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40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL the Australian Navy formally enlisted a six-year-old girl in order to give her medical treatment onboard a navy ship; regulations did not allow for civilians to get medical treatment on navy ships. The girl's official rating was 'mascot', and she was 'discharged' after 8 days of 'service'.

Mafhac , navy.gov Report

Final score:

425points

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KitKat 1 year ago (edited)

As Australia has free free health care, looked this up. The full story: www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/02/14/3690581.htm

66points

mojobolt , W. E. Mason - Dogs of all Nations Report

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL-WW1 had Mercy Dogs. Mercy dogs were dogs that would locate wounded men in no man's land and bring medicine, food, water and/or stay with the dying so no they wouldn't die alone. Each army had them

Final score:

386points

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Nicholas Yu 1 year ago

I thought they were "putting you out of your misery" mercy dogs. Like trained to snap your neck in one swift bite or something.

118points

John Harrison 1 year ago

You're thinking of the Mercy Tigers.

55points

Stannous Flouride 1 year ago

Former Army medic. Until you have someone die of their wounds in your arms, I suggest you STFU.

14points

Roger9er 1 year ago

🤣🤣🤣 Me too!!

4points

Lara 1 year ago

OMG me too!

1point

Pamela Scott 1 year ago

No man's land was the space in between the Allied side and the other side of the trenches. You were able to go out and either rescue your own wounded or dispatch your enemy because they would be fired apon from the other side. I wouldnbe surprised if you had dogs from both sides being used this way cause the dog isn't going to know the difference it would just see men that needed help and comfort. Dogs are clearly often smarter!!!

0points

Mike Jones 1 year ago

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Rahb in Oz 1 year ago

Or bring you Scotch and brandy until you were rescued.

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Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

I did too

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Pyla 1 year ago

put down the game controller. Yikes.

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DCwuk 1 year ago

Idiot

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Mike Nelson 1 year ago

you sir are beyond belief

-2points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

Well, if you have to leave, going with a dog loving on you sounds like a pretty good exit.

20points

Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago

I wonder if the poor dogs started to get depressed about all these men dying on them... It's very sad.

4points

sbj 1 year ago

This is both heart-warming and sad at the same time

11points

Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago

Heartbreaking 😢

3points

Jules 1 year ago

Dogs are the best

11points

glowworm2 1 year ago

So basically angels on four legs.

6points

Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago

Aren’t ALL dogs “angels on four legs”? Same goes for cats, Guinea pigs, ferrets, and all companion animals.

7points

Sum Guy 1 year ago

I'm a horrible person, I thought they killed wounded soldiers who would be captured

6points

Patty Robinson 1 year ago

How considerate.Hope came back for them

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charles folger 1 year ago

No dog can do that Nick.

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CaptainSlapNTickle 1 year ago

Man's best friend 💪🫡🪖

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S P 1 year ago

There are mercy dogs in some older cartoons

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Mindghost 1 year ago

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Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago

I don't know why you got so many downvotes- this must have been traumatic for the dogs, even though the analogy is a bit OTT

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40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Mr. Rogers answered every fan letter, starting his day at 5 AM to respond to 50-100 daily, including those from children dealing with personal issues like family deaths.

tothewindsor , cbc Report

Final score:

376points

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Multa Nocte 1 year ago

Fred Rogers was the best.

145points

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL DeForest Kelley, who played Dr McCoy in Star Trek, wanted to become a doctor, but couldn't afford medical school. He regularly received letters from fans who went into medicine because of him and said "to influence the youth of the country ... is an award that is not handed out by the industry"

haddock420 , NBC Television Report

Final score:

375points

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David 1 year ago

Damnit Jim I'm an actor not a doctor! /S

132points

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL: Local Indonesian mythology says that Orangutans actually have the ability to speak human languages, but choose not to, fearing they would be forced to get jobs and work if were they ever caught.

SilentWalrus92 , David Gonzales Report

Final score:

338points

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funkybluegirl 1 year ago

Good thinking, on the part of the orangutan.

