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7roex TIL that an economist won the lottery 14 times by calculating when the Jackpot was worth more than the cost of buying every possible number combination for that lottery.
xVbl7 TIL that most Americans wake up between 6-6:30am and that by 5:30am 20% of people are awake.
MYn0 TIL Jon Burge, Chicago Police Comander, tortured black people for 30 years and wondered out loud if jury would “believe that bunch of niggers.” Only gets convicted of perjury after years of support by Fraternal Order of Police
jNXxp TIL in soccer when a yellow card is shown, the referee writes the player’s details in a small notebook; hence a caution is also known as a “booking”
0gOv TIL that the current heir to the former Ottoman Empire, Bayezid Osman, is a US citizen, WWII Veteran, and lives in New York City where he worked as a librarian before retiring. He is 89.