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TIL Synesthesia: Mystery of God’s Creation

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6EMow TIL The best paid athlete of all time is the Ancient Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles. His winnings totaled over 15 billion in today’s US dollars.
eQ8L TIL that a man tried to establish the Kingdom of North Sudan so that his daughter could be a princess.
9YODD TIL that cats have a precise method of walking called "direct registering." Their hind paws fall inside the place of their forepaws, minimizing noise and visible tracks, while ensuring more stable footing
8a68X TIL measles can cause immunosuppression that lasts for up to two years, and this immunosuppression has been related to 30% to 90% of childhood death in impoverished countries.
6E6RZ TIL the term "kangaroo court" comes from travelling judges "hopping from place to place, guided less by concern for justice than by the desire to wrap up as many trials as the day allowed."