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TIL The 2012 Olympics may end up costing London about 10 times what had originally been estimated.

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WmLL TIL Boris Nemtsov, a former physicist and liberal Russian politician who was instrumental in the introduction of capitalism following the collapse of the USSR, was shot four times in the back and died on a Moscow bridge in 2015.
5YVZp Your brain creates new cell growth and repair during aerobic exercises, such as running.
R76jl TIL that although Usain Bolt has won 8 gold medals in the Olympics, he only ran for 114 seconds in the finals. When you include the preliminary rounds, Bolt has spent only 325 seconds on the Olympics track. This means that he has got a gold medal for every 36 seconds, including qualifying rounds.
nMk7 TIL The most powerful sidearm ever issued by the US military was the Colt Walker of 1847. It weighed 4.5 pounds, had a 9" barrel, and fired a .44 caliber projectile with the muzzle energy of a .357 magnum. It had an effective range of 100 yards, but was prone to blowing up in the shooter’s hands.
RkVl TIL Fox gave George Lucas full merchandising rights for the original trilogy rather than raise his salary because they didn’t expect Star Wars to be successful.