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People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL elderly pedestrians in Singapore get more time to cross the road at traffic lights. By taping their concession card on the crosswalk button, the green man stays lit for up to 13 seconds longer.

griefofwant , lta Report

Final score:

435points

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Ember 1 year ago

What a fabulous idea! This should be everywhere.

158points

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL Ubisoft offered to share their detailed 3D model of Notre Dame from Assassin's Creed: Unity, some 5,000 hours of research, with the French government reconstruction effort after the fire in 2019.

Funk5oulBrother , artstation Report

Final score:

434points

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)

They offered but it was declined, for a good reason : Notre Dame had already been scanned multiple times by specialists who have much more detailed and technical models of the cathedral. It’s a good gesture by Ubisoft but not really useful.

205points

TIL the Kootenai Indian Tribe of Idaho and Montana harvests millions of dollars of sturgeon caviar a year, but put all the eggs back in the rivers. They are desperately try to save the shrinking white sturgeon population which they believe are “sacred messengers.”

triviafrenzy Report

Final score:

400points

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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago

A big thank you to the Kutenai people!

171points

12a357sdf , Animation Research Labs, University of Washington Report

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL : about the game "Foldit", a puzzle game about protein folding. In 2011, its gamers helped decipher a protein of a HIV-like virus, solving a scientific problem that went unsolved for 15 years in as little as 10 days.

Final score:

377points

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David Paterson 1 year ago

This was a famous early example of citizen science.

110points

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so.

gullydon , Derek Jensen Report

Final score:

368points

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Kurichfield the Drunk Dragon 1 year ago

that's how I get home every day apparently...

213points

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL that sharks don’t make sounds. Across 400-500 species, no one has ever found an organ even capable of producing sound.

Jangles2000 , GEORGE DESIPRIS Report

Final score:

327points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

so they do not make that noise...? der-dunt.... der-dunt.... der-dunt.der-dunt.der-dunt..?

307points

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL that just before Laika went into space, one of the scientists using her for testing brought her home to play with his children. Knowing that she would not survive her journey.

Alaskan_Tsar , Goszei Report

Final score:

313points

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Amity_Calamity 1 year ago

Aww poor pup! They shouldn't have sent her in space, she died 5-7 hours after take off. She died alone and scared :(

369points

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL in 2001, Mattel made a vibrating Harry Potter broomstick that led to many questionable Amazon user reviews. They discontinued the toy after adult stores in Times Square started selling them for twice their original retail price.

SappyGilmore , time Report

Final score:

288points

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Amity_Calamity 1 year ago

Oh dear...

92points

waitingforthesun92 , Jean-Philippe Boulet Report

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People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL when Captain Francesco Schettino was asked why he abandoned the sinking Costa Concordia cruise ship in 2012 while the ship’s passengers were either dying or trying to escape, his excuse was that he accidentally fell into a lifeboat. He received 16 years in prison for his role in the incident.

Final score:

282points

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Yali-girl with weird name 1 year ago

How does that even happen

74points

#11

TIL It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.

Opening-Cap5703 Report

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262points

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les 1 year ago

but only with consent of the cat, otherwise it can raise your blood pressure when it does it flying accupuncture spinning ball of sharpness trick

256points

#12

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL that three years after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics, wrestler Rulon Gardner and two friends’ plane crashed into Lake Powell Utah. The three men swam an hour to the shore through 44F (7C) degree water to the shore and waited all night without shelter for rescue. All three men survived.

HasSomeSelfEsteem , U.S. Army Report

Final score:

260points

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Wax0nWax0ff 1 year ago

Meanwhile I’m shivering out of my skin because I’m drinking a milkshake with the fan on

156points

#13

TIL that there is a type of octopus, an argonaut, where the male fills its sex organ with sperm, then rips it off and presents it to a female.

mckinneym Report

Final score:

259points

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Ember 1 year ago

….and people say that romance is dead

477points

#14

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL about the "Tanganyika-Laughter Epidemic". A student in 1962 in Tanzania started laughing in a school in Kashasha. The laughter quickly spread to hundreds of people, causing schools to close for months. Researchers believe it was caused by stress, social tensions. No official explanation was given.

UnlimitedDuck , John Report

Final score:

257points

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Ali H M Salehuddin 1 year ago

Apparently these are pretty common. Documented cases from middle ages upto to the latest one that happened in Brazil this year (2023) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases

92points

EliteTusken , brookstonbeerbulletin Report

#15

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL that, on 16 November, 1949, students in Ghent (Belgium) stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portcullis and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history.

Final score:

252points

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Don’t mess with beer!

