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TIL that the band Alice Cooper broke up in 1975. Their singer, who had used the stage name “Alice Cooper,” then changed his legal name to Alice Cooper so that he could launch a solo career under the “Alice Cooper” name without legal complications.
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Submitted June 11, 2023 at 06:59PM by UralIveGotTonight
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TIL Members of the U.S. Army Special Ops and the FBI entered a room at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Finding a man sleeping, they handcuffed him, put him in the shower and interrogated him for 45 minutes before realizing the unassuming Delta pilot was the wrong guy.
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Submitted June 11, 2023 at 08:03PM by SingLikeTinaTurner
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TIL Boeing created a missile that can fry the electronics of an entire building without killing anyone inside of it or harming the electronics of any surrounding building
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Submitted June 11, 2023 at 08:08PM by Deep___Toot
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TIL the longest boxing match ever was fought by Andy Bowen and Jack Burke on April 6, 1893. The 110 round contest would last 7 hours and 19 minutes and end after both fighters were unable to leave their corners. Burke broke all the bones in both of his hands and was bedridden for six weeks.
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Submitted June 11, 2023 at 08:22PM by kevlarbuns
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TIL The parasitic flatworms released by freshwater snails kill up to 200,000 people a year. Only two other animals kill more humans than the flukes released by freshwater snails - humans and mosquitos.
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Submitted June 11, 2023 at 11:31PM by OMG__Ponies
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TIL in South Korea, there is a difference between ramen and ramyun, with ramen referring exclusively to Japanese noodles served fresh at restaurants and ramyun referring to Korean-style instant noodles served with boiling water
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 11:31AM by AsianInvasian93
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TIL that one town had enough injuries due to men masturbating with vacuum cleaners that its doctor became an unintentional “expert on vacuum-involved penile injuries.”
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Submitted June 12, 2023 at 02:16AM by Rosenhansthud
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TIL that Cape Disappointment was so named, by John Meares in 1788, who was searching for the mouth of the Columbia River as charted on Spanish maps. He had found the river but mistakenly thought the mouth was a bay, that the Spanish maps were wrong, and called it Deception Bay.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 12:58PM by Black_Magic_M-66
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TIL Many haunted houses have been investigated and found to contain high levels of carbon monoxide or other poisons, which can cause hallucinations. The carbon monoxide theory explains why haunted houses are mostly older houses, which are more likely to contain aging and defective appliances.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 11:43AM by HOLUPREDICTIONS
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TIL At a length of 130m and able to carry more than 7000 men (4000 being rowers) the Tessarakonteres was the largest ship built in antiquity. Built by order of Ptolemy IV Philopator in the 3rd century BCE she required an early dry dock to construct. Ultimately her great size made her impractical.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 01:58PM by jamescookenotthatone
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TIL Belgium is the only country in the world that flies an unconstitutional flag. The flag should be red, yellow and black, but in practice the order is reversed. Nobody has bothered correcting the constitution.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:02PM by Muchestu
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TIL Because their sense of smell is so great, some dogs can be trained to sniff out medical conditions. They are used to diagnose a particular condition or to alert their owners if they need more medication.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:15PM by TheQuietKid22
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TIL that the earth's mantle is predominantly solid due to extreme pressure, though it behaves as a "viscous fluid" on geologic time scales.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:13PM by parkesc
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TIL that a money raising attempt by former Mexican President and General Santa Anna (responsible for losing the Texas Revolution) led to the invention of chewing gum in the United States.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:47PM by texasrigger
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TIL about the PXL2000 - a camcorder produced in 1987 that records video footage to standard audio cassettes.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:01PM by Kale_Brecht
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TIL About Charles Smith. A former Pathologist in Toronto many of the convictions resulting from his testimony/autopsies were overturned when an inquiry revealed he had willingly allowed personal bias to influence his work and that he had knowingly lied on the stand.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:06PM by GentPc
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TIL that Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages until age 16 when, upon being faced with being returned to an orphanage, she chose to get married to her neighbour's 21 year old son, drop out of school, and become a housewife.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:37PM by Pinkcitrine
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TIL that to protect bumblebees, the California Endangered Species Act (1984) classified bumblebees as fish, on the grounds that the definition of fish included the term "invertebrate", which bumblebees also are.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:43PM by jenesuispashariselon
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