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TIL that a small percentage (1-2%) of honeybees in a given colony will specialize as undertakers; they function to prevent disease by removing corpses from the hive
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Submitted November 20, 2024 at 05:31PM by bland_dad
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TIL when Polish javelin star Maria Andrejczyk found out about an 8 month old that needed life saving surgery, she auctioned off her Olympic silver medal to help raise some of the needed funds. A Polish store chain won it and instead of collecting the medal, they promptly announced she could keep it.
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Submitted November 20, 2024 at 10:23PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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TIL that the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to celebrate JFK's birthday was irreparably damaged after Kim Kardashian wore it in 2022, even though Kardashian lost 16 pounds in 3 weeks to fit into it.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 12:07AM by ProfessionalGear3020
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TIL Bob Moore, founder of Bob’s Red Mill, refused to sell to corporations, citing the Bible: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Instead, he gave his $100M company to his 700 employees via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The company now sells in over 70 countries.
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Submitted November 20, 2024 at 04:57PM by georgestamatis
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TIL the largest battle of the American Revolution was not fought in the American colonies or by American revolutionaries. It was the Great Siege of Gibraltar, in which Spain unsuccessfully tried to take advantage of the war overseas to reclaim Gibraltar from Britain.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 12:09AM by pocketbutter
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TIL about Fregoli Delusion, which causes people to believe that different people they encounter are actually the same person in disguise.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 02:28AM by Ahuraman
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TIL The only known naturally occuring nuclear fission reactor was discovered in Oklo, Gabon and is thought to have been active 1.7 billion years ago. This discovery in 1972 was made after chemists noticed a significant reduction in fissionable U-235 within the ore coming from the Gabonese mine.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 03:39AM by The_Techsan
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TIL Keanu Reeves only says 380 words in the entirety of John Wick: Chapter 4, which has a runtime of 169 minutes.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 04:33AM by LookAtThatBacon
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TIL that after losing his Presidential reelection bid, John Quincy Adams briefly considered retirement but went on to win 9 Congressional elections and successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court for the freedom of the Amistad slaves.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 04:20AM by TriviaDuchess
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TIL: In 1518, the town of Strasbourg experienced a "dancing plague" where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days, and some even reportedly danced to death. Doctors at the time blamed "hot blood" and suggested more dancing as a cure.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 05:20AM by swagatmishra543
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TIL that the 4th Earl of Sandwich, for whom the sandwich was named, served as Britain’s First Lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolution. His poor leadership contributed to the American victory, and it was said that "Seldom has any man held so many offices and accomplished so little."
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 04:40AM by GetYerHandOffMyPen15
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TIL: between 1997 and 2007, 31 young people have died from digging holes in sand at the beach, after the hole collapsed sand on to them, suffocating them to death.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 09:13AM by zahrul3
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TIL that the city of New Orleans - which is widely known for its culinary scene - has zero Michelin-starred restaurants. This is solely because Michelin currently limits its coverage in the U.S. to a few select regions: California, New York, Florida, Washington, D.C., and Illinois.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 06:58AM by waitingforthesun92
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TIL: After the 2017 movie "It" there was a spike in coulrophiliacs, or people who are attracted to clowns, mainly among women. Vice interviewed Sugar Weasel, a clown escort who say women were typically clients. Props are a major part of the scene.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 01:51PM by Flares117
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TIL that water can boil and freeze at the same time under the right conditions, known as the triple point, where all three phases—solid, liquid, and gas—coexist in perfect equilibrium at 0.01°C and 611.657 pascals.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 10:56AM by I_-AM-ARNAV
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TIL that the ancient Greeks used butter as a medicine and thought only barbarians ate it. In the Middle Ages, it was sometimes used as lamp oil but was mainly eaten by peasants. It only became popular among the wealthy when the church allowed its consumption during Lent.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 02:57PM by GetYerHandOffMyPen15
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TIL on November 29th 2001, Mike Myers received the final letter George Harrison ever sent anybody. Being a fan of satire, George hand wrote the letter expressing his admiration for Mike’s Austin Powers movies. Mike received it on the set of Austin Powers 3 on the day George died.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 07:09PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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TIL that Orangutans are the largest tree-dwelling animal on the planet. They are astonishingly intelligent, with high IQ and problem solving, and have been named the world’s most intelligent animal in a study that places them even above chimpanzees and dolphins.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 04:47PM by Key_Establishment400
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TIL over 30 years ago, Paul McCartney agreed to be in an episode of the Simpsons in part if the producers met his demand that Lisa Simpson becoming a vegetarian would be a permanent part of the series moving forward. They agreed and Lisa met Paul and Linda on Apu’s rooftop garden, in the shade.
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Submitted November 21, 2024 at 10:14PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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