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Learning never ends! Or, well, at least it shouldn’t. Even if you’ve finished school or college, it doesn’t mean that you can kick back and relax for the rest of your life. Your mind needs to work out just like your body. Not to mention how deeply satisfying it is to discover new things about the world.

All that it takes is a dash of curiosity, a bit of patience, and—potentially—the support of a massively popular online community. That’s where the ‘Today I Learned’ or TIL subreddit comes in. Its 34.4 million eager members regularly share all the new things they’ve recently learned. We’ve collected some of their freshest and most astonishing insights for you, Pandas. Scroll down to check them out… and don’t forget to share them with your friends. 

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35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL about a phenomenon called "delayed implantation" in grizzly bears. The embryo will start gestation only after the mama bear has gained enough weight to avoid death by starvation during hibernation.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm waiting for Republicans to pass legislation to force the bear to gestate regardless of the mother's health.

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    The long and short of it is that we have to consistently take care of our brains if we want to live a healthy, happy, and high-quality life. A very wide range of factors contribute to this. For one, the positive relationships we build with the people we care about are paramount. Strong social networks make us more resilient to stress. On the flip side, loneliness is absolutely awful for our bodies, minds, and longevity.

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    On top of that, you have to get plenty of sleep, eat nutritious food, and get lots of movement throughout the week. Your body and mind are intrinsically linked. No matter how intelligent and skilled you are, your brain won’t thank you if all you ever do is stay cooped up inside, staring at screens and eating junk food.
    #4

    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL: A US Air Force cadet was reading about WWII when he stumbled upon the name of a janitor that worked at his USAF Academy. That’s how it was discovered at the academy that that janitor was a Medal of Honor recipient.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    US treat veterans as they treat babies, once they're out, they're on their own.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL 1 in 5 CEOs have psychopathic tendencies.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL The Green Bay Packers (NFL) is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does this mean any profits go to community development projects?

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    Aside from investing in your relationships and taking better care of your health, you ought to give your mind some direct training as well. We all know how much better life is when we’re feeling fresh and sharp, not groggy and slow. But a big part of feeling bright and capable comes from taking the time and energy to try new things and learn new skills.

    You could go for something as simple and fun as reading a book, putting together a puzzle, solving a crossword, or trying your hand at Sudoku. You could give learning a new language a try or pick an interesting subject to research, whether that’s something to do with psychology, history, science, or anything else.

    Or you could pick up a new hobby to try out. Like painting, dancing, playing an instrument, or putting together an entire vintage car from scratch in your garage. It should be something that’s new to you but that you feel at least slightly enthusiastic about. Doing things that we find hard improves our willpower. However, we shouldn’t go through life having to force every single thing that we do. There’s a balance to be found here.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL the next periodical emergence of the 13- and 17-year cicada broods is 2024. The last time these insects co-emerged was 221 years ago while Thomas Jefferson was president.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL: Maryland was a slave state that sided with the Union, but in 1864, they actually had a referendum to abolish slavery. It narrowly failed - until the absentee ballots from the soldiers at the front came in, at which point it overwhelmingly succeeded.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that Nelson Rockefeller, once Vice President of the United States, died at age 70 of a heart attack rumoured to be caused during sex with his 25 year old assistant. The New York Magazine quipped: "Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going".

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some headlines just make themselves. The writer took it, and ran with it!

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    Dr. John N. Morris, the director of social and health policy at the Institute for Aging Research, which is affiliated with the Harvard Medical School, urges people to practice new and challenging activities.

    “Eventually, your cognitive skills will wane and thinking and memory will be more challenging, so you need to build up your reserve. Embracing a new activity that also forces you to think and learn and requires ongoing practice can be one of the best ways to keep the brain healthy,” he said.
    #10

    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that when the first rail bridge over the Mississippi River was being planned, riverboat operators pushed for rigid standards in hopes of making the bridge impossible. Instead, the bridge pioneered multiple engineering techniques and still carries road and rail traffic 150 years later.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that sperm whales can generate sounds up to 230 decibels - far beyond the fatality threshold for humans.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that the leader of the Crips, Stanley Williams, lived a double life where during the day, he was an anti-gang youth counselor, and at night acted as the overboss of the Crips, committing violent gang crimes against the Bloods.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That does seem to happen quite a bit. People leading hypocritical double lives (especially in the church)

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    Morris stressed the fact that you cannot improve your memory if you don’t work at it. "The more time you devote to engaging your brain, the more it benefits. It is the constant repetition of working to improve, and not the quest for mastery, that can have the greatest impact.”

