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TIL in the UK, A study for disappearances looked at 96 fatal cases, 53% of all male disappearances occur in the months December January and February, with 22% of those cases occurring in December between Christmas and new years eve. And 89% of bodies are found in canals, rivers, lakes or harbours.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 05:30AM by Deamonfart
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TIL that the big four artificial sweeteners - Saccharine, Cyclamate, Aspartame and Sucralose - were all discovered after scientists accidentally tasted the chemicals.
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Submitted December 09, 2021 at 11:56PM by Rhumsaa
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TIL Samuel Stanhope Smith had a theory that Africans were darker because they were covered in small freckles that when combined made a “universal freckle”
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 02:06AM by itsahumanoid
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TIL there is enough gold to cover the entire Earth by 13 inches. However, most of the gold is in Earth's core.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 02:13AM by Certified_Cichlid
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TIL super weaners are elephant seal pups who, in an attempt to slow their weaning, will steal milk from nursing female elephant seals ("milk thieves"), or be adopted by another nursing mother elephant seal ("double mother-sucklers"). Super weaners are usually male, and may weigh up to 600 lbs.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 03:29PM by crazy_gnome
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TIL about Sarah Breedlove; first in her family to be born free, Sarah was eventually recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made millionare in the US after her success in marketing hair care and cosmetics for black women in the early 20th century.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 05:52PM by uhohoreolas
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TIL that in Singapore, all newly developed public housing estates (HDB) must have a green plot ratio of 4.5. That means the total "leaf area" of plants and trees must cover at least 4.5 times the area of the development site itself.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 06:15PM by Carnalvore86
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TIL Barry Larkin,who was against the olympic torch relay for its nazi origins, pulled a hoax of running with a fake torch made of pudding cans,underwear and wooden chair legs at the torch relay for the 1956 melbourne olympics(in Australia).
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 04:38PM by xalxary2
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TIL about Minnie Cox, the first black postmaster in Mississippi, who also opened her own bank and insurance company to help persecuted blacks
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 04:48PM by fabulousfred
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TIL That due to falling hamburger sales on Fridays. A McDonalds Franchise owner created the Filet-O-Fish sandwich to meet the demands of Western Christians who observed a "No Meat" Friday.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 07:04PM by muadeebpaul
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TIL that professional farters, or flatulists, were entertainers in ancient and medieval times whose routines consisted of passing gas in an amusing manner. They could produce "various rhythms and pitches with their intestinal wind".
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 05:55PM by theballisticraptor
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TIL Prolonged anger kills neurons in the brain, keeping people from making good decisions and planning for the future.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 09:49PM by urkillingme
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TIL that during WW2 a Spanish man convinced the Nazis that he was a spy living in London, and fed them false information. This grew to him working for Britain with captured spies, creating a fictional network of other spies, and being awarded a medal from both Britain AND Nazi Germany.
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Submitted December 10, 2021 at 10:25PM by narsedd
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Today I learned about the “Seattle Freeze.” The term refers to a widely held belief that it is especially difficult to make new friends in the U.S. city. Newcomers to the area have described Seattleites as being standoffish, cold, distant, and distrustful.
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Submitted December 11, 2021 at 01:42AM by gap343
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