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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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TIL that in September 1752 in Britain and the British Empire, 11 days were wiped off the calendar. The 3rd of September became the 14th, sparking street demonstrations with chants "give us our 11 days". This was due to switching to the Gregorian calendar with the leap year.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 03:31PM by Make_the_music_stop
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TIL Sam Walton founder of Wal-mart was an avid pilot. He flew his small aluminum plane around to scout new store locations and keep tabs on his stores. One time he dropped in on a Wal-Mart because he noticed from the sky that its parking lot was empty.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 06:12PM by ipresnel
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TIL that on the weekend of Friday June 22nd Professional Wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy, then his son and the next day himself. But 14 hours before anyone knew what happened a wiki user edited a wiki article to say that Nancy was dead, later claiming it was a "terrible coincidence".
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 06:24PM by ipresnel
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TIL the first use in print of the term 'heavy metal' to describe a genre of music was in the review of Sir Lord Baltimore's 1970 debut album, Kingdom Come, in Creem magazine.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 06:01PM by ironside_online
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TIL that Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, typed 313 books word for word to distribute them online free of cost. Today, the project has over 70.000 free eBooks.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 09:44PM by grove_co
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TIL a man had purchased a $2 tintype photograph at an antique shop, only to uncover its astonishing secret – it was an exceedingly rare image of Billy the Kid, making it just the second known photograph in existence of the iconic outlaw. The tintype photograph has since been appraised at $5 million.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 11:20PM by DonDraperItsToasted
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TIL despite being one of the best selling rappers ever, Tupac had an estimated net worth of only $200,000 at the time of his death
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:42AM by MaybeDBCooper
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TIL: Early wireless TV remote controls (1956), commonly known as "clickers", didn't have batteries or electronics. When you clicked the button, an ultrasonic sound was emitted by the button striking the bar. This sound was picked up by the TV to operate it.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:32AM by Astromachine
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TIL that in 1988, researchers ran a jet at 500MPH into a wall of reinforced concrete to prove a nuclear reactor could withstand a direct collision with an airplane. The collision pushed the wall back 6 feet but left only a 2.36 deep scratch while the plane was reduced to scrap.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 02:48AM by Radient-Rabbit
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TIL In 1935 Krueger’s Cream Ale and Krueger’s Finest Beer were the first beers sold to the public in cans. It was done after a can company offered to install the machines with no charge if the cans weren't successful. They were immediately popular, getting a 91% approval rating with the public.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 02:11AM by UndyingCorn
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TIL a 2002 Los Angeles Times report claims Notorious B.I.G. (AKA Biggie Smalls) paid gang members $1 million to kill Tupac Shakur
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:57AM by letseatnudels
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