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The ‘Today I Learned’ subreddit, otherwise known as TIL, brings together millions of curious people who enjoy sharing things they’ve recently discovered. From surprising historical tidbits to fascinating facts about science and nature, this community is a space where learning something new is part of the daily routine.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Princess Liu Chuyu of the song dynasty complained to her brother that it wasn’t fair that he had concubines while she only had a husband. He agreed and gave her a harem of 30 men.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Disney once sued three day care centers in Florida for unauthorized use of their characters (5 foot high likenesses on murals on the buildings) who had to remove them. Universal in turn let the centers use Scooby Doo, Flintstones & other of their Hanna-Barbera characters.

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

They warned off a marching band in the UK that used Disney characters. Do not f**k with The Mouse.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In an early version of his dictionary, Noah Webster defined "cat" with the entry: "The domestic cat needs no description. It is a deceitful animal, and when enraged, extremely spiteful."

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In the 1980s Alyssa Milano befriended Ryan White(A Boy Ostracized For Having Aids) who was a fan of her works.She went on to appear on The Phil Donahue Show alongside Milano to kiss him on the cheek to show that she could not contract the disease.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 2015, a Louisiana man was arrested for drunkenly riding a horse on a highway. When detained, he said, "The horse knows the way home" and the sheriff concluded it did not constitute DUI.

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

Valid. Horses can memorise and accurately follow familiar routes even without the rider guiding them. Which then [raises] the question: would it become a DUI if the horse was drunk instead of the rider? (Edit: Grammar)

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA before he installed some PC software. The agreement included a clause offering 'financial compensation' to licensees who actually read the license agreement. He emailed the company, referred to the clause and the company sent him a check for $1,000.

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

And this act of EULA reading was so notable that here we are learning about it 20 years later.

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Because of her mental illness history & how she presented early on, a woman catatonic for 20 yrs wasn't tested for an autoimmune disease until a doctor who was there when she was first admitted in 2000, came across her again in 2020. This led to her lupus diagnosis & treatment which woke her up.

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Turtles and tortoises have nerve endings in the shells. They can feel you touch their shells as well as pain when something hurts their shell.

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In 2008 an Australian special forces dog named Sarbi spent almost 14 months missing in action after disappearing during an ambush. Eventually an American soldier noticed her with a local man & confirmed she was a trained military dog by using voice commands. She was then reunited w/ her handlers.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) While Michelangelo was painting the Last Judgement, Papal MC Biagio de Cesana spied on his work. And complained that it was not worthy of the Sistine Chapel. In response Michelangelo painted Biagio into the fresco, as the depiction of Minos being dragged to Hell with a snake biting his p*nis.

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

Why would you censored penis? What's the correct term then? Ridiculous

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In a family with twelve children, six of the boys were diagnosed with schizophrenia and were later found to possess a genetic mutation that is so vital to brain function that it could help researchers understand how schizophrenia works.

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

there's a documentary on max about it. very interesting show.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 2010, a 16-year-old Canadian discovered that his two parents were actually not Canadian, but KGB spies living under fake names Donald and Tracey.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Hugh Laurie shot his audition tape for House from a bathroom in Namibia because that was the only room with enough light.

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Finnish babies’ first bed is often a cardboard box. The government sends all expectant mothers a box with baby supplies, and the box includes a small mattress at the bottom meant to stay in the box.

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

Scotland also have the baby box. It's definitely a thing - my sister got one for each of hers, and my SILs also did.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) The human body can naturally settle into a sleep-wake cycle of up to 50 hours, when there's no day/night cycle to observe. In 1962 geologist Michel Siffre entered a darkened cave, where he planned to remain for two months tracking time assuming 1 sleep equals one day, but he was off by 2 weeks.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) The CIA used songs like Hit Me Baby One More time and Bye Bye Bye as part of their torture methods.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 2018, an American half-pipe skier qualified for the Olympics despite minimal experience. Olympic requirements stated that an athlete needed to place in the top 30 at multiple events. She simply sought out events with fewer than 30 participants, showed up, and skied down without falling.

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

Exploited a loophole. Bit like that Raygun woman. Didn't get anywhere though, just showed up and tanked it.

