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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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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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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TIL Iceland has never won a Winter Olympic medal
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TIL Britain’s youngest female killer committed her first murder at age 10 in 1968, a day before her 11th birthday, left notes about the crime at a nursery she vandalised (with a friend) the next day and was only arrested after her second murder two months later.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:29AM by Some-Body-Else
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TIL that humans shed roughly 30,000 to 40,000 skin cells every minute, which means in just one day, a single person can lose roughly 43-58 million skin cells. A surprising portion of household dust is actually made up of these tiny flakes of skin, so the dust bunnies under your bed are partly… you.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 08:36AM by Witty_Mode9296
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Biology Insights
How Many Skin Cells Are Shed Per Minute?
Discover the continuous process of skin renewal and how millions of cells are shed daily to maintain your body’s protective barrier.
TIL United States Agency for International Development (USAID) saved an estimated 91 million lives from 2001 to 2021
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 02:37PM by Not_so_ghetto
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TIL in 2005 the Wisconsin owners of a missing cat received a call informing them that their cat had ended up in France and would be coming home soon. Their cat had wandered into a container of paper bales inside a nearby paper company, which went by truck to Chicago before being shipped to Europe.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 04:17PM by tyrion2024
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NBC News
Stowaway cat flies business class back home
Emily the cat is back — after flying home in the lap of luxury.
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TIL Charles Dickens said of the Bayeux Tapestry, "It is certainly the work of amateurs; very feeble amateurs at the beginning and very heedless some of them too."
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TIL the majority owner of Bose Corporation is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 03:54PM by backrowejoe
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