169points

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that the creator of Rocket Raccoon is institutionalized due to brain damage from a hit and run in 1992. When Marvel made "Guardians of the Galaxy," the compensation package they offered ensured care for the rest of his life.

BrickHerder , Comics calendar Report

Final score:

293points

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Kira Okah 1 year ago

Not is institutionalised, was. That compensation pulled him out of the institution and he now has full in-home care, living next door to his guardian.

266points

u/dustofoblivion123 , Olena Bohovyk Report

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL in 1973, a Harvard astrophysicist suggested that we won't discover more advanced civilizations because they don't want us to find them and have the technology to ensure we never do. They have also set aside our planet as a zoo wherein they can observe us. He coined this idea the Zoo Hypothesis.

Final score:

273points

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funkybluegirl 1 year ago

I buy it.

156points

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL the United Nations declared drinking water as a human right...in July of 2010.

u/jhertz14 , Miriam Alonso Report

Final score:

249points

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Rob Chapman 1 year ago

Somebody better tell Nestle

245points

#10

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL The role of April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation was specifically created for Aubrey Plaza after the casting director met her and felt she was the weirdest girl she had ever met in her life.

TheQuietKid22 , David Shankbone Report

Final score:

244points

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funkybluegirl 1 year ago

That's an awesome compliment.

117points

#11

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Unopened Lego sets have a higher return than gold.

Durtbag420 , Henry Burrows Report

Final score:

225points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

Unopened boxes aren't any fun. You all soft can-openers know you need us to bat the Lego pieces under the sofa. Come on, admit it.

84points

#12

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL elephants are the only wild animal that understands pointing without human training

u/blankblank , Carlos Salavert Report

Final score:

213points

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GoGoPDX 1 year ago

This isn't exactly 100% true. It is the "training " part that makes it misleading. Many other animals point or understand it, but usually they have to be exposed to it, as in observe a human or their own species doing it. But all of them do not need, or are not "trained" to do it. It is a skill they pick up from observing and adapting to their environments. All primates have been observed point from infancy, without any specific training to do so. Dogs.and wolves understand pointing also without being trained to do so. There are also breeds of dogs that pont at game when hunting, which is an instinct. I can say that we bread dogs to have this particular instinct.

72points

u/snowflake247 , RDNE Stock project Report

#13

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL an Austrian man was held for 18 days without food or water (the world record for surviving) because the police forgot about him. He lost 53 lbs (24 kg.)

Final score:

213points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

When I was arrested, I weighed 550 lbs. They put me in the suicide watch cell, as my mom thought I might try to kill myself. They gave me a mat and something that resembled a bullet proof vest. I sat on the toilet until it hurt too badly, then I sat on the mat. I could not get up. They brought food and drinks to the hole in the door. I couldn't get up to get it. I couldn't use the toilet I was leaning against. After a couple of days, the trustee serving meals begged the guards to let her come in and give the food trays to me. They said no. For four days, I had no access to food, water, or toileting. It took three big burley men to pull me to my feet the fourth day, when I was taken to the psychiatrist for evaluation. He asked me why I thought they were torturing me.

113points

#14

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL By the 1700s, aristocrats started eating tomatoes, but they were convinced the fruits were poisonous because people would die after eating them. In reality, the acidity from the tomatoes brought out the lead in their pewter plates, and they actually died of lead poisoning

TheQuietKid22 , Arjun Sreekumar Report

Final score:

207points

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Laugh or not 1 year ago

The reason tomatoes were thought to be poisonous, as well as potatoes, is because they are solanaceae and members of that family in Europe are mostly poisonous - Belladonna, Mandragora, etc. And most of the tomato plant is poisonous. The fruits are not.

98points

#15

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders

Psy-Demon , Anna Shvets Report

Final score:

202points

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KitKat 1 year ago

My Dad had Alzheimer's, it was unbelievably cruel & heartbreaking to witness.