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Eva Peron (Evita), wife of Argentina's president Juan Peron, died of cervical cancer at the age of 33. He never told her that she had cancer and was dying. Ironically, his first wife also died of cervical cancer at 28 yrs old. Doctors felt that he passed the HPV virus on to his wives.

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

But who is this Santa Evita? Why all this howling hysterical sorrow? What kind of goddess has lived among us? How will we ever get by without her?

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Isaac Newton was named warden of the British Royal Mint, an honorary title with no actual duties. However, Newton took it seriously and would visit sketchy bars in disguise to investigate criminals. This resulted in 28 counterfeiting convictions!

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

It's not fair to say that it was an honorary title with no actual duties. It's completely true that Newton excelled in this role.

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To keep up with Robin Williams' improvisation on 'Mrs. Doubtfire', director Chris Columbus had to shoot the entire movie with extra cameras to get the other actors' reactions. Two million feet of film were used. Columbus has 972 boxes full of outtakes.

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

He was one in a million. RIP Robin, the world is a much less happy place without you!

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 2018, Samsung had a historic "Fat-Finger" error where it accidentally gave every employee $9 million worth of shares in the company. The total amount distributed was $100billion more than 30x their market cap. Within 37minutes, 16 employees sold and the stock tanked 11%.

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

The error happened in 2018 when Samsung Securities tried to pay a dividend to about 2,000 employees who participated in the company stock ownership plan. The intent was to give each of those employees 1,000 South Korean won, worth about US$1, but instead issued 2.8 billion shares. These shares were worth about 112.6 trillion won, or 30 times the market capitalization of the company. The company noticed the error 37 minutes later. However 16 employees sold the shares which the company gave them. They proceeded with the sale despite receiving warnings from the company and were promptly reported to prosecutors.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) A Spanish guy skipped work for 6 years while still being paid and was only discovered when he was going to be recognised for his hard work.

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

I had an uncle who worked in an auto plant. He had a coworker who for months slept in a cardboard box in the factory without getting caught.

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Abraham Lincoln founded the US Secret Service hours before being assassinated.

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The Devil's Advocate used to be an official position in the Catholic Church whose job was to find evidence against a saint candidate.

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

JP2 got rid of the position iirc, leading to people like mother Theresa being rushed to sainthood.

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Instead of using CGI, Tim Burton opted to use real squirrels in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The squirrels were used for 10 months, and the filming was supervised by the American Humane Association to make sure none of the squirrels experienced distress.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) A 12 year old boy enlisted to fight in WWI after lying about his age and fought in the Battle of the Somme at 13 before his mother revealed his true age and brought him home.

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TIL of Earl of Oxford. Who farted in front of Queen Elizabeth the First. He was so ashamed that he left the country for seven years.

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

At his return the Queen welcomed him and said, “My lord, I had forgot the fart”!

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TIL of the Japanese concept of "Wa," in which everyone strives to prioritize the development of society over the individual. It is seen as a fundamental aspect of Japanese society.

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While sailing from Tahiti to San Diego, Tami Oldham Ashford & her fiancé's boat temporarily capsized when they got caught in a hurricane. Tami got knocked out & woke up 27 hours later with her fiancé missing. Over the next 41 days, she used a sextant & a watch to navigate 1.5K miles to Hawaii.

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

Why did she go back to Hawaii instead of carrying on to san Diego?

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

I was listening to a podcast about this around twenty minutes ago.

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1.5K miles? Kilometer miles??

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) The most divorced person ever of monogamous marriages was a baptist minister. He had married 31 times, mostly to teenagers, because he just “spoke their language” and ONLY five marriages end by the death of the spouse.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 2009 Nine women were rescued from what they thought was a Big Brother reality show house but turned out to be a criminal organization.

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Between 1974 and 1990, North Korea tried to dig 4 tunnels under the Demilitarized Zone and when South Korea discovered them, North Korea painted their walls black and pretended they were coal mines.

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One of Emperor Hirohito's most treasured possessions was a Mickey Mouse watch, which was presented to him on a trip to the US when he visited Disneyland in 1975. When he died in 1989 he was buried with the watch.

