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#2

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL Jonathan Goldsmith, AKA The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis commercials, has been an advocate for landmine victim support, has assisted the effort to prevent and cure cancer in dogs, save the Siberian Tiger, and end child sex trafficking in Cambodia.

meep_launcher , Toglenn Report

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#3

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL Japan has a 'wind phone'. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to 'talk' to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.

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#4

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.

haddock420 , viki2win Report

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411points

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#5

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL in 1915 a pharmacist saw his sister make her own mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and thought he could make a better product. His invention was easier to apply and won't burn a woman's eye. He named his new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base material Vaseline.

shaka_sulu , Maybelline Report

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#6

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 m) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.

PyrowithJared , Shaun Walker Report

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391points

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#7

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.

my__name__is , McKay Savage Report

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#8

TIL that elephant poaching has steadily decreased in certain African countries causing elephant populations to slowly begin rising.

IanMazgelis Report

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visiblecustomer2021 , www.quirkbooks.com Report

#9

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs.

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301points

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#10

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL that domestic dogs have developed muscles in there brow to "mimic" humans.

Doomncandy , StudioVK Report

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283points

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#11

TIL Crows are a highly intelligent species, which are self-aware just like humans. They are as smart as Gorillas and have a complex brain which has the ability to reason.

DueDoughnut7842 Report

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#12

TIL that in The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?” and he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”. It’s because the character in the novel was a red haired Irish man. They cast Freeman for the part but added the line as a joke.

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258points

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Kurma-the-Turtle , Ethan Doyle White Report

#13

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda.

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246points

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Splashlight2 , Christopher_Boswell Report

#14

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL mixed-breed dogs live an average of 14 years while purebreds live only an average of almost 10 years.

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#15

TIL that the world's largest rodent "Capybara" are so chill to the point that they can form an unlikely friendship with crocodiles.

Lets_Earn26 Report

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237points

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#16

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL Willie O'Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.

PyrowithJared , Eric Connolly Report

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235points

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#17

TIL that New York City is reintroducing millions of oysters into their harbor to help clean the water and create marine habitats. They've been collecting used shells from local restaurants to create new homes for juvenile oysters.

Rexton9 Report

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226points

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whozitsandwhatsits Report

#18

TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.

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213points

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#19

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL - The Middle Ages had retirement homes, where seniors could buy residence for the rest of their lives at a monastery with food, shelter and clothing included.

fencerman , monkeybusiness Report

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209points

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daesereg , www.pacificwarmuseum.org Report

#20

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.

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202points

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#21

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL when an American film has more than one writer, an "&" indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An "and" means they worked independently on separate drafts.

griefofwant , Alex_star Report

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191points

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#22

TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo.

cy_ko8 Report

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#23

TIL Wolfgang Mozart had a sister, Maria Anna, who was also an extremely talented child prodigy in music. Sadly, she was prevented from performing as an adult. Many of her compositions have been lost, including one Wolfgang wrote that he was in ‘awe’ of, contributing to her obscurity.

madhatter103 Report

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#24

TIL In 1941 The Germans allowed the British RAF to drop a prosthetic leg by parachute to a Luftwaffe base in France. The Germans were very respectful of Captain Douglas Bader, who was captured after bailing from his plane with only one of his two prosthetic legs. One got stuck in his damaged plane.

aim179 Report

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186points

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#25

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL about the thymus, a small (1 oz.) organ behind the sternum that trains new white blood cells to NOT attack the body's own cells. Only 2% survive this rigorous training program; the rest commit suicide to prevent themselves from attacking friendly cells.

Iestwyn , en.wikipedia.org Report

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185points

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#26

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.

Paesano19 , ivanmorenosl Report

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181points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

Our brain limits us from using our maximum strength to prevent bone and muscle damages, in a life or death situation that limit often gets lifted

171points

CP 1 year ago

You easily have the jaw strength to bit off your own finger but your brain won't allow you to do it.

