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Grab your thinking caps, dear Pandas, it’s time to expand our minds! It’s time for another loving rendition of ‘Today I Learned,’ a list of all the cool and interesting (and really surprising!) things that the people of the internet learned about the world recently.

From science to history to everything and anything in between and more, the TIL community over on Reddit has got it all. And with so many curious people in the world, the subreddit keeps on expanding, now closing on a whopping 26 million members. Need some more yummy facts about everything and anything? Check out Bored Panda’s latest lovingly-crafted TIL articles here and here, as well as here. Got some cool trivia tidbits to share with the rest of the class? You can tell us all about them in the comment section.

Learning new things isn’t as easy as we’d like as we grow up. But it’s far from impossible! All it takes a spark of curiosity and the willingness to be open-minded and humble.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL about BACA, a biker gang that will defend kids who were abused or bullied, give them their own vest, take them the school, and will even guard a house 24/7 to make sure the kid can sleep

Met76 , Vanessa Serpas Report

Final score:

781points

Camilla Koutsos 3 years ago

I saw a video about this organisation. They stay with abused children through court proceedings, at school, etc. if the abuser isn't remanded to custody. Really Solid work.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL a bus driver in Paris kicked all the passengers out when they refused to make space for a wheelchair bound man

__aks , moovitapp Report

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712points

James016 3 years ago

Hail to bus driver

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Queen Elizabeth once hid in a bush with her corgis to avoid talking to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife.

Fun_Wonder_4114 , Bill Ingalls Report

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620points

Helwin 3 years ago

That's so relatable...

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Here’s the thing about knowledge—if our metaphorical cup is full, if we always want to prove others wrong, and if we get overly defensive whenever a factoid threatens our worldview, then we’ll only ever live in our own private echo chamber.

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Sure, it’s comfy and cozy in this homogenous bubble of views, but it doesn’t help us grow and evolve as human beings much. We have to be willing to question everything. And even if we turn out to be right about something… well, there’s a lot to be said for being graceful and diplomatic with our words if we want to teach others, not just create an argument out of thin air.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Gorillas hum happy songs when they eat. “And if it’s their favourite food, they sing louder.”

onlyupliftingcomment , Mad Ball Report

Final score:

575points

Friday 3 years ago

I think I do this too

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#5

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Stephen King sells the rights to some of his short stories for just $1, allowing aspiring filmmakers and students to adapt them into movies. This arrangement is known as the Dollar Baby.

killHACKS , Stephanie Lawton Report

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562points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Stephen King's (Richard Bachman) stories are so prolific. Kudos Mr King, your respect and inspiration for others is admirable.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL a woman named Frances Perkins was outside the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory during the fire and saw dozens of people jump to their deaths due to unsafe work conditions. She went on to become the first female Secretary of Labor and founded the Factory Investigating Commission to improve work safety

PM_me_no_clothes_pic , Library of Congress Report

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555points

Aeon Flux 3 years ago

That is amazing. I'm glad she was able to put that horror to god use in her own life, and directly address the root causes.

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Lenore Skenazy, the president of Let Grow and the founder of the Free-Range Kids movement told me during an earlier interview that we should try and learn something from authority figures who are clearly wrong about something, instead of being overly combative.

“The key is to discover things together. If something sounds strange or unlikely, respond with curiosity—ask the person to tell you more, and how they found this information out, and where you should go if you want to delve into it further,” the expert said.

#7

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Gillian Lynne did so badly in school teachers thought she had a learning disorder & her mom took her to a doctor. Lynne began dancing to his radio; the doctor said: She’s not disordered, she’s a dancer; put her in dance school. Lynne became a world-renowned dancer & music theater choreographer.

TheRealLuckyBlackCat , ItzKingFran123 Report

Final score:

486points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Not everyone learns the way things are taught in schools. Both my kids are very visual learners and learn better when they are actually included/involved in the lesson. Theory work is a real struggle for them. If I could afford it, I would have sent both my kids to a Montessori school.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL before any details of Pixar’s ‘Soul’ were public, a Black chauffeur told Kemp Powers (the film’s co-writer & co-director) that he knew Pixar was making a Black movie because he had never driven so many Black people to Pixar before.

CocaTrooper42 , pixar Report

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459points

Aeon Flux 3 years ago

Kind of depressing and clever elements both here.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that Utah’s Great Salt Lake used to be the home of a single flamingo named Pink Floyd, who escaped from the zoo and would be seen wintering in Utah socializing with seagulls

TheSpecksynder , Manuel Ramos Inostroza Report

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446points

*me* 3 years ago

Ok... that’s really funny actually

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“Then if the sources they give you seem dubious—well, probably so is whatever they gleaned from them. But if the sources seem legit, read them with an open mind. They may be right after all!” Lenore told Bored Panda earlier.

Even if somebody gets their facts wrong, we shouldn’t get angry at them… well, unless they’ve been deliberately misleading us. “Ever since the Age of Enlightenment, humans have realized that the best way to get closer to the truth is by saying something out loud and seeing if it stands up to scrutiny. If not—hooray. We are one step closer to the truth because we've just jettisoned a misconception.”

#10

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, but announced it in Latin. One reporter got the scoop and broke the story because she understood Latin. Most other reporters waited for official translations.

amansaggu26 , Mangouste35 Report

Final score:

412points

Eslamala 3 years ago (edited)

They made him resign for wanting to do something about the systematic covering up of pedophilia, out of guilt like any good catholic, of course. Downvote away, but it's a known fact. Just as known as Sinead O'Connor's claims against the former scumbag pedo pope they even sainted. What a fkcn joke!

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that the Quran references Jesus's mother Mary 70 times and holds her in very high regard, identifying her as the greatest of all women

a2soup , Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato Report

Final score:

408points

LottieH 3 years ago

The Muslims in my town have a parade and celebrate Jesus' birthday (not Christmas) every year. Sorry if this is done everywhere and it's all Muslims I have only ever seen it in the town I live in now. It's a wonderful day where they give out food and sweets, the colours are amazing, brightens up this otherwise gloomy British town for a few hours.

186points

ElenaK 3 years ago

I was told that Muslims acknowledge Jesus as a prophet, not as the son of God. In any case Jesus existed for Muslims too.

