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TIL of James "Honest Dick" Tate, State Treasurer who although having a good reputation and rapport with his colleagues disappeared one day with approximately $7 million of State funds. After sending a few letters to his family, he was never heard of again.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 12:20AM by SettyDub
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TIL that origin of the whoopee cushion can be traced back to the teenage Roman emperor Elagabalus, who regularly pulled the practical joke at aristocratic dinner parties. His guards were soon fed up with these antics and he lost the respect of his people. He was assassinated at the age of 18.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 02:45AM by DefiantLeg
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TIL that the story of the Chernobyl power plant didn’t end with the tragedy of 1986. There was actually a second fire that broke out on Reactor 2 in 1991, and it wasn’t until 2000 that the last operating reactor was fully shut down.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 08:02AM by 8Bit_Innovations
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TIL the great smog of London in 1952 was so bad that pedestrians couldn't even see their feet. Some of the 4,000 who died in the 5 days it lasted didn't suffer lung problems – they fell into the Thames and drowned because they could not see the river
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 10:27AM by Scrolling2Oblivian
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TIL: Molière's legendary death: collapsing on stage while performing in the last play he had written, insisting on completing his performance, collapsing again, died hours afterwards.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 10:17AM by maxionjion
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TIL The Roland 808 drum machine was commercial and critical flop because it didn't produce a realistic drum sound. However, its 'unusual' synthetic beats and effects made it a cult favourite among EDM and hip-hop artists, which eventually turned the 808 into the icon it is today.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 01:52PM by MisterMarcus
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TIL of the Delphi Murders, where two young girls were murdered after posting a photo of the alleged killer on snapchat following them on a bridge in a wooded area. He has still yet to be found.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 05:46PM by nekenemkj
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TIL that an owl’s eye color tells you when they are most active. Dark eyes mean most active at right, orange eyes mean most active at dusk and dawn, and yellow eyes mean most active during the day..
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 05:57PM by Bert-63
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TIL that in the film Psycho (1960), a concern for the censors, was an actresses flushing a toilet, with its contents (torn-up note paper) fully visible the first time. No flushing toilet had appeared in mainstream film and television in the United States at that time.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 04:42PM by exmoor456
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TIL that when Princess Diana died in 1997, the funeral's broadcast attracted an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide. Which makes it one of the biggest televised event in history.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 03:56PM by BigBoiBimesb
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TIL that Paul McCartney's first Hofner bass used on iconic Beatles recordings was stolen from him at Twickenham Film Studios in 1969 and has never been found. This particular model was only produced for four months and is one of the most sought after instruments in rock history
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 04:51PM by lijdi
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TIL Martin Luther King Sr was also a civil rights activist who lived until 1984
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 06:55PM by ThisisJacksburntsoul
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TIL that until 1964, Mr. Potato Head toys were meant to be used with real potatoes. The toy was shipped with “plastic facial pieces,” which had sharp ends that had to be forcibly inserted into a potato (not included), and presented both choking and stabbing hazards for small children.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 03:24PM by bearjew64
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TIL of people who drill holes into their skulls and advocate the health benefits. They call it "Trepanning" and believe it can benefit brain health and mood disorders. Two men in Utah were charged for performing the procedure on a woman without a medical license. There is no evidence of benefit.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 03:22PM by ImMikePossibly
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TIL about Dorothy Levitt, one of the first British female racing drivers. In her column for women she advised women on a car to buy, how to dress while driving, and items to bring, including gloves, an extra handkerchief, a clean veil, a powder-puff, hair-pins, a hand mirror, chocolates, and a gun.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 05:43PM by marmorset
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TIL in 1995 Hayao Miyazaki directed a cyberpunk shortfilm for a rock song after having writer's block. He purposely misinterpreted the lyrics to make the video cryptic to evoke creative interpretations among viewers. SciFi writers and magazines called it "the most perfect short science fantasy film"
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 07:40PM by berutto
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TIL that Britain's worst nuclear accident, would have been much worse, were it not for Sir John Douglas Cockcroft. Whom insisted on installing filters onto the exhaust shaft of the Windscale Nuclear Power Plant. When the accident happened the radioactive dust was reduced by 95%.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 09:20PM by VeryCriticalCritic
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TIL that after Booth assassinated Lincoln by shooting him the back of the head, the largest manhunt in US history, involving thousands of troops and countless civilians, tracked him down to a barn. As he attempted escape, Sergeant Boston Corbett killed Booth by shooting him in the back of the head.
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Submitted January 15, 2021 at 09:07PM by geekteam6
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TIL Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 and further investigated it across his lifetime. He died in 1997 aged 90, less than a decade before the New Horizons launch to Pluto. To honour his wishes his ashes were launched inside the spacecraft, making it the longest post mortem fight ever recorded.
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Submitted January 16, 2021 at 01:29AM by rasarota
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