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

similar, but different. not well known, oregon town of brookings was bombed by a japanese pilot from a small plane in WW2. the plane was put together and then placed in the water from a japanese sub. the plane had two 250 pound incendiary bombs attached to it with the intent to start a wild fire. luckily, it had rained the night before and there was no damage. the pilot survived the war and was invited to the town in the mid 60s. when he visited, he presented his family's centuries old samurai sword to the town where it can still be seen in the local library on display

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In the 1870s William Shanks spent 15 years of his life calculating pi to 707 places by hand. However, the last few years were wasted as he made a mistake after the 527th digit.

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An extra on the set of "Transformers 3" was left brain damaged after she was struck with a piece of metal. After the accident, a portion of her skull was removed and she now endures memory loss, seizures, and is blind in one eye. She was awarded an $18.5 million settlement.

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There were only 4 times a US vice president assumed temporary presidential powers as acting president, and each time was due to the president having a colonoscopy.

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

Make sure you get yearly colonoscopies, fellow Pandas, once you are age 45ish or so. Colon cancer seems to be on the rise, and it's occurring in younger and younger people these days too :(

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When you sleep your brain gets washed with spinal fluid.

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All humans share a common ancestor called "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived around 150,000-200,000 years ago in Africa. She is the most recent woman from whom all living humans today descend through their mother's side. Her mitochondrial DNA lineage is the only one to persist to modern times.

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

Not “all humans” but a significant percentage of them. Several other mitichondrial DNA lineages also “persisted.”

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Sir Ian McKellen came out accidentally, before he'd told his family, during a BBC radio debate on the anti-homosexuality Section 28 legislation.

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In a double-blind test, professional violinists preferred the sound of a modern violin over multi-million-dollar Stradivarius violins.

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

I've heard of two such tests. Both with four violins in the comparison. One by Guaneri, one by Stradivarius, one modern violin from a maker who claims to have solved all the secrets of Stradivarius, and one ordinary modern violin. In each case, either the Stradivarius or Guaneri came first. And the ordinary modern violin came last. Perhaps there was another competition since.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Sony sold its waterproof Walkmans in a bottle of water to prove it was really water proof!

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) On James Cameron's 3rd dive to the Titanic, he & his pilot had "a near-death experience". They encountered a sandstorm on the ocean floor & became temporarily stuck there with low power supply & few batteries. It took them 3 attempts from the bottom to rise above 25 meters & surface 5 hrs later.

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

His name is James, James Cameron. The bravest pioneer. No budget too steep, no sea too deep. Who's that? It's him, James Cameron.

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Benjamin Franklin was fond of dating older women, (in)famously writing 8 reasons why they were better than their younger counterparts. Among them, he stated that they naturally provided birth control, were discrete, and could not be distinguished from younger women from the girdle downwards.

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A Native American in the Amazon Rainforest who, as the last surviving member of his uncontacted tribe, lived in total and deliberate isolation for about 20 years. He left behind a deep hole of unknown purpose in each of his former homes, giving rise to his nickname: "Man of the Hole".

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

Here is from an article I found "The holes were likely there for protection in case of an attack, according to Survival International. The nonprofit also said the man planted corn, manioc, papayas and bananas, in addition to catching animals with his stake traps".

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Until recently, steel used for scientific and medical purposes had to be sourced from sunken battleships as any steel produced after 1945 was contaminated with radiation.

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

Might be true for extremely sensitive measuring instruments but definitely not for medical purposes. The level of radiation from a 10g instrument is negligible and so much lower than the local background radiations due to all the nuclear/imaging equipment.

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In the early 20th century, Punjabi men who immigrated to California ended up marrying Mexican women due to shared cultural similarities and legal constraints on interracial marriage. This led to a unique Punjabi Mexican American community, where elements of both cultures blended.

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Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, continually hated his comic’s name throughout his life. Whenever he was asked what he did for a living, he avoided using the comic’s official name, and instead said, "I draw that comic strip with Snoopy in it, Charlie Brown and his dog".

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Schulz, a dog lover, founded Canine Companions for Independence, the largest dog assistance organization in the world. Dogs are trained in search and rescue and as service animals for handicapped people.

