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TIL that Carlo Kaiser had a decade long career as a professional soccer player, during which time he managed to hide the fact that he was a bad player through various techniques, such as faking injuries, changing teams, and befriending journalists who would write fake articles about him.

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9wVEp TIL that "Project Steve", a list of scientists with the first name Steven/Stephen who support evolution, has 1400 signatures since 2003; it was made in response to a 2001 petition "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism" collecting signatures of 700 scientists critical of evolution
xVQmk TIL it's impossible to explain how to lace shoes without demonstrating it visually. It's called tacit knowledge.
a8Bl0 TIL A plane in a holding pattern due to a severe weather ran out of fuel and crashed because of the crew's failure to be assertive with air traffic control
a8vLA TIL Journalist Micheal Hastings wrote a career ending report on Stanley McChrystal causing him to be fired in the Army
PyEJ TIL Goldcorp once offered $575K to anyone who could help find gold deposits. The Canadian mining company eventually paid out a winner and proceeded to unearth $6B worth of gold at the location.