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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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TIL The Sphinx was buried in sand around 400 years after it was built, roughly 4500 years ago. In 1400 BC, Thutmose IV attempted to unbury the Sphinx but only managed to uncover its front paws. It would not be fully unburied until 1887 AD, meaning the Sphinx was mostly buried for nearly 4000 years.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 03:55AM by Radient-Rabbit
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TIL that pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion and any mass transport requires strict precautions.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 04:02AM by AgitatedWorker5647
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TIL: In 1986, one of the first computer hacks was uncovered when a systems administrator at Lawrence Berkeley Labs was trying to track down 75 cents or 9 seconds of unaccounted for server time. Cliff Stoll now runs a business selling klein bottles.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 05:30AM by altacan
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TIL a Swiss company made and marketed kid sized condoms to fit youngsters after the country's youngest mother (aged 13) became pregnant because her 14 year old boyfriend wore a condom for their tryst that was too big to stay on and caused their pregnancy.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 06:00AM by Baby_You_A_Stah
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TIL that king Charles III is allowed to travel without a passport and drive without a license as the reigning monarch of 14 countries.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 07:20AM by ghostreconing
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TIL that latchkey incontinence is the phenomenon where the closer that one gets to the restroom, the more urgently one has to use the restroom
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 08:49AM by Ozymandias01
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TIL that in 2009 the US launched a satellite so secret that no government agency admits to owning it. Even the name, "Palladium at Night", is mysterious.
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 02:29PM by TMWNN
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