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Despite the popular belief that women weren't allowed to watch the ancient Olympics because the athletes competed naked, only married women couldn't actually attend the competition. Unmarried women were welcome and the priestess of Demeter even had a privileged spot.

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

Why am I suddenly reminded of a scene from The History of the World Part I? The one with Empress Nympho.

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Alcohol was legal in Saudi Arabia until 1952 after the Saudi King's son shot and k*lled a British diplomat while drunk.

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

Cant POSSIBLY blame the person....it was all alcohol's fault

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In Bali, there is law dictating that buildings (except in certain scenarios) cannot be taller than a coconut tree or 15m.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) Russell Crowe turned down an offer to play Aragorn in the LOTR trilogy that included 10% of the backend grosses (which would've been about $100 million). He felt WB had forced Peter Jackson to make the offer & that Jackson had somebody else in mind & he should be allowed to hire who he wants.

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In 1567, surgeon Ambroise Pare decided to test whether bezoar stones, which were believed to cure poison, actually worked. He made a deal with a man condemned to death by poison: to give him a bezoar and let him go free if he lived. The man died in agony, proving that bezoars do not work.

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The city of Los Angeles pays more for parking enforcement/writing tickets than the parking tickets themselves actually generate in revenue for the city.

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Sea drops by about 328 ft (100m) near Sri Lanka because gravity is anomalously weaker there.

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In Medieval Rome, the Colisseum was home to hundreds of people living inside its walls, being rented away by a nearby convent that maintained the ruins. It had a network of sewage pipes, horse stables, and people built new walls for their homes.

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I cannot find anything on Google to read about people living in the ruin's wall except for a TIL. I would like to read about this if anyone has another source.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) A doctor named Chester Southam injected his patients with cancer without their consent to see how their bodies would react.

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they suspended his liscence for a year and then made him the president of the American association for cancer research

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Following a deadly avalanche in 1962, Peruvian authorities were warned of the potential for a much larger slide to occur by a group of American climbers. These warnings were not only ignored but actively suppressed. 8 years later the deadliest avalanche in history occurred, killing 30k.

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In 1989 Teng Xingshan was convicted and executed for the murder of waitress Shi Xiaorong who had disappeared. In 1993 Shi reappeared said she had never met Teng.

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Reason why old sports photos often have a blue haze is because the arenas were filled with people smoking cigarettes.

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

Reason why old photos of Jimi Hendrix concerts often have a purple haze because the arenas were filled with people who had dropped that kind of acid. /s

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"Hobson's Choice". It labels an illusion of free choice where only one thing is actually offered.

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

I do that a lot with my kids. "Which of your shoes do you want to put on first?"

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After Han official He Jin was assassinated by eunuchs, angry troops led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu set the palace on fire, slaughtering any males without facial hair. It was so extreme that young men were forced to flash themselves to avoid being mistaken for eunuchs and k*lled.

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In 2004, a starquake was detected, which was so powerful that if the star was located within 10 light years of Earth, it would have likely caused a mass extinction.

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I thought it said "stargate" and got excited for a second.

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The bodies of Tibetan Monks who die in deep meditation do not show the normal signs of death and do not decompose until sometimes weeks after death. This is called Tukdam.

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That's not the full story. They do much more than meditate. It involves strict dietary controls over a long period of time slowly ingesting small amounts of preservatives.

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The only nonuplets (9 babies)to survive birth were born in 2021 in Morocco to parents from Mali. They are all healthy and thriving. They were reportedly naturally conceived and born in Morocco instead of Mali due to better chance of survival in Morocco.

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#65

Your zodiac sign is probably wrong. They were created over 3,000 years ago. The earth’s tilt has changed since then so the constellations appear in completely different positions in the sky.

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I don't believe in astrology - but I'm so typical of my sign...

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) When Roman emperor Nero’s wife died, he found a boy named Sporus, a boy who resembled her, had his testicles removed and had him appear in public as his wife.

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Nero's alleged perverseties were only detailed hundreds of years later by historians doing hack jobs. Very little evidence of any actual occurrence. Much like the Big Book of Magical Sky Fairy Stories.