117points

u/jamescookenotthatone , Terry Goss Report

#16

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Great White Sharks have poison resistance that defies logic. Samples of shark blood showed levels of arsenic and mercury that should be harmful if not deadly but the sharks were unaffected. Additionally Great Whites' have impressive self-healing abilities

Final score:

192points

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Jake stenhouse 1 year ago

So do crocodiles

52points

#17

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that the Pythagorean theorem must have been known before Pythagoras, because it is used in a proof on a Babylonian clay tablet dated about 12 centuries before the birth of Pythagoras.

yoyo456 Report

Final score:

190points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

In places like India, China and Egypt, people had been using the theorem centuries before Pythagoras was born

82points

#18

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Louis Braille faced resistance towards and doubts about his writing system for the blind, called Braille. His school burned books he and his classmates had transcribed into Braille, since the school thought that the effectiveness of Braille was a threat to their revenue.

u/RollingNightSky , Unknown Report

Final score:

184points

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Kira Okah 1 year ago

The school's revenue, btw, was selling crafts made by the students. Beng literate would mean that the students would become more independent and so the school could no longer take advantage of them.

134points

#19

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that instead of taking their usual salaries for ''Twins'', Schwarzenegger and DeVito both agreed with the studio to take 20% of the film's box office returns which resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their film careers ( movie made $216 million worldwide)

cartstanza , universalpictures Report

Final score:

173points

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SarcasticSloth 1 year ago

Well, they're twins so they must think alike. Duh.

47points

#20

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that If two pieces of similar metals touch in a vacuum, and if both pieces are perfectly flat and polished, they will indeed fuse to effectively make one new piece. This is called cold welding.

solvingproblem_ , Szalax Report

Final score:

152points

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Susie Elle 1 year ago

This is what happens to me when I sit down on a comfy couch and someone tosses a blanket over me

278points

#21

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to their extinction without early human farmers.

anon , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

151points

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Pensive_Panda 1 year ago

*led

57points

#22

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL when US President Harding died unexpectedly in 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office at 2:47 AM, and promptly returned to bed.

firstpc13 , Calvin Coolidge Report

Final score:

145points

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David 1 year ago

A practical thing to do given he couldn't tweet about it. And if they did that a 3 in the morning then the staff were likely exhausted from the events / night that led up to that.

88points

#23

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL The firm who repaired seat covers on San Francisco's BART trains started paying people to slash the fabric, eventually accounting for 85% of vandalism reports

penguinopusredux , thechronicle Report

Final score:

139points

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David 1 year ago

That is sad. I got to ride on BART when it was almost brand new and it was rather nice. Not 'fancy' nice - I mean everything was new / clean / in good shape.

50points

u/COKEWHITESOLES , Jeff Stapleton Report

#24

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL there are no bridges across the Amazon River

Final score:

138points

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago

This has nothing to do with the width changes. The reason is much simpler : the river IS the main transport route. There is no road networks that need to be connected, only a few local roads. Everything is done on the Amazon by boats, why would you need a very expensive bridge at a specific location when you need and can cross the river everywhere.

116points

#25

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL space stations smell like “combinations of antiseptic, garbage, and body odor.”

EverbodyHatesHugo , NASA Report

Final score:

137points

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Sum Guy 1 year ago

Why don't they just open the windows to "air it out"? ;)

181points

#26

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Bed bugs were all but eradicated in the developed world in the 1950s but had a resurgence in the 1990s due to factors including increased international travel, lack of public awareness

u/ubcstaffer123 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

137points

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Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago

And making a huge resurgence again!

58points

#27

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that some pirate codes forbid the crew from seducing a woman, sneaking her on board the ship and taking her out to sea. This offense was punishable by death.

OldSailor74 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

132points

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Serial pacifist 1 year ago (edited)

Pirates founded the first contemporary democratic state in Nassau. They would elect and depose their leaders based on a majority vote of both men and women (not a case with many modern democracies until the 20th century). No one objected and all followed the rule. Not a single pirate ever tried to say the elections were rigged 🙄

125points

#28

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that our voice has a considerable influence on how we are perceived by other people. A single spoken word is enough to obtain personality ratings that are highly consistent across independent listeners. Based on voice samples, AI can predict how a speaker tends to be perceived by other people

u/VarunTossa5944 , George Milton Report

Final score:

127points

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Surenu 1 year ago

That explains a lot. Such as why I only keep the friends I almost exclusively communicate via text with...