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Patti Vance 3 years ago

i haven't had the opportunity to read the quron and would like to very much. it seems that some christians don't remember that the prophet was also a son of abraham and, therefore, just another branch of the same biblical tree. i hate it when i hear/see people demonize muslims because of the extremists they only hear/see on the news....like there aren't christian extremists. oh, but i forget...they prefer the term fundamentalist.

11points

whitney sweat 3 years ago

it sounds wonderful! :)

0points

Ali MacK 3 years ago

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Katinka Min 3 years ago

Jesus is a saint (prophet? Not sure) within Muslim religion. He's just not the last and not as important as Mohammed. It'll never cease to amaze me how three religions based on thesame God can be such enemies, at times. So stupid..

27points

Freeeda 3 years ago

He's a prophet, no prophet is more important than any other we respect them the same. Blame the people being stupid tbh not the religions

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Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Yes indeed. I think it is even because of them being linked. They disagree on too many things.

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Dale 3 years ago

They arent based on the same God, Christians believe Jesus was God, islam teaches he was a prophet, Judaism teaches he was a blasphemer, God of the Israelites is God of Christianity but with a new covenant there is alot more to the three religions I'm assuming you are talking about than just sharing the idea of the same god.

2points

SilentSyst3m 3 years ago

Thank you. Btw Muslims are expecting Jesus peace be upon him to come back and fight the Anti-Christ. There is an empty grave next/near Muhammed saw. so they'll rest together.

2points

Jared West 3 years ago

Saints aren't in Islam.

0points

Pamela Blue 3 years ago

I'm sorry, but we do not worship the same God.

0points

Easily Excitable Panda 3 years ago

I once heard a Muslim describe Jesus this way: "He's our vice-captain."

17points

SilentSyst3m 3 years ago

That one made me smile!

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Eithne Griffiths 3 years ago

RIP the London Ontario Muslim Family deliberately killed last Sunday.https://london.ctvnews.ca/case-of-accused-killer-in-london-ont-attack-put-over-1.5464272

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François Carré 3 years ago

The Quran also acknowledges Jesus (ʿĪsā) as one of the most important prophets, and a messiah sent by God. But it denies any belief linked to the Crucifixion. Islam, Christianism and Judaism are based on the same book and are way, way closer to each other than most people usually think.

9points

MrsV 3 years ago

Yes, you are right for the most part, but it isn't based on the same book necessarily, they are all the word of God (Allâh swt) and the Quran is the final. He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel. Verse 3:3 Quran

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

There is an island that used to belong to Greece and now is part of Turkey where all the names of the villages were changed to Turkish names! The only name that didn't change was the one of the biggest village called Panagia(mother Mary in Greek). Turkish respect her and didn't change the name!

9points

BetterBitterButter 3 years ago

Jesus is a prophet in Islam too (before Mohammad and is referred to as Isa in Quran). Mary is Mariyam.

3points

Chewie Baron 3 years ago

She's also the only woman named in the Qur'an.

3points

Shazia Nguyen-Xuan 3 years ago

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.islamicfinder.org/news/women-mentioned-in-the-holy-quran/amp/ plenty of women in the Quran, here's a link :)

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Shazia Nguyen-Xuan 3 years ago

Oh ok, only one called by name, if that's what you mean....

3points

Jared West 3 years ago

Not really lol

0points

Unum Kumunu 3 years ago

Islam is heavily influenced by Judaism & Christianity

1point

Miss Cris 3 years ago (edited)

Maria (mary) is the only one western name that has an own kanji in chinese. Not even jesus or others. In Spain both names Maria and Míriam are very popular, but considered different names.

1point

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago (edited)

Muslims also acknowledge to respect Ahl Al-Kitab, or People of the Book: Christians, Jews and Orthodox. The term "infidel" (Kafir) is reserved for a muslim who has sinned or broke any Islamic laws.

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Jared West 3 years ago

true. also crusaders made the word "infidel".

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Mark Kelly 3 years ago

Tell Muslims that

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Jared West 3 years ago

I am Muslim, and Mary was the best women ever :-) (btw, she is why muslim women wear hijab, since you can see it on her)

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Carolyn O'Brien 3 years ago

Thats why I love going to Turkey....they show such love and respect for our faith and maintain Mary's House near ephesus they called it Virgin Mary House....it goes to show that most people respect others faith. Just we have some assholes who don't.

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sari swick 3 years ago

What is pbuh?

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Jared West 3 years ago

peace be upon him. reserved for most prophets.

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Si 3 years ago

Well obviously, because Islam was created after Arabs occupied Jerusalem and is put together from the local religions, Judaism and Christianity with elements of Arab pagan religion.

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Jared West 3 years ago

Shut it. Racists dont belong here.

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Mark Kelly 3 years ago

Why do they treat women like second class citizens then?

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akill khalil 3 years ago

That's culture in commonly in middle east & India Not Islamic teaching. Before arrival of islam women was treated unfairly. Muhammad teach that women are to treated with respect.There's even Quran chapter explain about women rights

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Rosidah Yahya 3 years ago

Agree

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k1ddkanuck 3 years ago

Jesus is in fact the most quoted prophet in the Quran. Not Mohammad.

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Drawings of HS 3 years ago

İ haven't read the whole of it, but I'm pretty sure this is false

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s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

And yet homosexuality is considered a serious crime.

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dianadeluxe 3 years ago

Yeah this book does really appreciate women.

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Jared West 3 years ago

Us Muslims invented women's rights.

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CreamciclePika14 3 years ago

They must be catholic, because Mary is higher in status to catholics

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Sarcastic Cow 3 years ago

But certainly has less value than the smallest of men, isn´t she?

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Jonathan 3 years ago

Shame some religious muslims don't hold other women is such high regard.

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Andi Sugiarta 3 years ago

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Drawings of HS 3 years ago

Well, most muslims haven't read all stories about all prophets,i might also say, that too many Christians don't know about muslims, and that is also a fact

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Marnie 3 years ago

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Chaos&Roses 3 years ago

Marnie, all religions do that. From the Mormons to Catholics to Jehovah's witness and Islam, Hindu, Jewish etc... These books and tenements were written in a time when women had no place. People of no religion or faith do it too. It's humans in general. It's just easier for people to hate when everything is compartmentalized and gives you narrower focus to fine tune your mistrust and anger at a specific group that's being targeted.

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Aamna Shah 3 years ago

What is that supposed to mean?

