TIL about Samuel Ross Mason who was a “River Pirate”. He moved his headquarters to Cave-in-Rock (now the Cave-in-Rock State Park in Hardin County) on the Illinois shore in 1797. He had gathered a number of followers who openly based themselves at Cave-in-Rock.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 03:09PM by Devious_Bastard
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TIL doctors used gene therapy to successfully treat 5 children born with profound genetic deafness. Within weeks of the treatment, the children—who had never heard sound before—were able to hear speech and even recognize the "location" of sounds.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 06:29PM by ralphbernardo
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the Guardian
Gene therapy trial gives deaf children hearing in both ears
Study participants born unable to hear could locate sound sources, recognise speech and dance to music after treatment
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TIL Harland Sanders (KFC's Colonel Sanders) lost his railroad job after brawling with a coworker, got his law license, then promptly lost his law license after beating his own client in open court.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:34PM by Bluest_waters
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TIL The United Kingdom has successfully created a laser weapon that can hit a moving target with an accuracy of 23mm at 1km distance. It is called Dragonfire
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:16PM by scratchtheitch7
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TIL I learned about the Alfalfa Club dinner. It is when 200 of America’s richest and most powerful gather to honor Confederate General Robert E. Lee on his birthday.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:40PM by JMDeutsch
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TIL that a juror in the OJ Simpson murder trial (1994-95) said that she, and 90% of the jury, voted to acquit Simpson of the charges as payback for the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King in 1991
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 08:48PM by MrMojoFomo
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Yahoo Entertainment
OJ Simpson Juror: Not-Guilty Verdict Was ‘Payback’ for Rodney King
Trial watchers, sociologists and even FX’s show “People v OJ Simpson” have argued that the jurors in O.J. Simpson’s murder case acquitted him as payback for the Rodney King beating. And in ESPN’s new event series, “O.J.: Made in America,” one juror finally…
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TIL that a mummified carrier pigeon discovered in a UK chimney in 1982 was carrying an encrypted D-Day message from 1944 that has never been decoded. Britain’s intelligence agency is still seeking the public’s help in deciphering it.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 08:53PM by moose098
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TIL that there's a small collection of distinct Del Taco fast food restaurants in the California desert that are still run by the company founder, with their own menu items and merch.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 09:35PM by FarleyElliott
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SFGATE
This California fast food empire is still run by one man
A small city hides unreal food on the way to Las Vegas.
TIL that humans did not discover Severnaya Zemlya, an island archipelago the size of Switzerland, until 1913 making it the last sizeable landmass to be discovered on Earth
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:38PM by WitELeoparD
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TIL In 1932, 11 Japanese naval officers assassinated the Prime Minister. During the officers’ trial, the court received 110,000 petitions for leniency signed or written entirely in blood. Nine youths asked to be tried instead and sent the court their severed pinky fingers to prove their sincerity.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 08:46PM by Ill_Definition8074
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 08:46PM by Ill_Definition8074
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TIL of the Poitevin horse, a French breed that was created solely to produce mules. In the early 20th century, around 50,000 broodmares were producing 18,000-20,000 mules per year. However, by the 1990s, less than 300 Poitevin horses remained, with all of them descended from a single stallion.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 11:44PM by Obversa
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TIL that Bruce Lee was only a leading man for three years. He left Hollywood broke and disappointed at only being able to secure small parts. After returning to HongKong to star in his own films, he finally starred in a Hollywood production, Enter the Dragon, before dying 3 weeks before its release.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 02:05AM by havertz007
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TIL former "the Bachelor" contestant Ryan Sutter has the record for shortest NFL career at 5 seconds. He injured his arm on the opening kickoff of his first game.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 03:43AM by chbailey442013
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The US Sun
I had the shortest NFL career lasting just 5 seconds - then I became a TV star
THE shortest NFL career lasted just five seconds before disaster struck on-field. This pushed the short-lived NFL star to pursue a career in reality television. Ryan Sutter, now 51, was picked 113r…
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TIL the USA has a larger consumer market than the EU, China, and India combined.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 04:06AM by ProfessionalGear3020
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TIL the Pro Football Hall of Fame is not affiliated with the NFL and is privately controlled by a real estate developer named Stuart Lichter
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 12:05AM by ChiefStrongbones
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Sportico
Hall of Fame Resort Going Private for Pennies, Market Approves
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment is going private at 90 cents a share. Developer Stuart Lichter is buying the business out. Sportico has details.
TIL that there were at least two versions of Demolition Man: the US version had Taco Bell as the winner of the Franchise Wars and the European version had Pizza Hut.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 04:21AM by FrenziedFennec
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TIL that roughly 1 in 3 ICE agents identifies as Hispanic or Latino. This is largely due to the agency’s heavy recruitment of bilingual officers and its large presence in Southwest border states like Texas and Arizona.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 02:50PM by Flaky-Condition2647
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TIL that in 1960, a B52 crashed during training. The navigator, thinking the plane was crashing, ejected without orders. The pilot, heard the ejection, thought the plane was breaking up, and ordered the crew to eject. The plane flew crewless for 50 miles before crashing.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 02:33PM by Overall-Register9758
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TIL The Dodge Tomahawk was an "automotive sculpture" sold through the Neiman Marcus catalog about 20 years ago
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 01:17PM by FlakyLion5449
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TIL chickens can perform simple arithmetic, have basic time perception, show self-control (can delay a smaller reward for a larger one later), show object permanence (understand an object exists when out of sight; humans get at age 2), and possess transitive inference (humans achieve at age 7)
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 04:41PM by Mountain_Love23
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Thinking chickens: a review of cognition, emotion, and behavior in the domestic chicken
Domestic chickens are members of an order, Aves, which has been the focus of a revolution in our understanding of neuroanatomical, cognitive, and social complexity. At least some birds are now known to be on par with many mammals in terms of their ...
TIL Colgate University embraces 13 as its lucky number, rooted in the 1817 founding by 13 men with $13 [$1 each] and 13 prayers, and its address at 13 Oak Drive. The university celebrates its day every Friday the 13th.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 11:56AM by operatingsys2016
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