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Average human height went down from 5'10" (178 cm) for men and 5'6" (168 cm) for women to 5'5" (165 cm) and 5'1" (155 cm) 10,000 years ago and it took until the 20th century for average human height to match pre-Neolithic Revolution levels.

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One of the reasons Target Canada failed was because some items wouldn't fit on the shelves properly. This was due to item dimensions being entered into their system in inches, rather than centimeters.

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I miss the one Target we had near me (in the greater Vancouver area) - I loved the clothes and I was there like every day. I feel like it was open for a year or less.

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A 6-year-old boy's family reportedly staged his kidnapping in order to scare him because he was "too nice" to strangers. His aunt's co-worker lured to him to his truck, told him he'd never "see his mommy again" & showed him a gun. After 4 hours, his family then lectured him about stranger danger.

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i understand the point but i feel really bad for the kid who had to go through this

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In the mid-1800s, a snail spent nearly four years glued to a specimen card in the British Museum before scientists realized it was still alive.

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During the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first due to its status as the birthplace of the Olympics.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) There is a burger shop in Memphis, TN that is using 100+ year old grease to fry their hamburgers.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) In 1983 a 23 year old UK woman died after eating what is still considered the largest meal ever consumed. She ate 19 lbs of food in about 4 hours.

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#74

With a running start, Usain Bolt ran a 100m in 8.70 seconds in 2009.

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Motorcycles in China are dictated by law to be decommissioned and destroyed in 13 years after registration regardless of the conditions.

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Scarlet Johansson ultimately didn't get the lead role in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" because David Fincher thought she could provoke enough lust to distract the audience from the film itself.

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World renowned swimmer Michael Phelps considered becoming a professional golfer after retiring from swimming and also holds the world record for the longest televised putt at 159 feet.

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In Britain during WW1, it was illegal to buy someone else a drink in a pub.

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

If the Labour government tried that now, there would be riots. More riots anyway.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) From 1988 to 2016, the maker of Sriracha sauce, Huy Fong Foods, sourced all their peppers from a single supplier based solely on a verbal agreement, sealed with a nod and a handshake, not contracts or lawyers.

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And again, only reported in the last few days. And the owner got greedy the agreement was cancelled and the sauce tastes s****y now.

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) A woman became addicted to bee stings. It started as an occasional sting to relieve pain from arthritis, but it "spiraled into a full-blown addiction" at 15 stings a day and about 50,000 times total since she started.

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

A bee dies after it stings her. So she's a mass bee killer.

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The US Navy refused to cooperate with the filming of the movie Crimson Tide (1995), so getting officially sanctioned footage of a submarine wasn’t possible. Instead, the film crew waited at a naval base until a submarine was actually put to sea and pursued it in a boat and helicopter.

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The final line of Willy Wonka was originally written as Grandpa Joe yelling, 'Yippee!' The director hated it so much, he phoned up the screenwriter who was vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods and forced him to come up with a better line right on the spot as they were filming the ending.

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

"Come on, Charlie, let's get out of here. I'll get even with him if it's the last thing I'll ever do. If Slugworth wants a Gobstopper, he'll get one."

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According to Seneca, a gladiator in training once locked himself in the toilet(the only place he was allowed to go unsupervised) and committed s*icide by shoving a toilet brush down his throat.

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After William Jennings Bryan finished his Cross of Gold speech, the audience was completely silent. Bryan said that it was "really painful" and that he thought he had failed, but when he returned to his seat the entire audience went into pandemonium and it took 25 minutes to restore order.

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

No idea what this is about. Context is everything

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There were experiments conducted in the 1950s where researchers gave their subjects manual control over the pleasure centers of their brains through the click of a button, wired to surgically implanted electrodes.

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In the US, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less. Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling once a year or less.

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

And 99.7% use their truck to make up for being "shortchanged".

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The most effective surrender leaflet in WW2 was known as the "Passierschein". It was designed to appeal to German sensibilities for official, fancy documents printed on nice paper with official seals and signatures. It promised safe passage and generous treatment to any who presented it.

