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TIL Catullus, a roman poet know for his sexual themes has a poem usually noscriptd "I will sodomize you and face-fuck you" . It is so vulgar the 1st uncencored english translation is from the late 20th century and The poem is a diss to his friends who called his poems too feminine
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Submitted March 30, 2019 at 05:27PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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TIL ancient Egyptians didn't use Hieroglyphics as an everyday writing system. They reserved this for special functions. The Egyptians used two noscript-like writing systems called Hieratic and Demotic. This eventually became Coptic noscript.
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Submitted March 30, 2019 at 05:47PM by TanookiDooki
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TIL that Taco Bell failed to pay two Michigan men who created the Taco Bell Chihuahua mascot and were later court ordered to pay them $42 million dollars.
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Submitted March 30, 2019 at 07:59PM by g00d1m8
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TIL on Saturday night (30 March '12), the Chief of the Israeli Navy gave a surprise order for 3 ships to prepare to leave for a 10-day exercise; the men on the ships worked all night only to learn the next morning (1 April '12) that it was all an April Fool's Day joke.
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Submitted March 30, 2019 at 03:25PM by elSidCampeador
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TIL that the artist who made Scooby-Doo found desirable traits that you’d look for in a top level show dog and drew Scooby-Doo to represent the opposite.
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Submitted March 30, 2019 at 08:50PM by barca4barca
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TIL that Dalmatians are the official firehouse dog because, in the 1700's, they would run alongside horse-drawn carriages keeping pace, even at full sprint, and protect the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook them.
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Submitted March 30, 2019 at 10:24PM by conunlapiz
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TIL At the height of her popularity Paris Hilton starred in "The Hottie and the Nottie," a movie so bad, the estimated opening night per-showing attendance was 5. It grossed $27,696 on opening weekend, despite being shown in 111 theaters.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 12:29AM by crafty_southpaw
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TIL that an Australian bird, called the rainbow lorikeet, routinely gets drunk from spring to summer. The small birds drink the fermented crimson flower nectar from the Weeping Boer-bean tree. When intoxicated these birds make loud drunken noises which many people find bothersome.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 01:55AM by ChaseDonovan
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TIL: that 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' was NOT directed by Tim Burton. It was directed by Henry Selick, the guy that made 'James and the Giant Peach' and 'Coraline'
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 04:04AM by SilentWalrus92
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TIL Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash once walked in on his mom naked in bed with David Bowie
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 04:20AM by BarelyLegalSeagull
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TIL That there are 3 raptor species (known by Aboriginals as 'Firehawks') in Australia that intentionally spread wildfires by grabbing a burning stick from a wildfire, flying it to a new area and drop it. Small mammals run from the blaze, which are scooped up by the birds.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 12:57AM by dekion101
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TIL in 2006, a woman farted on an American Airlines plane and attempted to cover up her farts by burning matches. When the passengers reported the smell of burning matches to the crew, the flight made an emergency landing in Nashville, and the FBI was called in to conduct an investigation.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 06:21AM by g00d1m8
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TIL The entire state of Wyoming only has 2 escalators
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 05:49AM by TheFineMantine
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TIL that the Election Commission of India sets up a polling station for just one person, 40 Kms inside a lion sanctuary. A team of two policemen and five officials travel along with the voting equipment to register the vote of Guru Bharatdas Darshandas, who is the priest of a local temple.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 06:38AM by thinker53
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TIL: Ancient Greeks created spiked dog collars as a way of protecting their dogs’ throats from being ripped out by wolves. (as a fashion item, this is interesting...)
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 05:23AM by Singleservingfriendx
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TIL Princess Diana opened the UK's first HIV/Aids Clinic. She shook hands with a patient, without gloves, in front of the world's media. This helped change public perception that HIV/Aids was transmitted by touch.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 01:52PM by amansaggu26
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TIL if you won the lottery in Australia, you had to go public with your win, turning into an overnight celebrity. This was until the abduction & murder of Graeme Thorne, 8, whose family won the lottery leading to Graeme being abducted for ransom but killed.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 02:42PM by jayjeroo
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TIL In 2010 an unlucky airline passenger was arrested in Ireland after Slovak security officials placed explosives in his luggage for training, then forgot to remove them before the plane took off.
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Submitted March 31, 2019 at 02:58PM by famousforbeingfamous
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