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TIL The WR pace for running 100 miles is 6:31/mile, and for 50 miles it is 5:48/mile !!!

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kOwb7 TIL of John Von Neumann, a mathematician polymat that invented computers (the architecture in every digital computer today), a precursor theory of DNA without having been a biologist, played a pivotal in creating the Atom bomb, and laid out the mathematical framework for quantum mechanics.
8e9xV TIL that in the 20th century, native New Guineans were devastated by an incurable fatal degenerative brain disease called Kuru, "the shaking death." It was caused by eating cooked brain tissue during ritual cannibalism. Victims also laughed uncontrollably.
V7YG TIL: Cheetahs and Cougars aren’t related to the other big cats (Panthera). They’re apart of the Felinae family, related to the common house cat.
jVXn TIL North Korea has developed its own scoring system for basketball. Three points for a dunk, four points for a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds.
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