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TIL 87 percent of teens in the USA have an ‌iPhone‌, while 88 percent expect an iPhone‌ to be their next phone according to a survey from investment firm Piper Sandler.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 04:52AM by Uni_tasker
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TIL a film director who faced a two-year prison sentence for animal cruelty in his movie was exonerated after props made by special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi were exhibited in the courtroom. Rambaldi went on to win three Oscars for his work in King Kong, Alien and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 05:53AM by Brutal_Deluxe_
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TIL that Mickey Rourke turned down roles in 48 Hours, Platoon, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Rain Man, The Silence of the Lambs, Tombstone and the role of Butch in Pulp Fiction.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 06:06AM by BrickHerder
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TIL: In 2023, Stanford found the particular neuronal circuit responsible for male libido by experimenting with mice that has not seen a female for 3-4 weeks. This could lead to drugs that severely boosts or dampens male libido without changing aggression or blood flow like modern drugs.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 07:27AM by Flares117
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TIL Abraham Lincoln once bet a fur hat that he could pick up a barrel of whiskey off the floor and drink from it. He won the bet.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 01:05PM by LiveFree_OrDie603
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TIL that infamous Wild West outlaw William Bonney aka “Billy the Kid” may have survived until 1950 under the alias Oliver “Brushy Bill” Roberts. On the night The Kid was supposedly shot and killed by sheriff Pat Garrett, one of his deputies exclaimed “You shot the wrong man!”.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 04:49PM by Chemical-Elk-1299
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TIL the cannibal sandwich is a staple of Wisconsin cuisine, the sandwich consists of raw ground round beef on rye bread topped with chopped onion. The dish prompted the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to tweet a warning against eating raw meat.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 05:09PM by laterdude
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TIL that Frankfurt has a neighborhood w a Mediterranean microclimate, due to sunlight reflected off the river and wind-resistance, where even palms and bananas grow called The Nizza
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 07:25PM by EbaCammel
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TIL that more than 50% of kids in China want to become astronauts when they grow up, while only around 10% in the US want to.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 07:27PM by avengentnecronomicon
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TIL Astronaut Scott Kelly was paid $70/ hr by NASA until his retirement where he would be paid $10/hr to compensate for his debriefings and participation as a medical test subject. Kelly spent 520 days in space over four missions
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 07:36PM by ubcstaffer123
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TIL The sound of running water puts Beavers in the mood to build. If a speaker reproduces sound of running water, a beaver will build a dam over it. Even if it's on concrete with no visible water.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 08:11PM by Sophie-Ruimilot
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TIL of how Albert the 1st of Belgium died in a mountaineering accident that was considered murder by some due to his skill in the hobby.
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 07:25PM by Sanguinusshiboleth
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TIL Rodger Young, despite being deaf and nearly blind (due to a head injury) and the shortest soldier in his company, won the Medal of Honor for singlehandedly destroying a Japanese machine gun nest (at the cost of his life) in WWII
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 10:02PM by AardvarkPatient63
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TIL traders used to bet on interest rate hikes based on how thick Alan Greenspan's briefcase was as he walked into the Fed
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Submitted February 06, 2024 at 11:07PM by jckseouljah87
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TIL That Hotel "Stars" Relate to Their Different Amenities/Qualities, Not How Many Stars They're Rated By Consumers/Critics
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 12:22AM by Daiyahoo
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TIL Jimmy Kimmel Live! Has not recorded live since 2004 because censors were unable to properly bleep a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 01:04AM by Trender_man
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TIL Rupert Murdoch was a member of the Oxford University Labour Party, kept a bust of Lenin in his rooms and came to be known as "Red Rupert"
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 01:39AM by warini4
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TIL Larry David quit his writing job at SNL in the first season, only to show up to work two days later acting as though nothing had happened.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 04:26AM by EddieisKing
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