TIL that despite $50 million in sales, the popular candy bar “PB Max” was discontinued simply because the Mars family doesn’t like the taste of peanut butter
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:17AM by LockhartTx2002
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PB Max
candy bar
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TIL When Einstein and his wife Mileva Maric divorced, his son Hans Albert had a grudge against his father and when he said he wanted to be an engineer at 15 which made Einstein furious
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 05:43AM by ubcstaffer123
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Einstein in 2 minutes
Albert Einstein
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TIL of Haym Saloman, the man who financed the American Revolution. He was set to become the richest man in the country, but as the money owed to him was never repaid, he died penniless at the age of 44.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 07:31AM by look_at_yalook_at_ya
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Haym Salomon
American businessman
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TIL: 7/10 Americans believe that their mom is a "cool mom" according to a survey. They also replied that they learned about responsibilities from watching their mom. Respondents who answer as such tend to spoil their mom with gifts as adults.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 07:26AM by Flares117
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Peoplemag
Seven in 10 Americans Really Think Their Mom Is Cool, Survey Finds
Nearly seven in 10 respondents (68%) report that they learned how to juggle responsibilities from watching their moms "do it all" over the years
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TIL Residential lawns in the US use up about 9 billion gallons of water every day
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 01:26PM by somepeoplewait
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19january2017snapshot.epa.gov
US Outdoor Water Use | WaterSense | US EPA
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TIL that George Washington had two stepchildren but no biological children
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 03:38PM by AgentOfFun
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Slate Magazine
George Washington Had No Children. Or Did He?
Why the story of the first president’s family will always fascinate me.
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TIL that Yuki Togashi, captain of Japan men's national basketball team, is only 1,68 m (5'6 ft) tall.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 04:15PM by capribex
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Yuki Togashi
Yuki Togashi (富樫 勇樹, Togashi Yūki, born 30 July 1993) is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League in Japan.
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TIL of the ATU Index, a system for classifying folktales from around the world by cross-culturally recurrent elements. The system now includes such types as "Persecuted Heroine", "Animal Bride", or "The Cat as Helper".
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 04:02PM by theTeaEnjoyer
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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies
TIL Children with ADHD receive an estimated 20,000 more negative messages before age 10 and avoid failure more than other peers.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:28PM by crimson_dovah
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ADDitude
Children with ADHD Avoid Failure and Punishment More Than Others, Study Says
Adult authority figures reproach and correct children with ADHD more often than they do children without the condition. This frequent criticism may cause children with ADHD to more frequently avoid challenges or situations where they may face admonishment…
TIL when Great Britian sent a search team for the Franklin Expedition, the HMS Resolute had got trapped in ice. A year later, the ship was recovered by Americans and gifted the the UK. That ship was taken apart to make 3 desks. One of those desks, the Resolute, currently sits in the Oval Office.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:04PM by Additional-Natural49
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HMS Resolute (1850)
ship
TIL After the US Navy lost the USS Thresher in 1963, it instituted a quality assurance program called SUBSAFE for its submarines. As a result they went from losing 16 submarines to non-combat reasons in the 48 years before, to losing only the USS Scorpion (which wasn’t SUBSAFE certified) since 1963.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:37PM by UndyingCorn
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SUBSAFE
US Navy submarine quality assurance program
TIL that the Doomsday clock was set to 90 seconds to midnight in 2023 and remains that way today. This is closer than any time during the cold war.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 08:50PM by KitchenSignificant27
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BBC News
Doomsday Clock stays at 90 seconds to midnight
A new nuclear arms race, the Ukraine war and climate change were all factors considered, say scientists.
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TIL Will Purvis, who was convicted of murder in 1894 and had always maintained his innocence, told the jury he would "live longer than the lot of them." He survived a hanging, was re-incarcerated, and eventually pardoned and released.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 07:31PM by doopityWoop22
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Will Purvis
American murderer
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TIL that although brothels are legal in much of Nevada, about 90% of the prostitution that occurs in the state is illegal
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 09:22PM by Silly-Pineapple-3554
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Prostitution in Nevada
Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legally permitted in some form. Prostitution is legal in 10 of Nevada's 17 counties, although only six allow it in every municipality. Six counties have at least one active brothel, which mainly operate…
TIL Casimir Pulaski, Father of the American Cavalry, may have been born female or intersex
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 10:33PM by Rococoss
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Smithsonian Magazine
Was the Revolutionary War Hero Casimir Pulaski Intersex?
A new Smithsonian Channel documentary may affirm long-standing suspicions about the Polish fighter’s identity
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TIL that Jamie Hyneman was an early competitor in Robot Wars (where people design robots that fight each other), but his robot Blendo was deemed too dangerous for competition
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 11:27PM by Texas_Rockets
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Jamie Hyneman
American special effects specialist and television host
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TIL that before he was famous Hugh Jackman made money performing as a clown for childrens' birthday parties. Jackman wasn't a good clown, and recalled being heckled by a six-year-old for not knowing any magic tricks.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 10:52PM by WouldbeWanderer
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TIL R. Norris Williams survived the sinking of the Titanic clinging to an overturned lifeboat. The injuries to his legs were such the doctors aboard rescue ship suggested amputation. He refused and instead went on to recover his faculties and eventually winning the tennis Olympic gold medal in 1924.
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Submitted July 28, 2024 at 12:09AM by barbie_museum
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R. Norris Williams
Richard "Dick" Norris Williams II (January 29, 1891 – June 2, 1968), generally known as R. Norris Williams, was an American tennis player and passenger aboard RMS Titanic. He survived the sinking of the Titanic. He won the U.S. National Tennis Championships…
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TIL Arrichion, a pankratiast in the ancient Olympics won a match by using a maneuver which caused his neck to break, killing him instantly. His opponent suffered from a dislocated foot, and submitted. Arrichion was named the winner.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 09:16PM by grotesquebitch
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TIL in 1912 Republican presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette gave a speech to a group of 500 journalists in which he berated the group as being corrupt and working with the trusts. The group was shocked and thought he had a mental breakdown; a friend quipped he’d “killed himself politically.”
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Submitted July 28, 2024 at 02:55AM by dinozaurs
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Robert M. La Follette
American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855–1925)
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TIL Sun Microsystems was named after Stanford University Network
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Submitted July 28, 2024 at 03:18AM by Olshansk
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PCMAG
Definition of Sun
What does Sun actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.
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