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TIL about Jimmy the Crow who appeared in over 1,000 features from the ‘30s through the ‘50s. He was trained in an assortment of tricks, such as typing, opening letters, and even riding a tiny motorcycle. Jimmy Stewart said he was the “smartest actor” on the set of It’s A Wonderful Life.
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Submitted December 25, 2020 at 08:27PM by bestsoylatteeverhad
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TIL One of the top glitter manufacturers in the USA cannot name their biggest client, since the client doesn't want it known they use glitter. When a manager was asked if they could name them in a New York Times interview they instantly replied, "No, I absolutely know that I can’t."
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Submitted December 25, 2020 at 11:36PM by SsmVgoXDq2w
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TIL Mongolians in the Imperial Era were lactose intolerant, and despite being nomadic with large herds of sheep, goats and sometimes camels, rarely drank milk. When water was in short supply, they commonly used to drink horse's blood by draining it from the horse's neck without killing it.
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Submitted December 25, 2020 at 11:04PM by Thomas_Catthew
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TIL that the copyright for Anne Franke's diary was due to expire in 2016. To prevent it from falling into public domain, in 2015 the Anne Frank foundation added her father Otto Frank as a co-author.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 02:07AM by jcd1974
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TIL Baileys was invented in 1973 by a South African man, David Gluckman, working for a London marketing agency designing drinks for an Irish company. The name was inspired by a local restaurant, Baileys Bistro.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 01:44AM by nothingtoseehere____
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TIL some of James Doohan’s (Scotty the Engineer from the original Star Trek series) ashes are hidden in the floor of the International Space Station after being smuggled there in 1998.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:23AM by kevonicus
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TIL the world's first seat belt law was put into place in 1970 in Victoria, Australia and that Volvo shared the patent for the three-point seat belt for free.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:40AM by BackOnOurPerch
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TIL The whole reason Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest is because their stepmother intentionally abandoned them there
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 04:56AM by W0lfBird
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TIL that in 1988 the UK banned a song for saying two groups of Irish people had been tortured into wrongful convictions. 3 years later it was found to be true and they were released.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 05:44AM by charliesfrown
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TIL the Seinfeld episode "The Pen" was the only one that did not feature George. Jason Alexander so incensed that he threatened to leave the show if the writers ever turned in another noscript that excluded his character.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:44AM by thenewyorkgod
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TIL that Australian billionaire Clive Palmer had a development plan he wanted to keep secret, so the architect jokingly labelled the block of land as "dinosaur park". After newspapers worldwide reported that they were planning to clone dinosaurs, 500 scientists applied to be involved in the process
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Submitted December 25, 2020 at 11:28PM by malalatargaryen
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TIL in an attempt to trim out the listing Yamato, Japan's super battleship, the captain flooded the outer engine room, drowning three hundred men at their stations.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 07:05AM by terminal_mole
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TIL there is a Colombian species of Frog called Allobates Niputidea or in english, Allobates Not a Fucking Clue. This is because when discovered, the team had no idea of how to classify it.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 04:09AM by rafico25
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TIL that Nazis flooded archaeological site of Biskupin, a late Bronze Age fortified settlement and instrumental part of Polish historical consciousness, in hopes to destroy it. Ironically it led to very good preservation of the ancient timbers.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 01:33PM by DonPecz
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TIL Psychology research demonstrates the psychological benefits of working less. Working fewer hours was associated with improved psychological and health benefits. It also helps with productivity.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:08PM by amansaggu26
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TIL in 1963 a VW Beetle donated by the manufacturer became the first car in the Antarctic. It was so good for Antarctic use, being able to withstand temperatures below -50°C and winds above 150 km/h, that it was nicknamed "Red Terror" by the users.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 04:12PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
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TIL that Pixar's Cars lost the 2006 Best Animated Feature Oscar to Happy Feet, which used motion capture technology. Their next film, Ratatouille, has a stamp in the credits saying "100% Genuine Animation! No motion capture or any other performance shortcuts were used in the production of this film"
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 06:06PM by derstherower
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TIL that the "seductive nature" of the Green M&M is a reference to an urban legend during the 1970s that green M&Ms were aphrodisiacs
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:24PM by llamanatee
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