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TIL An attorney actually practices law in court whereas a lawyer may or may not. An attorney has passed the bar exam and has been approved to practice law in his jurisdiction. Although the terms often operate as synonyms, an attorney is a lawyer but a lawyer is not necessarily an attorney
http://bit.ly/2ZFSb6B

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 04:43PM by UnbelieveaBull
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TIL Bill Haast began extracting snake venom at 15 years old. He founded the Miami Serpentarium and injected himself with venom for 60+ years. His blood was used to save 21 snakebite victims. He created a venom serum to cure polio. He was bitten over 170 times and lived to be 100.
http://bit.ly/2LcdCsZ

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 05:49PM by labyrinth-luminary
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TIL archaeologists have discovered a site in San Diego which suggests humans inhabited North America more than 100-thousand years earlier than current estimates.
http://bit.ly/2PCoVcc

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 04:09PM by DJSonicTremor
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TIL that 99% of people on internet communities are lurkers and only 1% actively create new content, according to a rule known as the the 1% rule.
http://bit.ly/1liHiLn

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 02:46PM by jacathinker
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TIL Parents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment for tuition fees
https://bbc.in/2PzhC5n

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 04:23PM by TheNajeeb
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TIL many experts regard the United States as entirely uninvadable, because of the country's major industries, reliable and fast supply lines, large geographical size, population size, difficult regional features, armed citizenry, and strong military force.
http://bit.ly/2LcpHhP

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 07:43PM by Pupikal
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TIL that there are thousand year old bacteria and viruses hiding in the ice caps that if melted and released could cause a new wave of deadly diseases that we haven't experienced before.
https://bbc.in/2pD0b8x

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 02:52PM by Faultylntelligence
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TIL Duracell had a mascot called the Duracell Bunny that debuted 15 years before the Energizer Bunny. In 1988, Duracell's trademark had lapsed. Sensing an opportunity, Duracell's North American rival, Energizer, created a parody that we all know today as the Energizer Bunny.
http://bit.ly/1hC4Jkr

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 06:47PM by TravelinMan4
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TIL the Shamwow guy, Vince Offer, wrote a comedy film which was considered to be one of the worst films of all time. With a $500,000 budget, it grossed $856 at the box office.
http://bit.ly/1cHPyHw

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 10:32PM by Topher1999
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TIL that after Hunter S. Thompson, the author best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, died, he was cremated and his ashes were fired out of a cannon. The cannon was placed on top of a 153-foot statue of a fist holding a peyote button, paid for by Johnny Depp.
http://bit.ly/1LKsOrp

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 08:42PM by IHad360K_KarmaDammit
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TIL that Bill Gates' net worth is still 10x as much as Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne's estimated net worth is in the comics..
http://bit.ly/2vuTOWS

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 01:15AM by MagniGames
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TIL that the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz revolted by throwing three SS personnel into the crematorium furnace alive.
http://bit.ly/2ZN3gmi

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 12:17AM by a345shsj
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TIL the French Foreign Minister was shot dead in 1934 when a revolutionary opened fire. It wasn't revealed until 1974 that the revolutionary missed and the Minister was really killed by a police officer aiming for the revolutionary.
http://bit.ly/1Zbh9Fo

Submitted April 29, 2019 at 10:15PM by dexterpine
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TIL Americans work more than any other major countries — 137 hours per year more than Japanese, 260 per year more than the UK, and 500 hours per year more than France.
https://nyp.st/2C4pxAC

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 02:16AM by operator139
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TIL that Maria Von Trapp, whose memoir inspired “The Sound of Music” and who made a cameo appearance in the film, was not invited to the premiere. Von Trapp later inquired why and producers told her, “There were no seats left,” without apology.
http://bit.ly/2DCZySQ

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 01:47AM by boxofmixedbiscuits
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TIL that the Chi-Chi's restaurant chain was hit with the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history, with at least four deaths and 660 other victims a month after filing for bankruptcy
http://bit.ly/1n21A41

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 03:48AM by moonhexx
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TIL that despite being one of the larger restaurant chains, Subway locations are closing at an ever-increasing rate
http://bit.ly/2vrbi6B

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 05:08AM by billb1976
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TIL Humans account for just 0.01% of Life on Earth and have caused the loss of around 80% of wild land and marine mammals, and 50% of plants.
http://bit.ly/2GI5Dy7

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 07:06AM by yoyo2020
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TIL that in Singapore some elevators are equipped with Urine Detection Devices that detect the scent of urine, setting off an alarm and closing the doors until the police arrive to arrest the offender!
http://bit.ly/2r72HFB

Submitted April 30, 2019 at 08:04AM by 13peejay
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