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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.
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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.
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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
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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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www.abc.net.au
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.
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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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TIL about the Flynn Effect, the increase in average human IQ scores, averaging roughly 3 points per decade, throughout the 20th century. But recent data indicates that the Flynn effect has stalled or even reversed in some developed nations.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 01:21PM by JosZo
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TIL the CIA attempted to undermine Philippine presidential candidate Claro M. Recto by handing out punctured condoms branded “Courtesy of Claro M. Recto.”
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 06:31AM by pengweather
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TIL that King Kamehameha I of Hawaii had two white friends and advisors - Isaac Davis and John Young. Both were captives at first but later obtained significant power and influence, living the rest of their lives on Hawaii despite offers to return.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 01:35PM by Illogical_Blox
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TIL of Lavasa, an abandoned $4.4 billion "Italian" private city in India that was meant for 300,000 residents but became a ghost town due to debt and environmental violations
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 02:49PM by Outrageous-Baker5834
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The Economic Times
India was ready to get a new hill station near Mumbai. But, it is now a ghost town
Lavasa, India's first planned private hill city near Pune, was envisioned as a European-style utopia with open promenades, waterfronts, and elite urban amenities. Created by HCC's Ajit Gulabchand, it stalled after environmental violations and mounting debt…
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TIL that Detroit, once America's 5th largest city at 1.85 million residents in 1957, saw 66 straight years of population loss to a low of 630,000 residents in 2022. This makes it the only US city to drop below 1 million after reaching it. It would see its first reversal of this trend in 2023.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 05:09PM by Next_Worth_3616
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CBS News
Detroit sees population growth for first time since 1957
After decades of decline, Detroit's population is finally growing once again, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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TIL: Tuberculosis (TB) has killed more people in the past 200 years than malaria, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, cholera, the plague, and the Flu combined.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 06:34PM by Floatzel404
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Ending TB: the world’s oldest pandemic
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TIL the LA Innocence Project is trying to free Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 of killing his wife and unborn son to escape the marriage and be with another woman.
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 07:49PM by SuperMcG
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TIL in 2014, a teacher at Wells Middle School in Oklahoma who wanted to do something nice was fired after putting 11 children in her Honda Accord, including two in the trunk, and taking them to Walmart for snacks without permission. A lawyer for the school district said the act was "mental abuse".
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Submitted February 16, 2026 at 08:56PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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HuffPost UK
Middle School Teacher Fired For Taking Kids On Ride In Car Trunk
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