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TIL of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2018 concluding that parachutes does not reduce risk of death or major injury when jumping from an aircraft. However, participants only jumped from a stationary aircraft on the ground. The trial is meant as a humorous commentary on RCTs.
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Submitted November 10, 2022 at 09:59PM by MidiIvan
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TIL: About the largest stadium in history, the Circus Maximus, built in 6BC Rome, it had a capacity of 300,000 spectators. The largest modern stadium, Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, holds a mere 150,000 spectators.
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Submitted November 10, 2022 at 08:22PM by Individual-Channel65
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TIL while orbiting the moon aboard Apollo 11, Mission Control detected a problem with the environmental control system and told astronaut Michael Collins to implement Environmental Control System Malfunction Procedure 17. Instead he just flicked the switch off and on. It fixed the problem.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 01:18AM by sonofabutch
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TIL according to most biblical scholars, Jesus of Nazareth was born between 5 and 6 B.C and was between the ages of 34 and 36 when he died.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 02:38AM by HumanNutrStudent
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TIL that "Home Alone" still sits at #2 for the All Time Domestic Box Office Sales for Comedy Movies. It previously held the #1 spot for 27 years.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 02:17AM by Kyleforshort
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TIL that the reason why Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal in the U.S. is because in 1937, over 100 people died due to highly toxic diethylene glycol in a new pharmacy drug. In response, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed, illegalizing food products that contain something inedible.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 04:05AM by FuriouSherman
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TIL that Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last survivor to be pulled from the 9/11 wreckage at the Twin Towers. She was trapped for 27 hours.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 06:37AM by PrimeVector19
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TIL about William Jennens, considered Britain's richest man of his time. He died in 1798 without signing his will, and the subsequent legal proceedings took over a century, from 1798 until 1915, without reaching a conclusion, because the legal costs exhausted the Jennens inheritance in the process
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 01:45PM by SteO153
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TIL Some scorpion species remove their tails when attacked. They also lose their anus in the process but live up to 8 months - hunting, eating, mating etc. they eventually die of constipation.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 08:06AM by Geek_Nan
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TIL one of the nicknames of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 'the Titanic of the Great Lakes'. The ship famously sank in a November storm on Lake Superior. All of her 29 crew were lost.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 01:33PM by Nervous_Constant_642
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TIL "cretinism" is an outdated medical term for congenital hypothyroidism, which can lead to mental impairment. It's most often caused by iodine deficiency, and over 100 countries mandate iodized salt as a preventative measure
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 04:00PM by PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES
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TIL that, while Marge vs the Monorail is considered one of The Simpsons' best episodes, many of the writing staff consider it one of the worst and the beginning of the show's reliance on absurd cartoonish plots
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 06:46PM by Rob-With-One-B
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TIL there is a super massive black hole named TON 618 which is 140 trillion times more luminous and 66 billion times more massive than the Sun. This is more mass than the entire Milky Way galaxy.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 05:47PM by TimelyConcern
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TIL that over 5,000 dead fish, crabs, and other sea creatures were embedded in the ice skating rink at Space World in Japan. Some were arranged to spell "HELLO". Visitors called it a waste of life, so a memorial service was held and the fish repurposed as fertilizer.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 06:53PM by Decapod73
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TIL Christopher Walken volunteered to be in Fatboy Slim's iconic "Weapon of Choice" music video
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 09:24PM by varnecr
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TIL that a woman living in California in the 1940s housed thousands of spiders in her home to harvest and sell their silk to the US military for bomb sites during WW2. The government's couriers would arrive to pick up the silk with empty briefcases handcuffed to their wrists.
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Submitted November 11, 2022 at 11:40PM by Scatter_Cushion
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TIL that when creating Finding Nemo, Pixar decided to show off the ocean they had created by pitting it against live-action footage of a real ocean. It was so realistic that nobody could tell the difference, so they made the ocean a more cartoonish blue to blend in with the animated fish.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=g2zx3gcuXnk?t=184

Submitted November 11, 2022 at 11:16PM by helloitscrash
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