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TIL People in the final stages of hypothermia engage in "paradoxical undressing" because, as they lose rationality and their nerves are damaged, they feel incredibly, irrationally hot. They strip off their clothes to cool themselves down as they are freezing to death and then start burrowing.
http://bit.ly/2KgT4gy

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 08:23AM by chercheur17
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TIL about the Dyatlov Pass incident where in 1959, 9 experienced hikers mysteriously died in the freezing Ural Mountains after fleeing their tent. Most were in their underwear, 1 had a fractured skull, another had tongue and eyes missing. Circumstances remain a mystery to this day.
https://cnn.it/2S8FZez

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 11:47AM by MarcusForrest
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TIL of Willie Sutton, a bank robber in the early 1900’s who stole an estimated 2 million over a 40 year career. He never robbed a bank with a loaded gun because he didn’t want anyone to get hurt, and allegedly never robbed a bank when a woman screamed or a baby cried. He escaped prison 3 times
http://bit.ly/1udp0j7

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 10:12AM by throwaway654326579
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TIL Julie d'Aubigny was a 17th-century traveling swordswoman. Among her other exploits, when her female lover was sent to a convent, she also entered the convent, stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in her lover's bed, escaped with her lover and burnt the convent down.
http://bit.ly/1eCDvsj

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 02:49PM by couragethebravestdog
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TIL that the popular MMO EVE Online hired an economist to oversee the in-game money. Besides writing internal reports, he occasionally intervenes to prevent inflation and unintended market consequences. EVE has about 500k users who partake in the game's hyper-libertarian online economy.
http://bit.ly/2W7GzHD

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 05:04PM by symbiosa
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TIL Halle Berry hated the movie Catwoman so much she showed up in person to accept her Razzie award. In her acceptance speech she said "I want to thank Warner Brothers. Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit god-awful movie." (Speech starts at 2:25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7s_yeQuDg

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 07:01PM by crafty_southpaw
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TIL that a 20th century biologist discovered so many species of moths that he simply named them E. bobana, E. cocana, E. dodana, E. fofana, E. hohana, E. kokana, E. lolana and E. momana.
http://bit.ly/2I9EF3l

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 05:42PM by emilylikesredditalot
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TIL A bottle of Coca-Cola cost one nickel (5 cents) between 1886 and 1959. The price remained fixed with very little fluctuation. In 1953, Coca-Cola approached the US Treasury to request minting a 7.5 cent coin.
http://bit.ly/2czTzkC

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 03:30PM by amansaggu26
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TIL in 2014, an 89 year old WW2 veteran, Bernard Shaw went missing from his nursing home. It turned out that he went to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings against the nursing home's orders. He left the home wearing a grey mack concealing the war medals on his jacket.
http://bit.ly/2QwqOI0

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 09:38PM by sersleepsalot1
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TIL Pikachu's name is mix of the Japanese for sparkle, pikapika, and the sound of squeaking, which is chūchū. So Pikachu's name means "Sparkle-squeak"
https://bbc.in/2EGTUja

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 07:14PM by tipothehat
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TIL: Woolly Mammoths were still alive by the time the pyramids at Giza were completed. The last woolly mammoths died out on Wrangel Island, north of Russia, only 4000 years ago, leaving several centuries where the pyramids and mammoths existed at the same time.
https://bbc.in/2JMfirE

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 02:07AM by c0ntraiL
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TIL that the top 10% of drinkers account for more than half of all alcohol consumed in the U.S. Which equates to them consuming an average 73.85 drinks per week.
http://bit.ly/2wvMbjm

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 03:53AM by Amcal
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TIL that the US military used to keep planes loaded with nuclear bombs in the air at all times; in 1961, the plane failed, dropping the bombs in North Carolina, though they did not detonate. This was only made public in 2013.
http://bit.ly/2MhaDzK

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 06:11AM by addpulp
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TIL in Finland, fines are based on income. In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined with a US$103,000 speeding ticket.
http://bit.ly/2EJGtPs

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 07:15AM by coinmarshal
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TIL even before the surgeon general issued his report on the dangers of tobacco, Mad Magazine went on an anti-smoking crusade ridiculing big tobacco, as agencies, and even smokers. Also before it became law, Mad Magazine's offices were smoke free and none of their content featured smoking.
http://bit.ly/2XeF1vV

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 08:20AM by shaka_sulu
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TIL that during World War II King George VI was at war with Germany as the King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was also at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of India and separately King of Pakistan.
http://bit.ly/1mx7ieh

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 01:28PM by sersleepsalot1
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TIL 44 year old Leonardo DiCaprio has known his current girlfriend, 21 year old Camila Morrone, since she was 11 years old.
http://bit.ly/2KeaudK

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 12:12PM by NeverEnoughMuppets
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