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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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TIL a town in India is addicted to chess after one man taught everyone how to play 50 years ago to eliminate excessive alcohol consumption and gambling, which has now all decreased to nearly nothing.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 01:35PM by grandstillness
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TIL of the Japanese concept of "Wa," in which everyone strives to prioritize the development of society over the individual. It is seen as a fundamental aspect of Japanese society.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 01:32PM by green_morale
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TIL that some of James Cook's maps were still in use until the mid-20th century due to their remarkable accuracy and continued relevance after 200 years
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 02:14PM by Left-Coffee3944
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TIL that the longest orgasm in mammals is that of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). On average, its orgasm lasts 30 minutes, but it can last for as long as 90 minutes.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 04:16PM by Striking-Bat-553
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TIL Davyon Johnson, an 11 year old boy from Muskogee, Oklahoma, saved a fellow student from choking and pulled a disabled woman from a burning house all in the same day. He got the key to the city as a reward.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 02:02PM by Loud_Win6891
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TIL: Teddy Roosevelt was VP due to his support of anti-trust reform, and conservatives knew the VP had little power. Six months into the term, President McKinley was assassinated and Roosevelt became President, ushering in an unprecedented era of anti-trust and labor reforms.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 04:43PM by HungryHippopatamus
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TIL During the Vietnam War the act of "Fragging" was when US troops would toss a grenade in their commanding officers tent; known and suspected fragging cases by explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totaled nearly 900 incidents.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 06:27PM by Urmomsjuicyvagina
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TIL that before the Civil War there were 8,000 different kinds of money in circulation in the US - the same banknote had different value depending on location
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 05:01PM by my_n3w_account
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TIL the congressional page program was shut down due in part from congressmen soliciting sex from them
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 07:59PM by UncontrolledLawfare
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TIL~2600 yrs ago in China, an ill king was predicted by a prophet that he won't live to eat the next harvest. When he was later presented with the new harvest and ready to eat it, he remembered the prediction and killed the seer, felt stomachache before eating, went to latrine, fell in and died.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 04:41PM by uniyk
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TIL that in the US state of Florida, tyramine is a Schedule I drug, illegal in “any material [at] any quantity,” making most wines, cheeses, and chocolates, among other things, technically illegal.
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 10:55PM by cardinarium
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TIL about Cash for Clunkers, which was a program designed to stimulate sales of new, fuel-efficient cars in the wake of the Great Recession, but was criticized for disrupting the used car market, and for scrapping exotic cars
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Submitted August 04, 2024 at 05:08PM by Brix001
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