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TIL women's feet are not just scaled-down men's feet, but actually differ in shape significantly. In addition, women have proportionately larger calves and shorter ankles. This has been studied for implications in shoe design.
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 04:34PM by Crimson_Clover_Field
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PubMed
Gender differences in adult foot shape: implications for shoe design - PubMed
This study demonstrates that female feet and legs are not simply scaled-down versions of male feet but rather differ in a number of shape characteristics, particularly at the arch, the lateral side of the foot, the first toe, and the ball of the foot. These…
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TIL There's a genuine medical condition, where sufferers absolutely believe someone close to them has been 'swapped' with an imposter, as if they're really living "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the original patient was a "Madame Macabre", it's known as Capgras delusion.
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 02:14PM by Flubadubadubadub
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TIL in 2024 a 2-year-old girl's blood test revealed that the toddler had a blood alcohol content of .12 after a California restaurant mistakenly served her cooking wine that had been mislabeled as apple juice. The parents took their daughter to the ER after they noticed she had signs of intoxication
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 05:50PM by tyrion2024
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People.com
Calif. Restaurant Mistakenly Serves Toddler Wine Instead of Juice, Landing Her in Emergency Room with .12 BAC
A California restaurant mistakenly served a toddler cooking wine that they say was mislabeled as apple juice, causing the youngster to have a blood alcohol content of .12, twice the legal limit for a consenting adult.
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TIL: You have to take your own poop out if you are granted access to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon for a rafting trip.
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 05:57PM by ohsodave
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Grand Canyon Whitewater
Going to the Bathroom (#1 and #2) On The River
Plenty of people have anxiety about going to the restroom while on their river trip but here is the good news: it’s not that hard or different from what you’re used to.
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TIL that the Bison population in Yellowstone (USA) is the only Bison herd to have existed in the wild since pre-historic times. All other wild populations were wiped out, and all other wild populations living today have been reintroduced by humans.
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 09:42PM by Robbinit
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TIL the UK has the most annual tornadoes by land area in the entire world, but they are generally much weaker than the ones that form in other countries like the US
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Submitted January 11, 2026 at 11:12PM by -BigDickOriole-
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TIL the 8th game of the 1929 World Chess Championship was the only time in the history of the championship that a game ended in an actual checkmate on the board.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 01:48AM by Disastrous_Award_789
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TIL: The term Kung Fu (gongfu) doesn’t actually mean “martial art.” It refers to any skill achieved through time, effort, and discipline. The Chinese martial arts people usually call “kung fu” are more accurately called Wushu.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 02:22AM by greenappletree
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TIL, one of the co-founders of Waffle House was a counterintelligence office that worked with the Manhattan Project and was later inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. He named the restaurant after the menu item with the largest profit margin.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 03:25AM by DTPVH
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TIL that a freedman from the Roman Empire (Romanukha) accidentally sailed to Sri Lanka (the Anuradhapura Kingdom) and met King Bhatika Abhaya. Impressed by Roman coins, the King became interested in Western civilization and sent a Sinhalese freedman (later diplomat) to Rome.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 04:51AM by DiscussionFun2987
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TIL that in 1840, Britain introduced the “Penny Post,” allowing anyone to send a letter anywhere in the country for just one penny, making long-distance personal communication affordable for ordinary people for the first time.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 02:29AM by SwordfishEither2516
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TIL, democratically elected Iranian prime minister was overthrown by the CIA and MI6 in 1953 replacing him with Shah monarchy who gave access to iranian oil industry to Western companies.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 09:50AM by lost_ted
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TIL about Barbara Morgan, the backup teacher astronaut for Christa McAuliffe on the Space Shuttle Challenger. After the 1986 disaster, she returned to classroom teaching, was later selected by NASA as a mission specialist, and in 2007 became the first teacher to fly to space.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 08:24AM by DullAmbition
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TIL Alton Logan spent 26 years in prison for murder, while a lawyer who knew he was innocent the whole time stayed quiet because his client had confessed to the murder to him and therefore was protected by attorney-client privilege. After his client died, he disclosed the truth and Logan was freed.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 12:12PM by tyrion2024
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ABC News
Innocent Man Free After 26 Years in Prison
After an attorney finally broke his silence, Alton Logan freed from jail.
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TIL the American Revolutionary War was preceded by the Boston Massacre, where British troops fired upon a group of locals protesting unfair taxes who were throwing snowballs and rocks.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 01:15PM by Phluffhead024
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www.nps.gov
Boston Massacre (U.S. National Park Service)
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TIL that violinist Vanessa-Mae became an Olympic skier. She took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Alpine skiing. She came last out of 67. Her selection became controversial due to questions around qualification and allegations of race fixing, claims that were not substantiated.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 11:40AM by johnsmithoncemore
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TIL researchers found that Americans spent nearly 90 minutes less per day, on average, outside of their homes in 2023 than they did in 2003.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 02:21PM by tyrion2024
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The Conversation
America is becoming a nation of homebodies
Even after the pandemic lockdowns were lifted, out-of-home activities and travel remained substantially depressed, far below 2019 levels.
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TIL that it's required to speak English to be a commercial airline pilot or air traffic controller...
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 12:12PM by Illustrious_Bag_7323
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AEROCADET | Articles & Reviews
Why Is English Used as the Standard Language in Aviation?
Want to know why English is the standard language in aviation? Read this blog to learn how it became the global aviation language, by uniting pilots worldwide.
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TIL Ernest Hemingway survived 2 unrelated plane crashes within a 2 day period. The 2nd crash burnt parts of his right arm to the bone, and also parts of his left fingers to the bone.
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 02:58PM by Destination_Centauri
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Smithsonian Magazine
Ernest Hemingway and His Wife Survived Two Plane Crashes Just One Day Apart
The novelist recounted the harrowing ordeal in a letter, which just sold for $237,055 at auction
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TIL that Gonorrhea, a sexually-transmitted disease (STD), is becoming increasingly resistant to many classes of antibiotics, including the ones that were previously used to treat it
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 01:01PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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TIL that Beverly Hills, CA was named after Beverly, Massachusetts, which was named after Beverly, England, which gets its name from Bevreli/Beverlac, meaning beaver-clearing or beaver lake
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Submitted January 12, 2026 at 04:22PM by Spirited-Pause
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