TIL that pro bowling balls have specially shaped "weight blocks" inside them to change how the ball curves
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Submitted January 20, 2024 at 10:50PM by Azar42
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Popular Science
The insides of pro bowling balls will make your head spin
The weird anatomy of pro bowling balls, exposed on camera. You'll never look at the pastime the same way again.
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TIL the USA federal witness protection program has a 100% success rate for those who follow their guidelines
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 01:18AM by UltimateOreo
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Wikipedia
United States Federal Witness Protection Program
to protect threatened witnesses before, during, and after a trial
TIL: The oldest condoms ever found so far are dated between 1642 and 1647. They were probably made from pig or sheep intestines. They were found during an Archaeological excavation in the cesspit of Dudley Castle in West Midlands, England.
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Submitted January 20, 2024 at 10:42PM by simplearts0
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The Archaeologist
Some of The Earliest Condoms in History
Condoms are the oldest form of barrier contraception used by men.
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TIL a man received a letter from the Oregon Employment Department that stated he was fired from The Home Depot because he "assisted the police in preventing a kidnapping". It was posted on social media and covered by national news. Home Depot leadership reversed the decision and offered him back pay
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 02:49AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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Snopes
Was a Home Depot Employee Fired for Helping Police Stop a Kidnapping?
Home Depot offered Dillon Reagan his job back after his case garnered widespread attention online.
TIL that an American teenager wrote almost half of Scottish Wikipedia using a made up accent and an online translator, and nobody noticed for 7 years
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 04:30AM by RealTheAsh
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the Guardian
Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia
Nineteen-year-old says he is ‘devastated’ after being accused of cultural vandalism
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TIL the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak, Quebec, contained fossils that have been dated to 4,388 million years ago. If this is confirmed, it would make these microorganisms the oldest lifeform on Earth. The Earth is estimated to have formed 4.54 billion years ago.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 04:13AM by dustofoblivion123
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Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt
The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB; Inuktitut: [nuv.vu.a.git.tuq]) is a sequence of metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic and associated sedimentary rocks (a greenstone belt) located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak…
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TIL Brendan Fraser is the first American-born actor to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 06:45AM by Corndogeveryday
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Peoplemag
A Timeline of Brendan Fraser's Career and Comeback
After stepping out of the spotlight, Brendan Fraser is making a comeback with his role in The Whale, including his first Oscar. Here's a breakdown of the actor's career over the years
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TIL about the kidnapping of Katie Beers, who was 9 when she was kidnapped by family friend John Esposito and kept prisoner in a bunker underneath his garden from 1992-93. He abused her and planned to keep her there for the rest of her life, but finally confessed after 17 days and she was rescued.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 05:16AM by Ok-Indication-5121
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Wikipedia
Kidnapping of Katie Beers
kidnapping
TIL Sperm Whales consume roughly twice as much seafood as all of humanity combined per year. With Sperm Whales (the largest toothed predators) consuming roughly 300 million tonnes per year and humans consuming about 160 million tonnes. (Further sources in comments)
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 09:51AM by BeBetterTogether
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NOAA
Sperm Whale
Sperm whales are the largest of the toothed whales and have one of the widest global distributions of any marine mammal species. They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the pack ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
TIL about ‘Phantom Penis’: Around 60% of men who have undergone penile amputation for cancer report sensations in the absent area, including phantom erections and tingling.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 12:07PM by MortgageEither1999
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Vice
The Curious Case of the Phantom Penis
For men who have had a penis amputation, "ghost dick" is surprisingly common.
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TIL: The first and last fatalities of building the Hoover Dam were a father and his son. They died on the same day, 14 years apart.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 08:45AM by Rasterized1
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Boulder City Review
Father, son die on same day 14 years apart working on Hoover Dam
Tuesday marked a somber date in Sharon Tierney’s family history, and she observed it the way she usually does.
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TIL: that Otto Von Bismarck managed a posthumous snub of Wilhelm II, by having his own sarcophagus inscribed with the words, “A loyal German servant of Emperor Wilhelm I”.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 01:57PM by Sayyid_Karim
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Otto von Bismarck
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (German: Otto, Fürst von Bismarck, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herzog zu Lauenburg, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small…
TIL that a city in Turkmenistan was once the biggest city in the world, until the entire population was massacred by the Mongols.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 04:14PM by karlpoppery
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Wikipedia
Merv
city in Turkmenistan
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TIL the Czech Republic remains the leader in per capita beer drinking for the 29th year. In 2021, the average Czech drank more than 184 liters of beer. In fact, nine of the top 10 consumers of beer per capita are European nations.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 05:14PM by laterdude
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Visual Capitalist
Ranked: Which Countries Drink the Most Beer?
Global consumption exceeded 185 million kiloliters in 2021, enough to fill more than 74,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
TIL: Grasshopper are nearly 200 million years older than grass.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 05:29PM by SilentWalrus92
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Wikipedia
Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
TIL that famed scientist George Washington Carver had a respiratory infection in his youth which him with an unusually high pitched voice that “startled all who met him.”
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 07:04PM by GetYerHandOffMyPenis
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Wikipedia
George Washington Carver
African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)
TIL that when Michael Jackshon died, he was deeply in debt. This was due to dwindling income from not touring in 12 years, while continuing to live the same expensive lifestyle. One forensic analyst estimated that he spent between $20 to $30 million more per year than he was earning.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 08:12PM by -Appleaday-
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Billboard
Michael Jackson Died Deeply In Debt
Michael Jackson the singer was also Michael Jackson the billion-dollar business. Yet after selling more than 61 million albums in the U.S. and having a decade-long attraction open at Disney theme parks, the "King of Pop" died Thursday at age 50 reportedly…
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TIL When male mongooses fight, the females sneak away to have sex with other males elsewhere.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 09:23PM by richgate
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Massive Science
When male mongooses fight, the females sneak away to have sex with other males elsewhere
The strategy invites more genetically diverse pups
TIL about "Cool Japan", a Japanese government initiative since 2010 that aims to promote Japan's attractiveness abroad. It does this by focusing on the aspects of Japanese culture that non-Japanese people find "cool" such as anime, games, cuisine etc.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 08:10PM by OrigamiRice
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Wikipedia
Cool Japan
concept as an expression of Japan's emergent status as a cultural superpower
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TIL Jeffrey Hudson, a courtier of King Charles I of England, stood at 18 inches tall. Despite his stature, he challenged a man of normal height to a duel over an insult. While his opponent arrived armed with a water squirt gun, Hudson confidently used a real gun and fatally shot him in the head.
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Submitted January 21, 2024 at 09:30PM by Abdullah733
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Wikipedia
Jeffrey Hudson
English court dwarf
TIL that Tex-Mex has surpassed Italian as the most popular food genre in the United States
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Submitted January 22, 2024 at 12:55AM by TheFrenchTickler1031
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Axios
Latin and Tex-Mex overtake Italian as America's go-to food order
Latin and Tex-Mex food is nudging out Italian as America's preferred comfort food.
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