34points

Son of Philosoraptor 1 year ago

Except that time when you were like "sure I can lift this despite what my body is telling me" and you gave yourself a hernia. And by you I mean me!

18points

Francis Fischer 1 year ago

Really! Fascinating!

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Ryan cole 1 year ago

Like the 10% myth? Or you mean without the introduction of external;stimuli?

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Zia Barrett 1 year ago

The human body is capable of doing some absolutely insane, amazing things, but to do them we are very much likely to permanently injure ourselves or even possibly die in the attempt, so our brain actually limits us. In times of extreme stress or life-or-death situations, we can override this limitation.

28points

RenRenRan 1 year ago (edited)

As They say: "Adrenaline is a hell of a drug!"

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DamnBecky 1 year ago

I was working at a summer camp and a stone siding came off the side of the wall and pinned a camper across their legs. Before we could get there across the field a freaking 8 year old girl immediately reacted and lifted it so the other kid could pull their legs out. We sent both kids to the hospital bc we were worried due to the incredible use of strength the girl may have hurt herself. Not even joking it took us connecting the stone on the ground to a tractor to move it out of the way later.

16points

Nikole 1 year ago

Damn, Becky

7points

Xenia Harley 1 year ago

Last year, my horse got pinned under her very heavy stall door. I don't know if she cast in her stall, or what. I picked this heavy door off her leg and carried it off. Only when I realized I shouldn't be able to lift this door, a very heavy solid wood door, that the door became too heavy for me. I dragged it after that. I often think of that incident.

12points

Ale Díaz 1 year ago

That's true, I (petite woman) moved some heavy furniture in my house when there was a flood. I couldn't move them back after that.

6points

User# 6 1 year ago

Isn't this the origin story of the hulk?

3points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

Minus the gamma radiation

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Nic Behrens 1 year ago

I know I'm late but if all of our muscles contracted at once most of of our bones would break.

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Ember Flame 1 year ago

I have disassociate Identy disorder, when I "switch" into that protective personality I get this. I am 5'4, and 145 pounds, "I ame back" from a loss of time in solitary confinement. Apparently I took down the biggest, meanest girl in the jail, and broke 1 arm, 3 fingers, and THREW her 5 feet into a metal bunk bed where she cracked her skull. I didn't get any extra time, because they were made aware of my condition when I entered the jail.

2points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

And were never messed with in jail afterwards.

1point

Justin Thyme 1 year ago

Brain shuts down pain response-- have seena small women lift the front end of a car off her child.

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Cll 1 year ago

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

I have found that when I am stoned my imagination is endless…

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I'm bad at nicknames 1 year ago

This happened to me. I'm an average 5'1" woman. There was a person who was pretty heavyset that fell out of their wheelchair with a city bus headed towards them and I was able to run up behind them, grab them by the armpits, and get them back in their chair, and out of the road. Thankfully the bus stopped in time as well.

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Cll 1 year ago

'An', woman? Um no that's incorrect.

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RomanceRadish 1 year ago

Steve Rogers.

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Keley Babs 1 year ago

The two examples are female, and it's called "hysterical" strength?!

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Linus G. 1 year ago

I wish my brain had stopped me from pulling my bicep out of the bone and rupturing all the other tendons. I was saving my female dog from the clutches of a pitbull. Even with .six hours off surgery the arm never came all the way back. Would I be more careful I next time? Not when it comes to my dogs.

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Cass Malone 1 year ago

Notice how the examples are women? It's because of the "mom gene" which pushes your adrenaline to a certain point you don't feel the pain when children are screaming for help. (hope that made sense how I said it 😂)

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Greg Sheldon 1 year ago

David Banner studied this a lot and unlocked the secret, but only when he was really angry

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StarlightPanda! 1 year ago

I've had a few experiences where I had to make a split decision, and my body ended up being flexible and moved in a way I couldn't normally do. Lol

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Robyn Ward 1 year ago

I understand this. I had a bad car accident, T-boned, I opened the passenger car door several times to get my baby daughter out of the car. The next day it took 2 men and a crowbar to open that door.

