TIL Sushi grade and Sashimi grade fish is actually super frozen fish (frozen below -60f), this kills all parasites making it safe to eat raw
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Submitted 2026-02-26T13:26:47+00:00 by Not_so_ghetto
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Submitted 2026-02-26T13:26:47+00:00 by Not_so_ghetto
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TIL that the Switzerlands largest supermarket Migros, doesn’t sell alcohol or tobacco in stores, pays no dividends, caps profits by lowering prices if earnings exceeds 5%, is a cooperative with 2M+ members, and donates 1% of revenue to social projects, purely out of the founders moral philosophy
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Submitted 2026-02-26T13:53:05+00:00 by QuarterTarget
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Submitted 2026-02-26T13:53:05+00:00 by QuarterTarget
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TIL the Mahabharata is the longest poem ever written. With over 200,000 verses and roughly 1.8 million words, it is 10x longer than the Iliad and Odyssey combined.
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Submitted 2026-02-26T14:28:25+00:00 by scrxptxdblxdx
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Submitted 2026-02-26T14:28:25+00:00 by scrxptxdblxdx
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TIL about the Herxheim archaeological site, where around 5000 BC over 1000 people were brought in, often from a great distance, to be killed and likely eaten
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Submitted 2026-02-26T17:11:50+00:00 by IamDDT
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Submitted 2026-02-26T17:11:50+00:00 by IamDDT
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TIL the human heart generates the strongest electromagnetic field of any organ in the body, and its signals can be detected several feet away from the body using sensitive equipment
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Submitted 2026-02-26T16:33:53+00:00 by More_Living9471
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HeartMath Institute
The Energetic Heart Is Unfolding - HeartMath Institute
Consider the amazing human heart, the organ that pumps life-giving oxygenated and nutrient-rich blood throughout our bodies on a precise schedule. Now researchers are learning that this marvelous machine, the size of a fist and weighing on average less than…
TIL Trans World Airlines chose Kansas City as its world hub in 1972, the airport was built to TWA's needs with $250 million of public funds. It quickly became unsuitable due to several design flaws. After the city refused to rebuild the brand new airport, TWA moved its world hub to St Louis by 1982.
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Submitted 2026-02-26T15:38:29+00:00 by Next_Worth_3616
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TIL Danny DeVito and Robert Reich are so short because they both suffer from multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, a rare genetic disorder that slows bone growth
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Submitted February 26, 2026 at 09:05PM by Well_Socialized
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TIL that 32/50 US states have an official state beverage. For Indiana, it's water.
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Submitted February 26, 2026 at 09:15PM by Interval1_
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Submitted February 26, 2026 at 09:15PM by Interval1_
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TIL that on September 27, 1972, Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei traveled to Beijing to personally apologize to Mao Zedong for Japan's wartime aggression. Mao declined the apology, telling Tanaka there was "no need to apologize" because the Japanese invasion had actually "helped" the communist
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Submitted February 26, 2026 at 09:32PM by TumbleweedRoutine631
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South China Morning Post
Opinion | Did Japan invasion do Communist Party any favours? Mao, for one, thought so
The Chinese leader believed his party could not have come to power if the Japanese had not invaded. Hong Kong’s education secretary, in framing the issue about the DSE exam question as one of political correctness, is missing the point.
TIL of Concetta Antico, a tetrachromat artist who has a fourth color receptor in her retina. While most humans only have 3 receptors and see 1 million colors, her rare condition allows her to see an estimated 100 million.
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Submitted February 26, 2026 at 10:34PM by bareegyptianfeet
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the Guardian
‘I’m really just high on life and beauty’: the woman who can see 100 million colours
As a kid, Concetta Antico was always ‘a bit out of the box’, but it took decades for her to discover just how differently she was seeing the world
TIL the “Immovable Ladder” has rested on a ledge of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem since at least 1728. Because the church is shared by six Christian denominations, the ladder can’t be moved unless all of them agree, which has never occurred.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 01:07AM by dragonoid296
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TIL of the Crungus. A "cryptid" associated with early "AI" image generation, discovered when a streamer found out that he could ask an open-sourced model to create images of the made up word Crungus results in relatively consistent returns of a humanoid monster.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 01:38AM by -domi-
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TIL that Norman Rockwell intended to be an artist from a young age. Rockwell dropped out of high school at 14 to attend art school, and landed his first paying job as an illustrator for Boys' Life magazine at 18, making $50 per month for cover and story illustrations.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 02:15AM by WouldbeWanderer
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TIL There are 1.42 million lakes around the world with a size of over 0.1 sq. km, Canada is home to a whopping 62% of them.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 02:53AM by Horror_Sock8965
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 02:53AM by Horror_Sock8965
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WorldAtlas
Which Country Has The Most Lakes In The World?
Lakes are a vital part of our ecosystem and over half of the world’s lakes are located in Canada. Discover the countries with the most bodies of water on the planet.
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TIL that Charles Dance's father was born in 1874 and fought in the Second Boer War, which began in 1899. Dance's older half-sister was born in 1898.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 03:38AM by WavesAndSaves
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TIL in 1487, a young working class boy claimed to be Edward Plantagenet, heir to the throne of England. He was crowned 'King Edward VI' in Ireland and led a failed rebellion against Henry VII. Because of his young age, he was pardoned and employed in the royal kitchen. His real name is unknown.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 03:07AM by sidvicarious
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 03:07AM by sidvicarious
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TIL Aspartame was discovered by accident in 1965 by James M. Schlatter while researching anti-ulcer drugs. Schlatter was synthesizing the intermediate tetrapeptide, when he accidentally licked his finger to turn a page, and tasted an intense sweetness.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 04:24AM by Koiboi26
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 04:24AM by Koiboi26
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TIL Iceland has never won a Winter Olympic medal
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:56AM by Embarrassed_Map1112
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:56AM by Embarrassed_Map1112
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