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that three german students got sued by their alma mater for 10,000€ because they graduated "too fast". They completed their bachelors and masters degree within 4 instead of 11 semesters by attending different lectures and sharing notes. Then they founded a ghostwriting agency!

Markusdo , Pixabay Report

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387points

James016 3 years ago

They should be applauded for their ingenuity.

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Instead of being confrontational when we learn that an authority figure in our lives has been wrong about something, we should look at the situation as a great learning opportunity.

“If it turns out that you do find some information that contradicts what the other person—your teacher or boss or anyone—has stated as true, again, the best approach is not confrontation. It's assuming that the other person didn't mean to steer you wrong,” Lenore said.

#13

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL That rats can be trained to detect a chemical compound within explosives, meaning they ignore scrap metal and can search for mines more quickly. Also, an African giant pouched rat named Magawa has been awarded a prestigious gold medal for his work detecting land mines.

Hebdomero , pete beard Report

Final score:

383points

TmKhr 3 years ago

Good boy

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that when you eat pineapple and your tongue begins to hurt it is due to the fact that the pineapple is eating you back thanks to bromelain.

heyysooos , Gabriel Yuji Report

Final score:

373points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

True, but your digestive tract will combat this once swallowed.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL on several late 60's recordings, prominent jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman used his 10-year-old son to play drums, though he could have employed high-profile adult jazz drummers. He prized the child's joyful child musical curiosity over a more technically skilled adult

GregJamesDahlen , Frank Schindelbeck Report

Final score:

370points

Omar Pearson 3 years ago

Keep it in the family!

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“So if you bring in information that contradicts the person, don't say, ‘SEE??? YOU WERE WRONG!' Say something more like, ‘I was so interested in what you were talking about that I did some research and now I'm a little confused. Can we look at this together?'"

People tend to get defensive if we throw accusations their way and that’s not good for anybody. “So don't be rude, be engaged. This works in the classroom, in the office, and pretty much everywhere.”

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#16

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL in 2018 a French historical theme park named Puy du Fou trained six Rooks, a member of the crow family, to pick up cigarette butts and trash. When one of them takes a piece of trash to a special box the device dispenses bird food

f_GOD , Andreas Trepte Report

Final score:

350points

Y T 3 years ago

Maybe teach the French not to throw trash on the ground instead.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL That in the late 1780's, an Irishman met an impressive performing bear while travelling France. When the bears owner prodded him with a stick, the bear shouted something in Irish, which led to the discovery that the performing bear was actually another Irishman who had been sown into the suit.

CooKeeeeeeee , Sharon Mollerus Report

Final score:

339points

James016 3 years ago

I heard about this recently. IIRC the guy in the bear suit was shipwrecked and rescued by the Frenchman

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that rats left unaided in water will drown in a few minutes because they feel hopeless, but if they know there is hope of being rescued they will last for days.

grpagrati , Tambako The Jaguar Report

Final score:

293points

DforDory 3 years ago

Poor fellas 😔

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL an Intern at NASA once stole a safe full of moon rocks, sprinkled them on a hotel bed, and had sex with his girlfriend on top of them. He was sentenced to 8 years

geek_fest , Wknight94 Report

Final score:

288points

KJ 3 years ago

How uncomfy must that have been.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that veterinarians kill themselves at rates 2.5 to 3.5 times the general population, due in part to online trolling and threats from pet owners who blame them for the death of a pet, and easy access to lethal medicines

geekteam6 , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

275points

Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

That's so sad.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that barns are red because farmers made their own sealant using linseed oil and rust. The rust protects the wood from algae and fungal growth but also colors the mixture red.

EtOHMartini , Sonja Report

Final score:

275points

Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago

US barns, that is.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL For millennia, Europeans did not know where birds went in Winter time. The mystery was partly solved in 1822, when a German hunter shot down a stork. The stork had a 80cm long Central African spear impaled in its neck. This provided the first evidence that they migrated to Africa.

amansaggu26 , Thomas Bresson Report

Final score:

270points

Friday 3 years ago

Very unlucky stork

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#23

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that Thomas Edison proposed to his future wife in morse code, she accepted in the same way

FnordDesiato , Louis Bachrach Report

Final score:

265points

Omar Pearson 3 years ago

Didn't he steal patents?

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) Today I learned IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown.

URLcrazy , Kgbo Report

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249points

she/they and definitely gay 3 years ago

y'know whats funny is that I was looking that up yesterday.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL about the mysterious worldwide epidemic of Encephalitis lethargica. The disease attacks the brain, leaving some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. Between 1915 and 1926, 500,000 dead or incapacitated from it. It disappeared as mysteriously as it came in to the world.

Shibuya-Overlord , Wellcome Library Report

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243points

lara 3 years ago

Actually occurred parallel with the "Spanish Flu" and some researchers think that both might have been caused by the same flu variant. The Spanish Flu killed over 50,000,000 people. Whole villages in remote areas were wiped out.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL just before lethal hypothermia, a person will undress themselves because they perceive themselves to be burning up when indeed they're freezing (paradoxical undressing). Consequently people frozen to death are often found naked and misidentified as a victim of a violent crime.

clingyfungus , Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division (LI) Report

Final score:

241points

Becky Samuel 3 years ago

That happened to me. I just about remember feeling sooo warm. Don't remember much after that until I woke up in the hospital.

125points

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL the term "crimes against humanity" was first used to describe the atrocities committed by Leopold the 2nd of Belgium in the Congo Free State, a regime so brutal that the mercenaries hired by Leopold had to show a human hand for every bullet they used to prove the bullet wasnt used for hunting.

adr826 , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

232points

Omar Pearson 3 years ago

The bastard is responsible for the deaths of 10 million africans in the Congo.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that the Venus flytrap naturally grows in very few areas in the Carolinas, so park rangers have to keep most of their grow sites a secret to keep them safe from poachers.

Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder , Blondinrikard Fröberg Report

Final score:

226points

Frank Hassler 3 years ago

This is a pretty common practice for any rare plant, at least here in the US. Here in WI we closely guard the locations of ginseng and orchids.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL In 1980 a dingo ate an Australian couple's baby while camping, causing the mother to sentenced to life in prison for murder. Three years later, the babies clothes were found near a dingo lair.

