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TIL: NFL cheerleaders are only paid $50 to $75 a game

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P1lAO TIL that the original Pinocchio was an incredibly dark story written by an author who hated children
Oowya TIL Psychologists found that interrogative self-talk, asking yourself a question about a future action increases the likelihood of it happening. For example, rather than saying "I'm going to the gym later." You would say, "Will I go to the gym later?" It triggers more goal-oriented behavior.
m1pbp TIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plants
x6EE5 TIL that the desert scenes in the movie Ishtar were filmed in the actual Sahara Desert, instead of the Southwestern U.S., because Columbia's parent company Coca-Cola had money in Morocco it could not repatriate.
oBxw7 TIL There is company which is harnessing carbon from the air to make fuel for vehicles and aeroplanes. They hope to make it viable economically soon.