TIL There was a research paper which claimed that people who jump out of an airplane with an empty backpack have the same chances of surviving as those who jump with a parachute. It only stated that the plane was grounded in the second part of the paper.
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 04:11PM by YurpinZehDurpin
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TIL George Washington died when his doctors tried to cure his epiglottitis (i.e. inflamed throat) with blood letting. He lost more than half his blood before they stopped the treatment, and died just hours later.
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 05:19PM by CrazyAzy
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TIL about the letter Thorn in English that made the Th sound, and how when you see a sign that says “Ye Old Tavern” the Y in Ye is actually shorthand for Thorn so all of those signs actually say “THE Old Tavern”
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 04:35PM by Anesthetize85
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TIL a man was hit by a Metro train going 70mph and his flying body parts injured a woman. She sued his estate on the theory that “If you do something as stupid as this guy did, you have to be responsible for what comes from it“
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 05:31PM by famousforbeingfamous
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TIL If you let potatoes consisting of 99% water dry so that they are 98% water, they lose 50% of their weight (Potato Paradox)
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 03:14PM by amansaggu26
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TIL that during the Mariner 4 Mars mission in 1964, the scientists were so eager to see the first ever close up images of another planet that they printed out the numerical data and hand colored it with crayons instead of waiting for a processed image.
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 06:18PM by torripsamments
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TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other"
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 07:44PM by SmittyBand
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TIL that the Dutch East India Company was the first company to ever go public on a stock exchange, raising enough capital to become a multinational conglomerate with over 70,000 employees. At it's peak, the company was worth 78 million Dutch guilders - equivalent to $7.4 trillion today.
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 04:25PM by Infranto
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TIL: When Dolly Parton first hosted an annual "Gay Day" at her theme park, Dollywood, the KKK and others threatened her over it. She still gets threats but this hasn't stopped the event.
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 11:18PM by afeeney
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TIL Charles Morgan, an escrow agent working for the FBI and 2 big crime groups, was found shot in the back of the head. He had on a bullet proof vest, had a map to the location his body was found, had his tooth in his pocket & a bill with a bible reference. It was ruled suicide.
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Submitted March 25, 2019 at 11:10PM by raxereson
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TIL that a female zebra shark held in captivity in Australia gave birth asexually in 2017. It is only the third documented case of a vertebrate of any species switching its reproductive strategy from sexual to asexual. Sperm storage was ruled out when genetic testing was done on the offspring.
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 12:28AM by ChaseDonovan
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TIL That dry counties have 3x the fatality rate of alcohol-related accidents than wet counties, because people drive longer distances for alcohol
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 03:21AM by SlappaDaBassssss
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TIL Meghan Markle's nephew is a marijuana farmer in Oregon. To commemorate her wedding to Prince Harry, he developed a new marijuana variety called "Markle Sparkle".
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 04:28AM by Af203
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TIL some female penguins engage in prostitution. Performing sex act in exchange for pebbles. However, sometimes they will just trick the male into thinking they’ll have sex, then run off once she gets the pebble.
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 02:59AM by jaiga99
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TIL: Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 04:45AM by my01cent
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TIL a 39 story building in Seoul was evacuated after tremors were felt on the top floors. Instead of an earthquake, it was found that an exercise class on the 12th floor was playing Snap!'s "The Power", which happened to match the building's resonant frequency and caused it to violently shake.
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 06:37AM by bradthaphoend
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TIL That Bach died after having done eye surgery done by a charlatan. Which involved sticking needles into the eye. The same charlatan also performed the procedure on Handel, who also died from complications of the procedure.
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 12:09AM by DrNiggerJew
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TIL astronauts returning from space report higher concern with Universalism, Spirituality and references to "values orientated toward the collective good".
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 10:36AM by McSlurryHole
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TIL the first ever synthetically produced color pigment, Egyptian blue, was created around 2,200 B.C. In 2006 scientists discovered it glows under fluorescent lights, allowing us to detect it on artifacts where it is no longer visible to the naked eye.
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 06:02AM by Quixotic9000
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EU Parliament Adopts Copyright Directive, Including ‘Article 13’

The European Parliament has adopted the new Copyright Directive. This includes the widely contested Article 13, which was renumbered to Article 17 in the final text. Pirate Party MEP Julia Reda sees it as a "dark day for Internet freedom," but many copyright holders are happy with the result.

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TIL Owls don't have eyeballs. The eyes are long and shaped more like a tube. Owl eyes can't turn in their sockets because of this shape.
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Submitted March 26, 2019 at 12:19PM by dreamygeek
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