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TIL that during court proceedings, Oklahoma judge Donald D. Thompson often used a penis pump, and occasionally shaved his scrotum and urinated in a trash can. He was eventually disbarred, prosecuted, did prison time, and then sued the state to keep his $8,800 judicial pension. He lost.
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 07:57PM by DaytonaDemon
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TIL that in 2003, a senior driver caused a devastating car crash in Santa Monica, CA. The 86-year-old accidentally rammed through a crowded farmers' market, killing 10 and injuring 70. The city lost at least $21 million settling resulting lawsuits.
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 07:06PM by RollingNightSky
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TIL Union Army General John Sedgwick died scolding his men due to them taking cover from sharpshooter fire. Striding around in the open, his last words were “They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 07:28PM by WingerRules
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TIL the life expectancy of people with down syndrome has risen from 25 years old in 1983 to 60 years old today.
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 09:57PM by IceFireHawk
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TIL in an attempt to assassinate Hitler, a Nazi officer hid two time bombs in his jacket and led Hitler on a tour of a museum. Hitler raced through the museum and left before the bombs exploded, so the officer had to rush to the bathroom where he defused the bombs "at the last second."
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 10:42PM by NegativeBee
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TIL that in 2014, a Belgian math teacher disciplined his class by threatening to reveal Game of Thrones spoilers. He had read the books, which were at that time ahead of the show.
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 10:41PM by Ok-Indication-5121
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TIL a book club in California spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, beginning in 1995 and finishing in October 2023. At first the club read two pages per month, however it eventually slowed to just one page per month. In November, the group started the book again.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 01:16AM by tyrion2024
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TIL someone set loose an AI called ChaosGPT with the goal "destroy humanity". It researched nuclear weapons and attempted mass manipulation on Twitter: “Twitter provides an excellent platform where I can manipulate people into doing my bidding, while attempting to conceal my true intentions.”
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 05:04AM by Maxie445
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TIL Teller, of Penn and Teller, legally changed his birth name to just "Teller". He is only one of a few people to have a mononymous US passport.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 02:05AM by StrugglingSwan
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TIL that Tolkien realized he had created a moral dilemma when writing orcs. They're supposed to be a purely evil race for the heroes to cut through without guilt, but they could talk and knew about morality, so by Tolkien's beliefs, they couldn't be pure evil and should be given mercy if possible.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 04:02AM by Ok-Indication-5121
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TIL that 3 sailors who died in Pearl Harbor have incorrect dates written on their gravestones. They were trapped underwater in the West Virginia battleship for 16 days after the bombing; it was largely kept a secret and most of their family members died without ever knowing the truth.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 05:21AM by Brendawg324
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TIL that actresses Kate and Rooney Mara are related to NFL families. Their mother is a part of the family that owns the Pittsburgh Steelers (the Rooneys), while their father is a part of the family that owns the New York Giants (the Maras).
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 08:55AM by FuriouSherman
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TIL Frank Sinatra was contractually obliged to be offered first refusal of John McClane in Die Hard
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 02:31PM by Fhoxyd22
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TIL that Daryl Hall and John Oates have never called themselves Hall & Oates. Every album they've released has each person's full name on the front cover, and they have stated in interviews that they dislike the shortened moniker.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 03:15PM by Furious_Worm
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TIL the first digital computer, ENIAC, was programmed by six women in the 1940s. Fran Bilas, Betty Jennings, Ruth Lichterman, Kay McNulty, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff's contributions were overlooked for decades. Their pioneering work laid the foundation for modern computing.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 02:16PM by Slight-Park-1767
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TIL Because it had a stainless steel body, the Delorean’s owner manual recommended using gasoline to clean it.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 03:51PM by Huck_Ziegler
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TIL King of Tonga, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, was 195cm (6'5") and weighed 195kg (440lb). For his visits to Germany, the German government commissioned special chairs to support his weight, which he took home, considering them as state presents.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 03:34PM by AthenOwl
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TIL that as the Soviet Union collapsed, a cosmonaut named Sergei Krikalev was left stranded on board a Soviet space station. Because of this, he spent 311 consecutive days in space, twice as long as was originally planned.
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Submitted February 11, 2024 at 06:01PM by Affectionate_Tour406
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