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TIL the Voyager Golden Record includes a map showing Earth's location using pulsars, so aliens could theoretically find our solar system
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Submitted 2026-02-23T16:22:57+00:00 by ChoiceProfessor7414
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TIL that “42% Of People Don't Know Potato Chips Are Made From Potatoes”, thanks to a survey by Lay’s parent company, and as a result “Made With Real Potatoes” is now printed on the bags.
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Submitted 2026-02-23T21:28:38+00:00 by Jackpot777
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TIL the Zilog Z80, a chip first released in 1976 was manufactured until 2024, powering PCs and early games for over 50 years
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Submitted 2026-02-23T19:39:09+00:00 by FizzyBeverage
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TIL Baron von Steuben, the man who transformed the US revolutionaries into a modern army, was a life long bachelor who eventually left all his property to 3 young men he had formally adopted. He was accompanied to the US by his young secretary and his beloved dog, which he took with him everywhere
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Submitted 2026-02-23T21:29:30+00:00 by Nero2t2
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TIL in 2011 an emperor penguin named Happy Feet arrived in New Zealand after swimming about 2K miles from Antarctica. He is the second emperor penguin ever to be found in NZ (first was in 1967). At the beach he ate sand, likely mistaking it for snow, and needed 4.4 lbs of it removed from his stomach
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Submitted 2026-02-23T22:23:08+00:00 by tyrion2024
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TIL that the Chicken Dance's composer, Swiss accordionist Werner Thomas, is still alive. It is considered to be the single most successful Swiss song ever, being exported to over 40 countries with over 400 recorded versions.
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Submitted 2026-02-23T20:32:36+00:00 by WavesAndSaves
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TIL in 2014 George RR Martin auctioned, for charity, the opportunity for two people to appear, and be killed off, in The Winds of Winter for $20,000
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Submitted 2026-02-23T22:59:07+00:00 by NoLastNameForNow
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TIL the film The Gospel According to St. Matthew was directed by Paolo Passolini, a known atheist, homosexual and Marxist, was called by the official Vatican newspaper as "the best film on Christ ever made".
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Submitted 2026-02-24T01:03:47+00:00 by malvarez97
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TIL Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin was extremely pleased with how the film came out, got along well with the cast, and his only regret was that his character died and he couldn't appear in the sequels
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Submitted 2026-02-24T02:57:15+00:00 by Please_PM_me_Uranus
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TIL that banana ketchup was invented in the Philippines because of a tomato shortage and high production of bananas during WWII
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Submitted 2026-02-24T04:45:11+00:00 by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL in 1937 to curb ‘Reefer Madness’ the US changed cannabis into the Spanish-derived name ‘Marijuana’ to instil racially-charged fear in English-speaking Americans.
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Submitted 2026-02-24T10:39:17+00:00 by littlebabymira
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