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TIL of "Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome" where the body doesn't respond to testosterone so they have the genetic makeup of a man while showing the physical traits of a woman
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 12:41AM by bigbananaNo
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TIL the hollow stick on(most) lollipops is to prevent choking, allowing air to pass through it even if the stick is swallowed.
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Submitted May 11, 2023 at 11:51PM by s0ftreset
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TIL The baby Sacajawea carried for 2000 miles was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. He was delivered by Meriwether Lewis, raised by William Clark, lived in a German castle for six years, spoke four languages, was a military scout, fur tapper and gold miner. He’s buried in an Oregon ghost town.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 05:12AM by triviafrenzy
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TIL that estrogen from birth control pills is sometimes excreted in human waste, which can end up in municipal wastewater, and eventually the environment. Some species of male fish are becoming 'feminized' as a result.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 12:32AM by PAsystemO
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TIL - Methuselah is a 4,854-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 04:37AM by PhonedVenus21345678
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TIL that there's a secret letter from Queen Elizabeth II locked in a Vault, and it can’t be opened till 2085
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 07:12AM by TheMrMorbid
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TIL that in 2002 members of a simulated Mars mission in Utah uncovered an actual dinosaur fossil when on a mock spacewalk
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 02:37PM by Emble12
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TIL of the Aswan scorpion invasion. In 2001, a rare rainfall event in Aswan led to the scorpions evacuating their homes and coming into contact with people. Over 500 people were stung.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 02:14PM by rope_rope
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TIL that after a Dr Seuss cartoon featured a Flit insecticide sprayer, he landed an endorsement deal with the company for 17 years, which allowed Seuss and his family to get through The Great Depression.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 04:11PM by VengefulMight
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TIL that the Woolworth Company (aka Woolworth's) did not go out of business but rather just changed their name to that of their most profitable division: Foot Locker
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 05:59PM by JosiahWillardPibbs
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TIL that Bill Lear, creator of the Lear Jet, also invented the 8-track tape cartridge in 1964. It was originally called The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 06:53PM by muttmutt2112
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TIL Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, one of the most widely known spiritual and philosophical classic books by the Roman emperor, was not intended to be a book but a personal diary, which was carried out from AD 171 to the present day.
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 07:56PM by purplehellsof
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TIL an apocryphal story states that the Roman Emperor Honorius was shocked upon the news of the 410 AD Sack of Rome. However, the emperor thought the news regarded one of his favorite pet chickens named Roma, and upon learning it was the city of Rome, the emperor breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
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Submitted May 13, 2023 at 12:06AM by KingReffots
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TIL of Lafayette, "The Hero of Two Worlds", at 18 as a French Marquis he defied the King and sailed to America to fight in the Revolutionary War, he then left and served in the French Revolution. Once, when captured, Napoleon himself secured his release. He is buried under soil from Bunker Hill.
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Submitted May 13, 2023 at 12:58AM by TipProfessional6057
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TIL that three years after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics, wrestler Rulon Gardner and two friends’ plane crashed into Lake Powell Utah. The three men swam an hour to the shore through 44F (7C) degree water to the shore and waited all night without shelter for rescue. All three men survived.
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Submitted May 13, 2023 at 03:19AM by HasSomeSelfEsteem
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TIL about the "Tanganyika-Laughter Epidemic". A student in 1962 in Tanzania started laughing in a school in Kashasha. The laughter quickly spread to hundreds of people,causing schools to close for months. Researchers believe it was caused by stress, social tensions. No official explanation was given
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Submitted May 12, 2023 at 10:24PM by UnlimitedDuck
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