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TIL the song "Respect" was popularized by Aretha Franklin, but it was originally composed and recorded by the man Otis Redding, and it was about a man getting respect from his girlfriend
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 03:42AM by brantlymillegan
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TIL that Minnesota has a Confederate Flag captured from Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg, and despite Virginia regularly asking for its return Minnesota keeps saying no.
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 02:46PM by IronScrub
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TIL that the hottest part of the day isn't noon, but between 4-6. The earth warms during the day but continues to get warmer until the evening
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 01:53PM by EtOHMartini
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TIL Blink 182 removed the red cross from the (adult actress) nurse's hat on their album "Enema of the State" because the American Red Cross told them it was a violation of the Geneva Convention.
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 03:19PM by Italian_warehouse
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TIL Panko is made from bread baked by electrical current, which yields a bread without a crust. The unique method developed during World War II out of a necessity to cook bread without access to an oven
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 02:52PM by djonoit
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TIL in WWII, Germany carried out only one land operation in north America, the installation of a secret weather station in Newfoundland. They scattered American cigarette packets and planted a sign saying "Canadian Meteor Service" in case anyone found it, and the site wasn't rediscovered until 1977.
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 04:56PM by CLBUK
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TIL David A Cox and Steven Zucker published an algorithm called the "Cox-Zucker machine". They collaborated deliberately because of their name combination, with Cox saying thay they decided to write a paper together just weeks after they met.
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 04:00PM by weed-smoking-impala
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TIL we use 100% of our brain. It is a myth we only use a small portion of our brain, and no scientific evidence supports such a hypothesis as a valid theory.
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 06:40PM by SojourningCPA
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TIL that in his acceptance speech for the 1976 Best Album Grammy, Paul Simon jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year. Stevie Wonder had won Best Album in the previous two years and would go on to win again in 1977 for Songs in the Key of Life.
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 09:52PM by trifletruffles
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TIL that medical students practice some of the more invasive exams (i.e. rectal, vaginal) on specially trained actors, who guide them through the procedure, as going through real patients from the get-go could damage the confidence of med students
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 11:12PM by SamsonFox
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TIL A 9 company cartel fixed the prices of batteries worldwide from 2000 to 2011
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Submitted August 09, 2021 at 07:37PM by emanresu_nwonknu
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TIL that Tom Green stated that the dismal box office receipts for his film Freddy Got Fingered did not reflect the actual attendance, as he thinks that moviegoers under the age of 17 bought tickets to the PG-rated "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles" and snuck into the theater showing his R-rated film.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 12:49AM by sexpressed
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TIL that the North America — and the USA in particular, has the world's most extreme weather, averaging more than 10,000 severe thunderstorm events per year, with more than 1,000 tornadoes.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 03:24AM by Alolan_Teddiursa
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TIL that Albert I of Belgium is called the "Knight King" because he personally led his army in combat for all of WWI; also his wife, Elizabeth of Bavaria, served as a nurse in front-line field hospitals.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 04:12AM by PvtDeth
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TIL A fatal dose of caffeine is 113 cups of coffee, but you’d die of water poisoning first.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 12:01AM by CapitalismMustFall
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TIL Chinese moso bamboo can grow almost a metre in a single day, about 35 inches.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 07:25AM by Nothingsomething7
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TIL that in 1921 a submarine ran out of fuel some 190 Km from Hawaii during searching of a lost tug boat. The submarine had a week's worth of ration on board and no radio communication. The crew make a sail by rigging up blankets. The submarine successfully sailed to Hawaii in a couple of days.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 11:42AM by intexAqua
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TIL that Rockbitch, an all-female British rock band known for their wild and sexual live shows (including performing nude), had a tradition of tossing a golden condom into the audience and whoever caught it, male or female, would be invited backstage to indulge in sexual acts with the band.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 10:49AM by helmsmanfresh
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TIL In an analysis of repetitiveness of song lyrics using file compression, Daft Punk's Around the World was found to be the most repetitive song, being able to be reduced 98% from 2,610 to 61 characters.
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Submitted August 10, 2021 at 04:28PM by haddock420
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