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TIL Conan the barbarian is part of the Marvel comics universe and could potentionally be part of the cinematic universe, his world was created when Atlantis sunk and was later forgotton when Thor and Hercules arrived on earth

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W774X TIL A “Keynesian beauty contest” describes why certain commodities are traded not for what they are intrinsically worth, but what others believe they are worth, creating an iteration of valuation belief — like a beauty contest where the judge chooses a winner by guessing the audience’s choice.
dDEkZ TIL that after dropping out of college and heading to Hollywood, Craig T. Nelson was first employed as a security guard at a soap factory.
N78Ae TIL that water bottles can be an effective weapon, esp. for assault.
RJvj TIL that the gravity of a neutron star is so strong that parts of the opposite side can be seen from the front, as light is bent around it.
1am8W TIL about Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, born in 1745. He was the first Black composer of the classical era, conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, and a champion fencer. He has been referred to as “Black Mozart”