64points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#29

TIL giraffes only sleep about 4 hours a day in 5-15 minute power nap sessions (because lions)

xanadukeeper Report

Final score:

125points

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E. S. Drendl 1 year ago

I wonder if that's also true of giraffes in captivity since lions aren't preying on them.

58points

#30

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Brazil is, by far, the country that takes the most showers. On average, a Brazilian showers every 12 hours.

Thessiz , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

124points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

If someone takes a shower, I sure hope they put it back again.

140points

#31

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL the US Navy sold 2 obsolete aircraft carriers to scrap dealers for a cent each because they were very expensive to dismantle and recycle.

Algrinder , Jaxon Matthew Willis Report

Final score:

117points

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David 1 year ago

I can relate. I have an old RV I'm trying to decide what to do with.

55points

#32

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL in the United States, obesity rates decline the higher above sea level an area is.

Ethanlac , Andres Ayrton Report

Final score:

113points

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H G 1 year ago

The answer; skiing

54points

Motor-Anteater-8965 , James St. John Report

#33

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Freshwater snails carry a parasitic disease, which infects nearly 250 million people and causes over 200,000 deaths a year. The parasites exit the snails into waters, they seek you, penetrate right through your skin, migrate through your body, end up in your blood and remain there for years.

Final score:

113points

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funkybluegirl 1 year ago

Nope

78points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#34

TIL about Tim Friede, the Venom Man. Tim flatlined from two back to back cobra bites in 2001. He was revived and decided to become immune to snake venom in hope of creating a universal antivenom. He has taken 200+ fang bites and 500+ needle injections from lethal cobras, mambas, kraits and taipans.

nolmathi Report

Final score:

102points

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seana lammers 1 year ago

Did it work?

53points

#35

TIL wild blueberry farming in Maine traditionally involved burning the fields every year, a technique learned from the Passamaquoddy tribe, since most of the plant mass is underground

N8CCRG Report

Final score:

102points

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David 1 year ago

Interesting. Was this to beat back other competing growth? I live in an area that grows a LOT of blueberries and they let the bushes grow. It actually takes a few years for the bushes to be full size. Not sure how long but like at least 2 or 3. I've watched a couple of fields near me get planted and then slowly grow to their 'normal' size.

29points

#36

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL: During the filming of 'Dexter,' actor Jimmy Smits accidentally grabbed a real knife and stabbed a stuntman in the chest; the stuntman survived unharmed due to the blade hitting a post-it note sized piece of plastic covering his heart.

FairchildIV , Showtime Report

Final score:

99points

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Francis 1 year ago

why was there a real knife so close (next to the fake one)?

124points

u/GroundbreakingSea960 Report

#37

TIL 601 Lexington Avenue—once the 7th-tallest building in the world—was in danger of being toppled over by high winds due to a structural error. It was secretly fixed and the public had no idea anything was wrong until an article about it came out decades later.

Final score:

93points

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Sigh J 1 year ago

No good would come from notifying every body about every single little problem.

47points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#38

TIL that Shattered was a British TV series where ten contestants were challenged with going without sleep for seven days. Due to sleep deprivation contestants became hostile and irrational and one believed himself to be the Prime Minister of Australia. The winner was awake for 178 hours

u/9oRo Report

Final score:

84points

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Multa Nocte 1 year ago

That's just cruel.

102points

#39

TIL in 1815 B.C. it took about a year for Sumerian scribes to learn how to multiply. They also signed and dated their homework.

u/Sentience-psn Report

Final score:

83points

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Premislaus de Colo 1 year ago

Do Sumerian scribes multiply in a different way than other people? I mean it took me just few biology classes to figure that...

