TIL that there are a set of twenty Welsh kings who are mentioned once in a single ancient manunoscript and never again.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 05:59AM by Sebastianlim
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The 20 Missing Kings No One Can Remember
The history of Wales is full of oddities, but today a single-sentence genealogy, a father and son from over 1000 years ago, has been occupying my mind.
No one else in Welsh history are recorded like these two kings, and the mystery only deepens once a later…
No one else in Welsh history are recorded like these two kings, and the mystery only deepens once a later…
TIL Molly Kool became the first female sea captain in North America in 1939. She survived three major shipwreck incidents: a deliberate ramming, a collision that threw her overboard under the ship, and a gasoline explosion.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 07:25AM by strangelove4564
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TIL that the feeling of being watched even when you are alone is called "Scopaesthesia," and it is theorized by some researchers to be an evolutionary adaptation from when humans were prey animals.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 10:29AM by Outrageous-Baker5834
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TIL we know where China’s first emperor is buried, but his 2,200-year-old tomb—described as containing a scale model of China with rivers of mercury—has never been opened
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 02:43PM by Spelbarg
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TIL the iPad started development before the iPhone, despite releasing 3 years later.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 02:40PM by E26-1
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TIL of Sue Logue, the first woman to be executed by electric chair in South Carolina. She was a mistress of Strom Thurmond and they allegedly had sex in the back of his car when he transported her to her execution
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 04:56PM by jablair51
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TIL that NBA player Jalen Rose helped make the name “Jalen” significantly popular amongst African American boys in the 1990s and 2000s. Jalen was created by combining his father’s name “James” and uncle’s name“Leonard” together.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 04:52PM by Next_Worth_3616
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TIL two studies both found that most people stop listening to new music in their early 30s. A 2015 study of people's listening habits on Spotify found that most people stop listening to new music at age 33 and a 2018 report by Deezer found it be to at age 30.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 06:34PM by tyrion2024
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Bring that beat back: why are people in their 30s giving up on music?
It would have been unimaginable in our 20s, but these days more and more friends are disengaging from a passion we once shared. Surely this is premature?
TIL a long-term study found that loneliness is as harmful to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, increasing the risk of early death by up to 26%.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 05:48PM by One_Needleworker5218
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TIL: The Twin Towers were built with asbestos, and their collapse contaminated the area slowly killing more people than the actual attack.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 06:54PM by itsthewolfe
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Mesothelioma Center - Vital Services for Cancer Patients & Families
Health Effects of 9/11 Dust Exposure for Survivors & First Responders
Nearly half a million people were exposed to the toxic dust that covered Manhattan after 9/11. The deadly health effects of that exposure are just starting to be seen.
TIL about Pelorus Jack, a dolphin that spent 24 years guiding ships through dangerous waters in New Zealand. After a passenger on the SS Penguin tried to shoot him, Jack reportedly never helped that ship again. It later wrecked in those same waters which killed 75 people
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 07:03PM by No-Reflection-2718
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TIL Exxon is a re-brand of Esso, which, in turn, was a phonetic initialism re-naming of Standard Oil of New Jersey (“S.O.”)
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 06:43PM by NapiersBones
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TIL about Odin, a dog who refused to evacuate during the 2017 California wildfires. When his owners returned days later, they found him alive and still guarding his entire flock of 8 goats
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 09:22PM by No-Reflection-2718
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CBC
A dog called Odin survives California wildfires after refusing to abandon his goats | CBC Radio
Roland Hendel fought back tears as he described leaving behind his beloved family dog Odin as raging wildfires approached his home.
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TIL In 1990, screenwriter Shane Black sold his original spec noscript for The Last Boy Scout for a record-breaking $1.75 million, with over a $1 million guaranteed up front, which was considered a massive deal at the time.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 07:21PM by AmiroZ
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TIL Nation of Islam was established on ruins of a prior religious organization, Allah Temple of Islam. The group disbanded and reformed when one of its members became delusional and ritually murdered another member as a human sacrifice after asking if he would sacrifice his life for Islam.
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 09:29PM by PeasantLich
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TIL of the 7 highest BACs ever, 3 of them were recorded in Poland
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 10:51PM by qwalos_the_dreamer
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TIL there was a transgender Colonel named Amelio Robles Ávila who fought in the Mexican Revolution
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 10:56PM by karl2025
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TIL that Post-it Notes exist because 3M failed to invent a strong glue, the “bad” weak adhesive was kept around until someone realized it was perfect for temporary notes.
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Submitted February 22, 2026 at 12:18AM by No-Inside5458
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TIL the Chicxulub crater got its name "to give the academics and NASA naysayers a challenging time pronouncing it" after its existence had been dismissed for years
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 11:04PM by j1ggy
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TIL during a dissection of a 78 year-old man, members of the University of Birmingham Medical School found that he had triphallia (three penises)
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Submitted February 21, 2026 at 01:53PM by NeonChurch
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Triphallia: the first cadaveric denoscription of internal penile triplication: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports - Triphallia, a rare congenital anomaly describing the presence of three distinct penile shafts, has been reported only once in the literature. This case report,...
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TIL, the 60’s TV series Wild Wild West, known as a pioneering influence on the Steampunk genre, was cancelled in spite of excellent ratings due to pressure from Congress over the show’s violence.
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Submitted February 22, 2026 at 05:15AM by DTPVH
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