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TIL that the Vikings were considered neat-freaks who seduced good Anglo-Saxon women by barbaric unfair practices like bathing once a week and combing their hair every day.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 02:11PM by Urabutbl
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TIL Torakusa Yamaha founded Yamaha in 1887 due to his obsession with western technology and science. After successfully fixing a school’s reed organ, he realized the business opportunity of instrument brand, since at the time there were no Japanese makers of Western instruments
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 06:52AM by yaboodooect
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TIL a movement sought to rename the Australian dollar to the "dollarydoo" (based on a classic 'The Simpsons' episode). Doing so would increase demand for the currency and strengthen the Australian economy, organizers claimed. The movement gathered 69,574 signatures.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 03:47PM by WhileFalseRepeat
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TIL Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a cornerstone text for the women’s rights movement in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and Frankenstein author Mary Shelley was her daughter.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 02:43PM by mmmyesplease---
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TIL that chickens used to be fitted with tiny glasses to prevent eye-pecking and cannibalism. Rose-colored glasses were especially popular as they were thought to prevent chickens from seeing blood and becoming enraged.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 04:49PM by AsphaltsParakeet
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TIL The Ring Finders is a worldwide organization of metal-detection enthusiasts who recover lost items at little to no cost. Members have about an 80% success rate at finding last keys, rings, cellphones, time capsules, burial urns and more.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 04:46PM by Easportsman
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TIL An 11 year old girl could not afford running shoes, so she wrapped her feet in tape and drew a Nike logo on it. She won several gold medals in local competitions.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 05:16PM by amansaggu26
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TIL about Operation Mindf**k: a group of 1960s pranksters who wanted to show how ridiculous conspiracy theories were by placing stories in the media attributing all calamities and conspiracies in the world to an 18th century Bavarian society called the Illuminati.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 07:03PM by Cass_Anders
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TIL The Eureka Moment (also known as 'Aha! moment) refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept. Some research suggests it acts as a memory advantage. It is unclear where exactly it occurs in the brain.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 05:02PM by amansaggu26
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TIL that the world's strongest super-acid is the Fluoroantimonic acid HSbF6. It's 2×10^(19)(20 quintillion) times stronger than pure sulfuric acid which makes it extremely corrosive. It evolves highly toxic vapors and dissolves all organic compounds such as everything in a human body in few seconds.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 04:30PM by The_Questionist69
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TIL that NYC once had a "Divorce Coercion Gang" made up of Ultra Orthodox Jews who would kidnap and torture Jewish men who were refusing to divorce their wives
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 07:33PM by thenewyorkgod
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TIL The smelliest substance on earth, Tioacetone (CH3)2CS, smells so bad that it can effect areas up to a half-mile in radius. "When it was accidentally made it was followed by cases of vomiting, nausea and unconsciousness in a radius of 0.75 kilometres (0.47 mi) around the laboratory"
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 06:58PM by Diorules
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TIL that an ancient Roman oracle once prophesied that "Caligula had no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae". After becoming emperor, Caligula ordered ships to construct the largest pontoon bridge in history, and rode his horse across the Bay of Baiae.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 11:16PM by NA_DeltaWarDog
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TIL that a species of Australian Nocturnal Ground Parrots thought to be extinct for 100 years were found by one man after 15 years of searching. His search began when he found one feather of this bird on a truck and traced it back to the farm of an Old Indigenous Gentleman.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 11:30PM by FT05-biggoye
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TIL that a town in Colorado offers an open air funeral pyre as an option instead of cremation or regular burial
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 10:45PM by lovelyb1ch66
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TIL that "Moon Trees" exist. They are the product of around 500 different seed types that were flown up to the moon and back aboard the Apollo 14 mission, then planted at various locations in the US and abroad.
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Submitted February 05, 2021 at 10:14PM by zeebagel
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TIL As a rapper, Will Smith spent so much money between 1988-89, he underpaid his taxes. Smith had $2.8 million of his wages garnished and many of his belongings taken away. This prompted him to become an actor in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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Submitted February 06, 2021 at 02:47AM by Intelligent-Ice-6293
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TIL that The Church of Scientology surreptitiously started to take over the Clearwater downtown in 1975 with plans to take over the entire city. Presently they own almost all the buildings(almost 200) in the downtown area apart from a presbyterian church, a few govt buildings and condos.
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Submitted February 06, 2021 at 04:54AM by doctrdanger
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