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TIL there was a heavily religious outlaw named Deacon Jim who lived as a hitman being contracted to kill at least 12 people until eventually he killed an ex-Deputy Marshall, but since he was most likely going to be acquitted for the murder he ended up getting lynched by the angry townsfolk.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 05:52AM by Lez2diz
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TIL that while LED lightbulbs may not “burn out” like an incandescent, they experience Lumen Depreciation, where the bulbs progressively get dimmer and dimmer over time.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 08:34AM by imav8n
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TIL in 1996 a 37-year-old woman survived after she crushed a whole black widow spider, mixed it with 10 mL of distilled water and then injected the mixture intravenously. One hour later she presented to the ER complaining of severe, generalized muscle pain & cramping, a headache, and anxiety.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 01:43PM by tyrion2024
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TIL, Olive Oyl, Popeye's girlfriend, predated his existence by 10 years. She was first introduced in 1919 in the comic strip "Thimble Theatre" as love interest to Harold Hamgravy. Popeye was introduced in 1929, and quickly took over the strip, usurping its original star and taking his love interest.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 02:55PM by TackoftheEndless
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TIL the highest and lowest points in the contiguous United States are less than 100 miles apart.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 03:10PM by MaximusSydney
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TIL that as France crumbled under the Nazi invasion in June 1940, the German army engaged in a series of massacres against African soldiers in the Lyon region, in the southeast of the country.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 03:25PM by tenzin_Qing
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France 24
The Nazi massacre of African soldiers in French army, 80 years on
As France crumbled under the Nazi invasion in June 1940, the German army engaged in a series of massacres against African soldiers in the Lyon region, in the southeast of the country. After shining a…
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TIL there is a Malaysian businessman and fugitive who has been wanted by Interpol since 2016 for allegedly stealing $4.5 billion from his government and still hasn’t been caught. Using that money he also funded The Wolf of Wall Street movie.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 04:00PM by mortgage_queen
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TIL a 9,000-year-old structure, like Stonehenge, was found at the bottom of Lake Michigan. It even has a carving of a mastodon
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 05:51PM by Spirited_Manager_831
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Artnet News
Is There a Prehistoric Structure Under Lake Michigan?
An arrangement of 9,000-year-old blocks of granite, 40 feet under the surface of Lake Michigan, resembles a smaller Stonehenge.
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TIL since 1977 Steven Spielberg has directed the highest-grossing film of the year in the United States four times (which is more than any other director): Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 06:01PM by tyrion2024
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TIL that former Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan, after retiring from figure skating started a career as a diplomat, becoming ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 09:06PM by johnsmithoncemore
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TIL Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongolian Empire
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 06:47PM by NumerousCranberry441
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Amicus Travel Mongolia
Mughal Dynasty
The history of the Mughal Dynasty in India is an indisputable branch of the great history of the Mongol nation. Moghul dynasty ruled
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TIL Both Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 10:22PM by house_of_ghosts
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TIL during the 1960s–70s “Secret War” in Laos, the US covertly trained and led the indigenous Hmong people to fight the communist Pathet Lao party and North Vietnamese troops. At its peak, around 30,000–40,000 Hmong fighters were involved.
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Submitted February 06, 2026 at 11:38PM by electroctopus
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TIL about the "McEmbassy." Every McDonald’s in Austria has a 24-hour hotline to the US Embassy to help American travellers who are in distress or have lost their passports.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 12:43AM by SnooConfections3389
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CBS News
If you lose your passport in Austria, head for McDonald's Golden Arches
Every McDonald's in the European nation now has a dedicated hotline to the U.S. Embassy under an agreement signed with the American ambassador
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TIL that the great Maurice Ravel wrote his most famous piece, Boléro, while probably suffering from the first symptoms of a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Some researchers believe that the revolutionary repetitive structure and obsessive focus on timbre were a result of left hemisphere damage
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 01:20AM by Nsolari724
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NPR
Ravel's 'Boléro:' A Product of Dementia?
Jason Lai conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Boléro by Maurice Ravel. Could the work have been a manifestation of Ravel's growing dementia?
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TIL that there's a 25-year-long wait list to bring a car into Catalina Island.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 02:12AM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL Elijah Wood revealed in a 2021 interview that he still hadn't finished reading The Lord of the Rings
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 03:33AM by RunDNA
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Esquire
Elijah Wood Will Be Frodo Forever, But He Still Hasn't Finished Reading 'Lord of the Rings'
"It's ridiculous that I haven't..It's so dumb."
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TIL the founder of the Hells Angels was cast in FX’s hit series Sons of Anarchy and was a technical advisor for the show.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 04:59AM by hfg2q23a
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ScreenRant
Sons Of Anarchy: Every Real-Life Hells Angels Member In The Cast
Hells Angels meet SAMCRO.
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TIL the 26th Grammy Awards Ceremony (1984) still holds the record for the highest viewership in grammy history at 51.67 Million viewers.
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 04:37AM by Key-Bass-7380
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Billboard
40 Years Ago, Michael Jackson Lifted the 1984 Grammys to Their All-Time Highest Rating (And He Didn’t Sing a Note)
40 Years Ago, Michael Jackson lifted the Grammys to their all-time highest rating (and he didn’t sing a note). A close look at the Feb. 28, 1984 show.
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TIL that, in video games, "ludonarrative dissonance" is the technical name for the conflict between the story told in the gameplay, and the story in the non-interactive scenes (for example, the way that Drake in "Uncharted" is a fun-loving rogue in the cutscenes but a killing machine in the game).
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 06:13AM by Bob_the_blacksmith
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TIL that 44% of the world's adult population has never consumed alcohol
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Submitted February 07, 2026 at 07:13AM by JoeyZasaa
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