0points

wowbagger 1 year ago

I wonder what the after effects are like?

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Jordi Sharpe 1 year ago

Screw you lactic acid!

0points

#27

TIL Founding Father and author of the Bill of Rights James Madison stopped the Virginia Assembly from establishing Christianity as the state religion with the help of Thomas Jefferson.

Dvibs420 Report

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#28

TIL that the writers on Futurama created and proved a new mathematical theorem as a plot point for a body-switching episode.

rarelyapropos Report

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177points

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mmmyesplease--- , Queensland State Archives Report

#29

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL in the 1800’s bananas were seen as “immoral fruit” because of their shape. Fruit companies began issuing postcards of women eating bananas to advertise the fruit wasn’t taboo.

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154points

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#30

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL On PC/console games, about 60% of the female avatars you meet are played by a male player.

28nov2022 , quanticfoundry.com Report

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123points

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#31

TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history.

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sweaterking6 , Pietro Luca Cassarino Report

#32

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL After plagiarizing work for his directorial debut, actor Shia LaBeouf plagiarized a public apology from a Yahoo! answers question about plagiarism.

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49points

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#33

TIL that a thousand years ago Sweden had a guy whose job was to have *ALL* of the law memorized. He was called the Lawspeaker.

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#34

TIL that Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has "slow lane" checkouts for customers who like to chat with the employees.

TBTabby Report

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#35

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL about Andy, the goose born with no feet. His owner outfitted him with Nike sneakers to help him stand and move, helping him to become a role model for disabled children before he was [unalived] in 1991 under mysterious circumstances.

Seevian , Jessica Korgie Report

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45points

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#36

TIL A Seattle nursing home houses a child care center of 125 tots and is a place where a 5 year old can have playtime and learn with a 95 year old. Children under 5 don't grasp the concept of death so residents dying don't need to be fully explained.

Ok_Copy5217 Report

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45points

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#37

TIL that you can buy a room on a cruise ship and live on it. You pay a yearly fee and all amenities are provided like normal cruise ships.

Scary_Brother_470 Report

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45points

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#38

TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds.

PianoCharged Report

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#39

TIL that George Washington signed the 1794 Slave Trade Act, which banned U.S. ships from participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade, as well as forbid the exportation of slaves for foreign sale. It was the first major piece of legislation against slavery passed by the United States government.

HawkeyeTen Report

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#40

TIL That Lewis Carrol's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" requires great creativity on the part of translators as they need to invent nonsense words that evoke similar feelings to each made-up word in the English original.

andybak Report

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44points

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#41

TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book.

Old_Sport7920 Report

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#42

TIL ENYA has never gone on a concert tour or even performed a solo concert, despite being Ireland’s best-selling solo artist and 2nd overall behind U2.

byronhadleigh Report

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#43

TIL Concorde airplane flew so fast, if you left London (or Paris) in the evening flying west towards New York, to the passengers in the plane, the sun would actually appear to begin rising again shortly after reaching cruising speed. The plane flew faster than the Earth's rotation.

PyrowithJared Report

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#44

TIL beavers are a keystone species, which means they play an important role in ecosystems by modifying the area in a way that is beneficial to plants and animals.

jewkakasaurus Report

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41points

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#45

TIL Lego was flirting with bankruptcy, and the release of Bionicle, which accounted for 100% of their profits in 2003, saved them from going under.

lonewolf9378 Report

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#46

TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice.

cwood1973 Report

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#47

TIL That a carbon dioxide bubble in Lake Nyos killed 1,800 people, including livestock and flies. ‘“There were no flies on the dead”; the flies were dead too.’

id31 Report

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#48

TIL most audio recordings contain a background "mains hum" from electric power grid oscillations that can be matched with grid readings to date the clip to the second it was recorded.

tildenpark Report

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37points

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#49

TIL Grapefruits were invented in 1693. A man named Captain Shaddock shipped some pomelo seeds to the West Indies, he planted seeds next to some orange trees. After some cross pollination, the grapefruit was born.

iboughtarock Report

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#50

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL the only confirmed case of poisoned Halloween candy was in 1974 when Ronald O'Bryan [unalived] his son Timothy by giving him pixie sticks laced with cyanide to collect insurance money.

