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Today I learned the Alligator Gar is the largest of the gar species and named after the American alligator. It can grow up to 10 feet long. Alligator gar have the ability to breath water as well as air. Their fossil record traces back to 100 million years which was the cretaceous period.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 05:20AM by sephirothreturns
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TIL that individual electrons in a wire actually travel very slowly, around 8 cm per hour
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 04:11AM by thenewyorkgod
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TIL Mark Wahlberg was booked to fly on American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001, but his plans changed the day before and he canceled his reservation. He received backlash for stating in a 2012 interview, "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did".
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 07:33AM by bitterveganhomo
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TIL that the Sun is 99.86% of all mass in our solar system. Every other planet, asteroid, and comet only adds up to 7/50th of a single percent.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 07:34AM by Katiari
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TIL that Vince Offer, the ShamWow! guy, used the proceeds from his late night marketed movie, The Underground Comedy Movie, to sue the Church of Scientology.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 09:58AM by treitsdfsdfsd
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TIL "Box beds" – cabinets with beds in them and, sometimes, lockable doors – were used for privacy and safety in parts of rural medieval Europe before individual bedrooms were common. They became fashionable even in homes with bedrooms and remaind in use in Scotland into the 1900s.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 08:57AM by abacus_porkrind
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TIL In 1819, when King Francis visited the Pompeii exhibition there with his wife and daughter, he was so embarrassed by the erotic artwork that he had it locked away in a "secret cabinet", a gallery within the museum accessible only to "people of mature age and respected morals".
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 11:10AM by nobody98723
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TIL in 2017, Zac Efron nearly experienced a mental breakdown trying to achieve the 'perfect' body for Baywatch. In 2019, he admitted he never wants to be in that good of shape again, calling it an "unrealistic" ideal for men.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 03:27PM by alejandream
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TIL Italian car maker Lancia holds the record (10 wins) for having the most Manufacturers' Championships in the World Rally Championship despite having stopped competing since the end of the 1993 season. The Lancia Delta is the most successful individual model designation ever to compete in rallying
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 02:29PM by Zekka_Space_Karate
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TIL about German WWII fighter pilot Franz Stigler. He attempted to intercept an American B-17 straggling back from a bombing mission, but decided to protect and escort the bomber once he got close enough to see how heavily-damaged it and the crew were.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 02:48PM by Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder
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TIL that the concept of 'Red States' and 'Blue States' only began in 2000. As the Bush v. Gore election results were uncertain for weeks, news programs gradually adopted maps with the same color scheme. Tim Russert was the first to use the terms on-air.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 06:44PM by throwaway_circus
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TIL that during filming of 1973’s “Superteams”, an ABC show pitting famous athletes against each other, heavyweight champion Joe Frazier nearly drowned during a swimming event. He signed up despite not knowing how to swim.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 06:14PM by Flaxmoore
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TIL: The US Army, Navy and Air Force have massive, taxpayer-funded sports programs that compete with universities, and they aren't required to disclose their finances
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 07:19PM by martinpagh
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TIL when Muhammad Ali lost to Larry Holmes in 1980, then 14-year old boxing prospect Mike Tyson spoke to Ali on the phone, promising to avenge the loss. He fulfilled the promise seven years later, knocking Holmes out in four rounds. Tyson later called it a highlight of his career
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 09:01PM by szekeres81
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TIL that "Frasier", a 19-year-old sickly and feeble lion with a lolling tongue rescued from a Mexican circus in 1972, went on to sire 33 cubs by the protective lionesses who catered to him and brought him food at LA's Lion Country Safari.
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Submitted September 05, 2021 at 10:22PM by Ouisch
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