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TIL that during WW1, the MI5 used Girl Guides to deliver secret messages. They used Girl Guides instead of Boy Scouts because they found out that Boy Scouts weren't efficient enough, boisterous and talkative.
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Submitted May 14, 2021 at 07:36PM by sylviette_pancakes
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TIL: Brazil forbids anyone to visit the island "Ilha da Queimada Grande" without a special permit. It's crawling with the endangered Golden Lancehead Vipers and its venom is so strong it can melt human flesh. Poachers visit the island because specimens can fetch $10-30K on the black market.
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Submitted May 14, 2021 at 05:06PM by OvidPerl
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TIL it’s legal in the US for companies to sell or lease human bodies that have been “donated to science.” Many donated bodies have to be paid for by researchers, and funeral homes earn a kickback for every “donation.”
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Submitted May 14, 2021 at 09:41PM by thegoldinthemountain
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TIL screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon) was blacklisted for communist activity. In the face of intense industry all Foreman's colleagues abandoned him expect for Gary Cooper. In gratitude, Foreman gave Cooper first refusal on his future noscripts including, The Bridge on the River Kwai.
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Submitted May 14, 2021 at 09:59PM by Ok-Needleworker-8876
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TIL For the movie Star Wars, the sound designer for the Stormtrooper's blasters came up with the sound of the blaster during a family backpacking trip. He hit the guy-wire of an AM radio transmitter tower with a hammer and recorded the sound with a microphone close to the impact.
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Submitted May 14, 2021 at 03:21PM by greatminds1
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TIL there's a material called FOGBANK that's used by the US Department of Energy that's so top secret and compartmentalized, that the government once actually "forgot" how to make it due to a lack of actual records and dwindling institutional knowledge
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 12:57AM by LifterPuller
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TIL In 1911 The Rigby family included their cat Tom in their census form. 'Tom Cat' was listed as being an 8-year old, married Mouse-Catcher, Soloist and Thief with 16 children. His birthplace was listed as Cheshire and he was described as being 'speechless' in the infirmity section of the form.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 03:13AM by Szabo84
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TIL the lowest paid job in the United Kingdom is pursuivant to the King of Arms. The wage is £13.95 per year. The position hasn't seen a wage rise since the 1500s. Their job is to advise the monarchy on matters of ceremony.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 12:28AM by MarmiteKorv
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TIL that a 2005 survey by the British Cheese Board reported that Stilton cheese seemed to cause unusual dreams, with 75 per cent of men and 85 per cent of women experiencing "odd and vivid" dreams after eating a serving of the cheese half an hour before sleeping.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 03:02AM by jcd1974
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TIL, Mao Zedong didn’t brush his teeth. Instead, he rinsed his mouth with tea, then chewed the leaves. This left Mao with green, rooting teeth and gums that oozed puss. When encouraged by his physician to brush, Mao would respond, “Does a tiger brush his teeth?”
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 02:38PM by vaish7848
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TIL that speed readers were asked to read a text without knowing that every other line came from a different source yet they didn't notice it. In another study, speed readers scored 68% in a standard comprehension test, but the tests were so easy that people who never read the material scored 57%
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 02:27PM by mvpetri
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TIL the first vending machine to sell live crabs debuted in 2010 in a train station in Nanjing. The machine sells about 200 live crabs a day, with prices from $2 to $7. A sign next to the machine states each crab will come out alive, offering refund of three live crabs for every dead one to pop out.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 12:10PM by The_Internet_Author
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TIL that during renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two metres off centre, and the right arm not being properly attached.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 02:31PM by johnlen1n
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TIL in 1977, Ben Cohen was a struggling potter & Jerry Greenfield was getting rejected by medical schools. The pair decided to open a bagel shop, but the cost of bagel machines was too high. As a result, they enrolled in a $5 ice cream making course instead. A year later, they created Ben & Jerry's
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 06:09PM by suzukigun4life
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TIL, Jürgen Hinzpeter was the the only journalist to film massacres during the government supression of the democratic uprising in the South Korean city of Gwangju in 1980. His footage was delivered to Germany and broadcast worldwide. In 2000s, he was honored by South Korea for his efforts.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 05:36PM by vaish7848
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TIL in order to misguide Japanese bombers the Taj Mahal was disguised with a huge scaffold which made it look like a stockpile of bamboos. The idea worked and was used again in 1971 at the time of Indo-Pak War.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 07:12PM by origen413
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TIL that in 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover up the smell by lighting matches, causing an emergency landing and an FBI investigation. Although she was not charged in the incident, she was also not allowed back on the plane.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 09:14PM by BeardedScreechOwl
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TIL: Pooping can be a very dangerous activity for sloths. By some estimates up to half of sloth deaths are caused by taking poops on the forest floor.
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Submitted May 15, 2021 at 09:36PM by Jedi_Lucky
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TIL to film the scenes of the audience watching the "Ass Movie" in Idiocracy (2006), a theater was rented and extras were paid to watch a buttocks on the screen, which garnered genuine laughter--making Mike Judge consider his own film a waste of time.
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Submitted May 16, 2021 at 12:13AM by ahotdogday
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TIL after the band Alice Cooper bombed a show in the first ten minutes, a manager approached them and arranged an audition with Frank Zappa at his house at 7 o'clock. They misinterpreted this as 7 in the morning and woke him up, who was impressed nevertheless and signed them for a three album deal.
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Submitted May 16, 2021 at 12:58AM by Joe_Shroe
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