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TIL Frank Lloyd Wright designed a gas station that was opened in 1958, one year before his death. It was the only gas station he designed. It is in Cloquet, MN and is still in service to this day.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 01:27AM by linzrap
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TIL struggling black model Amylia Dorsey kept getting rejected because she didn't fit the prototypical body type for models. This enraged her rapper boyfriend Sir Mix-A-Lot to write "Baby Got Back" and asked Amylia to be the "OMG Becky" voice we hear in the song.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 08:36AM by shaka_sulu
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TIL about Zeal Akairaiwai, the Nigerian man who pays medical bills for fellow Nigerians that cannot afford to do it. He does that every week and had saved countless lives so far. As he said: "Be the angel you hope to meet".
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 01:08PM by _innasti
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TIL in Portland, Oregon (2006) a 58 year old husband hired a Hit man to murder his wife. When his wife returned home she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 09:58AM by dreamygeek
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TIL that in 1887 a group of men added Susanna M. Salter to the mayoral ballot of Argonia, Kansas, as a prank to discourage women from running for office. She then won by a 2/3 majority and became America's first female mayor.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 05:29PM by etymologynerd
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TIL that Eminem was sued by his grade school bully for defamation in the song “Brain Damage.” However the judge ruled in Eminem’s favor with a 10 stanza footnote rap that ended with “It is therefore this court’s ultimate position, that Eminem is ennoscriptd to summary disposition.”
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 06:38PM by luigi_lives_matter
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TIL that when simple AI was taught to play Tetris, the best solution it found was to pause the game just before the screen filled up so it would never lose.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 06:53PM by armcie
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TIL that in 2017, a dog named Odin refused to leave his flock of goats behind during the California Tubbs Fire as his owners fled to safety. Days later, the owners came back to their property to find Odin survived and managed to keep all the goats alive.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 09:18PM by KEYBOARDSMASHERJ
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TIL Costco loses an estimated 30 to 40 million dollars annually by sticking to a $4.99 price point on rotisserie chicken in order to keep members happy and foot traffic high
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 09:44PM by Helllcamino
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TIL that after her husband was executed by the King of France, Jeanne de Clisson took to piracy and formed the "Black Fleet" - ships painted in black with red sails that would attack French warships.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 07:15PM by nunped
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TIL that in the 18th century, many prominent voices were concerned by the threat posed by people reading too much. They called it "reading lust" or "reading mania" and warned that it would lead to morally dissolute and promiscuous behaviour.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 07:57PM by etymologynerd
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TIL Somali Pirates at one point had an investment firm. That’s right; you could invest in the Somali Pirates, and receive a cut of their loot if their plunder was successful.
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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 01:12AM by wilsononreddit
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TIL Blowing out birthday candles increases bacteria on cake by 1,400% more bacteria
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 11:59PM by influencedbyyou
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TIL that in 2008, after receiving an email from Steve-O suggesting his possible suicide, Johnny Knoxville and other friends placed Steve-O on an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric hold, which was later lengthened to 14 days after an apparent suicide attempt.
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Submitted February 21, 2019 at 10:23PM by TallQueer9
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TIL there are 'super-recognisers'. These people are so good at remembering faces, even after a fleeting glance, that law enforcement employs them. They were responsible for identifying the two men who poisoned Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 01:59AM by right_ho
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TIL that Country Time Lemonade once offered free legal assistance when children’s lemonade stands were being ticketed by local governments. The noscriptd the service, Legalaid.
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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 03:59AM by Zechan11
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TIL During the Great Depression, W.K. Kellogg structured his cereal plant to work four six-hour shifts instead of three eight-hour shifts, providing employment for more people.
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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 03:48AM by sdgfunk
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TIL In 1972, Neil Armstrong visited the town of Langholm, Scotland. In which he was read a 400 year old law declaring any Armstrong caught in the town should be hanged
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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 05:19AM by RedditCensorsAllTime
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TIL The authors of a 2009 study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine speculated that "if a man or woman has not had intercourse by age 25, there is a reasonable chance [he or she] will remain a virgin at least until age 45."
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Submitted February 22, 2019 at 03:23AM by thepresident45
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