Longboarding-Is-Life , Peripitus Report

Final score:

225points

Missy Moo Moo 3 years ago

It was trial by media and a disgrace! The Northern Territory ran a smear campaign so as not to see a loss in tourism. It was disgusting to see what they put poor lindy through

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#30

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL in 1998, a married couple was left behind during a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Two days passed before anyone realized what had happened. Despite a 5-day search, the couple was never found. A dive slate was later recovered which read "... rescue us before we die..."

fleece_pants , Jan Report

Final score:

221points

Láďa Durchánek 3 years ago

Our dive guide told this story when explaining why we need to sign off after every dive.

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL the Adamites were a 2nd century Christian sect that sought to re-create the innocence of the Garden of Eden. To this end they called their church “Paradise”, practiced nudism, rejected marriage and claimed they could do whatever they wanted because they had no knowledge of good/evil.

Ok-Needleworker-8876 , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

221points

James016 3 years ago

Good effort though

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL despite modern connotations of death as evil, the Greek god Hades was actually more altruistically inclined. Very few individual aspects of his personality were recorded, as Greeks refrained from giving him much thought to avoid attracting his attention.

Myrandall , Carole Raddato Report

Final score:

215points

RandomBeing 3 years ago

Hades is comparatively a pretty well behaved god. Tho pretty much everybody is well behaved compared to Zeus.

142points

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40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that "Jazz" is statistically the hardest word to guess in hangman. It has to do with it being a short word, having only one vowel, and using "j" and "z"---letters that people rarely guess in hangman.

whisk_of_power , McGeddon Report

Final score:

214points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

No wonder I always lose thinking it's Jizz.

145points

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#34

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that "ringworm" is a fungal infection and no actual worms are involved

huxley75 , Gzzz Report

Final score:

209points

Gosiaatje 3 years ago

A relief to know that

89points

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#35

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that the Bermuda triangle isn't statistically more dangerous than almost any other place on the world's oceans per capita, the traffic there is just much higher.

SnooPaintings4445 , Chris F Report

Final score:

196points

Wouldiwas Shookspeared 3 years ago

That’s what they want you to think… /j

135points

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#36

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL after their characters unsuccessfully flirted in Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern actually dated and got engaged

GirthWindNFire , Georges Biard Report

Final score:

194points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

He is so awesome I bet everyone he meets falls in love with him. That voice.....

67points

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#37

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL In 2019, Pope Francis approved changing the lord's prayer. The phrase “lead us not into temptation” changed to “do not let us fall into temptation”. He said the original was a bad translation because it suggested God caused the temptation.

amansaggu26 , Jeffrey Bruno Report

Final score:

183points

Luther von Wolfen 3 years ago

"Save us from the time of trial" is also used.

46points

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#38

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that Michael Jackson suffered from severe insomnia and did not get any real sleep for 60 days prior to his death. Instead, his personal doctor had been putting him under general anestheisa every night.

a2soup , Constru-centro Report

Final score:

178points

Omar Pearson 3 years ago

His doctor, Conrad Murray, received 4 years for involuntary manslaughter for Mike's death.

101points

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#39

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe nearly died of scarlet fever in 1962, of hypothermia in 1974, and of a lightning strike in 1986.

electricmaster23 , kris krüg Report

Final score:

177points

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

So that’s explains why he feels fine in It’s the End of the World as we know it”

103points

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#40

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that Sid Meier (of Sid Meier's Civilization and Sid Meier's Pirates!) began placing his name in the title of his games because of a suggestion made by Robin Williams in the 1980's

Hammy_Sagar , Official GDC Report

Final score:

167points

KJ 3 years ago

Sid Meier made some awesome games, a good chunk of my childhood pc time was spent on his works.

42points

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#41

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL about "mad honey": it's honey collected from bees that have fed on rhododendron flowers, and it causes hallucinations and intoxication

woodchuckgym , Monfocus Report

Final score:

56points

Y T 3 years ago

*planting rhododendrons*

41points

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#42

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Camels can be larger than moose, run up to 40mph, live close to 40 years in the wild, and are more intelligent/emotional than horses.

waxymcrivers , Becker1999 Report

Final score:

51points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

And have beautiful eyelashes

37points

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#43

TIL more than half of the oxygen you breathe comes from marine photosynthesizers, like phytoplankton and seaweed.

Elder-The-Wise Report

Final score:

50points

Robert Hughes 3 years ago

They are trying to get rid pf carbon dioxide in the air by planting a lot of seaweed.

4points

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#44

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that there's a rare turtle in Australia that was discovered in 1990, when Steve Irwin found it in a crocodile catching trip. It was named after him.

Tirfing88 , Ian Sutton Report

Final score:

48points

Chrissy Backer 3 years ago

TIL that there's a rare turtle in Australia called Steve

40points

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#45

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL the first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand for doughnuts as a breakfast food item following WW 1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the machine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in NYC.

KimCureAll , Alexander C. Kafka Report

Final score:

48points

*me* 3 years ago

Am I the only one who looked at the donuts and not the text

47points

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#46

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL of Henry de Bohun, a brave knight who thought he could kill Robert the Bruce on the open field because the King of Scots was armed only with an axe. Robert regretted the incident because he broke his favorite axe splitting Henry's head.

LeahTheKnown , Massam Report

Final score:

48points

*me* 3 years ago

Power move

18points

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#47

TIL An Elephant’s penis is prehensile. It can be used as a tripod for stability when standing on two legs, swat away flies, and scratch itches on their stomach.

LillyPip Report

Final score:

47points

Jonathan 3 years ago

Now that's using your head!

45points

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#48

TIL that in 1984, British new wave pop group Thompson Twins released a video game on a vinyl record. Players had to copy the game from the vinyl disc to a cassette tape, which could then be played on a ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64 computer.

BuridansAscot Report

Final score:

46points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

What? This is amazing

17points

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#49

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Michael Burry's autism (Aspergers) enabled him to see patterns in the 2007 housing market data that helped him predict the coming crash. As the data worsened, Burry found that heavy metal music calmed his nerves, something research has more recently shown is ideal for his "Brain Type S."

drbobintexas , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

45points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago

I am not good at numbers, or at least not any better or worse than others, but I am very creative. I wonder if that's in part because of autism or not. I know creativity itself doesn't stem from there, but maybe in some cases it helps?... That may be a nuture case instead of a nature case, as living as an outcast often produces creative people, and may be purely coincidental. If autism does happen to affect the way or level at which we are creative, that is interesting. I often hear more cases about those with autism being good at numbers, vs. being creative, or witty. (Perhaps people just don't think that's as impressive.)

