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TIL that the NFL made a commitee to falsify information to cover up brain damage in their players

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699Om TIL Astronomer George Ellery Hale observed the sun in 1908 through a 60-foot solar telescope and documented the Zeeman effect in a sunspot. Hale’s photograph represented the first magnetic fields discovered outside of Earth
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yQ9VV TIL that the 2016 Rio Olympics were a huge financial disaster for Brazil. A $12bn price tag for the venues without any real plan on how to continue has left facilities,used by legendary athletes just years ago, in disrepair. The aquatic center pictured is now drained and filled with dirty puddles
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