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TIL that Dodo birds didn't die of extinction on Mauritius because the Portuguese ate them. The Dutch arrived later and brought pigs to the island which ate the Dodo eggs out of their nests. Dodo birds kept their nests on the ground because there weren't any predators before.
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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 11:08PM by tygrrear
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TIL that in an episode of star trek TNG aired in 1989 Picard states that Fermat's last theorem would still be unsolved 700 years in the future. Picard was wrong. The theorem was solved in 1995.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 01:55AM by Don_Alosi
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TIL urine indicator dyes for pools are a myth. There is no such thing as a chemical that turns urine in swimming pools blue or red.
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Submitted February 26, 2019 at 11:24PM by Myra_Wreckabitch
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TIL a man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time at the library to study law and prove his innocence, and then became a lawyer to help free other people who have been falsely convicted.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 05:27AM by R33D1TERR0R
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TIL that during the Mexican-American War, 600 Irish soldiers deserted the U.S. Army and fought alongside Mexico due to mistreatment for being Catholic.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 04:24AM by green_mojo
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TIL that bees dance to each other in the hive to tell each other where to find good pollen. The angle of the dance is the angle relative to the sun, the tempo of dance is the distance, the duration of dance is the quality of the pollen, and the dancer hands out free samples to whoever’s watching!
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 06:20AM by FruityTangs
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TIL that Paul McCartney, as a vegetarian and animal rights activist, only agreed to appear on The Simpsons if Lisa's decision to become a vegetarian in that episode was made permanent. He is literally the only reason Lisa is still a vegetarian.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 09:06AM by BiggerJ
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TIL that the show Scrubs has one of the most accurate portrayals of the actual way a hospital runs and all of its medical cases are taken from real life medical cases.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 02:17PM by Grayboosh
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TIL that Robert Downey Jr largely credits the martial art Wing Chun for helping to maintain his sobriety, as well as helping to keep him "grounded, well and focused".
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 03:43PM by poortit
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TIL that memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer's and dementia. The part of your brain responsible for ASMR catalogs music, and appears to be a stronghold against Alzheimer's and dementia.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 03:21PM by speckz
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TIL that when the Netherlands was occupied by Germany, the Dutch royal family fled to Canada. When the Dutch princess was about to give birth there, Canada officially made one of its hospitals briefly extraterritorial so that the new potential heir would be purely Dutch. (Thanks, Geography Now!)
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 05:24PM by DeepSpaceWhine
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TIL the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctors away" dates back to 19th Century Wales, and was originally phrased "Eat an apple on going to bed, and you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread."
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 02:26PM by Mattieeeeeeee
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TIL that Christopher Walken is one of only two actors (the other being Alec Baldwin) to have a standing offer from Lorne Michaels to host Saturday Night Live whenever his schedule permits. Thus far he has hosted the show 7 times, his most famous appearance being the "More Cowbell!" sketch.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 07:12PM by ChaseDonovan
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TIL in the 1920s, a strange disease known as encephalitis lethargica spread throughout the world, effecting 5 million people. It killed 1 million, and many of the survivors were left unable to move or speak, but were conscious and aware. No cure was ever found, and it disappeared by 1926.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 07:00PM by kyle2000tv
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TIL that an Egyptian man tried to bypass a mandatory drug test by using his wife's urine. He found out he failed when his boss handed him the results and said, "congratulations, you're pregnant."
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 08:37PM by mshalaco
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TIL in 1981 a man named Roger Fischer had an idea for a volunteer to have ICBM launch codes put in their chest cavity. In the event of an emergency, the volunteer would carry a knife to be killed with. It was meant to force the personal killing of one man to start the impersonal killing of millions.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 11:59PM by YourStateOfficer
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TIL that just as America entered WWII, serial bomber George Metesky informed NYPD that, as a patriot of his country, he would make no bomb threats for the duration of the war. He stayed true to his word.
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 09:44PM by MuhammadIsGayNumber1
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TIL The Queen of England has someone who breaks in her shoes for her before she wears them ,”...the shoes have to be immediately comfortable and to achieve this, a member of staff with the same size feet will trot up and down palatial corridors for her until they are suitably broken in.”
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Submitted February 27, 2019 at 11:42PM by PepperPixie09
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TIL Gary Sinise, known for his role as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, though the work of his Lt. Dan Band and the Gary Sinise Foundation, have provided at least 70 forever homes for veterans and officers injured in the line of duty.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 04:11AM by WildAnimus
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