12points

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#50

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that the raccoon life expectancy in the wild is only 1.8 to 3.1 years, depending on the local conditions such as traffic volume, hunting, and weather severity. Captive raccoons have been known to live for more than 20 years.

flyart , David Menke Report

Final score:

43points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

Life's tough on the street for a gangsta

45points

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#51

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL A man was forced to tweet for help when he got locked in a department store after falling asleep on a massage chair. The man awoke to a deserted shop floor after dozing off in an electronics store in Japan.

SeizeOpportunity , Maryland GovPics Report

Final score:

42points

80 Van 3 years ago

That doesn’t explain why he was forced to Tweet as opposed to calling emergency services or some other service.

39points

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#52

TIL Pom-Pom Crabs, small crabs that hold anemones in their small pinchers, will replace lost anemones by splitting the one left in two. This is the first known case of one animal stimulating another animal to reproduce asexually.

HeliumCurious Report

Final score:

42points

*me* 3 years ago

....i have no words

15points

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#53

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that the last surviving Woolly Mammoths lived on an isolated island in the Arctic Ocean until just 2000 BC, not long after the construction of the Giza Pyramids

as1r0_ , Thomas Quine Report

Final score:

41points

she/they and definitely gay 3 years ago

wow.

20points

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#54

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that a hairless cyclops deformed piglet was stillborn in 1642 and it looked so much like a local man, George Spencer, that he was brought before a magistrate on suspicion of unnatural relations. He confessed and recanted, but ultimately Spencer was hanged and the mother pig put to the sword.

LiveFreeDieRepeat , pxhere Report

Final score:

40points

Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago (edited)

Say what now? Edit: Rhetorical question guys.

42points

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#55

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Amazon Web Services offers a service called Snowmobile, where they will bring you a truck with 100 Petabytes worth of hard drives, copy your data, then drive it to its destination, bypassing the internet entirely. Transferring this much data over a 1Gbps line would take 20 years.

Immediate-Silver9242 , Amazon Web Services Report

Final score:

40points

TmKhr 3 years ago

Hackers will have a feast if they manage to steal the truck :D

16points

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#56

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL (Memorial day) 61% of U.S troops killed in Vietnam were younger than 21 years old. Many had been drafted

Vista_Seagrape , manhhai Report

Final score:

39points

Eslamala 3 years ago

Out of all the stupid and pointless wars the U.S has engaged in the past 70 years, this must be the dumbest. Aside from shameful

44points

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#57

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Shrek was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

anh65498 , Dreamworks Animation Report

Final score:

38points

she/they and definitely gay 3 years ago

it is very important, shrek is love, shrek is life

22points

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#58

TIL of Flossie Wong-Staal, a pioneering HIV/AIDS researcher who performed nucleotide sequencing on HIV to map its entire genetic makeup and to elucidate its many variations. Such research helped improve the medical outlook for millions of HIV/AIDS patients around the world.

sundog925 Report

Final score:

38points

Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 3 years ago

That research was also instrumental in the rapid development of the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines around the world.

20points

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#59

TIL some of the slaves freed from Charleston SC during the civil war organized a March at a race track where union soldiers had died in what is known as the first memorial day observance (a year before other states, and 3 years prior to the first national observance).

MarineKingPrime_ Report

Final score:

38points

lara 3 years ago

Also that Union Soldiers' graves were taken care of by Blacks who lived near by. It is considered the first Memorial Day ritual dedicated to soldiers.

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#60

TIL that the Goodyear Tire company was not founded by Charles Goodyear, the inventor of the rubber vulcanizing. Charles had died penniless trying in vain to protect his patents. Brothers Frank and Charles Seiberling started the rubber company in 1898 and named it in honor of Goodyear.

p38-lightning Report

Final score:

38points

Julie Harden 3 years ago

I worked at Seiberling Elementary school in college. A lot of things in and around Akron are named after Seiberling and Goodyear.

10points

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#61

TIL Dmitry Glukhovsky wrote the novel 'Metro 2033' when he was 18. He published the novel on his website available for free. This eventually led to a video game deal with 4A Games & a comic deal with Dark Horse comics.

MarineKingPrime_ Report

Final score:

37points

rspanther 3 years ago

The Metro games. They are a great series of games.

11points

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#62

TIL That the province of Ontario in Canada has 250,000 lakes that contain around one-fifth of the world's fresh water.

DystopianAdvocate Report

Final score:

37points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

I learned freshwater only makes up 1% of the water on earth yesterday

16points

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#63

TIL chimps have a closely related counterpart called bonobos. While chimps are violent and cannibalistic, bonobos are very passive and often appease each other with sex.

KNOXCRYPTO Report

Final score:

37points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Having sex as a way of saying "Hello, good morning" is a bit out-there, but they make it work.

17points

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#64

TIL Chinese restaurants in California helped punk rock and punk rock bands by allowing the bands to play in the restaurants

GregJamesDahlen Report

Final score:

37points

DE Ray 3 years ago

Punk and Chinese restaurants are linked the world over. One of Siouxie and the Banshees hits "Hong Kong Garden" was about a restaurant the band frequented.

12points

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#65

TIL Juno Beach was originally going to named Jelly Beach, but Churchill disapproved of the name, finding it to be undignified "for a beach on which so many men might die"

SaveThePatrat Report

Final score:

36points

sofacushionfort 3 years ago

And chocolate bunny beach is right out!

20points

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#66

TIL William Shatner filmed Leonard Nimoy secretly during a convention appearance to include as footage in his film without Nimoy’s permission, prompting Nimoy's refusal to ever speak to him again. Shatner never understood why

SingLikeTinaTurner Report

Final score:

35points

rspanther 3 years ago

And how would he feel if someone had done that to him I wonder?

11points

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#67

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL the person who graduates last in his class during the United States Military Academy at West Point graduation ceremony each year is called "the goat" joining an exclusive club which includes Civil War hero General George Custer.

KimCureAll , West Point - The U.S. Military Academy Report

Final score:

34points

Omar Pearson 3 years ago

Well, he made the cut!!

