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TIL Your baby's fists will become tighter as they near the state of being hungry.

webmd.com

Submitted by nilogram t3_103akx0 on January 4, 2023 at 6:14 PM

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TIL You could have traveled from London to Calcutta, India by a bus in 1950s.

amusingplanet.com

Submitted by No_Visit8945 t3_10lmudv on January 26, 2023 at 8:01 AM

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TIL Robert Fripp, Guitarist and Founder of King Crimson composed the Windows Vista startup sound

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by International_Stay13 t3_10qbyr0 on January 31, 2023 at 10:04 PM

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TIL that Martha's Vineyard constitutes the County of Dukes County. This redundant name is due to the fact that it was formed as Dukes County in New York before being transferred to Massachusetts and reincorporated under its current name in 1695.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by nxdat t3_112nwb3 on February 15, 2023 at 3:04 AM

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TIL that in 2009, KFC sent a letter to the United Nations requesting to be recognized as the country "Grilled Nation" with a seat at the general assembly, all to promote their new grilled chicken menu item.

theguardian.com

Submitted by businessbee89 t3_zxmx6p on December 28, 2022 at 10:20 PM

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TIL Prison Rodeo is a real thing - inmates play poker in the middle of a rodeo with a raging bull and have to sit and resist the urge to run from it in order to win money

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by gravitasgamer t3_10k0a7w on January 24, 2023 at 7:46 AM

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TIL that World War One flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker became a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines and survived well into the 1970s

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by DAT_DROP t3_10nz9kj on January 29, 2023 at 4:51 AM

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TIL That a cat named Herman has his own US official passport for the US coast guard.

thecinemaholic.com

Submitted by Urkylurker t3_11e4hvx on February 28, 2023 at 12:10 PM

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TIL Einstein lived in Bern when he developed his famous equation and the city commemorates him with four bench statues, two guided city tours, Einstein Museum, Einsteinhaus, lectures, and Einstein Kaffee house

bern.com

Submitted by Ok_Copy5217 t3_zydneo on December 29, 2022 at 7:15 PM

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TIL Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has composed the score to numerous films, including There Will Be Blood, The Master, Phantom Thread, and The Power of the Dog.

variety.com

Submitted by -ColonelKurtz- t3_102gzpd on January 3, 2023 at 7:29 PM

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TiL that in order to make their triple album, "Sandinista!", affordable for their fans, the Clash let go of any royalties made on the first 200,000 copies sold in the UK.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by thewickerstan t3_11asy38 on February 24, 2023 at 2:40 PM

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Today I learned about Bazoul in Burkina Faso, where crocodiles are revered and played with by local children

news18.com

Submitted by fender8421 t3_10o1bhg on January 29, 2023 at 6:50 AM

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TIL that Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 crashed due to an explosion that has yet to be solved after 57 years. All 52 passengers and crew members died.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by icantthinkofaname940 t3_10nvyml on January 29, 2023 at 1:57 AM

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TIL In 1991 Mazda made a suitcase car

wapcar.my

Submitted by sintaur t3_10on3ps on January 30, 2023 at 12:08 AM

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TIL of Zazous, French youths in World War Two who dressed in "big or garish clothing", listened to Jazz and got into conflict with fascists

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by OliverOdysseus t3_11dn6at on February 27, 2023 at 9:17 PM

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TIL: In the 1950s the British Navy invented Water Hockey - played in 2-4 meters of water, with fins, snorkels, and a plastic-coated lead puck. It is currently played in over 20 countries that hold a world championship every other year.

cmas.org

Submitted by Geek_Nan t3_11lcq2p on March 7, 2023 at 9:56 PM

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TIL that Belgium is the world's market leader in producing and exporting snooker and billiard balls.

focusonbelgium.be

Submitted by BluewithabitofGreen t3_ydehsh on October 25, 2022 at 8:13 PM

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TIL Siegfried Marcus invented the first automobile propelled by a gas engine (1864). The Nazi's tried to hide erase this from history and credited Carl Benz in his place.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Automite t3_zwz6ah on December 28, 2022 at 3:35 AM

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TIL Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand

kidsdiscover.com

Submitted by krxwe t3_10hrmp2 on January 21, 2023 at 1:47 PM

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TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by ShabtaiBenOron t3_11jhzes on March 5, 2023 at 11:47 PM

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TIL that the average lifespan of zebras in the wild is 25 years.

pbs.org

Submitted by jcd1974 t3_z4tula on November 26, 2022 at 1:06 AM

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TIL that on top of the 3 matters of state that we’re all familiar with (solid, liquid, gas), there are at least 24 more, though most only exist under extreme conditions

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by gianthooverpig t3_127qfwj on March 31, 2023 at 4:14 PM

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TIL of Miss Baker, the first animal to survive being launched into space by the US and record holder for longest living Squirrel Monkey in captivity. Her tombstone routinely has one or more bananas on top.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by TimelyConcern t3_z8276l on November 29, 2022 at 6:41 PM

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TIL that one third of sea level rise is from thermal expansion (not melting ice)

sealevel.nasa.gov

Submitted by on_surfaces t3_yjx6tt on November 2, 2022 at 6:07 AM

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TIL The Red Power Ranger actor was charged in multimillion-dollar PPP Covid relief fraud scheme

nbcnews.com

Submitted by stepneo1 t3_z14q8n on November 21, 2022 at 5:31 PM

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