TIL A casino can just kick you out if you win to much even if you are not cheating or doing anything wrong.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 04:19PM by The_Dotted_Leg
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Shouse Law Group
Can A Casino Ban Me In Nevada?
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TIL that during the 17th century, coffeehouses were so popular in England that they were often referred to as "Penny Universities". For the price of a penny, one could buy a cup of coffee and engage in stimulating conversation on a wide range of topics, from politics to literature.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 04:28PM by KodyBerns99
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English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries
English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries were public social places where men would meet for conversation and commerce. For the price of a penny, customers purchased a cup of coffee and admission. Travellers introduced coffee as a beverage to England…
TIL The Aristocrats joke gained public attention when Gilbert Gottfried told it in an attempt to win back the audience after his 9/11 joke at the Friar’s Club was poorly received. For context, this happened 18 days after the attack.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 04:11PM by Ksumatt
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The Aristocrats
usually-obscene joke about a performance act
TIL: honeycombs start out circular, and the surface tension of the beeswax pulls them into hexagons as it solidifies, because it is the most energetically favorable conformation.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 08:14PM by craigdahlke
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Honeybee combs: how the circular cells transform into rounded hexagons
We report that the cells in a natural honeybee comb have a circular shape at ‘birth’ but quickly transform into the familiar rounded hexagonal shape, while the comb is being built. The mechanism for this transformation is the flow of molten ...
TIL the longest recorded sniper kill was in June 2017, by an unnamed Canadian sniper with a 3,540 m (3,871 yd) shot in the Iraqi Civil War, surpassing a 2009 record by over 1,000 m (1,100 yd).
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 10:36PM by SuperMcG
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Longest recorded sniper kills
Wikimedia list article
TIL Elvis Presley craved the Fool's Gold Loaf, which consists of a hollowed-out loaf of French bread filled with one 1-lb. jar each of creamy peanut and grape jelly and a pound of fried bacon. It packs ~8,000 calories. He and friends once flew from Memphis to Denver to eat 30 of them.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 12:30AM by grandmamimma
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Fool's Gold Loaf
sandwich
TIL that Hawaii was a sovereign self-governing kingdom all the way up until 1893, totally unassociated with the U.S., until a coup d'état that year by 13 businessmen and 162 U.S. troops, with the openly stated goal of annexing the islands. (They succeeded.)
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 01:23AM by DramaGuy23
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Nisei Veterans Legacy
Hawaiian Monarchy Overthrown; Territory of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown on January 17, 1893, after a group of 13 Caucasian businessmen and lawyers staged a coup d'état against Queen Liliuokalani and her government.
TIL Disney World had its own airport that had a runway that featured a set of grooves, like rumble strips on the side of a highway, that played “When You Wish Upon a Star” when driven over at roughly 45 miles per hour to surprise the airplane passengers.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 02:34AM by nomadofwaves
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Walt Disney World Airport
Walt Disney World Airport, also known as Lake Buena Vista Airport and Lake Buena Vista STOLport (IATA: DWS), is a former small airfield owned by The Walt Disney Company, located within Walt Disney World, just east of the former Walt Disney World Speedway…
TIL That Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a way to make money from people who weren't buying Elvis merchandise
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 04:23AM by ColleenLoyde
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Colonel Tom Parker
Dutch entertainment impresario (1909-1997)
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Today I learned that genuine wasabi is rare and likely not even served in most high-end sushi restaurants. Apparently the real deal is difficult to grow as it’s quite picky and takes approx. three years to mature.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 05:46AM by naomi_homey89
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Mashed
What Is Real Wasabi And Why You've Probably Never Eaten It
Wasabi isn't something that inspires us to ask many questions. You might be surprised to learn most wasabi you've encountered isn't actually the real thing.
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TIL that the European Union suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 06:06AM by AbatNaBitin
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Gizmodo
The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales
The European Commission paid €360,000 (about $428,000) for a study on how piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted music, books, video games, and movies.
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TIL that Mike Judge moved to Texas and a storm blew off a part of his fence. After his new neighbors fixed it for him, no questions asked, it became the basis for King Of The Hill - "about neighbors who... ultimately, do the right thing and do right by people and are basically good people."
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NPR
Mike Judge, Finding A Comic 'Extract' In The Office
Writer-director Mike Judge — the creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill, and the director of the cult-classic workplace comedy Office Space — has a new movie out. It's another satirical look at life on the job; called Extract, it stars Jason…
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TIL in 2009 Burger King ran the "Whopper sacrifice" campaign, which gave a free whopper to anyone who deleted 10 friends on Facebook. Facebook suspended the program because Burger King was alerting people letting them know they'd been dropped for a sandwich
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 11:07AM by DennisAlder
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CNET
The dark secrets of Whopper Sacrifice
One of the brains behind the wildly successful Burger King Facebook ad campaign talks about how the key to its wildfire spread was a combination of simplicity and cultural pervasiveness.
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TIL Even though he received surgery to correct his nearsightedness, Horace Grant continued to wear his trademark goggles on the court during his NBA career after hearing from parents that he was a inspiration to children who wore glasses.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 11:05AM by CarolynZambrano
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SBNation.com
Horace Grant kept wearing goggles after eye surgery to make kids with glasses feel better
Never doubt the power of goggles.
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TIL that a group of four serial killers calling themselves the “Death Angels” were convicted of murdering at least 15 people and may have murdered over 70 people in the Bay Area in the mid 70s.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 08:40AM by iamtherealandy
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Zebra murders
race crimes in San Francisco, California
TIL hippos have a reflex mechanism that allows them to pop up, take a breath, and go back down without waking up so they can sleep underwater.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 01:55PM by HeavyResonance
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Good Nature Travel Blog | Stories are made on adventures
Six Surprising Facts About Hippos in Africa
There is nothing common about the Common Hippo. Yet compared to elephants, rhinos and the big cats of Africa, they are generally under appreciated. Here's why.
TIL Whale falls are a major source of nutrients for the ocean's bathyal or abyssal zones. The remains of an estimated 690,000 whales are being broken down on the ocean floor, with the bodies being picked clean, the skeletons dissolved, and ultimately a reef formed.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 02:44PM by jamescookenotthatone
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Whale fall
temporary ecosystem resulting from the fall of a whale carcass to the ocean floor
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TIL Cold water has negative calories since your body needs to spend energy to heat it up. By drinking a glass of ice water you'll burn about eight calories.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 04:35PM by Imbiberr
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UAMS Health
Does Drinking Cold Water Burn More Calories than Warm Water? | UAMS Health
Our bodies can burn calories in several ways: basal metabolic rate (BMR), physical activity and digestion. Drinking cold water rather than warm is not one of them. Or, at least cold water doesn't burn enough calories to be worthy of mentioning. “If your goal…
TIL of Caratacus who held off the Romans for ten years, using hit and run tactics. Finally he was betrayed and taken prisoner by the Romans, but gave such an eloquent speech, that Emperor Claudius set him free.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 03:40PM by VengefulMight
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Caratacus
British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe
TIL about an obscure Egyptian god named Medjed. The only god depicted as forward facing and having 2 eyes. He also bizarrely gained popularity on the Japanese internet shortly after his discovery.
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 06:27PM by punx3030
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Medjed
ancient Egyptian deity
TIL that Sigmund Freud in 1935, the founder of psychoanalysis, refused to "treat" homosexuality, stating that it could not be classified as an illness
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Submitted April 01, 2023 at 09:15PM by COMPUTER1313
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Sigmund Freud's views on homosexuality
psychiatric theory of sexuality