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TIL The actor that portrayed Scruff McGruff the Crime Dog was arrested and sentenced to 16 years in prison for possesion of Marijuana and Grenade Launchers.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 02:03AM by BellaTrixter
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TIL that in 1938, a man in prison trained a cockroach to smuggle him cigarettes. He was later released because the warden said "a man who can train a cockroach doesn't belong in prison".
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 04:51AM by RedditReeses
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TIL that after Hurricane Isaаc, an American Rеd Crоss official sent out 80 empty or near-empty trucks and emergеncy rеsponse vеhicles (ERVs) to drive around and look like they were giving reliеf - and after Hurricane Sаndy, 15 ERVs (40% of the available ERVs) were assіgned to publіc relаtions
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 02:15AM by malalatargaryen
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TIL Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs N Harmony was abducted at age 4, which led to abuse and him being molested for 2 years. John Walsh shared the story on America's Most Wanted in 1983 which led to his rescue. Bizzy went on the show in 2002 to update and thank John Walsh. Video in link.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 07:34AM by hereforpopcornru
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TIL that Greenlands five municipalities are named ''Much Ice'', ''South'', ''Centre'', ''The one with islands'', and ''Northern'', if you directly translate it from Greenlandic to English.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 04:40PM by knowhoakx
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TIL in 1987 when an SR-71 Blackbird lost an engine while flying Mach 3 over the Baltic Sea, four Swedish jets prevented it from getting shot down by the Soviets. The mission was declassified 30 years later, and the four Swedish pilots that protected the Blackbird were awarded the US Air Medal
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 05:31PM by Brutal_Deluxe_
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TIL, the author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, is most responsible for the creation of Thanksgiving being a national holiday.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 03:42PM by Darkness4923
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TIL in 981 a hospital's location was chosen by hanging pieces of meat in several places for a few days and deciding in favor of the one where meat was found to be least infected
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 04:23PM by aloofloofah
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TIL The Los Angeles Dodgers got their name due to fans having to dodge Brooklyn's complex network of trolley cars, which killed over 130 people in the first 3 years of operation. With horse drawn trolleys, the horse would stop. The all new electric trolley cars, however, would plow right over you.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 05:37PM by eF240uKX52hp
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TIL that between the 1930s and 1940s penicillin was so precious that it was re-extracted from the urine of patients to conserve every last bit of it
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 05:54PM by HasQue
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TIL: Vincent Price, the legendary Hollywood film icon, and his wife Mary, were such food connoisseurs, that in 1965 they co-wrote a best selling cookbook noscriptd "A Treasury Of Great Recipes". His daughter Victoria stated, "He had an omnivorous appetite for life and for food."
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 07:01PM by PapaKeth
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TIL that NASCAR was formed after Prohibition when out-of-work bootleggers wanted to keep their driving skills sharp through organized races.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 08:49PM by SettyDub
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TIL André the Giant was known to pay for his meal, regardless of whether he was the host or the guest. As Arnold Schwarzenegger was about to pay for the meal "found himself being physically lifted, carried back to his table and deposited in his seat by Andre, who stated emphatically, 'I pay'."
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 12:19AM by bonnieweelad
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TIL Creeper was the first ever computer virus and it was designed to move between DEC PDP-10 computers running TENEX OS using the ARPANET. While it wouldn't cause any damages, it would print out a message on the connected teletype that says "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can". And this was 1971.
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Submitted November 25, 2020 at 08:11PM by Geeky-Ryan
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TIL, the Brussel sprouts grown today taste better because they are genetically different. In the 1990's a Dutch research identified heirloom varieties that are less bitter and bred them to be tastier and have a higher yield.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 01:02AM by Wreserve
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TIL that the only countries where divorce is illegal are the Vatican City and the Philippines
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 02:03AM by SuperAlloyBerserker
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