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TIL a teenager who is blind has been able to play quarterback for a California high school football team by memorizing each play and by communications from his father on the sideline who is able to narrate the visuals to him using a walkie talkie.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 01:53AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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TIL: The biggest company to ever exist was East India Company, at its peak it account for half of the world's trade.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 02:40AM by G4M35
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TIL Beau Brummell revolutionised British men's fashion in the Regency era and was known for taking 5 hours to dress each day, including polishing his boots with champagne!
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 03:13AM by GDW312
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TIL the Beatles (John, Paul, George, Ringo) were only together for 7 years and 7 months
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 01:25AM by Littlemouse0812
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TIL that during the 19th Century, "&" was taught as the 27th letter of the alphabet. The alphabet ended with "X, Y, Z, and per se and", but this became slurred over time until it just became "ampersand".
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 02:58AM by MrVernonDursley
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TIL New Zealand trialled anonymous testicle checks, which involved booths with a glory hole style hole for a doctor to stick his hand through and feel your testicles.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 05:29AM by PM_me_BBW_dwarf_porn
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TIL there is a Japanese word, tsundoku, which means buying a book but letting it pile up and never reading it.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 08:33AM by DarkTheDeveloper
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TIL letting your dog sniff on walks is like giving them a mental workout, helping them relax and absorb information about their surroundings.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 10:17AM by Algrinder
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TIL there are multiple philosophical razors beyond Occam’s Razor, such as Hanlon’s Razor, which suggests “never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity,” and Hitchens’ Razor, which claims “what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 04:39PM by dtdowntime
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TIL an 1858 heatwave caused the River Thames to reek unbearably due to raw sewage dumping. The stench was so intense that Parliament ended sessions early, and curtains were soaked in chloride to mask the smell. This was the tipping point that finally pushed London to build a modern sewer system.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 04:54PM by efequalma
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TIL that in ancient Scythian society, when a king died, his servants, cooks, and horses were buried with him, reflecting beliefs about service in the afterlife and the brutal reality of social hierarchies, where a king’s death could lead to the death of many innocent individuals.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 12:50PM by firakti
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TIL former Billionaire Chuck Feeney donated over $8 Billion, virtually all of his wealth, to different causes supporting human rights, inequality and health programs. He spent his last days in a rented apartment in San Francisco with no assets under his name.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 08:58PM by kenistod
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TIL that Chinese forces caused a flood as a defensive scorched earth tactic, during the Sino-Japanese War. It was tactically successful, but came at a great cost to civilians.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 05:33PM by HallowedAndHarrowed
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TIL Punch drinks originated from India, and the word punch is a loanword from Hindi पाँच (pāñch), meaning "five", as the drink was frequently made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, juice from either a lime or a lemon, water, and spices.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 05:43PM by UndyingCorn
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TIL that in Sparta, Ancient Greece, they had “shouting elections”. Candidates would take turns walking into assembly rooms, and judges would compare the volume of the crowd’s shouts and cheers of approval to determine the winner.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 09:34PM by Warm-Profit-775
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TIL: Butt plugs were invented in the 1890s to cure insanity. Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators came in sets of four varying in diameter from half an inch to 4 inches. Dr. Young admitted that some patients panicked at the sight of the devices.
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Submitted November 04, 2024 at 12:06AM by SilentWalrus92
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TIL the manchineel tree, one of the deadliest plants on Earth, produces a sweet, apple-like fruit that’s highly toxic. Native to the Caribbean and Florida, its sap causes severe burns and blistering on contact, and even a taste of the fruit or inhaling smoke from its wood can be fatal.
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Submitted November 03, 2024 at 11:22PM by Millard_Fillmore00
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