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TIL the word "eggcorn", defined by Merriam-Webster as "a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase", such as "all intensive purposes" instead of "all intents and purposes".
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 06:34PM by snafusis
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TIL Claw machines are rigged,and the owner can program them to drop a toy after it gets picked up, giving you the illusion of near-success.
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 06:09PM by RealTheAsh
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TIL There were female warriors in feudal Japan called "Onna-Bugeisha". Typically belonging to Japanese nobility, these women engaged in battle alongside samurai men mostly in times of need. Battle scene forensics have shown that up to 30% of remains are female.
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 09:37PM by FacelessOnes
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TIL Aaron Burr's 2nd wife was represented in their divorce trial by Alexander Hamilton Jr., the son of the man Burr shot and killed 30 years before.
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 08:10PM by Zak7062
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TIL After Colonel Sanders sold the KFC company, his recipes were changed and he became critical of the chain, calling their new gravy "wallpaper paste" and their crispy recipe "a damn fried doughball stuck on some chicken." KFC sued when he opened a competing restaurant using his original recipes.
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 09:56PM by prezuiwf
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TIL about MDZhB, a Russian ghost radio station that has been broadcasting since 1982. No one claims it but it has continuously produced a buzz punctuated with someone making a short random statement once or twice a week since its inception.
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 08:26PM by Avante-Gardenerd
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TIL: The ancient Romans used a plant called Silphium as an effective contraceptive. It was worth more than gold and was driven to extinction
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 12:05AM by today_okay
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TIL that during the filming of 'Schindler's List' Robin Williams would call Steven Spielberg and do fifteen minutes of stand up to cheer him up during the shoot. "He’d always hang up on you on the loudest, best laugh you’d give him. Drops the mic, that’s it” explained Spielberg.
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Submitted July 16, 2020 at 10:37PM by Niyazali_Haneef
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TIL: The USSR had a four-part process for subverting other countries, and spent 85% of its time and budget on psychological warfare, as described by a defector. The over 25-year process included phases of demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization.
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 01:31AM by porlando
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TIL Of the battle of Blair Mountain, which took place in West Virginia and was the largest labor uprising in US history as well as the largest armed uprising in the US since the civil war. The uprising was caused by coal miners trying to unionize and was brutally crushed by the US government
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 12:15AM by cheesemas46
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TIL the Korean DMZ is an "accidental paradise" for endangered species. The zone, isolated from human activity, has permitted nature to make a comeback and reclaim the land. The DMZ is home to more than 5,000 species, 106 of which have protected status.
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 12:25AM by spark8000
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TIL - "The Holodomor" Was A Man-Made Famine Created By Stalin That Killed Up To 7.5 Million Of His Own People. Soviet Authorities Banned Discussion Of The Disaster And Ordered Historians To Falsify Their Accounts Of It To Uphold Stalin's Legacy
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 03:30AM by SCP-173-Keter
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TIL Prisoners are counted by the census as residents of towns in which they are jailed. Dramatically distorting those communities representation at local and state levels.
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 05:47AM by thewaterballoonist
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TIL The very first strike ever recorded in history started in 1152 BC. During the reign of Rameses III in Ancient Egypt, while building a royal necropolis, the workers felt they were being underpaid, so they organized a massive strike. Their wages were actually increased and workers returned to work
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 03:45AM by FacelessOnes
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TIL that Teddy Roosevelt took a break from the presidency to go camping with John Muir for four days. They explored without any supervision/security. Roosevelt was so inspired by the trip that it eventually led to the creation of the National Park Service.
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 07:25AM by SaltyTelluride
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TIL that constantly day dreaming and using it to distract from the real world is an actual mental illness called maladaptive daydreaming.
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 05:18AM by QueenDaddy37
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TIL former stage magician and skeptic of pseudoscience James Randi offered $1,000,000 to anyone who could prove their paranormal abilities under agreed-upon testing criteria. Over 1,000 people tried, and 0 were successful. It was discontinued in 2015.
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 08:40AM by BrainExcrement
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TIL Every year Paris runs a competition to find the baker of the best baguette, and the winner gets a 1 year contract to supply the President of France and the Palais de l'Élysée with baguettes. The competition is called the "Grand Prix de la Baguette de Tradition Française de la Ville de Paris".
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Submitted July 17, 2020 at 11:55AM by oceanicplatform
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