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TIL The town of Dish, Texas was renamed in 2000 as part of an agreement with the cable company and provided residents free TV service and a DVR
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Submitted May 02, 2023 at 10:04PM by maxbuckeye
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TIL that a McDonald's in the Netherlands once fired an employee for selling a coworker a hamburger and then separately giving them a piece of cheese, arguing that she should've charged more for a cheeseburger. Courts ruled in the employee's favor, ordering the rest of her contract paid out in full.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 05:05AM by c1570911
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TIL that the Komusō were Japanese monks who symbolized their absence of ego by always wearing baskets on their heads.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 12:37AM by ShabtaiBenOron
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TIL that “Stars and Stripes Forever” is an emergency alert at the circus. When it is played by the band it usually means there is a fire and that the performers and circus hands should go to their emergency stations and start evacuating people
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 11:08AM by ClownfishSoup
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TIL while most people only know of Solid, Liquid and Gas there are around 2 dozen other states of matter, including Plasma, Time Crystals, Degenerate Matter, Superfluids, Supersolids, and the Rydberg Polaron - a state where atoms exist within other atoms.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 02:36PM by oceanicplatform
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TIL in 2017, a man of the Fipa tribe disrespected his mother, and was disciplined by his tribe in the "traditional" way: Whipped, immersed in cow manure, mocked with song, and fined 1 goat and some cornmeal
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 02:56PM by dugwai9
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TIL the Tower Bridge in London is a relatively modern bridge that was designed to look medieval. It's so modern in fact that there are pictures of it being built
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 03:10PM by Tornookthetooka
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TIL that Salisbury Steak originated in the United States, as a meal to fit the tastes of European immigrants, named after Dr. James Salisbury, who promoted a meat-centered diet to promote health. The term Salisbury Steak has been used to identify a ground beef patty as the main course since 1897.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 04:11PM by jdward01
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TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED began showing through, giving off a purplish glow.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 05:44PM by dyrak
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TIL A 'munchy box' is a popular take away food item in Scotland typically consisting of kebab meat, fried chicken, pizza, chicken tikka, samosas, onion rings, chow mein noodles, pakora, naan bread, garlic bread, coleslaw, other fast foods and sauces such as curry sauce.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 05:57PM by Bluest_waters
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TIL: In 1982, Rodney Mullen became the first person to use a skateboard to perform an ollie on flat ground. An ollie is simply where the skateboard and the skateboarder leap into the air simultaneously.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 06:24PM by SilentWalrus92
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TIL famed physicist Richard Feynman donated "93 boxes" of papers and writings to Caltech, which has never digitized any of it and will only provide access physically in the reading room of the Caltech Archives to qualified researchers. Caltech holds no copyright on the work.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 09:25PM by MustacheEmperor
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TIL after the fires that followed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many insurance companies tried to avoid covering the losses, except for Lloyd's of London: "Pay all of our policyholders in full, irrespective of the terms of their policies." This cemented Lloyd's reputation in the U.S.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 11:26PM by A-dab
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TIL: 100 Americans a year choke to death on pen caps, but that the number used to be higher before manufacturers put a hole in the cap
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 10:25PM by IndependentPair3088
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TIL Aristotle's payment for teaching Alexander the Great was the reconstruction and repopulation of Aristotle's home village, which had been destroyed and enslaved by Alexander's father.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 10:56PM by Taaargus
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TIL in the early 1930s, Cadillac's policy was to not sell cars to black people. In 1933, Nicholas Dreystadt, a middle manager at General Motors, crashed a GM executive committee meeting and convinced them to drop the policy and instead market to black people. Sales increased by 70% within a year.
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Submitted May 04, 2023 at 06:29AM by c1570911
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TIL: Corn plants release thousands of gallons of water into the air every day as they grow (transpiration). This can change the humidity of the air and even the weather in the corn belt.
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Submitted May 04, 2023 at 04:14AM by Geek_Nan
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