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TIL that there is a type of octopus, an argonaut, where the male fills its sex organ with sperm, then rips it off and presents it to a female.
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 04:35PM by mckinneym
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TIL the story of William Tell shooting the apple on his son's head was punishment for refusing to submit to an official. Tell would be executed if he didn't hit the apple with a crossbow bolt. Tell drew two bolts, and hit it with his first shot. The second bolt was to kill the official if he missed!
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 05:08PM by sonofabutch
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TIL. MSG isn’t bad for you and it’s bad reputation stemmed from what’s called the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 02:53PM by Oztravels
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TIL In 1973 Fedex was about to go bankrupt when the CEO took the company's last $5k to Vegas, won $27k, and paid their fuel bill. They were then able to secure more funding, and became profitable by 1976.
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 09:41PM by NukeDC
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TiL Charles Dickens was a passenger on a train crash. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected him greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and tried avoiding train travel whenever possible. He later died five years to the day after the accident.
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 04:14PM by thewickerstan
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TIL that the crew of the sinking Daniel J. Morrell believed they were moments from being rescued, only to discover in horror that the lights were from the stern section of their own severed ship, still under power and barrelling towards them
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 09:44PM by NeoPossum
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TIL that out of 400-500 species of shark, the Sand Tiger Shark is the only one known to fart
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 08:09PM by d0ggzilla
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TIL a California woman filed a class-action lawsuit against Ferrero (maker of Nutella) after she was shocked to discover it wasn't healthy and that the chocolate spread she was feeding her 4 year-old daughter was full of sugar and fat. Ferrero lost and paid $3M over false nutritional claims
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 11:16PM by ahm713
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TIL a liquor store in Oklahoma City installed a machine gun tower on the roof of the store after being bombed by the mafia multiple times
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 10:02PM by VapeThisBro
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TIL that despite living under Jim Crow, Percy Julian was a doctor who pioneered the drug industry. After he developed the chemical synthesis of hormones like testosterone & progesterone, he became the first African American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 11:44PM by Jjinkss
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TIL of a reporter who commissioned a paper from an academic ghostwriting agency to expose the "black market" for college assignments. Instead, the paper got an A-.
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 12:12AM by IamDeleuzienne
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TIL the word for father is "mama" in most of the western Australian Aboriginal languages. The word for mother is also "papa" in a subset of these languages.
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Submitted May 15, 2023 at 11:11PM by admiralturtleship
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TIL in 2001, Mattel made a vibrating Harry Potter broomstick that led to many questionable Amazon user reviews. They discontinued the toy after adult stores in Times Square started selling them for twice their original retail price
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 05:00AM by SappyGilmore
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TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. conducted Operation Popeye which involved a "cloud-seeding" mission to stimulate clouds in Vietnam and extend the monsoon season. It was later declassified in 1974, and the United States' involvement in this operation became public knowledge
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 01:28AM by insecurePoultry259
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TIL actor Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials HM for Hannah Montana. He got it after making a pact with Miley Cyrus that he could cameo on the show if he did it. He showed it to Cyrus, but he was never given the opportunity to cameo and has since said that he regrets the tattoo.
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 07:54AM by sexpressed
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TIL there are €0 bill/banknotes. They do not have monetary value like regular euros but are instead used as souvenirs. They’re intended to promote tourism and they each have unique designs pertaining to specific landmarks or events in European countries.
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 04:54AM by FelicityFizz
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TIL that the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the continental US occurred in New Madrid, MO, in 1812. It was so violent that the shaking was felt in New York, made church bells ring in South Carolina, and made part of the Mississippi River run backwards.
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 02:54PM by JosiahWillardPibbs
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TIL: Castrati were singers who were castrated before puberty to develop a unique voice for singing. They were primarily in church choirs and operas. Italian operas without one would be doomed to fail. The Pope tried to ban them in 1748, but failed as it would drastically reduce church attendance.
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Submitted May 16, 2023 at 04:33PM by Flares117
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