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TIL about the Yule Log, a 1966 TV program that aired a fire place on a loop with Christmas music , as a televised Christmas gift to those residents of New York who lived in apartments and homes without fireplaces, and so the morning news crew can have a day off
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 12:15AM by Super_Goomba64
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TIL Hooters ran an airline called “Hooters Air” from 2003-2006. Stewardesses wore the traditional hooters uniform. The airline was distinguished for nonstop flights, guaranteed meals, and for providing far more leg room than was typical of the time. The airline lost Hooters an estimated $40 million.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 03:03AM by AntonioLeeuwenhoek
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TIL about the Man of the Hole, the last member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil. He gained his name for digging a deep hole in each of his former residences (for reasons that remain unknown), and remained isolated for over 50 years in the Amazon rainforest until his death in 2022.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 03:09AM by AntonioLeeuwenhoek
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TIL of the phenomenon known as "Twin Films," in which two movie studios simultaneously release the same type of movie.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 05:37AM by KingSolomon1010
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TIL that the Auschwitz "Arbeit macht frei" sign features an inverted "B" - Jan Liwacz, Konzentrationslager prisoner who made the sign, inverted the letter in defiance of Nazi oppression. Jan Liwacz survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen and died in 1980 a respected and well known artisan smith.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 05:32AM by NapalmBurns
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TIL in Finland some children read to dogs and cows because they actually like listening and are extremely attentive.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 04:05AM by cutiieangelbabe
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TIL that the Mr Men character Mr Tickle is fairly unique amongst the series, in getting completely away with his vice of tickling people and facing no consequences whatsoever for his behaviour.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 10:53AM by HallowedAndHarrowed
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TIL that in 2002, Australia won its first-ever winter Olympic gold medal. It happened during the 1000m short track speed skating event, when over the course of the race all the competitors crashed, except for Australian Steven Bradbury.
https://ift.tt/aOSrUxI

Submitted November 24, 2024 at 01:07AM by JackThaBongRipper
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TIL at the 2005 London Marathon, Paula Radcliffe, in desperate need of a toilet break during the race, stopped by the roadside in full view of the crowd and live TV cameras to defecate. She still won with a time of 2:17:42, a world's best time for a women's only race by over a minute at the time.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 01:32PM by RealisticBarnacle115
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TIL about the campaign to ban Water. The dihydrogen monoxide parody is a parody that involves referring to water by its unfamiliar chemical name and is attributed to "Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide" by UCSC.
https://www.dhmo.org/

Submitted November 24, 2024 at 11:04AM by puncrastinator
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TIL Danny Lloyd (the child actor from The Shining) wasn't told that he was making a horror film in order to protect the actor. Danny was led to believe he was making a drama. He accidentally walked in on Jack Nicholson carrying an axe during one scene.
https://ift.tt/MwntG6p

Submitted November 24, 2024 at 03:04PM by KieranWriter
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TIL the 1994 to 1998 North Korean Famine (AKA The Arduous March or March of Suffering) killed between 240,000 and 3.5 million people and lead to the terms "Hunger" and "Famine" being banned in NK Media
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 05:40PM by tucchurchnj
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TIL treadmills were used in Victorian times as punishments in prison
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 02:14PM by katxwoods
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TIL In 1910, a Spanish shepherd named José María Grimaldos López disappeared. Two men, León Sánchez and Gregorio Valero, confessed to his murder under torture and spent 12 years in prison. In 1926, Lopez returned home, alive and well. He had been living in a village 70 miles away the entire time.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 07:56PM by Ill_Definition8074
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TIL in order to inform shoppers in Mexico about poor nutritional content in prepackaged foods, the law states that packages containing foods with excess levels of calories, sugars, saturated fat, or containing caffeine or sweeteners must be labeled with large octagonal warnings exposing these facts.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 07:45PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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TIL that boxing rounds were changed from 15 to 12, after the match between Ray Mancini and Kim Duk-koo, which would result in the death of the latter. Mancini was heartbroken after the fight and considered quitting boxing.
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Submitted November 24, 2024 at 10:48PM by HallowedAndHarrowed
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TIL: That in 1974, a man performed a highwire walk between the Twin Towers of the WTC in New York. Philippe Petit, a street artist from Paris, took 6 years to plan what he called "le coup" (heist). The feat was later described as the "artistic crime of the century".
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Submitted November 25, 2024 at 01:01AM by appalachian_hatachi
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