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TIL a gladiator named Asteropaeus fought 107 times and survived to retire

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VMEEk TIL Thomas Payne argued in a 1797 pamphlet for an estate tax to fund elderly pensions and a one-time payment when a person reached 21
KdO6 TIL that all the mountains on Titan are named after mountains and peaks from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
R5Vda TIL when you experience excitement, your thoughts trigger the pituitary gland to tell the adrenal glands to release adrenaline. This pulls blood to your lungs and muscles (to activate your fight-or-flight response) and away from your stomach. Boom! There are your butterflies.
5VNEP TIL baseball player Ricky Henderson got a frostbite in August. The injury was due to him leaving an ice pack on his foot for too long