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TIL of Puritan Roger Williams, whom founded Providence, Rhode Island after being banned from Boston in 1636 for being a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, fair dealings with American Indians, and was one of the first abolitionists.
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Submitted March 12, 2019 at 07:31PM by DerkBerk-
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TIL - A network of men and women working in the legal system have created something called "The Innocence Project" which to date has exonerated 364 innocent people serving sentences for violent crimes with punishments ranging from death to life without parole.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 06:59AM by ZeroIsEverything
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TIL That the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that in order for a boy to achieve manhood they must first ingest the semen of their elders through fellatio. The nearby Kaluli tribe find this barbaric, and instead believe that the semen should be delivered to the boys in the anus.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 11:46AM by AtlanticRiceTunnel
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TIL that, in 1923, a horse jockey named Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack, and died, mid-race. However, his horse kept on going, and won first place. Hayes had never won a race before, and the odds of a win from him were 20-1
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 08:57AM by FabulousCornflake
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TIL that one controversial scene in Hitchcock's Psycho was when Marion flushed the money down the toilet because "no flushing toilet had appeared in mainstream film and television in the United States at that time".
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 02:26PM by ahumanmadethis
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TIL that when Freud left Austria, he was required to sign a document testifying that he had had every opportunity 'to live and work in full freedom' and had 'not the slightest reason for any complaint'. He signed it, adding a remark of his own: 'I can most highly recommend the Gestapo to anyone.'
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 02:43PM by Taiwanderful
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TIL that foods such as celery known to be negative calorie foods(foods that when eating and digesting burn more calories than they contain), although very good for you, aren't actually negative calorie they are just marketed that way.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 01:12PM by teeshirtsalesllc
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TIL about Italian scientist Francesco Redi who, in 1668, proved that maggots come from the eggs of flies. At the time, prevailing wisdom was that maggots arose spontaneously from rotting meat.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 03:58PM by TypicalOverthinker
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TIL that John Wilkes Booth timed the deadly shot he fired at Abraham Lincoln with the funniest line from “My American Cousin,” knowing the laughter would drown out the gunshot. That line was “You sockdologizing old man-trap.”
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 07:17PM by doobwah
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TIL of John Jones. A medical student who was trapped in the Nutty Putty cave while spelunking in 2009. Rescue attempts were unsuccessful and the cave entrance was eventually sealed with concrete. John's body is still there today.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 05:17PM by dmoney78660
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TIL that dogs love humans at least as much as they love food. 20 % love us even more.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 06:28PM by ArTdEc0
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TIL that in 1915, the lock millionaire Cecil Chubb bought his wife Stonehenge. She didn’t like it, so in 1918 he gave it to The United Kingdom.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 07:59PM by JoRhyloo
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TIL more than 5,000 babies across the United States were abducted by a supposedly charitable organization between 1924 and 1950. The group targeted poor Southern families and developed a black market for white babies.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 09:37PM by newyorker14
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TIL that William Shatner directed 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' because of a clause in his contract dating back to the original series ensuring that whatever Leonard Nimoy got—he did too. So after Nimoy directed 'Star Trek IV', Shatner insisted that he get a turn at directing a movie.
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Submitted March 13, 2019 at 10:11PM by ralphbernardo
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TIL that the little boy known as Batkid who “saved” San Francisco while battling leukemia in 2013 is now cancer free.
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Submitted March 14, 2019 at 01:33AM by seshelton
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TIL that a wedding ring that was lost for 45 years was found in a car engine a man bought for parts. Will Frye came across the ring when he was taking apart the V8 he’d pulled from a 1972 Oldsmobile 98 junker. He called the former owner and the 93 year old remembered losing it around 1973.
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Submitted March 14, 2019 at 01:30AM by ChaseDonovan
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TIL During the US invasion of Afghanistan, a CIA paramilitary team was asked by a young man for help in rescuing his sister, whom a senior Taliban official had taken as his wife. They gave him a tracking device to pass along to her. As a result, the team captured the Taliban and rescued the sister.
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Submitted March 14, 2019 at 03:46AM by PleaseOpenABook
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