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TIL Even in ancient statues Atlas is carrying a round world.

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nerJb TIL the modern polo shirt was designed so the collar would intentionally be popped, preventing the sun from burning tennis players' necks.
N7xpN TIL that some deaf people that develop Schizophrenia can have auditory hallucinations and ‘hear’ voices
loVxN TIL about Bill Bradley, an NBA all-star who won two championships with the New York Knicks (1979, 1973), only to become a New Jersey Senator from 1979-1997
ANXWo TIL that there is a collection of counterintuitive mathematical objects called "pathological objects" that mathematicians commonly use to disprove conjectures or provide exceptions.
pZlN TIL Walt Disney’s mother, Flora Disney, died from a gas leak attributed to a faulty furnace that Walt had installed in the home he bought both parents. She was found collapsed in the bathroom; her husband fainted while trying to get her out.