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TIL There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written

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XElWR TIL that statistically speaking, you are most likely to die within one month of your birthday. This is known as the "Birthday effect."
neYK9 TIL that “Pap” as in pap smear is short for Papanicolaou, the doctor who discovered this procedure to detect early signs of cervical cancer.
l7G0a TIL that single men in 1900s Argentina paid "professional lady rejectors" to avoid bachelor tax
e0LYL TIL that in 1949, Gallup polled Americans on what scientific advances they thought would happen by the year 1999. 88% believed cancer would be cured, and 63% believed planes would be nuclear powered. Only 15% thought a man would walk on the moon.
vYlr TIL NBA player Latrell Sprewell (famous for choking his coach) turned down a $21 million contract offer claiming it wasn’t enough to feed his family. He never played again and went bankrupt.