    Which of the facts in this list surprised you the most? Were there any that you’d already heard about before, dear Pandas? Let us know in the comment section. In the meantime, if your curiosity is all fired up and you’d like to learn some more TIL facts about the world, feel free to read Bored Panda’s earlier posts.
    #13

    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that Sigourney Weaver earned $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986), whereas she earned only $35,000 for Alien (1979).

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well WELL deserved. She probably should have paid the movie studios for 3 and 4. But Aliens remains the best 2nd movie ever.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that in 1973, two brothers, an 18-year-old and a 10-year-old stayed in Tom Sawyer's River at Disneyland past closing time. When they tried to swim to leave, the older brother carried his younger brother, who didn't know how to swim, on his back and drowned. The younger survived.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s been quite a few deaths at Disneyland that are bizarre. Understandably, Disney tries to keep them secret.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that sharks do not produce sounds that humans can hear. Out of the 400-500 species, no organ capable of producing sound has ever been found.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that only about 20% of homes in the UK are completely detached with zero shared walls, whereas, almost 85% of homes in the US are detached.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hardly surprising since the UK is 40 times smaller than the US. It also has a significantly higher population density - 274 inhabitants per km2 compared to 35 in the US

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL of the antimony pill, aka the everlasting pill, used in the 18th and early 19th century for stomach relief. It was reusable after pooping it out, making it very cost effective. Entire families used the same pill, which some times went through multiple generations.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that, of the 50 oldest people on the planet, only ONE of them is a male.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at a lot of the stupid s**t we pull and it's no wonder! LOL!

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that Hong Kong actor Michael Chan is well-known for his various triad (gangster) roles and martial arts movies. It was later discovered he was actually the No. 2 boss in the 14k Triad.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for an actor to have a safety net since employment is so uncertain.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that after childbirth, the placenta can leave behind a wound the size of a dinner plate inside the mother’s uterus.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That wound usually closes itself quickly, as the uterus contracts back into shape, but if it continues bleeding, it threatens the mother's life. I nearly lost à family member that way

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL: Giant Tortoises lacked a scientific name for 300 years; as sailors devoured them on return trips.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The meat was described as succulent, and the shell held so much fresh water. 'We'll do it this time, I swear! chomp

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL a four-year-old m****r case was solved when detectives noticed a gang member's tattoo that depicted the entire crime scene.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Censoring murder, now I feel safe board panda!

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL Bermuda has no indigenous population, and has only been permanently settled since 1609.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I right in thinking that there are no fresh water sources on Bermuda and the fresh water they have comes from gathered rainwater?

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL the only state in the U.S. that requires shoes while driving is Alabama -- and that's only for motorcycle riders.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can confirm, I've driven home from the beach in Florida (10 min drive), wearing a bikini and no shoes :) Standards are low, but we all know this! :)

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that in the UK, the number of women (103,575) who applied to study law at the undergraduate level in 2022 was nearly double the number of men (51,865) who did.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TIL in the UK you can study law as an undergraduate. US you generally study liberal arts as an undergrad to get a wide range of knowledge and then apply to Law school

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL a man bought all the spare B-2 windshields and used them in his daughter’s tree house. The USAF had to buy them back to replace a damaged Spirit windshield.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why where they selling them when they still had use for them

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL while most American sports are variations on older ones, volleyball, skateboarding, snowboarding and ultimate frisbee are completely American inventions

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Volleyball was invented as a variation of badminton surely? Skateboarding was a variation on surfing and was called street surfing, and the first snowboard was two skis stuck together so is a variation of skiing?

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that in 2016, Burger King opened a spa in one of its restaurants in Helsinki, Finland. Customers could enjoy a Whopper while sitting in the 15-seater sauna room, and the spa also featured showers, PlayStation, TVs, and beverages and the price was $283/person.

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    TIL that Bobby Driscoll, the voice of Disney's Peter Pan, lost his film contract due to puberty related acne, turned to drugs, went to prison, hung out with Andy Warhol, and died penniless and alone in an abandoned building in the East Village.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL Korean astronauts eat a version of kimchi that has been radiated to kill all of the microorganisms.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL There is a a parasite that can infect the human brain and alter our behaviour. It can cause road rage, increase chances of dying in a road accident and much more.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess this is toxoplasma gondii? It is linked to increased reckless behavior and is transmitted by cats. It is also the reason pregnant people should not scoop up kitty litter because the parasite can be harmful to the unborn and the pregnant person.

