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TIL of Aeschylus, an ancient Greek tragedian, who died in 456 or 455 BC when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his bald head mistaking it for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile.
http://bit.ly/2japuIB

Submitted May 16, 2019 at 06:56PM by xsited1
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TIL In 2002 a 19-year-old garbage man won a 15 million dollar lottery, spent it all on drugs, gambling, and prostitutes, and became a garbage man again.
http://bit.ly/2JoOoWB

Submitted May 16, 2019 at 10:17PM by bmore80
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TIL that rapper Coolio's cameo in Batman & Robin was an Easter Egg setting up a fifth movie in the series. Coolio is uncredited as playing Dr. Jonathan Crane aka The Scarcrow who would've been the main villain in Batman Unchained.
http://bit.ly/30nE32j

Submitted May 16, 2019 at 09:40PM by Tigers19121999
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TIL an economist won the lottery 14 times by calculating when the jackpot got higher than the cost by buying every possible number combination and doing just that.
http://bit.ly/2ViilOd

Submitted May 16, 2019 at 10:15PM by wehavefoundawitch
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TIL that any U.S citizen travelling in Austria who find themselves in distress can enter any McDonald's in the country and the staff will assist them in making contact with the U.S. Embassy for consular services.
https://cnn.it/2JkXOlK

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 05:00AM by FreneticFrench
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TIL around 2.5 billion years ago, the Oxygen Catastrophe occurred, where the first microbes producing oxygen using photosynthesis created so much free oxygen that it wiped out most organisms on the planet because they were used to living in minimal oxygenated conditions
http://bit.ly/2jcrxhg

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 07:52AM by A-Plunger
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TIL Patrick Reynolds, grandson of tobacco’s RJ Reynolds, is an anti-smoking advocate, operates an anti-smoking organization, and tours the world speaking out against smoking
http://bit.ly/2Vudhl6

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 05:34AM by philthyphanatic
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TIL in 1848, the first bridge built over Niagara Falls was started with a kite competition. A boy flew a kite across to the river to the opposite bank. The line he used carried larger and larger cables across the river used to start construction of the bridge
http://bit.ly/2Wg1WK8

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 04:05PM by SamisSmashSamis
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TIL in 1918 World War 1 censors minimized early reports of the flu epidemic's death toll to maintain wartime morale. Newspapers in neutral Spain were free to report on the epidemic's effects, creating a false impression that Spain was the hardest hit, and giving rise to the name "Spanish flu".
http://bit.ly/1sr1BPy

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 05:26PM by rustybeancake
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TIL In the movie 'Lord of War' starring Nicolas Cage, the production team bought 3,000 real SA Vz. 58 rifles to stand in for AK-47s because they were cheaper than prop movie guns.
http://bit.ly/1s8npS7

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 05:53PM by zeamp
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TIL: Einstein’s last words were spoken in German to a nurse who didn’t speak German and are lost for ever. During Einstein's autopsy, the pathologist stole his brain. He kept it for forty years in a tupperware container, before being convinced to return it to Einstein's relatives.
http://bit.ly/2EfOrQe

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 05:30PM by derawin07
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TIL That the personal belongings of Marie Curie, the mother of modern physics, are dangerously radioactive to this day. They are kept in a lead box and those who wish to consult them must wear protective clothing.
http://bit.ly/1iuVP4S

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 05:37PM by LateralForest333
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TIL a man was snorkeling off the coast of South Africa when an enormous Bryde's whale scooped him up in his mouth headfirst. The man felt pressure on his body but soon realized he was too big for the whale to swallow him whole which was "kind of an instant relief." The whale spat him out unharmed.
https://fxn.ws/2Hn8ONb

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 07:19PM by LurkmasterGeneral
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TIL that Futurama writer Ken Keeler wrote and proved a completely new mathematical theorem just for a single episode, called the Futurama Theorem. It is the first known theorem to be created for the sole purpose of entertainment in a TV show.
http://bit.ly/Ydft1F

Submitted May 17, 2019 at 08:46PM by TurnipSwagger
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