49points

#40

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL 1 out of every 8 Americans is Californian.

Nodebunny , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

82points

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Louise B 1 year ago

So at least 1 in every 8 Americans know how to party 🥳

55points

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#41

TIL the highest coefficient of inbreeding among the Habsburg dynasty was 0.3053 from Maria Antonia of Austria. Her coefficient was higher than that of a child born to a parent and child, or brother and sister.

GreenFlagMan Report

Final score:

32points

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Annik Perrot 1 year ago

Was that Marie-Antoinette, ill-fated Queen of France? She was Maria-Antonia of Austria before her marriage.

11points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#42

TIL That Spanish noble women used to eat clay pots, the habit caused a paler complexion (due to anemia), which was considered attractive, It also served as contraceptive (Since the negative health effects caused a delay in menstrual cycles). Eating the clay pots caused death in some cases

u/RIU5758 Report

Final score:

29points

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David 1 year ago

Tik-Tok challenges before there was a tik tok. "Aw c'mon Mary, eat some more. It's not like it's a Tide pod!"

36points

waitingforthesun92 Report

#43

TIL that the Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards has a pre-show ritual, where he must eat a shepherd’s pie. In 1989, when the band was set to perform in Toronto, Richards noticed that someone ate his pie. He refused to go on stage until a new pie was baked for him by the band’s culinary staff

Final score:

29points

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H G 1 year ago

.....

10points

#44

TIL that roughly 1/3 of Japan's population live in just the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

blllrrrrr Report

Final score:

28points

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago (edited)

In Monaco, an even larger portion of the population lives in the capital city.

6points

#45

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL Nissan Motors sued an individual, Uzi Nissan, over ownership of the "nissan.com" domain name. Uzi ultimately won the legal battle, but it took eight years and cost him $3 million.

instilledbee , Wiiii Report

Final score:

27points

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deejak 1 year ago

If he won, aren't legal fees aid by the loser?

25points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#46

TIL that when Thomas Jefferson was in the White House he kept a flock of sheep on the White House lawn and one of them took the life of a small child

u/m_faustus Report

Final score:

25points

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PattyK 1 year ago

A sheep took a child’s life? How is that possible?

15points

#47

TIL In the 18th century, there was a practice in England known as "wife-selling." This unusual custom involved a man publicly auctioning off his wife to the highest bidder, often in a marketplace or a tavern. It was sometimes seen as a humorous way to escape an unhappy marriage

GDW31 Report

Final score:

25points

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funkybluegirl 1 year ago

Lovely. :/

20points

#48

TIL that 21 out of the last 31 U.S. elections, the tallest person was elected President

u/_MostlyHarmless Report

Final score:

22points

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Agfox 1 year ago

Thank goodness it wasn't the stupidest 21...

14points

#49

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL the average's person's metabolism doesn't decline until their 60s

Oapish , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

19points

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David 1 year ago

I can find that 'fact' on the internet but I can tell you from my own experience and most people I know my age that you will likely feel changes long before 60. For me it was about 43 I think. Obviously I have less energy now than I did 20 years ago- it is an ongoing thing. But stuff like easily losing a few pounds started getting harder in my 40s

28points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#50

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that the domain name "CarInsurance.com" holds the record for being the most expensive domain name ever sold, fetching a price of $49.7 million in 2010.

bringmeturtles , Markus Spiske Report

Final score:

14points

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Anyone-for-tea? 1 year ago

It’s not, it’s cars.com which sold for $872 million. I was looking into domain flipping, but I don’t think it’s worth it these days.

15points

tyrion2024 , EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA Report

#51

40 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Might Save You At The Next Trivia Night (New Pics) TIL that in 2011 a court in the U.K. banned a man with a 48 IQ from having sex determining that he didn't have the mental capacity to understand the health risks associated with his actions.

Final score:

-8points

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Kira Okah 1 year ago (edited)

No no no! It was through the Court of Protection! The case was debating if he could GIVE INFORMED CONSENT to sex because HIS CARER WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIM!

108points