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TIL there are “rabies free” countries.
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Submitted September 03, 2023 at 11:55PM by BecauseImSweet
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TIL Belgian wages and salaries automatically up with inflation each year, ie. all companies have given their employees a mandatory raise to compansate for inflation.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 05:12AM by PoochdeLizzo
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TIL about the Battle of Hodów, where 400 Polish Soldiers managed to defeat around 40,000 Troops of the Crimean Khanate.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 03:41AM by NapoleonLover978
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TIL Jaws directly contributed to a surge in shark hunting, and consequently a drop in shark populations. Peter Benchley regretted writing Jaws, "Knowing what I know now, I could never write that book today. Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges."
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 07:06AM by godumbledorkk
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TIL that court dwarfs were strategically positioned next to the king or queen during public appearances and ceremonies, which, due to their small stature, had the effect of visually enhancing the monarch's presence. They were owned, traded, and delivered as gifts to kings and queens.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 05:58AM by el_chupa_nibra
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TIL in many countries there's a mandatory requirement for companies to pay salaried employees a "thirteenth month" and even a "fourteenth month" - yearly bonus pays each equivalent to one month's normal salary
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 01:08PM by barryoke
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TIL: The Akaname is a Japanese yokai (demon)... who licks the filth and scum present in bathtubs and bathrooms and translates to filth licker. It one story, it can transform into a beautiful woman who appears in a hot spring, offers to scrub a man's back, only to lick him down to the bones.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 11:30AM by Flares117
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TIL that in the original "Three Wishes" story from 1001 Nights, the man uses his first wish to makes his dick gigantic, his second wish to accidentally remove his dick altogether, and his third wish to just get his original dick back
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 04:53PM by One-Box-7696
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TIL that not only is the blue whale the largest animal on Earth, it is the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth, growing up to 100ft long and weighing up to 200 tons.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 08:39PM by BriNeedsSleep
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TIL, Smash Mouth conceived the idea for ‘All Star’ after they received a ton of fan mail about their fans being bullied for liking the band
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 08:49PM by Mecos_Bill
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TIL of Janet Chandler a 22-years-old Michigan woman who was gang raped and killed by her colleagues in Feb 1979 because they hated her promiscuity, the case remained unsolved until in 2004 when some college students made a film called "Who killed Janet Chandler?" that led to the case being solved
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 11:23PM by Sami1398
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TIL Michael Keaton's real last name is Douglas, so to not be confused with the other actor he changed his last name. While his first thought was changing it to Jackson he ultimately decided on Keaton.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 10:40PM by GlazedFlamingo
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TIL that for centuries, numerous African populations were purported to be illiterate by European academics. In fact, they'd been using Ajami for literature and communication. Ajami adapts the Arabic noscript for many African languages, like Roman noscript is used for European ones...
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 10:30PM by TheAfternoonStandard
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TIL of the Y2k38 Problem. Similar in nature to the Y2K bug, when the year 2038 strikes 03:14:07 UTC on 19 March, computers still using 32-bit systems to process the date and time may not be able to cope with the time change and could revert to the year 1901.
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Submitted September 04, 2023 at 11:12PM by Quantum_Key
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TIL that unlike France and Germany, the Dutch take offense to foreign media dubbed in their native language and would prefer to watch them with Dutch subnoscripts
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Submitted September 05, 2023 at 04:14AM by davidsonson
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