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TIL in 1928, Olympic rower Bobby Pearce stopped mid-race to let a family of ducks pass, giving his opponent a 5-length lead. In the last 1,000 meters, Pearce pulled ahead by 30 seconds, winning the gold and setting a record.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 03:04PM by SpiritualHawk420
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TIL that Shirley Temple, following the end of her acting career, made an unsuccessful run for congress and later became United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 03:07PM by je97
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TIL about how in 2008 during the macy's thankgiving day parade, during the final performance of the "foster's home for imaginary friends" float the pre-planned musical number, the music was cut, only for Rick Asltey to come out and perform "Never Gonna Give You Up" live
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 05:23PM by bulletking19
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TIL that gargoyles are only considered gargoyles if they collect rainwater and spit it out of their mouth. Otherwise, they are called grotesques.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 07:25PM by LittleCabbage564
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TIL leading up to Pearl Harbor the US lost track of Japanese aircraft carriers, observed the Japanese consulate burning documents, encountered hostile submarines near Hawaii and had reports of a cluster of aircraft 137 miles north of Oahu, yet only realized an attack was under way when bombs dropped
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 06:33PM by zollandd
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TIL the United States Senate used the same gavel from 1789-1954, until then Vice President, Richard Nixon, broke it during a particularly heated debate on nuclear energy.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 05:43PM by stupidusername69
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TIL the best-selling living author, Danielle Steel, has received "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" for her 179 books. In her romance novels, she draws from her experiences of having been married 5 times to financiers, ex-convicts, and a vintner, and having 9 children.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 03:44PM by 7_Metanoia_7
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TIL that the Little Red-Haired Girl, the object of Charlie Brown's affection, was based on a woman named Donna who Charles Schultz loved in his youth. Schultz proposed to her but she chose another man. Many Peanuts strips where characters discuss love are based on dates Schultz and Donna went on.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 04:15PM by derstherower
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TIL John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, knew the play he was watching by heart. He timed his shot with the audience's laughter at one of the best lines in the play; Lincoln was laughing at this when he was shot.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 09:36PM by DerVampyrRusticana
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TIL horses originated in North America, migrated to Asia and were domesticated, went extinct in North America, and were brought back over again by the Spanish thousands of years later.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 10:15PM by thr3ddy
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TIL Jeff Bezos started Amazon with a $300,000 investment - from his parents.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 11:12PM by adamchain
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TIL that silent discos are banned in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, for being too noisy
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 08:41PM by ij3k
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TIL: Sony didn't believe that Aaron Sorkin's 162 page noscript for 'The Social Network' would come out under 2 hours. David Fincher timed Sorkin reading it aloud. The reading took 1 hour and 59 minutes, which was the exact running time of the final cut
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Submitted November 17, 2020 at 12:59AM by Aileos
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TIL that in 2000 a doctor was driven from her home by vandals who were confused between paedophile and paediatrician and thought she was a child molester.
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 05:50PM by FatFreddysCoat
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TIL Microsoft had to fly in the Photographer of the "Bliss" Image (XP Background), because no courier service had an insurance which would have covered the six figure price tag on the Photograph/Original Negative
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Submitted November 16, 2020 at 11:38PM by sonom
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TIL that Meat Loaf being cast in The Rocky Horror Show was NOT stunt casting, as the musical opened in 1973 and he didn't have his first hit record until 1977. Also, in the musical he played both Eddie and Dr. Scott.
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Submitted November 17, 2020 at 03:32AM by xm202virus
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TIL at US Supreme Court, the most junior associate justice is charged with menial tasks, such as answering the door of conference room, serving beverages and transmitting orders of the court to the clerk.
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Submitted November 17, 2020 at 02:50AM by shashankgaur
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TIL before women became the norm, the earliest telephone operators were teenage boys. These boys would frequently misbehave on the job, drinking, fighting, swearing, and playing practical jokes on the customers.
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Submitted November 17, 2020 at 04:57AM by ClassicPartyGuy
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TIL that there is a shanytown on the edge of Seoul's affluent Gangnam District, created by people evicted from houses in low-income areas demolished prior to the 1988 Olympics, who came there as their last refuge. It has 2500-4000 residents, mostly impoverished elderly, living in shacks and trailers
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Submitted November 17, 2020 at 02:05AM by malalatargaryen
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TIL that when Germany invaded Belgium in World War I, King Albert I took personal command of the Belgian Army. He led his army for 4 years, fighting alongside his troops, while his wife, Queen Elisabeth, worked as a nurse at the front. His 12 year-old son, the Crown Prince, also fought in the ranks
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Submitted November 17, 2020 at 05:41AM by malalatargaryen
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