Aerron , seventyfourimages Report

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36points

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#51

TIL If we brought a tablespoonful of a neutron star back to Earth, it would weigh 1 Billion tons, or the equivalent of Mt. Everest.

bawledannephat Report

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#52

TIL I learned that in England, there are "wavy" brick fences. This shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. The waves' arch support allows the wavy wall to stand strong while a straight wall requires at least two layers of bricks to do the same.

pentacontagon Report

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#53

TIL that during Prince's Super Bowl halftime show volunteers accidentally ran over and severed three power cables during the stage set up, so a member of the lighting crew stripped the ends and held the cables in place by hand for the entire 12 minute show in the rain.

kramerica_intern Report

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#54

TIL Birds can eat rice safely, they don't explode and die. It was a 1996 urban legend that has been spread every wedding season.

Johnny_Venus Report

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#55

TIL that Anne Frank's stepsister is still alive. Eva Schloss and her family lived in the same apartment block as the Franks, and she often played with Anne and Margot. She and her mother survived Auschwitz, and her mother resumed her friendship with Otto Frank after the war. They married in 1953.

derstherower Report

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#56

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL New Mexico is older than regular Mexico by over 250 years. It was not named after the country, but in fact both take their name from the ancient Valley of Mexico which was the heart of the Aztec civilisation.

xe3to , Ron Cogswell Report

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#57

TIL in 1575, Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes and his brother Rodrigo were captured and enslaved by Barbary Pirates. After two years his family could only afford one ransom, so Rodrigo was freed. Cervantes was freed three years later after a religious charity paid his ransom.

triviafrenzy Report

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#58

TIL there was a time when 6 geologists were convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake in Italy in 2009. They were later exonerated but faced high levels of shame from the general public afterwards.

JurassicPark9265 Report

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#59

TIL The autocorrect feature in Excel, which converts certain combinations into dates, has mangled up to 30% of published papers, causing significant issues. As a result, at least 27 gene symbols have been forced to change to prevent further errors from occurring.

greenappletree Report

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Lets_Earn26 , Lucy Adlington/History Wardrobe Report

#60

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL the pajamas that we wear today actually have a story behind it. Because during World War I air raids in England, people began donning pajamas rather than nightgowns so they would be ready to sprint outside in broad daylight and still would look presentable.

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28points

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#61

TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions.

argh-ok Report

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28points

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askingrytquestions , blueplutothegreat Report

#62

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) Today I learned that a rooster was prosecuted in Switzerland for laying eggs and thus, going against the laws of nature in the 15th century and again in the 18th century. The rooster was condemned to be burned alive in public.

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#63

TIL The most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcasted 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.

PyrowithJared Report

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27points

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#64

TIL people were drinking beer and eating blue cheese over 2 thousand years ago according to studies of ancient bowel movements discovered in caves.

RainManToothpicks Report

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27points

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#65

TIL that although smoking is prohibited on commercial aircraft, the doors of airplane lavatories must have ashtrays to give rule-breakers a safe place to dispose of their cigarettes.

EtOHMartini Report

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27points

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#66

TIL National Geographic editor Bill Garrett was fired from the magazine in 1990 because he wanted to publish more controversial features that raised production costs and stories about AIDS, Exxon Valdez oil spill were published under his direction.