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

Do you mean the 'Persil-Schein'? I get in englisch it sounds kinda same but a 'Passierschein' is a general type of Dokument and there are lots and lots and lots of them, while the 'Persil-Schein' is post Nazi era spezific being named after the detergent brand stating you are 'clean of Nazi c**p'

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When America joined WW1 they set upon purging their language of German words, Sauerkraut became “liberty cabbage,” Hamburger was rechristened “liberty steak” and German measles became "liberty measles."

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) A 13yo allergic to cheese died after a piece of cheese was thrown at him by a classmate.

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We only had this a couple of days ago. It was not the direct cause. The school were slow getting help as he didn't say anything but scratched at it until it bled, the ambulance people gave the wrong treatment because of this, and he died of heart issues due to infection so not, cheese in face, bam you're dead.....

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The FDA does not recognize Dr Pepper as a cola, a root beer, or a fruit-flavored soft drink. Instead, Dr Pepper is said to be in a category of its own kind, called "pepper soda", named for the brand.

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Target used to be known for having a "Design of the Decade" award-winning pill bottle design, ClearRx, but it was discontinued when their pharmacy division was sold to CVS in 2015. The patent was filed in 2005 so in 2025 the design will be fair for anyone to use.

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

CVS not continuing that bottle design was the stupidest thing ever done in the history of prescription bottles. The Target bottles were easy to read. Easy to keep the instructions attached. You could choose the color of the neck so every family member could tell which bottles were theirs. The font was very readable. They were the best. Now I've got 4 people in our family, all with different scripts for different things and you have to read the bottle every time because there's no way to differentiate. I hope that the Target bottle starts getting used again at some point. I'll switch to getting my scripts through whomever chooses to do so.

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TIL of a Serbian Vodka that, at 88% alcohol, comes with 13 health warnings including one in braille.

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

Whereas the US's Everclear, which is 95% alcohol, has only the same warnings as any other alcoholic beverages.

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Tim Horton's employee were arrested for selling drugs in 2000 after a store manager noticed some drive-thru customers were ordering 15-packs of doughnuts. It was a code since Tim Horton's doesn't sell 15 packs.

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Back when i was a teenager living in New jersey, my weed guy had a day job manning the deli counter of a grocery store. More than once we were directed to come to his work, where he would use the deli scale to weigh out quantities and package it in the stores deli bags.

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The Madison Square Garden company uses facial recognition to keep out enemy lawyers.

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

Enemy lawyers? There must be an interesting story there.

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The Isle of Mann TT - the world's deadliest race - has been happening annually since 1908 and only twice (1982 & 2024) has nobody died.

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

This is woefully incorrect! The TT Races were cancelled during World Wars I and II. They were also cancelled in 2001 (foot and mouth disease) and 2020 and 2021 (Covid). There were no deaths in 1908, 09, 10, 12, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 47, 59, 60, 63, 65,82, 83, 87, 90, 2008, 12, and 24. . . . It should be noted that the TT Races are for professionals. There's also another series of races, for amateurs. It is not the TT. It's had a few names, currently the Manx Grand Prix. There have been many deaths in these races. The latest was just last night, Louis O’Regan.

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The man who unsuccessfully treated President Garfield after he was shot, Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (First name Doctor), was expelled from the Washington DC Medical Society for his advocacy of homeopathy and his refusal to support the society's segregation of black doctors.

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I'm sorry, his FIRST name was Doctor? And then he became an actual doctor??? 😃😃😃

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In 1907, a performer named "Sober Sue" appeared onstage. Theater offered $100 to anyone who could make Sober Sue laugh. People from the audience, professional comedians, all tried, but failed. Later it was found it was impossible for her to laugh because her facial muscles were paralyzed.

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Pennies and nickels cost more to produce than their face value. The United States has lost nearly half a billion dollars minting pennies and nickels over the past 3 years(2021-2023).

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

Same thing in Australia with 1 & 2 cent coins made from copper. So they simply stopped making them. That was about 30 years ago.

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One of the strategies proposed for raising the Titanic before it fully deteriorates was to fill it full of ping pong balls.

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Jamie Hyneman was an early competitor in Robot Wars (where people design robots that fight each other), but his robot Blendo was deemed too dangerous for competition.

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Blendo sounds like the name of a robot on Futurama.

