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TIL that cows have best friends. In a study to identify factors affecting milk yields, researchers noticed that cows form attachments to specific individuals in their herd. When these cows are together, indicators of stress in both noticeably reduce.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 11:21AM by chubwhump
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TIL researchers at Cambridge University found a surprising trade-off across howler monkeys: the louder a male's roar, the smaller his testicles.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 04:12PM by savorymonk
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TIL The sharpest usable knife blades are made from volcanic glass called obsidian. They are 10 times thinner than a razor blade but can’t be used for surgical instruments as they could shatter.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 04:09PM by MadisonGraciey
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TIL that in 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of frozen turkeys that it would sell on Thanksgiving by 260 tons. The company decided to slice up the extra meat and repackage it--creating the first ever TV dinner.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 05:26PM by optoomistic
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TIL that in medieval Romania there was a little chamber in the grounds of a fortified church in which couples, whi were thinking about divorce were send and locked up to six weeks in order to repair their relationship. Suprisingly it was very effective.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 05:07PM by Subarufan2002
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TIL Bell Peppers contain more Vitamin C than oranges do, and contain higher amounts the riper the color becomes. A cup of chopped Red bell pepper "contains nearly three times more Vitamin C than an orange—190 mg."
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 06:15PM by spraynardkrug3r
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TIL that camera flash should always result in natural/red pupil. And any observation of white eye when looking directly at camera, should be immediately reported to an ophthalmologist to rule out a rare form of eye cancer.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 07:23PM by lifemoments
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TIL about Leo Marks, WW2 cryptographer, who was given a 20 minute training exercise on his first day at work which took him the whole day to complete. He had accidentally not been given the cipher key and ended up breaking a code that was meant to be secure.
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 12:26AM by DiveBard
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TIL about Dan Price, the CEO of Gravity Payments who slashed his own salary from $1.1 million to $70k, in order to make sure every single one of his employees received a salary of $70k
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 12:52AM by GISHMAN_THE_FISHMAN
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TIL charm bracelets had an increase in popularity in the U.S during and after WWII. Soldiers found that they could easily buy and send small charms home to their partners. The charms helped their wives and girlfriends feel connected to them still.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 10:08PM by JHopeHoe
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TIL The first native to greet the settlers at Plymouth colony not only spoke English, he boldly walked into their camp to say hello and ask if they had beer. His name was Samoset, and along with Squanto, he spent several years teaching the colonists to farm, hunt and survive in the New World.
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 12:45AM by codamission
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TIL that since the 1980's, the Swedish navy has been picking up strange unidentified sounds. They thought Russian submarines were to blame. However, the noise turned out to be herring farts.
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Submitted November 26, 2020 at 11:26PM by penguin838
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TIL J. Paul Austin, CEO of Coca Cola threatened in 1964 to move his company's headquarters out of Atlanta if the city did not hold a celebration honoring MLK receiving the Nobel Prize.
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 05:48AM by beerbellybegone
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TIL when Audrey Geisel, the widow of Doctor Seuss, was selling the rights to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, she made sure that "any actor submitted for the Grinch must be of comparable stature to Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman."
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 03:27AM by 1FuzzyPickle
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TIL in 2007 Switzerland accidentally invaded .9 miles into Liechtenstein and after their mistake issued an apology to which Lichtenstein’s official response was “no worries these things happen”
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 06:50AM by samweisthebrave1
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TIL that Scottish scientist James Croll, who would go on to revolutionize climate science, got his start by teaching himself physics and astronomy at a university library at night. He was employed there as a janitor.
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 03:53AM by IamprisonmikeAMA
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TIL there's a music genre that remakes modern music as if it was performed in the medieval times called "bardcore"
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 04:28AM by discogeek
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TIL when a young boy visiting the White House doubted that First Lady Pat Nixon lived there because he could not see her washing machine, Pat led him through the halls and up an elevator, into the family quarters and the laundry room to show him.
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Submitted November 27, 2020 at 04:01AM by SayNoToSystemUpdates
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