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TIL that the job with the highest death rate in the USA is the position of President at 18%.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 04:11AM by rooney247
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TIL Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen were released together on a double A-sided single, and refer to each other. Near the end of Fat Bottomed Girls, Mercury shouts, "Get on your bikes and ride!" Bicycle Race reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today."
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 01:11PM by dartmaster666
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Today I learned that flat-faced dogs like pugs are so deformed that veterinary students can mistake their x-rays for dogs that have been hit by cars. One vet has publicly stated that their nose is so misshapen that they only get enough oxygen when they're intubated with a breathing tube.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 06:13AM by rrtaylor
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TIL the Chinese word for contradiction, Maodun, roughly translates to ‘Spear-Shield’ which stems from an old tale of a merchant selling a spear that could break any shield and a shield that could withstand any weapon.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 02:23PM by jakeeem
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TIL that "Häagen-Dazs" was completely made up by its Polish Jewish founders to sound Danish. The umlaut (¨) does not even exist in Danish and neither does the "zs" letter combination.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 03:53PM by emilylikesredditalot
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TIL in the 1820s a Cherokee named Sequoyah, impressed by European written languages, invented a writing system with 85 characters that was considered superior to the English alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary could be learned in a few weeks and by 1825 the majority of Cherokees could read and write.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 04:32PM by VoodooChilled
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TIL Chiropractic was founded by a traveling religious miracle healer who belived that magnets could cure diseases. He was sent to jail in Iowa in 1906 for practicing medicine without a license. The American Medical Association later labelled chiropractors an "unscientific cult."
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 04:55PM by dexterpine
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TIL that a 50 year old woman, Violet Gibson, attempted to assassinate Mussolini in 1927. She fired a gun once, but Mussolini moved his head and the shot hit his nose; she tried again, but the gun misfired. She was almost lynched by the crowd but was rescued by police and taken away for questioning.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 07:49PM by StypticParasite
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TIL 95% of individuals in the witness protection program are criminals, but only 10% of these people re-offend. Ex-prisoners have a recidivism rate of 65%+
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 03:09PM by iamcatmeow
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TIL the oldest living animals are black corals over 4,000 years old, nearly as old as the pyramids of Egypt
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 07:52PM by Zisx
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TIL in the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”, the show's producers secured special permission from the Hollywood guilds to delay the credits (which would normally appear after the main noscript sequence) until 19 minutes into the episode, in order to preserve the impact of the beginning scene.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 09:23PM by kevoooandres
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TIL that when the Prussians forbade the Danes from displaying their flag in the early 20th century, the Danes responded by creating a new breed of pig that resembled the Danish flag and displayed it instead
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 09:29PM by TetraNomic
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TIL the American College of Pediatricians is a group that links pedophilia to homosexuality and promotes "conversion" therapy. The name is intended to create confusion with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the professional association of pediatricians.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 10:41PM by adlaiking
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TIL Princess Diana was a descendant of Charles II via two of his illegitimate children; since Charles II never had any legitimate children, Prince William will, if crowned, be the first descendant of Charles II to be King
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 09:58PM by theg721
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TIL Star Wars was one of the first films to do away with opening credits. George Lucas was fined $250,000 by the Directors Guild of America for not crediting himself... so he resigned.
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Submitted May 22, 2019 at 12:06AM by palmfranz
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TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien had been known to (as a practical joke) dress up as an axe-wielding Anglo-Saxon warrior and chase his neighbor down the street.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 09:10PM by The_Rothbardian
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TIL "Irish goodbye" refers to a person ducking out of a party, social gathering or very bad date without bidding farewell. The phrase is attributed to the Potato Famine of 1845-1852, when many Irish fled their homeland for America. The distance and technology meant that they were gone forever.
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Submitted May 22, 2019 at 03:50AM by chercheur17
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TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US
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Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:06AM by professorhojoz
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TIL The band ‘Tool’ have a “secret album” called “The Holy Gift.” If you listen to their album “Lateralus” in a different order of tracks, the songs flow into each other even better, and and they make different musical themes from the original.
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Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:11AM by Langosta_9er
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TIL that the reason we feel compelled sing in the shower is partly because the reverb of the shower boosts the voice, adds more bass, and sounds more powerful, thus boosting the singer's confidence to sing.
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Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:39AM by russianlexicon
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