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It was once proposed to bury nuclear waste at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, with the theory that tectonic plate subduction would eventually push it down into the Earth's mantle.

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Sequestering or "disposing" of nuclear waste is so wasteful - nuclear waste is 97% recyclable, and the main reason it isn't recycled is people are so unreasonably scared of it, even though it is less dangerous to people than coal waste.

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1 in 8 adults in the US has taken Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug.

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

Guilty. And down 33lbs with zero side effects with Mounjaro. Aaa.... keep your opinions to yourself. I'm happy and that's all that matters.

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The every Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux indian receives a payout of around $1 million per year from casino profits.

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The average American buys 53 new pieces of clothes each year.

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

Then someone must be buying a lot more because I buy clothes about once every 20 years. I hate the experience as most off the rack clothing does not fit my height.

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‘River monster’ on Animal Planet ended as the host Jeremy said they’ve run out of monsters to uncover and he has checked off a lot on his list.

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

G A.....what the f**k do you think you're doing by repeatedly typing "repeat" Is that your stab at originality? FFS STFU.

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#106

Bestselling author James Patterson's process typically begins with him writing an initial 50-70 page outline for a story and then encouraging his co-writers to start filling in the gaps with sentences, paragraphs and chapters. He also works 77-hour weeks to stay productive at age 75.

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#107

Harry Kane, an English professional footballer and captain of the England national team, considered one of the best players in the world, scoring over 400 goals, has never won a major trophy.

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#108

Residential lawns in the US use up about 9 billion gallons of water every day.

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#109

In 2017, a 16 year old girl died of complications from "Rapunzel Syndrome", which is a compulsion to eat your own hair.

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

G A, instead of criticizing them for repeat content, did you know that "Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing!" ?

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#110

In 1941 the US produced over 3 million civilian cars. After joining the War, only 139 were made throughout the remainder of the War.

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In 1989, 20 tonnes of c*caine and $10 million in cash were seized from a warehouse in L.A. At the time, it was the largest dr*g seizure ever at a single location and it was unguarded with the door secured by a single $6 padlock. In today's money, it'd be worth over $4.7 billion.

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

The first rule of successful security is “don’t advertise”.

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#112

Polar explorers would treat snow blindness by dripping c*caine into their eyes.

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#113

In 2017, Ford Motor Company sued John Cena for selling his all-new Ford GT supercar too soon.

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#114

In 2011, John Riccitiello, who was the CEO of EA at the time and is now the CEO of Unity, proposed a model for online multiplayer shooters like Battlefield. In this model, players who ran out of ammo could make an instant real money payment for a quick reload.

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The creator of RC cola developed his own formula because a Coca Cola salesman refused to give him a reduced price for buying the syrup in bulk.

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

Personally, I like it better than either of the big players.

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#116

Hannibal Buress hired a lookalike to attend the movie premiere for “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in his place for $500 and it worked for the most part.

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#117

In 2000, three teenagers working at a New York State Thruway Burger King tampered with food for over eight months, adding spit, urine, and oven cleaner.

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

he could be working at burger king spitting on your onion rings

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#118

While filming the witch burning scene in Day of Wrath, director Carl Theodor Dreyer decided to leave the actress tied to a wooden ladder while the crew went for lunch. He used her genuine distress to film the scene.

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Because Kid Rock refused to sell his music on iTunes until 2012, his 2008 hit "All Summer Long" was out-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 by an instrumental cover from the karaoke company Hit Masters (the songs peaked at #23 and #19, respectively).

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

Can we start a campaign to burn Kid Rock cds like we did with the Beatles?

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#120

Judd Nelson, the actor who played John Bender in The Breakfast Club, almost got fired from the production for staying in character and harassing co-star Molly Ringwald off-camera.

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#121

The largest and most expensive animatronic Disney developed, the Yeti in "Expedition Everest," is stuck in stationary mode as the cement supporting the Yeti isn't perfect and Disney doesn't want to risk the animatronic moving and falling on guests.

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

I would think Disney could afford to hire someone to break up the bad concrete and do the foundation correctly.

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#122

Amazon used to manufacture "dash buttons" where if you press the button (which can be mounted anywhere) the product the button is linked to is automatically ordered.

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