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TIL many Olympic athletes are either broke or working 9–to-5 jobs outside of their training.

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786YX TIL only about 10% of actively managed large cap funds have beaten the S&P 500 over the past decade, meaning 90% of people who paid wealth managers would have been better off just throwing everything into the most popular index there is
8a0oa TIL the only places in the United States where you can buy alcohol at 18 instead of 21 are Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
rR7e0 TIL there is a disorder that makes the person with it unable to see anything in motion.
NX8dQ TIL a scene from a Season 1 episode of Pokemon, in which Pikachu stops and explodes a wave of missiles (in cyberspace), had animation effects that triggered seizures for 685 children, 150 of which were hospitalised.
9pJm TIL Darwin proposed that nodding for “yes” and head-shaking for “no” is a common cross-cultural gesture because it has its roots in basic human instincts related to breast feeding