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    TIL that a steel bridge in India is being dangerously eroded by pedestrians spitting on it.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that the world's second most expensive building is The Clock Towers complex in Mecca, which had a total construction cost of 15 billion USD. It was built by the Saudi Binladin Group, whose founder is the father of Osama Bin Laden. Construction began in 2002, and opened in 2012.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL that Okinoshima Island in Japan strictly forbids women to step ashore due to local traditions. The entire island is a sacred Shinto kami, and over 80,000 artifacts left as offerings have been recovered. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2017.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pisses me off that cultures considered menstruating women "unclean" It's actually a natural way of the body cleansing itself, if not pregnant...That's part of life, that's part of what creates life, you want children? well deal with it.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL David Bowie ended the Ziggy Stardust Persona, and practically fired The Spiders from Mars on stage at their final performance in London’s Hammersmith Odeon on July 3rd, 1973. To the fans, and bands disbelief, “Not only is it the last show of the tour, but, it’s the last show we’ll ever do”.

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    TIL that Humanity eats 70 Billion Chickens each year.

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    TIL that a man hijacked a United flight out of Denver, requesting $500,000 and 4 parachutes, and jumping out over Utah - mimicking the infamous D.B. Cooper case and getting caught only because he bragged about being able to do it to an acquaintance just prior.

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    TIL that sumo wrestlers, despite eating 10,000+ calories daily, have very little visceral fat thanks to their training which is so intense they can lose over 10 pounds of sweat in a single workout.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They sure look wobbly with those huge welts. If that's not fat, I dunno what it is.

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    TIL during WWII, RAF bomber command suffered a casualty rate of 59.1% and a fatality rate of 44.4%.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile, the casualty rate for the US Eighth Army Air Force flying out of the UK to bomb targets in Continental Europe was at around 10%. That discrepancy is given by the fact Bomber Command had been at war three years longer at the point where the Luftwaffe was far stronger, but also because the US B-17 and B-24 bombers were more survivable and easier to bail out if than the British Lancester, Halifax and Stirling bombers. Finally, by 1944 the US introduced the P-51 which could escort bombers all the way to the target, while Bomber Cimmand, flying at night, continued to fly sorties without fighter escort. They did also fly radar equipoed Mosquito night fighters but these were more designed to intercept the German night fighters close to their bases and if they missed, well, tough luck for the bombers.

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    TIL Baby Aspirin should not be given to babies as it can cause Reyes Syndrome.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was poorly named. Baby means "low-dose" (81mg) in this case.

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    TIL: Eating too many Sour Skittles in one sitting (or any sour candy) can make your tongue shed a layer of skin.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid, I had so many sour candies, that my tongue started to bleed. Haven't had any since.

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    TIL if you watch the first season of 'Happy Days', you'll notice the Fonz wears penny loafers and windbreakers for many scenes. ABC only allowed the character to wear his later trademark leather jacket if he was standing next to his motorcycle.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They only allowed him to wear it next to the bike because the showrunners told the network it was "Safety Equipment". The network thought a leather jacket made him look like a hood.

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    TIL The Academic quarter was established in the early 18th century to accommodate students and professors who didn't own pocket watches. It gave them extra time to arrive after hearing the church's clock strike the hour.

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    TIL when George Miller was casting Mad Max: Fury Road, his first choice actor to play Max was Eminem who only turned down the role because he didn't want to leave his home state.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL in 2015, Billy Mitchell filed a lawsuit against Cartoon Network, saying in the series Regular Show, a character who cheats at video games infringed on his likeness. Years later, the legitimacy of a number of his records was called into question, leading to them being stripped.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He cheated at Donkey Kong. There was a movie about him called The King of Kong.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL the bomb used in the Oklahoma City bombing took an estimated inflation-adjusted $10 000 to produce.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cheap and easy to make. It was an ammonium nitrate–fuel oil (ANFO) bomb. The Feds now monitor fertilizer sales to help prevent another bombing.

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    TIL a 17-year-old boy blew up a Starbucks in 2009 to emulate Tyler Durden.

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    35 Of The Most Brain-Scrambling “Today I Learned” Facts (New Facts) TIL In 1995, Jennifer Fairgate was found dead in a locked Oslo hotel room with a gunshot to the head. Ballistics showed that suicide was not possible. Yet there were fingerprints and strangely her clothing labels were all removed making it impossible to ID her. Theories speculate she was a spy.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so badly written that it doesn’t make any sense

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    TIL In 1979 a rabbit, hissing and baring its teeth, swam up to Jimmy Carter’s boat while he was fishing. He shooed it away with a paddle, but the incident damaged his reputation.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Historians recently found out that it wasn't a paddle but the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch that Carter used to scare the rabbit away

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    TIL There was a concentration camp on British soil in Alderney. It is known as "The Island of Silence" as not much is known about the exact atrocities that took place.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was during WW2 when the Nazis occupied the Island of Guernsey (a British territory near France), and there were 2 concentration camps built - BY and FOR the Nazis. This comment is worded in such a way that it implies the British built/used it. They did not. And plenty is known about the operation of these camps.

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