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TIL over half of the states in the US impose a strict mandatory retirement age on their state’s Supreme Court, with age 70 being required for 18 of them
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 05:59PM by OccamsDragon
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TIL in 1989, 20 tonnes of cocaine and $10 million in cash were seized from a warehouse in L.A. At the time, it was the largest drug seizure ever at a single location and it was unguarded with the door secured by a single $6 padlock. In today's money, it'd be worth over $4.7 billion.
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 06:24PM by tyrion2024
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TIL your zodiac sign is probably wrong. They were created over 3,000 years ago. The earth’s tilt has changed since then so the constellations appear in completely different positions in the sky.
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 06:34PM by DaintyDahliaaa
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TIL the final line of Willy Wonka was originally written as Grandpa Joe yelling, 'Yippee!' The director hated it so much, he phoned up the screenwriter who was vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods and forced him to come up with a better line right on the spot as they were filming the ending.
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 07:40PM by holyfruits
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TIL that contrary to popular belief, it's virtually impossible to overdose on fentanyl from accidental exposure. It can't be absorbed through the skin, and at the highest airborne concentration, an unprotected person with 200 min of exposure would only absorb 100 mcg (5% of a lethal dose)
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 08:12PM by JiminyDickish
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TIL that the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" is never once said in any of the 60 Sherlock Holmes stories.
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 07:53PM by off-and-on
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TIL of Earl of Oxford. Who farted in front of Queen Elizabeth the First. He was so ashamed that he left the country for seven years.
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Submitted July 29, 2024 at 10:40PM by Minifig81
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TIL Bill Murray hired an assistant who 'was profoundly deaf and spoke only in sign language' to make communication as difficult as possible between him, the director and the studio during the filming of 'Groundhog Day'
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 12:58AM by Ok-Repair-8002
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TIL that a rancher in Oregon named Bill Brown would often write checks on any paper available. This often included soup can labels and newspaper margins. As he was rich and known for this, the banks would cash the checks without question.
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 12:39AM by ZealousidealFun2437
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TIL that the commonly repeated stat that "70% of lottery winners go bankrupt in 7 years" is completely false - the stat was made up by someone in a panel discussion and is completely unverifiable but has been recirculated and recited in countless articles since then.
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 12:14AM by Spicy_Burrd
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TIL bestselling author James Patterson's process typically begins with him writing an initial 50-70 page outline for a story and then encouraging his co-writers to start filling in the gaps with sentences, paragraphs and chapters. He also works 77-hour weeks to stay productive at age 75.
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 02:48AM by tyrion2024
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TIL Tom Cruise commanding "first-dollar gross" in a movie deal means that he gets box office bonuses before the studio breaks even. This is unique because while many A-listers still get a chunk of the profits, they can only access the pool of money after a movie is in the black.
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 04:08AM by tyrion2024
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TIL an embryo conceived in 1992 was thawed and resulted in the successful birth of twins 30 years later
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 07:09AM by Tamazghan
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TIL Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II once mandated that all burials be performed with "economy coffins". These contained trapdoors that would drop the body into the grave, after which they would be reused. The unpopular mandate was reversed after six months.
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 08:37AM by Hybrid351
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TIL in 2016 Ryan Reynolds surprised terminally-ill cancer patient & Deadpool Superfan Connor McGrath with the 1st screening of Deadpool in his hospital room. Ryan called him "the funniest, potty-mouthed Canadian mercenary I've ever met" and they became friends before Connor sadly passed weeks later
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 11:15AM by SappyGilmore
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TIL that although equiped with parachutes while on air ambulance missions during WWII, the Flying Nightingales of the WAAF were instructed not to bail out and stay with the patients if their plane was shot down so that they would be on hand to provide medical support should anyone survive the crash
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 01:19PM by iso-joe
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TIL When Roman emperor Nero’s wife died, he found a boy named Sporus, a boy who resembled her, had his testicles removed and had him appear in public as his wife.
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Submitted July 30, 2024 at 03:14PM by Yolo0o
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