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TIL that in the card game Euchre, played with a twenty-four card deck, the “Bauer” refers to the most powerful card in the trump suit, which is commonly taken to be the Jack. Coincidentally, Jack Bauer from the TV show is the best agent, in a show that has twenty-four episodes a season.

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kOdye TIL that the Inland Taipan or "fierce snake" is the most venomous snake in the world. However, because of its shy nature and timid nature there has never been a recorded death caused by its bite. The word "fierce" describes its venom, not its temperament.
e0Ld6 TIL 10-year-old Olivia Farnsworth has never been able to feel pain or hunger, and cannot sleep without being heavily medicated. Due to her symptoms revolving from Chromosome 6 Deletion, she had been able to withstand a car accident without distress.
aepM TIL: In a report from 2013, most of the funds raised by the NFL don’t fund cancer research. In the end, after everybody has taken their cut, only 8.01% of money spent on pink NFL merchandise is actually going towards cancer research.
vPB7D TIL during filming of "The Mandalorian" TV series in 2019, the crew ran out of Stormtrooper costumes. As a solution, they contacted a local Star Wars fan group who showed up in their own handmade Stormtrooper outfits to assist with filming.
D1D9j TIL the woman who married Michael Knight on the TV show Knight Rider married David Hasselhoff in real life. After they divorced, she married a man named Michael Knight.