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TIL that smoking dead scorpions to get high is a practice in certain regions of Pakistan, with most users mixing dried dead scorpions with either tobacco or hash, and that the high lasts for almost 10 hours.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 12:27PM by meme_stealing_bandit
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TIL that Jill Dando, presenter for the BBC "unsolved crime" series Crimewatch, was murdered during her time as host for the show. Crimewatch reconstructed her murder and a suspect was convicted. However, the conviction was overturned, he was acquitted upon retrial, and the case remains unsolved.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 04:09PM by ez2remembercpl
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TIL about Eats, Shoots & Leaves a book dedicated to Bolshevik printers of St. Petersburg who, in 1905, demanded to be paid the same rate for punctuation marks as for letters, and thereby directly precipitated the first Russian Revolution.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 03:07PM by shadetolerant
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TIL Ian Fleming originally wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened. He chose James Bond because it was the dullest name he had ever heard.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 04:32PM by puppiadog
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TIL that before 1954, stop signs used to be yellow with black lettering. This was because there was no red dye that would not fade over time. However, by 1954, that problem was fixed, and it was declared that stop signs would be red with white lettering and they have remained that way since.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 04:36PM by TotallyJournalist
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TIL that it’s a tradition in Italy to watch the movie Trading Places on Christmas Eve, with millions tuning in every year.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 07:29PM by greyblacknavytan
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TIL about Scott Tucker who set up illegal high interest payday loans in states that banned them. After getting caught, he tried to transfer ownership to Indian tribes who are exempt from payday laws. He is now serving 16 years in federal prison
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 07:35PM by thenewyorkgod
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TIL that in 1523, Christian II of Denmark was succeeded by Frederick I, who was succeeded by Christian III, who was succeeded by Frederick II and so on till 1972, when Queen Margarethe succeeded her father to the Danish throne. For 449 years, the Danish king was either named Christian or Frederick.
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 06:44PM by A-Delonix-Regia
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TIL that in 2009 when giving a TED talk on malaria, Bill Gates released a jar full of mosquitoes on the crowd because "there's no reason only poor people should have the experience".
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Submitted December 23, 2021 at 10:42PM by Jet_The_Tabaxi
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TIL that in 1915, 30 year old Essie Dunbar was pronounced dead and buried. When she was dug up so her sister, who was late, could say goodbye, the not dead Essie sat up and lived for 47 more years.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 01:48AM by Jet_The_Tabaxi
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TIL Giraffe meat is kosher because it technically follows the kosher rules of “having split hooves and chewing its cud” The only reason it is not eaten is because it is too expensive and not widely available.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 01:06AM by Kitten7383
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TIL that a rapsberry (as in Blowing a raspberry) comes from cockney rhyming slang. Raspberry Tart is a fart, so blowing a raspberry (tart) means making a fart sound with your mouth.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 03:48AM by OxD3ADD3AD
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TIL that the dolly from the Island of Misfit Toys was intended to represent mental illness. Although she appeared to be fine physically, she suffered from depression and low self-esteem due to previously being abandoned.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 05:04AM by lrooney376
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TIL in 2013, Neil Gaiman performed a reading of “A Christmas Carol” using Charles Dickinson’s personal copy that he used specifically for live readings, complete with notes and directions, in full victorian costume. The performance was recorded (audio only) and subsequently released online. Enjoy!
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 07:32AM by Dovarc
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TIL That J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5, revealed in 2013 that Michael O'Hare, the original lead for the series, left the series due to severe mental illness. Wanting to protect the actor's image Straczynski kept the secret until well after the actor's death.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 05:26AM by GentPc
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TIL: Entering a radius of 5 nautical miles around North Sentinel Island is illegal under Indian law. In Jan 2006, 2 Indian fishermen were fishing in prohibited waters and were killed by the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation who have repeatedly attacked approaching vessels.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 06:38AM by 2BallsInTheHole
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TIL That chewing gum is actually made of a synthetic plastic that's not biodegradable, and is the 2nd most littered item after cigarette butts
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 01:40AM by crocodoodles
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TIL Robin Williams was instrumental in the early success of Audible as an investor and creator of the first weekly program
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 09:25AM by AZ_RBB
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