year using only wood, straw and loam. In response, the Lutherans constructed the ornate Churches of Peace, now UNESCO world heritage sites.
WkwEB TIL A 40,000-year-old bracelet was found in Siberia. It was made by an extinct human species called Denisovans. Homosapians did not produce bracelets of this technical sophistication until 10,000 years ago. It is one of the oldest pieces of jewellery ever discovered.