Ok_Copy5217 Report

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26points

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#67

TIL that there are male-only species of clams that reproduce by having their sperm fertilize the eggs of other clam species, kicking out most of the egg's DNA.

junkholiday Report

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25points

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#68

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante went to audition for Frank Zappa's 1988 touring band but left the rehearsal room before actually playing, saying later that " I wanted to be a rock star, do drugs and get girls, and that I wouldn't be able to do that if I was in Zappa's band."

a3poify , Jupshaw Upshaw Report

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#69

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL Queen Elizabeth I required 600 horse carts to carry everything she needed for her summer excursions to the countryside. She’d stay with the local Nobles, but if their castle was too small, the nobility would get kicked out to make room. Of course you wouldn’t turn her down, or expect payment.

triviafrenzy , luna.folger.edu Report

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25points

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#70

TIL that during Dean Smith's tenure as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, 96.6% of his players received their degrees and he also helped pioneer desegregation by recruiting their first black scholarship player, Charlie Scott.

astarisaslave Report

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25points

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austinthedeveloper Report

#71

TIL Lacrosse descends from a version played by Native Americans in the 17th century. Games could last several days with as many as 1,000 players per team, on a field with goals up to 6 miles apart. Sticks were so treasured, players were often buried with them upon death.

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jamescookenotthatone Report

#72

TIL Shift work is associated with cognitive decline. Shift work throws of the circadian rhythm which causes hormonal irregularities and various neurobehavioural issues. Decline was seen in processing speed, working memory, psychomotor vigilance, cognitive control, and visual attention.

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#73

TIL Babies have about 30,000 taste buds, while adults have only about 10,000.

LOngTimeSQLGuy Report

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#74

TIL that gargoyles were meant to scare church-goers, lure pagans, divert water in order to preserve stone walls, and date back to ancient Egypt.

errorists Report

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25points

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#75

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.

PhonedVenus21345678 , microgen Report

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#76

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL you're completely blind for about 40 minutes a day because of Saccadic masking. Without it, your life would be like watching a constant movie that's filmed with a shaky, handheld camera.

GoatChad , atercorv Report

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24points

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#77

TIL Uwe Hohn is the only person in history to throw a javelin 100m. His world record of 104.8m was declared an "Eternal World Record" as it will likely never be broken due to the IAAF redesigning the javelin in 1986 and resetting the WR to coincide with the change.

HucklecatDontCare Report

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#78

TIL scientists don't know what makes the stones curl across the ice in Olympic curling and despite a number of studies, it remains an unsolved mystery for physicists.

unsw Report

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23points

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#79

TIL that the founders of video game maker "Acclaim" named their company so it would be listed alphabetically before their former employer "Activision" and before "Accolade" another company founded by ex-Activison employees. Activison itself was founded by ex-Atari employees based on the same logic.

Loki-L Report

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#80

TIL that in the first edition of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory novel, The Oompa Loompas were Black pygmies imported from "the deepest and darkest part of the African jungle".

echoesreach Report

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23points

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#81

TIL that in the State of Georgia there is a 150-foot-deep canyon that formed due to poor farming practices in the 19th century.

dacrew Report

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22points

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#82

TIL Hugh Hefner tried countless times to get Raquel Welch to pose nude, and she kept rejecting the offer. Welch did eventually pose for Playboy with her clothes on. Hefner then called her boring, but still had to pay her.

Ok_Copy5217 Report

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21points

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waitingforthesun92 Report

#83

TIL that singer Cass Elliot, better known as 'Mama Cass', did not like her 'Mama' moniker a single bit - to the point where she named her 1973 live album and TV special “Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore.” This is why her solo career in the 1970s is billed as 'Cass Elliot'.

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#84

TIL that Michelin once accidentally gave a Michelin star to a small cafe which shared the same name as the actual recipient.

Dylan7230_ Report

Final score:

20points

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#85

TIL that following the D-Day invasion the USS Texas intentionally flooded part of itself to allow the ships guns to fire further inland.

Mal_in_America Report

Final score:

20points

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jamescookenotthatone Report

#86

TIL Texas A&M University used to have an annual bonfire. In 1999, 12 students died when the Aggie Bonfire collapsed upon them during construction. The deaths led to the end of the tradition as the University faced a series of lawsuits and couldn't afford the expected $2 million per year insurance.

