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TIL there are sound frequencies that can only be heard by teenagers and some stores use devices that emit these sounds to keep teenagers from loitering.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 04:55AM by iwanderlostandfound
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TIL after the death of Bruce Lee in 1973, film industries in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea raced to find his replacement in order to build off of his legacy. This period, later known as 'Bruceploitation', would feature actors with screen names like Bruce Li, Bruce Lai, Brute Lee, etc.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 02:09AM by kevlarbuns
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TIL that most blackboards are actually green because boards that were black tended to reflect a lot of light, while green boards reduced glare and were favored by teachers who had to stare at them all day.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 06:14AM by bearjew64
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TIL that in 2015 the European Commission paid 360 000€ for a report to study how much piracy impacts the sales of copyrighted goods. The 300-page report concluded that piracy has no statistical effect on the sales and was quietly buried.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 11:40AM by villuvallu
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TIL the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is set to enter the public domain in 2024, which means that anyone will be able to use or adapt this version of the character without fear of copyright infringement.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 02:57PM by GruvisMalt
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TIL There is a Guinness world record for the longest amount of time needed to create an official government. It is held by Belgium. It took Belgian politicians 541 days to form an official government.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 10:58AM by TheQuietKid22
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TIL Victorian poet Robert Browning believed that a "twat" was an item of clothing worn by nuns, and included an infamous line about "cowls and twats" in one of his poems. He came to this conclusion after misinterpreting a vulgar rhyme which mentioned "old nuns' twats".
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 06:09PM by WilliamofYellow
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TIL you shouldn’t eat more than 5 Brazil nuts in a day. They contain selenium, which can cause gastrointestinal problems, brittle hair and nails, joint pain, and tiredness. In large amounts, it can cause kidney failure, heart failure, and heart attacks.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 05:40PM by HambreTheGiant
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TIL In ancient Greece, men weren't allowed to become midwives because it was required by law one had to have given birth themselves to qualify as one.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 07:35PM by Nantashilikestodraw
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TIL about Whipping Tom of 1681, a nickname given to a serial spanker in London. He would wait for an unaccompanied woman, grab her, lift her dress and slap her buttocks whiles shouting "Spanko!" before fleeing. Vigilantes would dress in women's clothing and patrol the areas he was known to operate.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 10:26PM by skardusyg
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TIL that many aquarium fish are artificially colored. This is done by injecting dye, laser tattoos, hormone alteration or even genetic modification.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 08:10PM by TurboTurtle-
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TIL about Paul Deschanel, the eclectic French president who once walked out of a state meeting and straight into a lake, while fully clothed. He would resign shortly thereafter.
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Submitted April 25, 2023 at 11:58PM by Sfisher17
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TIL That John O’Hurley, the actor who played the fictional version of J. Peterman on Seinfeld, now owns the J. Peterman company with the real J. Peterman.
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Submitted April 26, 2023 at 04:11AM by merpymoop
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TIL that we have the skull of Mary Magdalene housed in a basilica in France. It was found in 1279 with a wooden tablet wrapped in wax that said, “Hic requiescit magdelenae corpus Mariae,” Latin for, “Here lies the body of Mary Magdalene.”
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Submitted April 26, 2023 at 04:51AM by SteelNetttori
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TIL at the end of Pink Floyd’s song "Eclipse", an orchestral cover of the Beatles song "Ticket to Ride" by the Hollyridge Strings can be faintly heard. That was unintended, as the music was playing in the background at Abbey Road when doorman Gerry O'Driscoll was recording his lines for the song.
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Submitted April 26, 2023 at 05:52AM by waitingforthesun92
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TIL - the Kamasutra English translation only talks about sex and the male perspective. but it's a philosophical book about relationships and love. only 20% of the book is about sex. it was selectively translated to suit "filthy paganism" narrative of the British.
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Submitted April 26, 2023 at 08:46AM by pinkcheems
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TIL Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, Canada, has Earth’s greatest sheer vertical drop (4,101 feet).You can take one step off the peak and fall nearly a mile before you hit anything.
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Submitted April 26, 2023 at 10:09AM by No_Visit8945
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