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TIL that The Majority of Millennials Have $1,000 or Less in Savings

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9wDvX TIL when Guinness World Records stopped monitoring the record for the longest time to stay awake in 1997, the record holder at the time was Robert McDonald who went 453 hours 40 minutes (18 days 21 hours 40 minutes) without sleeping in 1986.
9vb6 TIL Researchers in Tokyo have developed a mirror that tweaks the viewer’s reflection in real-time to make it look like they’re smiling. The projected application for this tech is for use in shopping mall bathrooms, in hopes that happier shoppers will buy more.
v1RE8 TIL that Lebron James refuses to pay for apps or music and only uses his phone when he's on wifi
OGelR TIL of Edward Barton-Wright, one of the first European practitioners of Japanese martial arts. He worked as an Antimony smelter in Japan, where he learned 2 styles of jujitsu. Upon returning to England he opened a school that taught a style named Bartitsu which combined jujitsu, boxing and savate.
4XYbw TIL According to his former manager, Travis Scott faked his soundcloud streams by using bots and then went to record labels and presented his fake numbers which helped him get signed.