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TIL that by analyzing the faces of Olympic medalists after their events, a peer-reviewed study found that silver medalists feel worse, on average, than bronze medalists. Silver medalists feel unlucky, while bronze medalists feel lucky.

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XRGP TIL The South African government ordered sculptors to remove a bronze rabbit they hid in the right ear of a Nelson Mandela statue. “We don’t think it’s appropriate because Nelson Mandela never had a rabbit on his ear”
69GVl TIL despite the fact that saturated fat can raise our levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol, studies suggest that dairy foods like milk, cheese and yoghurt have a neutral or even positive effect, & help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes & high blood pressure
6mvl TIL that besides 9/11, the only other attack by an outside force on Washington D.C. was in 1814 when George Cockburn, an admiral in the British Royal Navy, literally walked into the White House, ate James Madison’s dinner, drank his wine, and then set fire to the place.
e00pn TIL in 1930, Ellen Church (a licensed pilot herself) persuaded airlines to change their minds about hiring females by challenging them: “Don’t you think that it would be good psychology to have women up in the air? How is a man going to say he is afraid to fly when a woman is working on the plane?”.
pX4O TIL in 2008, Bebo the popular social network was bought from its creators by AOL for $850 million dollars. It was then run into the ground and after 5 years the site filed for bankruptcy and was sold back to the original creators for $1 million dollars.