Final score:

20points

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#87

TIL a South Park video game was completely finished for the Game Boy, but was personally cancelled by Trey Parker and Matt Stone who felt the adult content didn't suit the console. The developers then reskinned the game's artwork, and released it as a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen game.

evilclownattack Report

Final score:

20points

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#88

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL Pekin, Illinois was named under the mistaken belief that the city is on the opposite side of the globe from from Beijing, China. It is actually opposite the Indian Ocean.

Unleashtheducks , Ammodramus Report

Final score:

19points

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#89

TIL It's estimated that after the Civil War, up to 20,000 Confederates emigrated to Brazil from the US South. Today, roughly 260,000 Brazilians descend from these American Confederates.

Vitboi Report

Final score:

19points

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#90

TIL that Clint Eastwood - at the height of his "silent and violent gunslinger" fame - starred in a big-budget western musical called Paint Your Wagon. At nearly 3 hours long, the film was not well reviewed. Eastwood's song "I Talk to the Trees" was singled out for derision.

ScissorNightRam Report

Final score:

19points

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#91

TIL dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than humans due to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses.

PetLoverGuy1993 Report

Final score:

19points

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#92

TIL that during residency, prospective doctors work around 40-80 hours per week, with some far exceeding that level.

humvee911 Report

Final score:

18points

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#93

TIL The thick white rind on the outside of a wheel of brie cheese is actually mold, Penicillum candidum.

Majorpain2006 Report

Final score:

17points

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#94

TIL Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes) was so enamored of yogurt’s effect on gut health that he promoted a pint of yogurt for his patients: half to be eaten and the other half to be administered via enema.

edjxxxxx Report

Final score:

17points

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#95

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics) TIL One out of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.

BarCzar86 , Pasanheco Report

Final score:

16points

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#96

TIL The USS Indianapolis delivered the enriched uranium and parts for the "Little Boy" atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, but no one onboard knew the contents of this cargo. The uranium was secretly monitored by a radiologist throughout the trip to make sure the sailors would not be poisoned.

aversionals Report

Final score:

16points

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#97

TIL that Henry Ford refused for years to make any significant improvements to the Model T. When his designers surprised him with a new prototype, he destroyed it in front of them with his bare hands.

Dega704 Report

Final score:

16points

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#98

TIL the state of Texas keeps a database of over 500 executed inmate's last words going back to the 1980's.

jab116 Report

Final score:

16points

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Reiisnotaskywalker Report

#99

TIL The Sultan of Brunei owns over 7000 cars and his official car is gold plated Rolls Royce.

Final score:

16points

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LETS_MAKE_IT_AWKWARD Report

#100

TIL the average annual household income of a Broadway theater attendee is $261,000.

Final score:

15points

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#101

TIL virtually all communion wafers distributed in churches in the USA are made by one for-profit company (Cavanagh Company).

Specialist_Check Report

Final score:

14points

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#102

TIL Vulfpeck was one of the first ever bands to sell out Madison Square Garden without a manager or record label.

BluePinky Report

Final score:

14points

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#103

TIL there were no former US presidents alive at the time of NIxon’s resignation.

stoutpourer Report

Final score:

14points

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#104

TIL that after the American Revolution, British Sir Guy Carleton argued with George Washington who wanted Carleton to return American slaves that Carleton felt obliged to free. Carleton freed the slaves and promised that Britain would compensate the slave owners, but Britain never did.

VengefulMight Report

Final score:

14points

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#105

TIL about Bountygate - a scandal in the NFL during the 2011 season which involved New Orleans Saints players gambling over the severity of injuries they could cause the opposing teams players. The result was the head coach being suspended for a season as he was found to have condoned the behaviour.

theanswar Report

Final score:

13points

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waitingforthesun92 Report

#106

TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.

Final score:

12points

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#107

TIL Jack Valenti, the President of the MPAA, regretted giving South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut an R rating, wishing to have labeled it with the NC-17 rating.

Luigilito Report

Final score:

12points

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