59points

ShabtaiBenOron , Johannes Rebmann Report

#16

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL that when Johannes Rebmann, the first European to see Mount Kilimanjaro, published his discovery in 1849, it was dismissed as a malaria-induced hallucination because it was believed that snow at this latitude was impossible. It took 12 more years for scholars to accept the mountain's existence.

Final score:

250points

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Kim Steffen 1 year ago

If the Earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything off by now.

191points

#17

TIL that not only are the mountains on Saturns moon Titan named after mountains and ranges from works J.R.R. Tolkien, but the plains are named after locations from the Dune Universe.

Jay-Zee1231 Report

Final score:

239points

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STress 1 year ago

Are there any sandworms, by chance?

62points

TheMadhopper , COURTESY OF YE OLDE FIGHTING COCKS Report

#18

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL the Black Death contributed greatly to the rise of the British Pub and pub culture. Thanks to the plague, scarcity of labor greatly improved the standard of living for peasants, who in turn spent their extra money on beer.

Final score:

236points

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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago

Ye (the) Olde Fighting C***s pub in the picture is in St Albans in the UK.

68points

#19

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL. MSG isn’t bad for you and it’s bad reputation stemmed from what’s called the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.

Oztravels , Ragesoss Report

Final score:

225points

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Nurichwersonst 1 year ago

MSG = make sh.t good 😅

150points

LaUNCHandSmASH , cottonbro studio Report

#20

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL: about Nebraska's "safe haven" law that didn't have an age limit to drop off unwanted babies. A wave of children, many teenagers with behavioral issues, were dropped off. It has since been amended.

Final score:

223points

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

That’s both sad and funny and is a pathetic commentary on many levels of our world!

129points

#21

TIL only a slim majority of Americans realize Puerto Ricans are American citizens.

mankls3 Report

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213points

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

And that is totally pathetic!

151points

#22

TIL that when the Bible was first translated into Finnish, there was no word for lion since nobody had ever seen one. The translator instead used the word “jalopeura” which means “noble deer”.

Fellowshipbook Report

Final score:

203points

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Lord of the laserprinter. 1 year ago

Toothy noble deer

95points

#23

TIL elephants are capable of recognizing themselves in a mirror, which is a sign of self-awareness. Elephants were shown a mirror and their reactions were observed. They went through a series of behaviors, including touching their own bodies and inspecting their mouths.

skumati99 Report

Final score:

202points

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Terran 1 year ago

Many animals pass the mirror test. One of them is my cat! It's notoriously difficult to mirror test cats because they don't care for our scientific endeavours and often just ignore the mirror altogether. About a year ago I was doing some stuff in the kitchen and one of my cats accompanied me. He got a bit too annoying, so stuck a sticky paper to his back. Once he realised I put something on his back and that something wasn't easily coming off, no matter what he tried, he jumped to the open kitchen window and stared into the glass of the window which currently had the kitchen wall behind it, so he could see what was on his back. To do this he needs to know, that he can see himself when staring into a mirror and for this he needs to be aware of himself. I was a very proud cat dad that day

134points

#24

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL birth rates in the U.S. have dropped more than 20% since 2007.

SAT0725 , Victoria Rain Report

Final score:

191points

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Pamela24 1 year ago

What a surprise! /s

80points

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

#25

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL that when Zlatan Ibrahimovic signed for MLS club LA Galaxy, LeBron James sent him one of his Lakers jerseys as a "welcome to LA" gift. Zlatan's response was to sign it and send it back.

JimPalamo , Ibra_official Report

Final score:

186points

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Phandom Apostolis 1 year ago

I wouldn't expect anything less from Zlatan! A legend sure, yet unlike the others.

45points

#26

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL of "Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome" where the body doesn't respond to testosterone so they have the genetic makeup of a man while showing the physical traits of a woman.

bigbananaNo , Ksaviano Report

Final score:

181points

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Lou Cam 1 year ago

I have a relative with this. She's very petite and feminine and only found out when periods didn't start in teen years. Sadly this was in the 60's and she wasn't treated very well by doctors and her parents who made her feel like a freak. Years of mental illness followed as a result. Very sad.

44points

#27

TIL that there are at least 5 species of shark living in the Thames estuary (which runs through London), and that one of those species is venomous.

HawthorneUK Report

Final score:

174points

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Wax0nWax0ff 1 year ago

TIL venomous sharks exist

323points

#28

TIL that out of 400-500 species of shark, the Sand Tiger Shark is the only one known to fart.

d0ggzilla Report

Final score:

173points

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Panda Boi 1 year ago

My spirit animal.

137points

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

#29

TIL that the morning after the Titanic sank, a man on a nearby vessel who was unaware of the sinking photographed an iceberg with a red streak he suspected to be paint from a ship. For years the law firm for White Star Line, the Titanic’s owner, had the original displayed in their office.

