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TIL Two years after retirement, 78% of NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. In the NBA, five years after retirement 60% of players are broke.

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jNb0M TIL Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.
AdpB TIL: An Italian artist wanted to hitch-hike to the Middle East to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. She was found murdered in Turkey.
dweB TIL George Clooney once cleaned his roommate’s cat’s litter box for four days, then shit in it himself, causing the roommate to think it was from his constipated cat.
NjRE TIL in 2001 a man wrestled a 7-foot bull shark to retrieve the severed arm of his nephew. After saving the boy the man dived back in, seized the shark and wrestled it to shore where a ranger shot it. The arm was pried from its gullet, put on ice, rushed to the hospital and successfully sewed back on
MeoBm TIL Subway spent $22M in 2007 keeping shows Chuck and Community on air, giving them creative freedom as long as they showed their subs. The creator of Community decided to show Subway any chance he could. The Chief Marketing Officer of Subway at the time said they "experienced double digit gains".