6points

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#68

TIL in 1888, an Egyptian farmer discovered a cavern packed with tens of thousands of mummified cats dating to ancient Egyptian times. They were sold to British merchants by the ton, and were mainly used in Liverpool as fertilizer.

atomicbolt Report

Final score:

34points

pusheen buttercup 3 years ago (edited)

That is sad

49points

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#69

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL unlike in the movie Die Hard, the escape hatch on an elevator can't be opened from the inside; by law, it's bolted shut from the outside. It’s there so that emergency personnel can get in, not so passengers can get out. If an elevator is in trouble, the safest place to be is inside the elevator.

WouldbeWanderer , Michael Morse Report

Final score:

33points

KJ 3 years ago

If an elevator is in trouble, the safest place to be is not inside the elevator, it is standing outside the elevator on your floor repeatedly pressing the call button while muttering about the stupid lift/elevator being slow.

83points

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#70

TIL that Dark Energy is calculated to make up 67% of the known universe, while Dark Matter makes up a further 27%, while what we can actually see and measure, conventional matter, makes up less than 5% of our universe. "Dark Energy" is really a placeholder for "we don't know what this is."

Polar_Roid Report

Final score:

32points

RandomBeing 3 years ago

Dark energy, also known as "idk what the heck that stuff stuff is"

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#71

TIL the Eiffel Tower was originally intended to stand from 1889 to 1909, but was saved due to its use as an army radio transmitter. Its concession was extended for the next 70 years, to 1980, lasting beyond as a tourist attraction and receiving regular modifications such as television broadcasting.

electricmastro Report

Final score:

32points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

Mysteries at the museum again

10points

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#72

TIL Tondrakians were members of an anti-feudal, heretical Christian sect that flourished in Armenia who advocated abolition of the Church, denied the immortality of the soul, afterlife, the church and its feudal rights. They supported property rights for peasants, and equality between men and women.

HatefulAbandon Report

Final score:

32points

Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago

That sounds like the opposite of a Christian sect.

17points

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#73

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL A psychologist adopted a Chimpanzee and raised it alongside their own human baby boy, to see if the Chimp could grow up to behave/think like a human. Eventually the Chimp hit a cognitive wall and no amount of training or nurturing could overcome the fact that he was a Chimpanzee.

amansaggu26 , Tambako The Jaguar Report

Final score:

31points

Yeah, you heard 3 years ago

IIRC the baby began acting chimp-like and the psychologist quickly abandoned the experiment!

30points

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#74

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that Jared Hess had a $400,000 budget for 'Napoleon Dynamite, relying on the generosity of the locals of Preston, Idaho, to provide housing and food for crew members. Jon Heder was initially paid $1000 for starring as Napoleon.

johnlen1n , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

31points

Flowers 3 years ago

I love that movie!

17points

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#75

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that the body of Alexander the Great has been lost over time. It was well-known to be in Alexandria, Egypt for centuries, and was even worshipped for a while, but its exact location has apparently been forgotten.

a2soup , Richard Mortel Report

Final score:

31points

lara 3 years ago

Julius Caesar supposedly "communed" with Alexander by attending his sarcophagus. Thus, many historians think that Octavian took it back to Rome with him once he defeated both Anthony and Cleopatra at Actinium. There is no proof of that, but the idea was that Alexander should not be buried with "losers." The fact is no one has a clue.

10points

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#76

TIL - Japanese Beer maker Asahi makes elderly friendly beer cans that are smaller, with braille, a larger fingerhole and a pressurized can to have the tab elevated from the top. They're also left at shrines to friends and family that have passed.

Final score:

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Ellen M Akerlund-Gonella 3 years ago

Japan has a lot of elderly people in their population!

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#77

TIL when the Red Cross got suspicious and demanded to see what's happening inside Nazi camps, the Nazis created a 'model' camp. They planted gardens, repainted buildings, and prisoners were forced to play “happy” workers. The two delegates were successfully tricked in their 1944 visit.

Final score:

30points

ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

KZ Theresienstadt

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#78

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL rust can kill you. Rusting metal consumes oxygen and can lead to death especially in confined spaces like holds of ships. In 2007, three people suffocated one after the other in the anchor locker of a vessel because rust had consume all the oxygen.

Bellringer00 , BsxXde-foTo Report

Final score:

29points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Anyone else calling the barn painters to warn them?

43points

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#79

TIL that raccoons have extremely sensitive front paws, and often moisten objects to "see" them better with their paws (largely to determine if they are food).

mysterious_jedi Report

Final score:

29points

Katy McMouse 3 years ago

Last night I was watching a raccoon on my back porch and noticed how he seemed to sort the nuts and seeds he was eating. He was staring straight ahead (as if he were blind) while he ran his paws over the food. When he found something he liked, he'd eat it. Not once did he look down at what he was doing. It was amazing to see.

25points

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#80

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that foil seals on over-the-counter medicine only became an industry standard after the Tylenol murders of 1982

Hii-AL , Mrbeastmodeallday Report

Final score:

25points

Monday 3 years ago

They never did solve the Tylenol murders either. There were suspects, and some charges were brought but they never did figure it all out.

16points

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#81

TIL During the May 1968 protests in France, the government came so close to collapsing that Charles de Gaulle fled the country while officials began burning documents, obtaining fake IDs, and planning their escapes. The prime minister was offered a gun with the advice, "You will need it."

lordpond Report

Final score:

25points

Katy McMouse 3 years ago

My mum was in Paris while this was going on. She said it was insane and exciting, all at the same time.

8points

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#82

TIL That a female signal crayfish will lure her potential mates with her urine. Then, she makes them prove their mettle by beating her in a test of strengh before she allows them to mate with her.

DystopianAdvocate Report

Final score:

25points

fire bug 3 years ago

Thats how I met my wife.

60points

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#83

TIL that Thomas Selfridge was the first person to be killed in an airplane crash in 1908. The propeller shattered in mid-flight and the plane nose-dived into the ground. Selfridge hit his head on the framework and died from a skull fracture. The pilot was Orville Wright.

kliuedin Report

Final score:

24points

That_WeirdBunBun! 3 years ago

Woah.

10points

#84

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL that men wearing wedding rings was not common until World War 2, when soldiers would wear a ring to remind them of their love back home. After WW2, it became mainstream for men to wear a wedding ring.

WhatsATrouserSnake , Irina Iriser Report

Final score:

23points

Steve Barnett 3 years ago (edited)

FYI. Anyone working as a fitter, e.g., Plumber, do not wear any rings, including wedding, as their finger can get severed off by getting caught on something.