JosiahWillardPibbs Report

Final score:

167points

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Yali-girl with weird name 1 year ago

Woah

31points

#30

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL: In 1880, the average ages of consent in the US were set at 10 or 12 years old in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7.

SilentWalrus92 , David Dibert Report

Final score:

167points

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Stacey Rae 1 year ago

Pedos

181points

#31

TIL that the crew of the sinking Daniel J. Morrell believed they were moments from being rescued, only to discover in horror that the lights were from the stern section of their own severed ship, still under power and barreling towards them.

NeoPossum Report

Final score:

165points

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sbj 1 year ago

Holy s**t!

65points

#32

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL during its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.

volossaveroniki , AVRAM GRAICER Report

Final score:

164points

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Sounds a bit like Detroit!

59points

Shoe 1 year ago

Detroit is actually experiencing a resurgence. Downtown is a great place to visit these days!

15points

Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago

Do you live there? I lived there for 45 years and saw it go from an absolutely glorious place to the pits of despair. It's "downfall" was attributable mainly to politics. The politics of oppression, then the politics of an "anything goes" mentality. Detroiters are working very hard to bring the city back to a semblance of its former glory. It is indeed a great place to visit, especially since it's teams are back in the city in great venues that can be accessed by public transportation rather than in the far north suburbs that were virtually inaccessible to the average citizen of the city. It took many years for the city to get to the condition it wound up in, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel. The constant picking at and finger pointing gets quite tiresome.

2points

Kati Oliver 1 year ago

I think you mean Chicago.

2points

Snigget 1 year ago

The holy city of Detroit!

0points

Margaret Weaver 1 year ago

I don't recall hearing of a continent-spanning ethnic cleansing campaign using smkallpox blankets, in the middle east.

0points

The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago

Portland

0points

Mental Liberals 1 year ago

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Son of Philosoraptor 1 year ago (edited)

I worked at an archeological dig right there at the base of the temple in the early 80s as part of my anthropology degree. We were in the layer from 70 ad when the Romans crushed the Jewish resistance to being occupied. I found what looked like a brick floor... Turned out to be a wall! Under it was a skeleton of some poor dude who got flattered by the falling wall during the conflict. History is real!

13points

David H 1 year ago (edited)

in the Burnt House digs, when they first uncovered it, they found a mumified woman's arm with a spear from the Roman sacking of 70AD, basically killed defending her home

4points

Limey Cheesehead 1 year ago

If you've ever been there you'll know why. The city is magical when you visit.

8points

Hobby Hopper 1 year ago

The first time the Jewish temple was destroyed, by the Babylonians in 586 B.C., is believed to be when the Ark of the Covenant (of Indiana Jones fame) went missing. Of course, we all know it's deep in a secret US government warehouse. JK, it was probably melted down for gold.

5points

Tuesday 1 year ago

Free Palestine!!!

4points

54 1 year ago

from Hamas

-2points

sylvantic 1 year ago (edited)

And every year we remember the destruction of the temples. Tisha B’Av is observed to this day as a day of mourning. We fast and pray and refrain from singing. Eicha is one of the most meaningful services of the year. At least where I attend we recount all our other massacres as well. We are a strong people

4points

Michelle C 1 year ago

Yet it survives, thanks be to G-d!

4points

Marvin Android 1 year ago

Belgrade, the capital and largest city in Serbia, has been completely destroyed and rebuilt 44 times and has seen 115 different wars. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Belgrade#:~:text=As%20a%20strategic%20location%2C%20the,to%20the%20ground%2044%20times.

1point

Bec 1 year ago

At least every one has learned to get along there now.

1point

Got hacked lol 1 year ago

haha, hope thats sarcasm

4points

Lene 1 year ago

In Denmark (and probably other countries) we say that it looks like the destruction of Jerusalem if something looks really broken/untidy/trashed. And people look at me as if I'm a weirdo when I ask them WHICH of the destructions it looks like. 🤓🤷‍♀️

0points

Gregg Bender 1 year ago

All because of the Abrahamic religions. This is beyond dispute.

0points

RoseAnne Hutchence 1 year ago

I will never understand why that part of the world is so conentious.

0points

Gypsy Lee 1 year ago

For chaos, just add religion.

0points

Nimitz 1 year ago

What a productive use of human lives and resources. Too bad we do things like that instead of making the world better...

0points

robin aldrich 1 year ago

And many times the previous culture has been buried and the new culture built on top .....all in the name....Let's not forget ....of RELIGION.....several of them...

0points

QuanτumSpace2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ 1 year ago

Yet it’s still standing

0points

Surralvampi 1 year ago

Also sounds like Berwick.

