TIL of Project Artichoke, which officially arose in 1951, and was operated by the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence. The primary goal of Project Artichoke was to determine whether a person can be involuntarily made to perform an act of attempted assassination.
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TIL that in 2023 the New Zealand men’s curling team was given free lodging in a Canadian retirement home for months in exchange for socializing with the seniors
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Submitted 2026-02-25T07:06:00+00:00 by QueenOfNZ
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World Curling
Home Away from Home: New Zealand men lodge in Canadian retirement community
Anton Hood was not born when the world celebrated the Millennium in 2000, yet he finds himself already in a retirement home at the age of 23. Among the 175 permanent tenants at Chartwell Colonel Belcher Retirement Residence in Calgary, Canada, there are four…
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TIL that in the 19th century, Istanbul was saved from a massive rat infestation by its street cats. After a failed attempt to exile them, the resulting surge in pests led the public to demand their return, cementing the cats' status as "protected citizens" of the city.
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TIL that the Butt plug was patented in 1892 by Dr. Frank Young as a "rectal dilator" and was intended to treat constipation and insanity
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Submitted 2026-02-25T06:02:12+00:00 by Ron__Mexico_
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TIL frequent use of antimicrobial mouthwash is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure because it destroys beneficial oral bacteria that produce nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels
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Submitted 2026-02-25T08:04:31+00:00 by Fenceypents
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This 1 Tweak to Your Oral Care Routine Can Improve Blood Pressure, Heart Doctor Says
In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a heart surgeon reveals the common oral hygiene product that may be hurting your cardiovascular health and what to use instead.
TIL that Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is the world’s oldest known megalithic structure, dating back to 9500 BCE. Built by hunter-gatherers 6,000 years before Stonehenge, it challenges the theory that agriculture was a prerequisite for the construction of complex monumental complexes.
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TIL that Bl. Pope John Paul I in 1978 was the first pope to refuse the centuries long tradition of a Papal Coronation where a pope is crowned with a papal tiara. Since then, every pope elected has chosen to not be coronated.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T11:00:17+00:00 by Next_Worth_3616
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TIL that Nvidia was founded in 1993 at a Denny's diner in San Jose. The three founders chose the booth because it was quiet and offered "all the coffee you can drink." Jensen Huang, who was a dishwasher at Denny's as a teen, is now the CEO of the world’s most valuable chip company.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T12:51:54+00:00 by Quiet_Card_8789
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TIL about the Thrasis region of Mars. Due to Mars’ lack of plate tectonics, three volcanoes were able to erupt in the same location for billions of years, accumulating so much lava that the crust structurally failed under the weight.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T15:33:51+00:00 by EpicAura99
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TIL that James Gandolfini (best known for playing Tony Soprano) guest-starred in Sesame Street episode #4030, where he helped the Muppet Zoey overcome her fear of loud noises. He self-described his fears as the dark, haircuts, and giant talking vegetables.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T15:34:33+00:00 by altrightobserver
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TIL that there's a satellite orbiting Earth that when not performing its function broadcasts the Kerbal Space Program main theme song.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T15:27:46+00:00 by Extreme-Attention641
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Sigidwiki
OTP-2 Satellite Musical Beacon - Signal Identification Wiki
Musical transmission originating from the OTP-2 Cubesat
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TIL that Cancún didn’t exist until 1970, its location was chosen using early computer models to identify a suitable place for a new resort city. The area had only three residents at the time.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T16:48:26+00:00 by RuseOwl
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TIL in Goldfinger(1964), the director, at first apprehensive of the lewdness of the name 'Pussy Galore', later rationalized its use saying "if you were a ten-year old boy and knew what the name meant, you weren't a ten-year old boy, you were a dirty little bitch."
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TIL that the "LED TV" was only made possible by the invention of the Blue LED. While Red and Green LEDs existed since the 60s, the Blue LED was so difficult to create that its inventors won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for finally enabling energy-efficient white light sources.
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TIL that author Michael Crichton entered Harvard as an English major but changed his major after he submitted an essay by George Orwell under his own name and got a B-. He decided that if a writer of Orwell's caliber could only get a B- then he needed to major in something else.
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TIL that in 2025, a woman in Thailand who was declared dead was discovered alive after temple staff heard knocking from inside her coffin before cremation.
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Submitted 2026-02-25T17:14:10+00:00 by Haode5
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Sky News
'Dead' Thai woman sent to crematorium wakes up in coffin
Staff at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple near Bangkok say they were alerted after they heard knocking from inside the coffin moments before the cremation was due to start.