TIL that Coolio was actually in his early 30s when he recorded Gangsta's Paradise, and its iconic line "I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24? The way things is goin' I don't know"
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Submitted September 02, 2024 at 09:57PM by RVarki
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the Guardian
Coolio obituary
US hip-hop and TV personality whose hit Gangsta’s Paradise was one of the most successful rap songs of all time
TIL that during auditions for ‘That’s So Raven’, Raven-Symoné originally auditioned for the role of Chelsea Daniels, the main character’s best friend, but Raven was given the lead role because the audience responded well to her.
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Submitted September 02, 2024 at 09:35PM by NiceTraining7671
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That's So Raven
American supernatural teen sitcom television series
TIL that in Uruguay, until 2017 if you caught your partner with another person in bed, you were within your rights to assault or kill any of the parties involved.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 01:41AM by RobertGaultOHcM
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Crime of passion
violent crime which is done because of sudden strong impulse such as sudden rage
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TIL of the Great Lego Spill - In 1997 a rogue wave caused a cargo ship to spill 4.8 million Lego pieces into the ocean, many are still being found today
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Submitted September 02, 2024 at 09:53PM by GHOSTfishing
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Tokio Express
container ship built in 1973
TIL dogs have unique ‘nose prints,’ just like human thumbprints. Each is unique to the dog, not even the breed.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 02:46AM by amgleo
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All Dogs Have Completely Unique Nose Prints–like Fingerprints–And There’s an App to ID Each Pet
Collar tags and microchips can be ways for good samaritans to help reunite lost animals with their owners, but tags and collars can fall off
TIL that in fashion, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day when it was acceptable to wear white or seersucker. The tradition lies with the migration of wealthy 19th century New Yorkers back from their summer-home Newport Mansions and the accompanying change back from summer clothes.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 03:42AM by WouldbeWanderer
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Labor Day
public holiday in the United States
TIL that Peter Benchley regret writing "JAWS". He later devoted himself to ocean conservation.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 05:16AM by RobertGaultOHcM
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Boston.com
Why the author of ‘Jaws’ wished he never wrote it
After writing Jaws, Peter Benchley spent the rest of his life advocating for oceanic conservation.
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TIL darker skin people need more sunlight to make vitamin D. One experiment where a light skinned person was in sunlight for 8 hours saw their vitamin D concentration go up by 50x while a dark skinned person saw no change. They needed 5-10 times the sunlight length and then only saw a 30x change.
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TIL Halo 2 was delayed for PC because someone stuck a picture of themselves mooning the camera into the game's code.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 07:17AM by HalpTheFan
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Polygon
Gaming history lesson: A literal butt once delayed Halo 2 on Windows Vista
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
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TIL Sylvester Stallone didn't just star in 'Rocky,' he also wrote the noscript and choreographed its boxing scenes.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 07:41AM by Dryhumpor
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Sylvester Stallone filmography
American actor filmography
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TIL That 'Animal House' was able to film at the University of Oregon largely because the University's President had previously refused to allow 'The Graduate' to film there due to "lack of artistic merit".
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 02:16PM by GentPc
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Animal House
1978 film by John Landis
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TIL: During mating season, some stallions prefer mares of a certain color, meaning, low libido isn't the cause for the failed breeding.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:17AM by thatcrack
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Stallion Won’t Breed?
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TIL that Scandinavians settled Greenland 300 years before native Greenlanders did
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 03:32PM by Upstairs_Garden_687
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Greenland
Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced [kalaːɬːit…
TIL the callers on Frasier were famous people, including Christopher Reeve, Eddy Van Halen, Ben Stiller, Elijah Woods, Timothy Leary, Hally Berry, John McEnroe and many more.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 02:46PM by beyondawesome
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List of Frasier characters
Wikimedia list article
TIL although Green Bay, Wisconsin is the smallest major league professional sports market in North America, the NFL's Green Bay Packers ranked as the world's 27th-most-valuable sports franchise in 2019, with a value of $2.63 billion.
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Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Competing in the National Football League (NFL) as part of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division, the Packers are the third-oldest franchise in…
TIL that the living component of an acre of soil, may include 900 lb of earthworms, 2400 lb of fungi, 1500 lb of bacteria, 133 lb of protozoa and 890 lb of arthropods and algae.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 03:42PM by IPeeFreely01
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Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the…
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TIL that stealing sand is the largest organized crime activity in India.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 06:17PM by Th3_Hegemon
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HowStuffWorks
Sand Is in Such High Demand, People Are Stealing Tons of It
As the world becomes more urbanized, the demand for sand, a key ingredient of concrete, keeps growing. But there's only so much sand to go around.
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TIL 71 year old Bernard Gore was supposed to meet his wife and daughter in a mall in Sydney after first doing a little shopping himself. Instead, he exited a mall door leading to a stairwell labyrinth and was found dead 3 weeks later failing to find his way out.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:16PM by WranglerVegetable512
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TIL that Stanley "Tookie" Williams, convicted murderer and founder of the LA Crips gang, became a children's author and 5x Nobel Peace Prize nominee while on Death Row. He was executed in 2005 after being denied clemency by California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 07:53PM by thatdani
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NPR
Death Row Inmate and Nobel Nominee Stanley Williams
Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a convicted murderer and co-founder of the notorious Crips street gang in Los Angeles, has been on California's death row since 1979. While in prison, he became a children's author and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his efforts…
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TIL that bird migration wasn’t proved until 1822. Before then, theories to explain their seasonal disappearance included hibernation and transforming into mice.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:37PM by bnrshrnkr
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Pfeilstorch
migrating stork with embedded arrow
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TIL During the Reformation, a knight named Hans von Hake asked Johann Tetzel to purchase an indulgence for a future sin. Tetzel sold Hake an indulgence for a future non-specific sin. Hake then ambushed, and robbed Johann Tetzel of all of his indulgence money.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:41PM by Templarkommando
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St. Nikolai church (Jüterbog)
church building in Jüterbog, Brandenburg state, Germany
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