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TIL There were experiments conducted in the 1950s where researchers gave their subjects manual control over the pleasure centers of their brains through the click of a button, wired to surgically implanted electrodes.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 12:20PM by Its_da_boys
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TIL some bodybuilders buy breast milk on the internet as they believe it helps them bulk up. There's no proof it does.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 02:39PM by ChupdiChachi
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TIL there's a Japanese proverb that literally translates to "Don't let your daughter-in-law eat your autumn eggplants"
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 04:31PM by K715_Eves1989
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TIL Willie Nelson is a fifth degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul and a second degree black belt in taekwondo
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 04:18PM by TheRavenSayeth
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TIL there was a DC character from the 80s who got his powers from cocaine. His only weakness was cocaine addiction.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 06:52PM by doopityWoop22
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TIL that the French waved the white flag as a symbol of military command.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 04:53PM by R220_Wareturs
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TIL 40% of white medical trainees believed black people having thicker skin or less sensitive nerve endings in a 2016 survey
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 07:13PM by appropriate_ebb643
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TIL: Rufus Choate was one of the greatest American lawyer of the 1800s, arguing over a thousand cases and pioneered the method of arousing jury sympathy. One of his famous cases is when he convinced a jury that the accused cut the throat of his lover while sleepwalking and was therefore not guilty.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 07:13PM by Flares117
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TIL that in 1884 a 14-year-old Canadian Native boy was accused of a murder and was subsequently lynched by an American mob led by two men who were likely the real murderers
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 08:27PM by silverdust29
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TIL General Electric was one of the first members of Dow Index in 1895, and the last to remain there until 2018.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 04:18PM by BadenBaden1981
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TIL of puppeteer Ronald Brown, from Christian children's television programme, Joy Junction. He would later be arrested for planning to kidnap and eat a child.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 08:40PM by AllColoursSam
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TIL the reason why old sports photos often have a blue haze is because the arenas were filled with people smoking cigarettes
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 10:52PM by robaato72
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TIL Hugh Laurie shot his audition tape for House from a bathroom in Namibia because that was the only room with enough light.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 12:38AM by mankls3
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TIL in 1184, 60 noblemen died after a wooden floor collapsed in a church, causing them to fall into a "latrine cesspit" (liquid shit) which hadn't been emptied for a while. Their cause of death was drowning.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 12:32AM by sanandrios
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TIL that when Billy the Kid learned Joe Grant was coming to kill him, he sabotaged Grant's revolver. Grant attempted to shoot Billy in the face and when the gun did not go off, Billy killed Grant
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 02:13AM by Swollwonder
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TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 03:43AM by Fair-Emu8218
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TIL that Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first man to walk on the moon instead of Neil Armstrong, but NASA was forced to change their plans because they'd built the Lunar Module so that as the pilot, Aldrin would be seated farther from the door than Armstrong
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 05:02AM by BrokenEye3
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TIL Of The 1973 Soap Box Derby Scandal. 14-year-old Jimmy Gronen was stripped off his noscript, after it was discovered that his car had an electromagnet in the nose, which when activated gave him a boost at the starting line.
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Submitted August 03, 2024 at 11:57PM by aaronpabon
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TIL obesity results in more chronic health issues overall than smoking, drinking or poverty. While all of the listed issues harm health, it was found that obesity was linked to a wider array of chronic health issues.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 07:12AM by PowerfullyWeak
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