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TIL about Jerry and Marge Selbee, who were able to win millions from the Michigan and Massachusetts lotteries, due to determining a certain type of game having a positive expected value, when played correctly.

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DJgD TIL Volvo will fly you and a friend to Sweden, with five-star hotel, and ship your Volvo to you; Volvo makes more money this way because you’ve ridden the car a mile and they’re technically selling you a “used” car.
Ooojg A scene in the Rogue One trailer shows the assembly of the Death Star. How fast was the dish piece moving?
Y7ZG7 TIL there is a global cycling race circuit for 2-year olds. They race 12”, pedalless “balance bikes”. A recent race had 250 participants ages 2-4.
XN1k TIL that at the time of his death, Harry Patch - the last surviving WW1 combat soldier - was 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day old
1aOmX TIL that the first pocket calculator [Curta (Type I) mechanical calculator] was invented by the Jewish inventor Curt Herzstark in Buchenwald concentration camp during WWII. The Nazis planned to make a present of it to Hitler as a gift after the successful end of the war.