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TIL the phrase "neither rhyme nor reason" is from Edmund Spenser. Elizabeth I told her treasurer to pay Spenser "what is reason." Edmund wasn't paid, and wrote "I was promis'd on a time,\To have a reason for my rhyme:\From that time unto this season,\I receiv'd nor rhyme nor reason." He got paid.
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 06:37PM by gatogetaway
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TIL in 1714, a Native American guide in eastern North America showed a group of settlers a deep path worn in the streambank by herds of eastern elk crossing the river. By 1880, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern elk subspecies extinct.
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 07:09PM by admiralturtleship
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TIL that Randy Weaver was awarded $3.1 million over the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff.
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 08:48PM by HallowedAndHarrowed
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TIL David Letterman once insulted Quentin Tarantino on his show, which made Tarantino call Letterman on the phone and threaten to come to NY to “kill” him. Letterman responded by offering to pay for his flight and have QT choose the method of battle. Tarantino agreed and chose “bats.”
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 09:22PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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TIL: That Princess Diana was buried holding a set of rosary beads that were gifted to her by Mother Teresa, who died just 6 days after Diana at the age of 87.
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 09:58PM by appalachian_hatachi
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TIL Spanish is the only language that uses inverted question mark (¿) and exclamation mark (¡)
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Submitted November 15, 2024 at 10:04PM by Mac_Tgh
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TIL of Kurt Gerstein, a Nazi officer who tried to alert the world of the Holocaust while it was happening by sending detailed reports to Swedish, Swiss, Dutch and Catholic officials. These were largely ineffective and he died by suicide in 1945
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 12:56AM by silverdust29
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TIL in 2012, over 2,000 Koreans gathered to watch a single man pitch a tent (a 24-man army tent) after he claimed on an internet forum that he could do it in under two hours. The event grew so large it even attracted corporate sponsers. The man succeeded, taking about an hour to accomplish the task.
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 01:47AM by nuttybudd
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TIL in 2011 a Brazilian man rescued a starving Magellanic penguin that was drenched in oil on the beach near his house. It stayed with him for about 11 months before returning to the sea. Although for at least the next 5 years, the penguin returned to visit the man for a few months each year.
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 02:41AM by tyrion2024
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TIL there was a Japanese government review in 2010 which found that 82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead.
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 03:12AM by tyrion2024
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TIL Magnús Scheving (Sportacus of Lazy Town) made a bet with his friend that either would master a sport of the other's choosing (that they knew nothing about) within three years. Both successfully became national champions of aerobics and snooker respectively.
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 05:22AM by WX27
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TIL the Earth's crust is thought to contain three times the amount of water as is present in the oceans, stored in a mineral called 'ringwoodite'
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 01:52AM by bland_dad
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TIL about the Women's 1500m at the 2012 Summer Olympics, called "one of the dirtiest race in history", where six of the first nine finishers (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th) have been found to have been doping and the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th and 9th finishers were disqualified as of now.
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 11:04AM by RealisticBarnacle115
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TIL during Michael Jackson’s worldwide HIStory tour of ‘96-‘97, he traveled for over a year and performed 82 concerts live for almost 4.5 million people, but despite selling out 98% of the available tickets, the tour would only break even due MJ’s notorious lavish spending on excesses.
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Submitted November 16, 2024 at 02:48PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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