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TIL that in Georgia HOV lanes can be used by pregnant people. Georgia DPS allows this because of a 2022 Georgia law that recognizes embryos and fetuses as person's with full rights. No documents are needed to prove pregnancy when using HOV lanes.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 05:40AM by -Appleaday-
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TIL the leader of the Crips, Stanley “Tookie” Williams wrote a children’s book in prison about anti gang violence. He was nominated for 4 Nobel Prizes for what he did to stop gang violence and was nominated for the Nobel prize For Literature once for this book.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 03:22AM by CommercialLab6842
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TIL that the man holding the American flag standing behind George Washington in the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is 18 year old future president James Monroe
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 06:59AM by TheDestinedRonin17
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TIL that Obsidian receives no royalties from Fallout: New Vegas because they signed a contract with Bethesda stipulating that they would only do so if the game matched or exceeded an 85 rating on Metacritic. Fallout: New Vegas received an 84 rating.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 03:01PM by nuttybudd
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TIL: In India, the Gulabi Gang is a female vigilante group whose purpose is to protect women of all castes using violent and nonviolent means where the law doesn't. They wield sticks and gang up to beat abusive husbands with a "100%" success rate.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 03:22PM by Flares117
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TIL Batman’s fascination for and attraction to bats is due to a unique psychological response to fear and anxiety called a“counterphobic attitude” which involves a person actively seeking out the sources of the things that frighten them in the hope of overcoming their fears and becoming stronger.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 04:42PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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TIL about the fast food chain "Rax Roast Beef" which at one time operated a peak of 504 locations in the US in the 1980's, but due to continuous changes in its business model and shifting focus away from its core clientele eventually declined to just 8 locations today.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 04:45PM by FiredFox
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TIL it’s routine practice in the US and many other countries for turkeys to have their beaks trimmed without anesthesia, which can cause something similar to “phantom limb pain” that humans experience after amputations.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 03:26PM by Mountain_Love23
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TIL that Thalidomide, the drug responsible for thousands of birth defects across Europe in the 1950s/60s, was developed by a doctor who had previously worked for the Nazis, experimenting on concentration camp victims
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 06:30PM by CarnivoreDaddy
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TIL that the only time when more than half of the American public believed that the Apollo space program was worth the expense came at the time of the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969. Even then it only received 53% approval.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 05:54PM by JackThaBongRipper
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TIL that the Spice Girls co-wrote all their own songs. When they left their original management, they allegedly stole the masters of their recordings from the management office to make sure they retained creative control of their work.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 08:13PM by astarisaslave
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TIL researchers caused the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome epidemic by telling parents to put babies to sleep on their stomach
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 07:22PM by sensi_boo
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TIL that KFC’s handwritten recipe is stored in a safe within a vault at KFC’s Louisville headquarters. To maintain confidentiality, KFC employs two separate suppliers: one blends part of the recipe, and the other completes it, ensuring no single entity has access to the entire formulation. 
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 08:34PM by sig19992
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TIL backyard ultra, a type of ultramarathon where competitors must run 6.706 km within one hour, repeatedly. The last runner to complete a lap is declared the winner and the only finisher, with all others receiving a "DNF". The longest distance record is 110 laps, covering 737 km over five day.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 05:20PM by RealisticBarnacle115
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TIL k-pop phenomenon only happened because Jurassic Park. In early 90s, Korean Government officials issued a report for the president stating the movie revenue was almost equivalent of exporting 1.5 Million Hyundai cars. As a response, the government invested a lot of money in cultural industry.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 07:06PM by lechugadecuchara
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TIL that in Romania in 1999, a man and a woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning while having sex in a car parked in a garage with the engine running and won the 1999 Darwin Award.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 10:46PM by RealisticBarnacle115
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TIL that Vampires, in traditional folklore, suffered from arithmomania, a form of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) that revolves around numbers and counting
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 10:17PM by 1DarkStarryNight
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TIL of the "Casu martzu" - a sardinian fermented sheep cheese that has live maggots in it. It's considered unsafe to eat if the maggots have died, and is served alongside strong red wine. The larvae in the cheese can launch themselves distances up to 15 centimetres when disturbed.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 09:41PM by Hoihe
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TIL At its greatest extent, Nixon’s “Enemies List” of political opponents and critics reached 220 people and organizations. Several of the people listed expressed pride at being included after the list was revealed at the Watergate hearings in 1973.
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Submitted November 14, 2024 at 10:47PM by UndyingCorn
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TIL of 'Joe Martin', a captive orangutan actor that starred in over 50 silent era films, and for years lived essentially as a free human, wearing clothes, having it's own keys to come and go, attending film premieres and trusted to work with many children. Eventually it attacked many people...
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 04:13AM by 11ForeverAlone11
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