34points

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#85

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL in 1995 civil engineers warned the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, S. Korea that structural failure was inevitable and it needed to be evacuated. They didn't close because it was so busy and it collapsed that day with 500+ people inside. One director left without warning his daughter in law.

f_GOD , 최광모 Report

Final score:

23points

Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago

"One director left without warning his daughter in law." Eh, what?!

27points

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#86

TIL Elle Woods commits a huge ethical violation in "Legally Blonde" and, in real life, would've been barred from practicing law, & maybe subject to fines or prison time after she posed as a lawyer in attempts to get Paulette Bonafonté custody over her dog despite only being a first year law student

bjorktothefuture Report

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23points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

People do lots of illegal things in movies and never get in trouble

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#87

TIL Joe Theismann and Alex Smith both suffered gruesome injuries to their right leg. The injuries occurred on the same date 33 years apart, on the same team, in the same city and on nearly identical parts of the field. The final score of both games was 23-21.

wxmanify Report

Final score:

23points

Daniel Atkins 3 years ago

So 33 years from now there is going to be one nervous quarterback on that team.

25points

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#88

TIL of Owney, a mascot of the USPS. He was considered to be good luck by postal railway clerks, since no train he rode on was ever in a wreck.

SineOfOh Report

Final score:

22points

PandaMonium 3 years ago

Just looked him up based on this post - Wikipedia has pictures of him. He died in 1897 and was commemorated with his own postage stamp in 2011. Cute pup! 1920px-Ill...459826.jpg

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#89

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL Chinese Mythology also has a Great Flood Myth. Unlike the Biblical story, humans fought the flood, led by the mythical heroes Prince Gun and his son, Yu the Engineer, who battled evil demons & solicited the aid of gods & dragons to build massive drainage basins & mighty dams to end the flooding.

Khysamgathys , Francis Danby Report

Final score:

21points

Aunt Messy 3 years ago

Flood myths are part of just about every culture on the planet. It's VERY common.

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#90

TIL Australians developed Vegemite because they couldn't wait for Marmite supplies to resume after World War I.

More-Can8714 Report

Final score:

21points

Mary Veltri 3 years ago

I don't know what that is

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#91

TIL that Julius Caesar outlawed private vehicle use during the first 10 hours of daytime to combat traffic.

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20points

Jim Day 3 years ago

Placere vocant me an Uber

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#92

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL, actor Hugh Laurie was one of the highest-paid actors in television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of televison series House.

vaish7848 , NBC Report

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19points

Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago

Not even close to highest paid.

22points

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#93

TIL of "floating armories". Private military companies providing security against Somali pirates will station ships full of weapons in international waters. Other ships pick up and drop off weapons in the middle of the ocean, to avoid illegally bringing weapons into anyone's territorial waters.

should-stop-posting Report

Final score:

19points

John C 3 years ago

I'm imagining a new entrepreneur pirate, unfamiliar with the territory and not knowing which ship is what, trying to take over and board the weapons ship.

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#94

TIL in the 90s Arnold Schwarzenegger pitched a medieval epic but when the studio wanted budget guarantees the director responded, “guarantees don’t happen and if anyone promises guarantees they’re lying!” So, the studio opted for a "cheaper" action movie...which became expensive and bankrupted them.

WhileFalseRepeat Report

Final score:

18points

#95

TIL 1.9 million Americans work for either Walmart or Amazon.

Final score:

18points

Wistiti 3 years ago

that's a lot of slaves

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#96

TIL the earliest known version of the Coca-Cola recipe was developed out of a cocktail of morphine and toxins being used by a wounded former Confederate soldier who had become addicted to painkillers

HagbardCelineHere Report

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17points

Y T 3 years ago

Wasn't it cocaine?? Hence the name.

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#97

TIL the average human gut naturally produces 3 grams of alcohol a day through fermentation. Over the course of a year this is the equivalent alcohol of about 2 full bottles of whiskey.

PokesPenguin Report

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17points

Charlotte Bednard 3 years ago

also people can get a condition called brewers gut that can get you drunk.

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#98

TIL Stieg Larsson, author of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' part of the Millennium trilogy, died in 2004 due to a heart attack. The Milennium trilogy was published posthumously & has sold over 80 million copies today.

MarineKingPrime_ Report

Final score:

17points

lara 3 years ago

One of the best "series" I have ever read.

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#99

TIL that when Leonid Brezhnev was the head of government of the Soviet Union, he awarded himself the Hero of the Soviet Union for his birthday in 1966, 1976, 1978 and 1981

Ryan_Holman Report

Final score:

17points

Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago

He sounds like a right narcissistic little bastard.

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#100

TIL of the "cargo cult" belief, in which pre-industrial societies mimic western activities, such as the building of mock airstrips, and performing daily rituals such as dressing as parading soldiers, which they believe will cause spiritual agents to deliver highly desired cargo such as in WW2 arenas

redleaderthisisgold Report

Final score:

16points

Jim Day 3 years ago

Not following this one. WTF?

8points

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#101

TIL: When public health officials first began banning the dumping of feces in the street, they were still working under miasma theory, that bad smells were what caused diseases like cholera. The germ theory of disease wasn’t developed until 1880.

should-stop-posting Report

Final score:

16points

J. F. 3 years ago

Wrong theory, right approach

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#102

TIL that L Ron Hubbard believed that tomatoes feel pain and that - if it is quiet enough - you can hear them scream when they are sliced

Esist1996 Report

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16points

Eslamala 3 years ago

And people wonder why scientolgy is so fckn idiotic...

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#103

TIL in the United States, direct manufacturer auto sales are prohibited in almost every state by franchise laws requiring that new cars be sold only by dealers.

stlsmoke52 Report

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15points

Kevin Gerke 3 years ago

I am an American living in Korea, and I didn't realize that when I bought my KIA, I was buying directly from KIA. I was anticipating dealer BS, but it was so much simpler.

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#104

40 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn At School And Decided To Share Them In This Online Group (New Pics) TIL model Jennifer O'Neill was cast to star in the Disneys The Black Hole but was told she needed to cut her hair as it would be easier for scenes set in zero-g. She gave in, drinking wine during the haircut and leaving noticeably impaired. She lost the part after a serious car crash on the way home

f_GOD , Wikimedia Commons Report

Final score:

14points

sofacushionfort 3 years ago

She's had a hard life.

