TIL The 2021 Razzie Awards had a special category for "Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie," with all eight of his performances that year being nominated. Four days after the awards ceremony, Willis' family announced his aphasia diagnosis.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 08:27AM by ThomasTheDankPigeon
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TIL in "Weird Al" Yankovic's album "Off the Deep End" (1992), there's a hidden track named "Bite Me", which consists of several seconds of loud music and Yankovic screaming, after 10 minutes of silence following track 11 "You Don't Love Me Anymore". It was there to "come on and scare you to death".
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 03:27AM by Away_Flounder3813
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TIL, The Cassowary has a 12-centimeter, dagger-like claw on its middle toe that can disembowel a human with a single kick. It is the only bird officially classified as a "Class 1" dangerous animal in some jurisdictions.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 10:34AM by Massive-Song5686
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TIL in 1697, a French privateer captured Henry Winstanley while he was building England's first offshore lighthouse. Louis XIV ordered his release, saying "France is at war with England, not with humanity." Winstanley finished the lighthouse and died inside it during the Great Storm of 1703.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 01:17PM by SimonBuildsStuff
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TIL that when writing Mean Girls, Tina Fey named many characters after real life friends since she felt it was easier. Cady Heron is named after Fey's college roommate, Damian after her high school friend, and Glenn Coco after her older brother's friend who works as a film editor in LA.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 03:19PM by astarisaslave
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TIL that three months before 9/11, a band called “I Am The World Trade Center” released a song called “September” which was the 11th track on the album
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 01:21PM by xanniballl
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TIL The Simpsons has featured deaths of at least ten named characters.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 06:11PM by RedditIsAGranfaloon
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The Simpsons: All the Characters Who Have Died
TIL that Robert Moses, a famous NYC Planner was once considered more powerful than the NYC Mayor and Governor of NY. He would prevent mass transit from being built and put highways in the poorest neighborhoods to encourage displacement. His philosophy would inspire cities to follow this ideology.
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TIL Takeru Kobayashi retired from competitive eating because he says he no longer feels hunger or fullness.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 06:41PM by JibunNiMakenai
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Yahoo Sports
Here's Why Takeru Kobayashi Retired From Competitive Eating
Competitive eating can take a serious toll on a person. Even Takeru Kobayashi, who once dominated the sport, has retired due to its effects.
TIL that chain gangs were banned in every US state by 1955, but were briefly reintroduced in the 90's as part of a "War on Crime."
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 06:34PM by Objective-Painter-73
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TIL that the Coast Salish tribe raised a breed of dog in order to use their fur like wool in their textiles. The dog breed went extinct around 1900.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 08:07PM by DrakeSavory
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TIL when South Korean students take their college eligibility test every November, day-to-day operations are halted or delayed on test day. Shops are shut, banks close, even the stock market opens late. Most construction work halts, planes are grounded and military training ceases.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 09:44PM by gullydon
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Bbc
Suneung: The day silence falls over South Korea
More than half a million students take on an exam for which they have been preparing all their lives.
TIL a woman was poisoned after her husband smashed a black widow spider with a hammer, which launched a part of its body straight into her eye and caused its venom to eventually enter her bloodstream. Within minutes, her left eye ballooned shut; followed by nausea, full-body cramps and spasms.
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Submitted February 15, 2026 at 10:47PM by tyrion2024
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VICE
Black Widow Spider Sent Woman to the Hospital—Without Biting Her. Here’s How.
A woman in California was poisoned through her eyeball after her husband smashed a black widow spider and its hit her in the face.
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TIL if a helicopter's engine fails, it doesn't just drop like a rock. The blades keep spinning on their own and the pilot can land it.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 12:52AM by kxrcodes
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TIL the word "mile" comes from the Roman Empire for a thousand paces (mille passus) -- the total distance of Roman general Agrippa's left foot hitting the ground 1,000 times when marching as measured by every other step.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 02:20AM by TheScienceGiant
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TIL: When Toys "Я" Us opened in Cerritos, California in 1972, the city council insisted the store use a standard R on its sign to avoid confusing children who were learning the alphabet. The council reversed its decision in 1981.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 03:06AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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Weird Universe
Toys R Us Corrected
The logo for Toys R Us typically includes a backwards R. But when a Toys R Us opened in Cerritos, California in 1972, the local city council
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TIL after spending 3 days with his arm trapped in a furnace, a man attempted to amputate it with a saw blade because he began to smell rotting flesh. Although he passed out from pain before he could completely sever it. He was rescued after a friend called for help when he hadn't shown up for work.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 03:50AM by tyrion2024
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CBS News
Man Tries To Amputate His Own Arm
Jonathan Metz Tried to Saw It Off to Keep from Dying of Gangrene; He Was Stuck in His Furnace, which He Was Attempting to Fix
TIL that Ronald Reagan was strangled nearly to death by his chimpanzee costar
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 04:02AM by SnooDonuts3398
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TIL the Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn (Raygun) threatened legal action against an Aussie musical about her because the musical planned to use her stage name and "kangaroo hop" dance move. The musical continued after changing the characters' name to Sprachel Gunn, AKA Spraygun
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 04:17AM by AssassinSnail33
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How a legal stoush with Raygun propelled this comedy musical to success
Olympic breaker Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn tried to shut down a musical about her — now a comedian has worked the legal row into her sold-out new show.
TIL most scholars agree that King James, of King James Bible fame, was a homosexual.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 06:29AM by OH_MOJAVE
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TIL that actor Ernest Borgnine attributed his long life, 95, to the fact that he masturbates a lot.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 06:30AM by Plow_King
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