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TIL 1,000 people wrote in to disagree with Marilyn von Savant’s (World’s Highest IQ) answer to the Monty Hall problem. And they were all wrong.

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VgE8 TIL that not only can Brazilian prisoners take time off their sentences by writing book reports, but also by riding exercise bicycles that helps power the local plaza. (16 hours of biking = 1 day removed from sentence)
yDQl TIL A man tried to get the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball in order to give an account of the game to his friend, as their legal disclaimer states is required. He never got it.
woKQo TIL that the Fahrenheit scale was standardized 18 years before Celsius. The world switch due to the British Empire. The United States is actually using the earlier standard.
PnKE TIL an ancient Chinese dye, used on the Terra Cotta Army, has unique characteristics that might lead to breakthroughs in Quantum Physics
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