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TIL Strom Thurmond remained in the US Senate until he was 100
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 02:50AM by WrongEarth4
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TIL there was a moratorium on the establishment of new US MD-granting institutions from 1980 to 2005, which artificially suppressed the supply of doctors. We're still playing catch-up.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 05:06AM by relaxbro1322
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TIL: There was a poll of "well traveled women" which rated men they slept with. Spain, France, Brazil had the best lovers. For the worst countries, they also indicated why, Germany (Too Smelly), England (Too Lazy), Sweden (Too Quick), America (Too Rough), Russia (Too Hairy).
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 09:33AM by Flares117
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TIL that in 1999, Sergio Motsoeneng ran part of the Comrades Marathon, then went into a mobile toilet to switch places with his twin brother. They won 9th place and the equivalent of about $500, but got caught when a newspaper published photos of them wearing their watches on opposite wrists.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 11:42AM by calvins48
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TIL that James Barrie lost his 13-year-old brother in an accident as a kid. To comfort his mother, he started speaking and acting like his brother, and his mother always treated him as if he was his dead brother. Thus, Barrie later wrote a novel about a kid stuck in eternal childhood: "Peter Pan".
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 10:04AM by hippochipo
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TIL that Val Kilmer and Rob Lowe both declined the role of Paul Atreides in the 1984 Film “Dune” (the role went to Kyle MacLachlan). Val Kilmer had yet to appear in a film production, his debut ended up being in the 1984 comedy “Top Secret”.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 11:41AM by Make_the_music_stop
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TIL that Tim Burton was originally chosen to direct Spider-Man 2002 but eventually declined because "I'm just a DC guy", citing his experiences filming Batman and Batman Returns, and thus, the directing role was given to Sam Raimi.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 03:48PM by ForeverBlue101_303
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TIL Bob Marley's bandleader, Aston "Family Man" Barrett was given the nickname "Family Man" before he had any children, and has since fathered 41 children.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 05:51PM by haddock420
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TIL that Djibouti, a small country with less than a million people, hosts military bases from the US, China, Japan, France and Italy. Due to its strategic position at the mouth of the Red Sea, leases from foreign military bases make up 5% of its economy.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 05:46PM by DemocrrrracyManifest
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TIL in 2021, a man at a convenience store in Pennsylvania placed $2 on the counter for a Mountain Dew that was priced at 2 for $3, and walked out. The price for one Mountain Dew, however, was $2.29. The man was charged with a felony, sent to jail on a $50,000 bond, and faced up to 7 years in prison
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Submitted August 09, 2023 at 12:24AM by Sandstorm400
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TIL that Ne Win, dictator of Burma during the Socialist Burma period, was deeply superstitious. In 1987 he banned most banknotes not divisible by nine (his lucky number), wiping out people’s saving overnight and further crippling Burma’s economy.
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 11:10PM by According_to_Mission
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TIL that official Pokémon cards of Katy Perry, Post Malone and J Balvin made for a 25th anniversary album were created but never mass produced. The only owners of these rare cards are the people on the cards themselves and there are no plans to release them for sale
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Submitted August 08, 2023 at 08:25PM by fluffystar_XD
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TIL when Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson was a teen, he dreamt of having a Gibson guitar. He would go to his nearest music store in Toronto, play Gibson guitars for about an hour before he’d get kicked out, and then he would come back to that store every weekend and repeat the whole process again.
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Submitted August 09, 2023 at 01:22AM by waitingforthesun92
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