TIL the first successful large scale slave rebellion was the Haitian Revolution. Spanning 1791 - 1804 the enslaved Africans of Haiti rebelled against Napoleon's rule, to earn their freedom. It is one of the only slave rebellions that ended in a state free of slavery, and ruled by former slaves
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TIL About the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi), a fish newly discovered off the coast of California
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MBARI
MBARI's advanced underwater technology reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish • MBARI
The bumpy snailfish is one of three new species of deep-sea snailfish described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY Geneseo.
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TIL the Marquis de Lafayette was made a major general in the Continental Army when he came to support the Americans in the Revolutionary War at age 19, despite never holding a rank above Captain in the French army—a rank he received as a wedding present.
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American Battlefield Trust
Marquis de Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, better known simply as the Marquis de Lafayette, was born into an extremely noble family in Chavaniac, France in...
TIL that the Archbishop of Manila from 1974-2003 was named Jaime Lachica Sin, making him a literal Cardinal Sin.
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Submitted March 1, 2026 at 11:54PM by Blenderhead36
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TIL On 30 December 1999, Beatle George Harrison and his wife, Olivia, were brutally attacked in their home, Friar Park, by an intruder named Michael Abram which resulted in George suffering 40 stab wounds, one narrowly missing his heart.
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How history nearly repeated with a fan's attack on a Beatles star
Unlike his former bandmate John Lennon, George Harrison survived an attack by a fan, but the musician's friends and family speculated it hastened his death less than two years later.
TIL that in 2018 there was a diplomatic spat between India and Pakistan due to accusations that diplomats were ringing each other's doorbells at 3.00am, then running away.
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the Guardian
Pakistan recalls envoy from India in ding-dong over harassment claims
Both accuse the other of harassing respective diplomatic staff, including 3am doorbell ringing
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TIL that the last known individual dinosaur was a triceratops that lived as recently as several thousand years before the K–Pg extinction event. No younger dinosaur fossils have yet been found.
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Yale News
Last dinosaur before mass extinction discovered
A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago.
TIL that Julius Yego, who famously taught himself Javelin through the internet, is still competing at the elite level 11 years after his famous World Championship win in 2015. At the 2025 World Championships he made it to the final and placed 6th.
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World Athletics
Walcott wins javelin noscript in Tokyo
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TIL Richard of Shrewsbury was knighted before 2 years old, married at 4, widowed at 8, then likely murdered at 9.
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TIL in 2019 Indian magician Chanchal Lahiri drowned in the Hooghly River while attempting a Houdini trick, he was lowered into the water while shackled but did not emerge, his body was found the next day
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BBC News
Indian magician Chanchal Lahiri drowns attempting Houdini trick
The body of Chanchal Lahiri, who was lowered into a river while shackled, has now been found.
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TIL the son of Queen Victoria's 8th son was an important figure in the Nazi party and a member of Reichstag from 1936 to 1945
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TIL that female stoats become reproductively mature at 15 days old, while they're still suckling and blind. Adult males will mate with said immature females, which then successfully give birth next year.
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TIL: The Great Khan had a silver tree that dispensed 4 types of alcohol so that he never ran out.
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TIL that after Malcolm X’s assassination, the Audubon Ballroom was cleaned up and a party was held later that same night.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 02:01PM by HuntPuzzleheaded4356
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Yahoo News
The Enduring Mystery of Malcolm X's Assassination
February 21 marks the 55th anniversary of Malcolm X's murder
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TIL Tamzin Merchant was originally cast to play Danaerys Targaryen in the unaired pilot of Game of Thrones. She was later replaced by Emilia Clarke when the pilot was poorly received and subsequently remade.
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TIL that Amazon patented a wristband in 2018 that was designed to track warehouse workers’ hand movements in real time and direct them via vibrations.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 02:00PM by WDBRL
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the Guardian
Amazon patents wristband that tracks warehouse workers' movements
Bracelet, which can vibrate to point an employee’s hand in the right direction, would further increase surveillance of work environment
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