0points

Sue User 1 year ago

So, if I am doing the math right: attacked 52 times and captured 45, so 85% chance of sucess ?

0points

David Paterson 1 year ago

Only twice? Jericho was destroyed I think twenty times.

0points

Gmaddles 1 year ago

Long history? Many other groups would claim the same

-1point

aartdesigns 1 year ago

and that's since 1963!

-1point

Stephen Lyford 1 year ago

Because religion is just SUCH a great idea!

-1point

sylvantic 1 year ago

It wasn’t because of our religion. It’s because of our people hood, which is united by more than religion. And as a religious Jew myself, I think that my being religious certainly isn’t hurting you, so you should do me the basic easy task of respecting my history, culture, and beliefs. You’re entitled to be atheist. I’m entitled to be Jewish.

7points

MNCold 1 year ago

Maybe we should start calling it the "Holy S**t Land"....

-2points

Omima mimi miki 1 year ago

f**k that place - seriously the never ending s**t storm-

-3points

Jods 1 year ago

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David H 1 year ago

No. BC historically the city occupies an important cross roads from Arabia to Acre and Tyre, and from Egypt to Damascus, and this was the nexus of several roads critical to trade in the region. It later times some of the fights were due to religion, but even when Egypt and the Ottomans fought in the 1800s, it was over strategic value, not religion.

8points

Wintermute 1 year ago

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sylvantic 1 year ago

The destructions of Jerusalem had nothing to do with religion and everything to do with imperialism and anti-indigeneity.

2points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

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Jesse Setliffe 1 year ago (edited)

Jerusalem isn't just a capital but THEE city of the land it's on, everything about this land pretty much revolves around Jerusalem, and that land is a natural land bridge connecting North Africa with The Middle East. So if you take Jerusalem you have quite a bit of control over the enormous trade wealth that has always been flowing through Africa to Asia and back again.

13points

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#33

TIL Domino's Pizza was unsuccessful in its attempt to expand into Italy, they failed to win over the local Italians as they preferred their local pizzerias.

continentalatlas Report

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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago

What did Domino's expect? That Italians would eat prefab pizza?

175points

JosiahWillardPibbs Report

#34

TIL that the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the continental US occurred in New Madrid, MO, in 1812. It was so violent that the shaking was felt in New York, made church bells ring in South Carolina, and made part of the Mississippi River run backwards.

Final score:

162points

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STress 1 year ago (edited)

Less known, but way more destructive, was the 1886 Charleston earthquake. Leaving 60 dead, and felt from Boston to Chicago to New Orleans and Cuba to Bermuda, it was one of the most destructive quakes in history of the East Coast.

73points

#35

TIL that in 2002 members of a simulated Mars mission in Utah uncovered an actual dinosaur fossil when on a mock spacewalk.

Emble12 Report

Final score:

161points

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Xottel 1 year ago

At least now they're prepared for anything they'd find on Mars.

81points

#36

TIL that Sweden has 267,570 islands, the most of any country in the world.

Livebeam Report

Final score:

153points

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Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

And it’s part of Scandinavia, which in my mind proves itself as amongst the most functional governments in the world! Dare we call it “socialism?!” God forbid! (Looking entirely at you, USA).

71points

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

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#37

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL: Castrati were singers who were castrated before puberty to develop a unique voice for singing. They were primarily in church choirs and operas. Italian operas without one would be doomed to fail. The Pope tried to ban them in 1748, but failed as it would drastically reduce church attendance.

Flares117 , Unknown Report

Final score:

143points

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Back in St. Olaf 1 year ago

"Better to castrate little boys than let women sing in church!" - Vatican logic. The regressive and backwards thinking of the Catholic Church is nothing if not consistent.

229points

Practical_Clerk9034 Report

#38

TIL Brontosaurus is a valid dinosaur again. As of 2015 it is no longer considered to be the same species as Apatosaurus.

Final score:

135points

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The Accidental Cat Thief 1 year ago

This feels like Pluto all over again.

133points

#39

TIL that lower class Germans are stereotyped as giving their children names that sound exotic in German, such as “Kevin.” Prejudice against people with such names is strong enough that the term “Kevinism” was coined to describe it.

UralIveGotTonight Report

Final score:

130points

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Nurichwersonst 1 year ago

Its also "Chantalism". 🤭

44points

#40

People Are Sharing Uncommon Facts On ‘Today I Learned’, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting (New Pics) TIL in 2012 in Cebu, Philippines, after a 6.9 earthquake struck the city, someone shouted while finding their daughter whose name is "Chona Mae". This was misheard as "Tsunami" and eventually caused a mass panic.

PotatoCatPi , sugbo Report

Final score:

123points

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Kurichfield the Drunk Dragon 1 year ago (edited)

Faery Nuff

66points