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TIL Nigerian-Americans are the most educated ethnic group in the United States. According to the Migrations Policy Institute, 29% of Nigerian-Americans have graduate degrees (compared to 11% of the overall American population)
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 02:43PM by Ablaze0527
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TIL that after finding the ruins of Pompeii, researchers discovered ancient graffiti. One phrase said: "Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men's behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!"
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 04:06PM by armyfidds
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TIL in Chinese/East Asian culture, the Tiger - not the Lion- is considered the King of all Animals. This is so because it is the biggest land-predator in East Asia, and- more importantly- the markings on its forehead resemble the Chinese character for King/Monarch: "王."
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 03:21PM by Khysamgathys
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TIL A six year old girl in the UK found a secret message inside a Christmas card "Please help us and notify human rights organisation." It was allegedly written by a prisoner working in a Chinese factory. Tesco (British supermarket) suspended production of cards at the factory.
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 07:33PM by amansaggu26
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TIL that before women became the mainstay telephone operators were teenage boys. The change came about when the lads being pesky teenagers pulled too many pranks, got drunk on the job and swore down the phone
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 06:23PM by barer00t
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TIL That in 1998 a woman from Tennessee was elected Democratic State Senator as a write-in candidate after the original Democratic candidate, her husband, was assassinated by his opponent 2 weeks before the election. She won 95% of votes and 3 subsequent elections before retiring undefeated in 2013
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 09:18PM by thumbcuff
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TIL after Kurt Cobain from Nirvana passed, David Grohl(former Nirvana drummer) wrote a demo of songs by himself for fun, handed out some cassettes to friends which eventually exploded in popularity. This was the self noscriptd Foo Fighters album. He then formed the band after the the album did so well
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 11:24PM by squeeky82
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Today I learned the difference between Mbps and MBps. When Internet providers advertise speeds of up to 100Mbps, they mean Megabits per second, not Megabytes per second. One megabyte is equal to eight megabits and therefore speeds of 100Mbps equals 12.5MBps...
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 09:27PM by shujhonm
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TIL that Queen Elizabeth is no longer Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, because she gave the noscript to her husband as a 90th birthday present
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 10:27PM by helicopterpurple
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TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after a P.E. teacher called Leonard Skinner who had the band members in his class and was known for being very strict about enforcing the schools no long hair on boys policy so the band named themselves to mock Skinner and changed a few letters to avoid a lawsuit
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 12:48AM by canadiancainiac06
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TIL much of the filming for Malcolm in the Middle was done on location in various parts of Los Angeles. A privately owned home was rented for upwards of $3,000 a day to film as Malcolm's house.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 02:22AM by 86-Everything
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TIL It is illegal for any person whose blood is less than one-half Samoan to own land in American Samoa.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 01:46AM by SsmVgoXDq2w
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TIL that when the US Marines were first experimenting with reconnaissance drones, they named their model the "Bikini" because it was a "small item that covered a large area of interest."
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 05:28AM by zipperfall
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TIL People with Schizophrenia in African and Indian cultures tend to have positive experiences when hearing voices. Those in the United States predominantly have violent and hateful experiences.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 06:38AM by Pantherkatz82
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TIL when Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, rival politicians accused him of hiding the words, 'Fuck You', in an acrostic-style message to them when he vetoed a bill. When asked, Schwarzenegger's campaign team said, "My goodness. What a coincidence."
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 06:25AM by szekeres81
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TIL that Christopher Jackson, who played George Washington in Hamilton, provided the singing voice of Chief Tui in Moana
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 04:53AM by ShushingCassiopeia
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TIL the band Genesis' debut psychedelic rock album "From Genesis to Revelation" was a huge flop, selling only 650 copies, mainly because record stores incorrectly placed the album in their "religious" section
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 05:51AM by ollog10
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TIL that James McCormick sold the ADE 651, a fake ‘bomb detector’, all over the world (specifically Iraq) by purchasing novelty golf ball detectors for less than $20 and reselling it for $5000 each. His scam has cost lives and the ‘bomb detectors’ are probably still in use today.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 03:26PM by engineeringkillsme
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TIL one of the conditions Woody Harrelson had for taking his role in Zombieland was that the director, Ruben Fleischer, not eat dairy products for a week. Instead of sticking with just a week he maintained a vegetarian diet for 11 months
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 01:20PM by m0rris0n_hotel
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