TIL Harrison Odjegba Okene became a commercial diver who works for the same company that rescued him after he unexpectedly survived 60 hours underwater in a sunken ship.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 12:16AM by Gecko99
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TIL that in 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was accidentally shot in the stomach, leaving a permanent opening (fistula). A doctor spent years studying his digestion by inserting food on strings through the hole to observe the stomach's processes, leading to the birth of modern gastroenterology.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 02:19AM by Independent_Flan_890
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TIL that in the European Union, there is a rule specifying that only fruits can be used in making jams, and to preserve the Portuguese carrot jam delicacy (or Doce de Cenoura in Portuguese), the EU made a rule that, for purposes of regulation of fruit jams and jellies, carrots are fruit.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 12:45AM by CatPooedInMyShoe
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TIL Only 11% of US women are taller than 5'7 and only 1% are taller than 6'0.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 02:44AM by WarwickReider
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Height Percentile Calculator by Gender (United States)
Height percentile calculator for adult men and women in the United States. Toggle between feet/inches and meters/centimeters and see the distribution.
TIL There is a rare condition called fatal insomnia. Patients suffer for months or years, unable to sleep until they eventually die. The disease is hereditary and there is no known treatment
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 05:07AM by Sunny_Sarenite
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TIL Cuban chess master José Capablanca, one of the world's best players in the 1920s, tried to promote his own variation of chess named "Capablanca Chess", with changes like adding new pieces with unique moves & changing the chessboard size, believing high-level chess was becoming too repetitive.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 09:03AM by PanzerWafflezz
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Capablanca and the question of draws
After the Moscow 1925 tournament, World Champion José Raúl Capablanca wrote an account of the event, together with proposals for a new form of chess. "Capablanca Chess" was to be played on a 10×8 board with two new pieces: the "archbishop," combining the…
TIL that Kevlar (bullet-resistant material), fire escapes, windshield wipers, and home security systems were all invented by women.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 06:28AM by SwordfishEither2516
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TIL that, beginning in 1982, the original roar of the MGM lion was actually replaced with the sounds of a tiger
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 12:19PM by Romboteryx
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TIL England’s first official state lottery was launched by Queen Elizabeth I in 1566 to fund repairs to ports and strengthen the realm. Every ticket holder was guaranteed a prize, plus immunity from one arrest (except for murder, treason, piracy, or felony).
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 02:01PM by Upstairs_Drive_5602
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TIL that in the 1950s, Soviet scientists began breeding foxes to study how wolves might have become domesticated. Their experiment eventually produced a lineage of tame animals known as Silver Foxes, which are still bred today.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 03:01PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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TIL that astronaut Gregory Jarvis, who died in the Challenger disaster, wasn't originally supposed to fly on that mission. He was replaced on both of his previous planned flights by congressmen wanting to go to space, until he ended up on the fateful STS-51L mission.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 06:33PM by Spykryo
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TIL that despite making films of both The Hobbit and The Return of the King, Rankin Bass never had any plans for adapting either The Fellowship of the Ring, or The Two Towers.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 05:17PM by Sebastianlim
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TIL the purpose of CPR is not to restart the heart at all, it is too push oxygenated blood to vital organs keeping permanent damage at bay until help arrives.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 08:27PM by Rigamortus2005
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What is CPR
What is CPR and why is it so important? Learn about CPR steps, how to do CPR, and why AHA has a vision for a world where no one dies of cardiac arrest.
TIL : People who drink coffee regularly—about two or more cups a day—have a lower risk of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, even if they already have chronic liver disease.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 08:37PM by vinay1458
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TIL that Texas oil tycoon T. Cullen Davis was acquitted twice of the attempted murder of his second wife, and of shooting his 12-year-old stepdaughter in the back of the head, execution style.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 09:04PM by slackmaster
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TIL in 2018 when a man placed a $110 in-game bet on FanDuel on the Denver Broncos to beat the Oakland Raiders with about 1 minute left in the game & the Broncos down by 2 points, he was mistakenly given odds of 750-1, during an 18-second computer glitch, instead of 1-6. The Broncos won & he won $82K
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 11:09PM by tyrion2024
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ESPN.com
FanDuel pays New Jersey man in full after pricing error in Raiders-Broncos
Saying sports betting should be fun, FanDuel has changed course and decided to pay $82,000 to a man who capitalized on a mistake by the company. FanDuel also will add $1,000 apiece to the accounts of 82 randomly chosen customers.
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TIL Clint Eastwood has at least eight children with six women. Eastwood has refused to confirm how many offspring he has, and some sources say the number is considerably higher.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 11:25PM by CaptainApathy419
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TIL that in 1953, Isaac Asimov wrote a story where he predicted that climbing Mount Everest was impossible and that the first human to reach its summit would have to be parachuted. Everest was first successfully climbed one month after he wrote it and 7 months before it was published.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 11:19PM by ShabtaiBenOron
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 11:19PM by ShabtaiBenOron
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TIL there was a radio host named Michael Jackson, whose star on the Hollywood Hall of Fame got covered in flowers after the pop singer of the same name died in 2009; the singer's star was inaccessible due to a movie premiere.
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Submitted January 10, 2026 at 10:23PM by homophobicperson2
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TIL the human stomach gets a new lining every 3–4 days to prevent it from digesting itself.
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 03:00AM by CommissionNo6328
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Airways and the Gut - Molecular Biology of the Cell - NCBI Bookshelf
The examples we have discussed so far represent a small selection of the tissues and cell types that derive from the outer layer of the embryo—the ectoderm. They are enough, however, to give a sense of the amazing variety of ways in which this epithelium…
TIL after the deaths by suicide of designer Kate Spade & celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain occurred a few days apart in 2018, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline received 65% more phone calls over the course of the following week. In addition, the Crisis Text Line saw a 116% increase in volume.
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 02:47AM by tyrion2024
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CNN
Suicide hotline calls rose by 65% after Spade, Bourdain deaths | CNN
Calls to a national suicide hotline went up 65% and texts to a crisis service jumped 116% last week. What happens after the spotlight on suicide goes away?