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TIL Adolf Hitler was sent by the German armed forces to infiltrate the German Worker's Party led by Anton Drexler. The party was the precursor to the Nazi party that would be led by Hitler.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 05:31PM by ConflictRough3614
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TIL during the 2010 Commonwealth Games small monkeys roamed the Delhi streets and couldn't be removed because of religious reasons. So instead a larger species of monkey (The Colobinae) was brought in to scare away the smaller monkeys.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 02:04PM by InfoNazi
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TIL about The Starlight Barking, the official sequel to 101 Dalmatians where humans are asleep, dogs get telepathic and flight powers and are invited by a Star Dog to go to space with it to a oid nuclear war in the future.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 04:32PM by neosurimi
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TIL about the Spanish composer Enrique Granados who basically lived out the real life version of the end of Titanic when a ship he was on was torpedoed by a German submarine and his wife couldn't fit on the life raft.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 08:37PM by hawkingswheelchair1
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TIL that on the day he was assassinated at least nine of Kennedy’s Secret Service agents were recovering from an all night bender that ended at 5:00 AM
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 12:38AM by getthedudesdanny
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TIL that during Hurricane Camille in 1969, the rainfall in Virgina was so heavy that birds drowned in trees and people had to cup hands around their face to breathe. According to the weather service, it was the probable maximum rainfall which meteorologists compute to be theoretically possible.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 12:22AM by calvins48
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TIL that Jonathan the tortoise was born 29 years before the US Civil War and is still alive today
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 12:43AM by JoeyZasaa
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TIL: Antarctica & Iceland are the only places on earth with no mosquitos.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 03:00AM by Obvious-Ad2729
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TIL about the "Dilberito," a vegetarian wrap concocted by Dilbert creator Scott Adams to tie into his comic strip. The product was a colossal failure, with Adams, himself, saying, "one bite made you fart so hard, your intestines formed a tail."
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 04:41AM by big_ringer
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TIL about Kristina Ozturk who has 22 children and is only 26. 21 of the children were born by surrogacy, with her husband who is 32 years older than her, and is also in jail.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 06:22AM by easterbunny04
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TIL About Morton's Toe, a condition where the second toe is longer than the first toe. This is also known as a Greek foot, as opposed to the Egyptian's foot where the first toe is longer than the second toe. Only less than a quarter of the population has Morton's Toe.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 05:46AM by BlueDragonizNotCool
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TIL in 1954, Betty White was criticized for having Arthur Duncan, a Black performer, on her show. When the show went national, affiliates from the South complained, and Betty gave Duncan more airtime. The show was soon canceled.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 10:00AM by sten770
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TIL that Winston Churchill is the sole world leader to have received the Nobel Prize, not for peace, but for literature.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 12:22PM by two_plus_two_is_zero
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TIL the common consensus of drinking 8 glasses of water a day to remain hydrated was based on a 1945 claim with no medical evidence.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 02:23PM by ketEnjoyer
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TIL The most recent invasion of mainland Britain failed in part due the majority of the invading French force consisting of irregulars, including republicans, deserters, convicts and Royalist prisoners. Order broke down once they discovered the town's supply of wine.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 02:08PM by MajesticBread9147
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TIL: Banks in Finland stopped issuing cheques in 1993, The Netherlands in 2002 and Denmark in 2017.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 04:00PM by diacewrb
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TIL that horror films often include infrasound, which is below the audible range for humans. Even though we can’t hear it, our bodies can detect it, causing anxiety, palpitations, and tremors.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 04:36PM by Suzanna-I-Ellis
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TIL that the Michelin Man is white because tires were typically white, beige, or grey when the mascot was created in 1894. In 1912 tire manufacturers started adding carbon to their tires which gave them a black colour that is known today.
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Submitted August 15, 2024 at 04:58PM by Canadian_Z
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