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#105

TIL the boxer who beat Roy Jones Jr. at the 1988 Olympics in a controversial split decision wishes he had lost. Park Si-Hun was so traumatized by his contentious victory that he retired from boxing after the end of the games.

The_Ry_Ry Report

Final score:

14points

I'm lay sheep in China 3 years ago

*Insert Dj khalid's Suffering from Success meme*

3points

#106

TIL A fault with the automation system on Australian Qantas Flight 72 (2008) caused the jet to violently pitch down so steeply, several passengers were thrown up from their seats and their heads smashed through ceiling panels. Some sustained long term permanent head, back, bone, and joint injuries.

Destination_Centauri Report

Final score:

14points

Y T 3 years ago

And that's why you always should use the seatbelt.

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#107

TIL during the Roman era. Pero, who secretly breastfeeds her father, Cimon, after he is incarcerated and sentenced to death by starvation. Her act of selflessness impresses officials and wins her fathers freedom

Doggylover124 Report

Final score:

14points

Wistiti 3 years ago

Granted there were no sandwiches but I think a slab of bread or meat could have been hidden somewhere (anywhere!) in her person.

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#108

TIL that a car decal that was stuck for 10 years to the bottom of a park bench ended up being worth $10,000 as part of a nationwide scavenger hunt

am_reddit Report

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14points

Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago

This is so vague it actually means nothing.

16points

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#109

TIL that rats live pretty much everywhere in the world (in habitable land) except in Alberta, Canada.

FatMountainGoat Report

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13points

Aunt Messy 3 years ago

There are rats in Alberta now. I guess it was inevitable.

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#110

TIL about Gladys Bentley, a lesbian blues singer who wore men's clothing and added dirty lyrics to songs

Snowbank_Lake Report

Final score:

13points

Gay_Forg 3 years ago

Gay power

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#111

TIL the Pizza saver, the little plastic tripod that stops pizza toppings from sticking to the box, was patented in 1974, but the patent wasn't renewed. It was reinvented in 1985 by Carmela Vitale

StippleFX Report

Final score:

13points

Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago

Now that I know what it is, that’s really smart!

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Jonas Grinevičius

Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

Austėja Akavickaitė

Austėja is a Photo Editor at Bored Panda with a BA in Photography.

Austėja is a Photo Editor at Bored Panda with a BA in Photography.

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Unaffected 3 years ago

What's with downvoting perfectly good comments? Someone mentioned that Ikea founder was a Nazi sympathiser and it was downvoted. He was! A person mentioning jizz upvoted over 70 times. BP seriously needs to reconsider why is voting even necessary? Reading others' comments I'm finding that it does upset people

10points

Beans 3 years ago (edited)

I mean whenever I think of Ikea I think that their founder was a trashbean of a human, and not a nice person, and that Ikea tax evades like a mf, but most people don't know that about him/them and the consensus worldwide is that they are a company people like and they wanna get cheap stuff from. So it's hard to face that or wanna badmouth ikea. It's like Apple. They are trendy and their marketing is great so even though they practice exploitative business practices, they seem woke etc and they are popular and people want to like them. It sucks but it is what it is.

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Commander OwO 3 years ago

Cuz then trolls...

0points

Damon Tripodi 3 years ago

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ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

Did you know that Quentin Tarantino is a rapist/pedo supporter?Listen to his interview on Howard Stern about Polanski.Then come back and downvote me

8points

Little Wonder 3 years ago

I did. He's a creepy bastard.

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Csaba Horvath 3 years ago

Most of them are fun facts, not any thing that should be learnt in public schools. But they are interesting too :)

6points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)

TIL That if you look up all the main 6 individual characters from Friends on the right hand side of the page you come to is a little picture next to the character’s name. Click on it and a. Little animation that goes with the character pops up. My favorites are Ross’s (Pivot!) and Phoebe’s (Smelly Cat). Check them out. 😊👍🏻

2points

Manu 3 years ago

Dude that is amazing!!!! I've just tried and it is true! So funny! I wish I could upvote you 1000 times!

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Half of these I've seen on every TIL post, though...

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

And I suspect half of them aren't even factual/accurate! :-)

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Bill Evs 3 years ago

Well Eslamala, I'm with you.

2points

thefaithfulspouse 3 years ago

Exactly. Pushing me one step further away

2points

OJ 3 years ago

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0points

Unaffected 3 years ago

What's with downvoting perfectly good comments? Someone mentioned that Ikea founder was a Nazi sympathiser and it was downvoted. He was! A person mentioning jizz upvoted over 70 times. BP seriously needs to reconsider why is voting even necessary? Reading others' comments I'm finding that it does upset people

10points

Beans 3 years ago (edited)

I mean whenever I think of Ikea I think that their founder was a trashbean of a human, and not a nice person, and that Ikea tax evades like a mf, but most people don't know that about him/them and the consensus worldwide is that they are a company people like and they wanna get cheap stuff from. So it's hard to face that or wanna badmouth ikea. It's like Apple. They are trendy and their marketing is great so even though they practice exploitative business practices, they seem woke etc and they are popular and people want to like them. It sucks but it is what it is.

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Commander OwO 3 years ago

Cuz then trolls...

0points

Damon Tripodi 3 years ago

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ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

Did you know that Quentin Tarantino is a rapist/pedo supporter?Listen to his interview on Howard Stern about Polanski.Then come back and downvote me

8points

Little Wonder 3 years ago

I did. He's a creepy bastard.

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Csaba Horvath 3 years ago

Most of them are fun facts, not any thing that should be learnt in public schools. But they are interesting too :)

6points

IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)

TIL That if you look up all the main 6 individual characters from Friends on the right hand side of the page you come to is a little picture next to the character’s name. Click on it and a. Little animation that goes with the character pops up. My favorites are Ross’s (Pivot!) and Phoebe’s (Smelly Cat). Check them out. 😊👍🏻

2points

Manu 3 years ago

Dude that is amazing!!!! I've just tried and it is true! So funny! I wish I could upvote you 1000 times!

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Half of these I've seen on every TIL post, though...

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

And I suspect half of them aren't even factual/accurate! :-)

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Bill Evs 3 years ago

Well Eslamala, I'm with you.

2points

thefaithfulspouse 3 years ago

Exactly. Pushing me one step further away

2points

OJ 3 years ago

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0points

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