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TIL Mexico's official legal name is "United Mexican States"
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:45PM by SauloJr
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TIL That Abraham Lincoln once pranked his mom by holding a couple negihborhood kids upside down and having them walk across the ceiling leaving muddy footprints.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:53PM by myvotedoesntmatter
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TIL The actor who set the record for playing the same character the most number of times was Hong Kong actor Kwan Tak-hing, who played martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in 77 films. The next closest actor is Christopher Lee, who played Dracula 10 times in his career.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 10:44PM by UndyingCorn
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TIL That the winds of an average hurricane packs around 1.5 trillion watts of power. That's enough to power half of the world for about 1 year.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 09:52PM by mrperson221
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TIL In 2017 Hackers used smart sensors in a casino fish tank to access its network and steal customer data.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 09:06PM by ScorchedMagic
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TIL that Tame Impala is only a band when it plays live. All of their studio material is written, recorded, produced and performed by a single man, Kevin Parker. When performing live, however, there are up to 6 members in varying positions.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 02:05AM by LavaMeteor
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TIL there is an entire college athletic conference composed entirely of Penn State satellite campuses.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 11:05PM by tomveiltomveil
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TIL a californian lady called Denise Rossi won $1.3 million in lottery, divorced her husband of 25 years without telling him about her win. He later found out and sued her for not disclosing her assets. The judge awarded him every cent of her prize.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 05:01AM by Algrinder
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TIL that in 1992, the United States Department of Commerce prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipping of toy guns unless they have an orange tip or are entirely brightly colored.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 03:44AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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TIL more women than men have contributed to out gene pool due to the fact pre-historic men had children with between 1.5 and 3.3 women on average
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 02:21AM by syzygetic_reality
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TIL lobsters never stop growing, which eventually can kill them. The increasingly large exoskeleton takes too much energy to shed, and they die of exhaustion.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 03:46AM by PianoCharged
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TIL a San Jose couple won in an auction a parcel of land in the most expensive part of San Francisco for $90K. They discovered the parcel was a private road and sidewalk to the homes of San Francisco's elite and it was up for auction because the neigborhood's HOA didn't pay taxes on it for 17 years.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 07:07AM by shaka_sulu
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TIL that 40,000 people gathered in Texas in 1896 to watch 2 trains intentionally collide, which unexpectedly exploded, killing and injuring multiple attendees
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 07:47AM by LaPetitFleuret
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TIL that in many states, possession of fentanyl test strips and other test strips is considered a felony.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 09:20AM by 69Jew420
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TIL of the Golden Gate Bridge Bolt, a concept for a roller coaster that would scale the Golden Gate Bridge at a height of over 700 feet and a top speed of over 200 miles an hour. City officials rejected this concept in fear of drivers being too distracted by the coaster.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 03:26AM by singleriderreak
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TIL Frank Zappa told Alice Cooper to come audition for his record label at 7:00. Alice Cooper misunderstood and showed up at 7:00AM, which impressed Frank Zappa enough to sign them two three album deal.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 04:05PM by TheLurkerSpeaks
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