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TIL Science explaining role of luck in success ( veritasium).

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OG41L TIL Matthew McConaughey turned down a $14.5 million film offer & took a hiatus in order to pivot his acting career outside of rom-coms. The decision came after he searched himself online & realized he was largely known as a "rom-com shirtless guy" which prevented him from being hired in other genres
R5d49 TIL Buddhists are advised to avoid these herbs (Five Forbidden Pungent Roots), as they tend to disturb the peacefulness of the mind and why is it immoral to eat garlic.
XVxD TIL it takes 45 minutes to take a shit in zero gravity.
gk1X TIL Elvis Presley was known for being so generous that he had problems not buying strangers and friends expensive gifts. Elvis’s maid and cook Mary Jenkins was gifted six cars including three Cadillacs from him before his death. Elvis also gave his dentist and jeweler cars.
d8wVB TIL Dorothy and Theodore are the same name reversed. They're both made from the Greek roots "doron" (gift) and "theos" (God).