TIL Denmark only lost 16 people during the German Invasion of Denmark (1940)
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Submitted January 14, 2026 at 07:30PM by PKSkriBBLeS
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TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio and the crew on his boat helped rescue a man who had been treading water for about 11 hours after falling overboard in the Caribbean Sea.
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Submitted January 14, 2026 at 10:05PM by SwordfishEither2516
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People.com
Leonardo DiCaprio and His Friends Helped Save a Man's Life After the Stranger Fell Overboard
Leonardo DiCaprio and crew "were happy to assist" in the life-saving rescue efforts, a source tells PEOPLE
TIL: rats enjoy play and can be tickled, producing high-pitched squeaks similar to laughter-like squeaks.
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Submitted January 14, 2026 at 09:48PM by greenappletree
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Science
Tickled rats reveal brain structure that controls laughter
Rodents’ squeaks may shed light on the neural mechanisms of play in humans
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TIL that in October 2013, Banksy secretly set up a street stall in NYC and sold his authentic "spray art" for $60 each against an estimated value of $20K at the time. The first customer was even able to successfully negotiate a 2-for-1 deal.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 12:05AM by ansyhrrian
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YouTube
Original Banksy Canvasses Sell for $60 Each
Original Banksy canvasses were sold in Central Park for $60 each (worth approx. $20k each) as part of his month-long residency.
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TIL that the 1454 Gutenberg indulgence printed at least 190,000 forms promising forgiveness for sins including murder, theft, and secret crimes, with grisly warnings of souls burning in purgatory; buyers could present the forms to a confessor to be absolved and spared eternal torment.
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Submitted January 14, 2026 at 11:32PM by Own-Bullfrog7362
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University of Washington
Documents that Changed the World: Gutenberg indulgence, 1454
Joe Janes goes back to the fifteenth century and the work of Johannes Gutenberg for this installment in his series of podcasts, Documents that Changed the World.
TIL that gnomes - fictional small magical people living in mines - were invented by Paracelsus in 16th century
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Submitted January 14, 2026 at 11:01PM by SamsonFox2
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TIL what Kit Kat filling is. It’s just rejected Kit Kats mashed up.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 12:44AM by smoking_greens
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TIL that Disney is the only major studio to never win an Oscar for Best Picture
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 01:35AM by sprawling5
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Why Is Disney the Only Major Studio to Not Win the Best Picture Oscar?
When you look into the company's history, it starts to become obvious.
TIL Ryan Hurst, best known for his role in Sons of Anarchy, converted to Sikhism and his Sikh name is Gobind Seva Singh
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 12:57AM by fart3mis_growl
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TIL that Palantir (the company) is named after the crystal ball Saruman uses to spy on the Fellowship in the Lord of the Rings
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 12:47AM by Chicken_Herder69LOL
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Today I learned that Ronald Reagan, who had recently finished his second term as US President, was considered for the role of the 1885 Mayor of Hill Valley in Back to the Future 3, but he declined. He would have been one of several veteran Western actors to appear in the film.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 01:19AM by wimpykidfan37
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TIL Taking advantage of and defrauding workers is one of the four sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance in Catholicism
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 12:38AM by cafguy
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TIL Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) considered becoming a Catholic priest as a teenager. He attended a Franciscan seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, on a church scholarship.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 03:28AM by Resume-Mentor
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TIL — Persons surnamed "Cialis" objected to Eli Lilly and Company's so naming the drug, but the company has maintained that the drug's trade name is unrelated to the surname.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 05:11AM by Feeling_Inside_1020
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TIL Benjamin Zephaniah was expelled from school at 13, illiterate due to dyslexia. He went on to become famous for his poetry and novels.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 07:02AM by CatPooedInMyShoe
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TIL scientists discovered wild African elephants call each other by individual "names" using unique rumble vocalizations, they respond when you play back their rumble
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 10:53AM by Chill_Cowboy_981
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 10:53AM by Chill_Cowboy_981
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11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024
It was the year of the cicada, pygmy hippo, and more.
TIL that bodybuilding pro Mike Mentzer died of heart failure and was found by his brother, 2 days later his brother died of kidney failure.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 09:34AM by PerthPilot
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TIL that after her murder trial, the two surviving husbands of "Lady Bluebeard" Euphemia Mondich congratulated each other for staying alive.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 06:30AM by flowerhoney10
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TIL that rabies virus has a genome coding for only 5 genes, but has an almost 100% fatality rate once symptoms appear
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 01:40PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 01:40PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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TIL that in Norse myth a cursed ring called Andvaranaut brought doom to its owners long before Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 03:24PM by yena
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World History Encyclopedia
Magic Rings in Norse Mythology
Elements of Norse mythology abound in The Lord of the Rings, and none is so compelling as the ring itself. The One Ring is reminiscent of magic rings in Norse lore, especially Odin's Draupnir or Andvaranaut...
TIL that the Palace of Westminster was once home to a series of interwoven tapestries depicting stories from the Trojan War. Originally made in 1475, the tapestries were sold off in 1820 and were subsequently lost.
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Submitted January 15, 2026 at 10:41AM by Sebastianlim
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