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TIL that Sam Houston, famous for being president of the Republic of Texas, refused to join the Confederate States of America, predicting that they would lose the civil war. Instead he pushed for the re establishment of an independent Texas.
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 07:30PM by Separate-Barnacle-54
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TIL about Rosie the Ribiter, the American Bullfrog that holds the record for longest frog jump with a leap of 21 ft, 5 in in 1986. The prize for anybody to beat the record stands at $5000 USD
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 06:32PM by jbloom43
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TIL Tiny portions of the Wright Flyer were taken to the moon and back aboard Apollo 11 in 1969. Another few were taken aboard the Challenger on it’s final flight, and recovered from the wreckage. All of these pieces are now in display in North Carolina.
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 08:31PM by MetallicaDash
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TIL that "Don't Mess With Texas" is an anti-littering slogan. Printed on street signs, it successfully reduced litter by 72% a few years after it was introduced.
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 09:50PM by bugleweed
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TIL that "Don't Mess With Texas" is an anti-littering slogan. Printed on street signs, it successfully reduced litter by 72% a few years after it was introduced.
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 09:50PM by bugleweed
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TIL from 1777 to 1870, Vermont had a fourth branch of government called the Council of Censors. It consisted of 13 members, elected every 7 years, who had to check if "the legislative and executive branches have performed their duty as guardians of the people." They could also amend the constitution
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 09:58PM by TheMemer14
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TIL that before trees (~400 million years ago) the Earth's landscape was dotted with 24ft tall, 3ft wide mushroom spires called Prototaxites
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 12:28AM by adjax
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TIL Boxing trainer Cus D'Amato was criticised for being a proponent for the peek-a-boo style of boxing; it was believed that an efficient attack could not be launched from it. He coached Mike Tyson later in his career in this exact style, who would become the youngest world heavyweight noscriptholder.
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 01:59AM by ScurvyAndRaspberries
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TIL about Dorothy Kilgallen, a journalist who claimed to have inside information about the death of JFK. She was drafting a chapter about JFK's death in her book when in 1965, she was found dead in her apartment under suspicious circumstances. All copies of Kilgallen's drafts were never found.
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 04:26AM by beefwbroccoli
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TIL in the film Tomorrow Is Forever, child actress Natalie Wood was unable to cry on cue, until her mother tore a butterfly to pieces in front of her to ensure she would sob. Her co-star, Orson Welles, called Wood a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying."
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 01:00AM by SayNoToSystemUpdates
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TIL why Five Guys gives extra fries at the bottom of the bag. They do it so the guests think they are getting a good deal. However, the extra fries are already factored into the menu price. Founder Jerry Murrell also says it is better for customers to feel that their serving of fries was too large.
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 06:14AM by DylanP369
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TIL that around the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas during the depression, pork and veal offcuts were cheaper than chicken, leading to "city chicken" a breaded stick of pork and veal that was fried up like chicken.
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 03:36AM by af7v
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TIL former spanish national team goalkeeper Iker Casilas was given money by his dad for lottery tickets every week but used to spend it on himself. One day 14 of his dad's numbers came up and he lost his dad 1.1 million euros.
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Submitted November 28, 2020 at 11:34PM by heyzeus92
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TIL about the Sorites Paradox, a paradox that arises from vague predicates. If you remove a grain of sand from a heap, it is still a heap of sand. When the process is repeated enough times: is a single remaining grain still a heap? If not, when did it change from a heap to a non-heap?
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 07:48AM by WouldbeWanderer
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TIL that "Baby Yoda" cost $5 million to make. Knowing how expensive the puppet was caused Adam Pally to miss three times while filming the scene where his character punches it.
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 03:20PM by ShabtaiBenOron
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TIL Freddie and Truus Oversteegen are two sisters who spent their teenage years luring Nazis to their death by seducing them. They were finally honoured for their role in the resistance with the Mobilistatie-Oorlogskruis (War Mobilisation Cross) in 2014
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 12:55PM by Fluid-Daydreamer
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TIL that during the Christmas of 1819, King George III - who by then was completely blind, increasingly deaf, had dementia, was in pain from rheumatism and suffering from another bout of insanity - spoke nonsense for 58 hours.
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Submitted November 29, 2020 at 02:43PM by SpinachPrior458
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