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TIL The tendency to see Van Gogh's mental illness in his work began as a rebuke by critics who hated it, at a time when mental illness was highly stigmatized. He was actually only seriously ill in the final 2 years of his life.
https://bbc.in/2XNYh3B

Submitted June 15, 2019 at 04:09PM by minddoor
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TIL that the success rate for CPR is nowhere near as high as it is portrayed on TV. In some cities it can be as low as 5%.
https://bbc.in/1fc1rnh

Submitted June 15, 2019 at 05:00PM by TheFriendlyAsshole
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TIL modern nuclear submarines are so well cloaked that in 2009, two French and British nuclear ballistic missle subs collided in the atlantic ocean by pure chance. Moving very slowly, they were't able to detect each other just feet apart.
http://bit.ly/1ZG1GgS

Submitted June 15, 2019 at 11:38PM by lemtze
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TIL in 1988 the final history exams for more than 53 million Soviet schoolchildren were cancelled because much of the history they had been taught were lies.
https://lat.ms/2IgWWNo

Submitted June 15, 2019 at 08:05PM by MrFrode
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TIL Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.
http://bit.ly/2BbYQvJ

Submitted June 15, 2019 at 08:20PM by stoopididiotface
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TIL the Dinkleberg's from the Nickelodeon show Fairly Odd Parents is a reference to D.I.N.K., meaning Dual Income No Kids, which refers to married couples like the Dinklebergs who have large amounts of money due to not spending it on kids.
http://bit.ly/2KSc9Gh

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 03:16AM by Ayr98
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TIL that the residents of Chernobyl had a new city built for them by workers from 8 former Soviet republics. The city has a range of different architectural styles such as pink stoned Armenian buildings and wooden Baltic-style houses. City districts are named after a city from each republic.
http://bit.ly/2fbLW5z

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 02:25AM by thesamoshagai
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TIL that, in 1913, a Nebraska man took a butcher knife and threatened to kill his wife and newborn son. The mother left him, remarried, and had the boy's name changed to that of his step-father. The boy, now known as Gerald Ford, later went on to become the 38th President of the United States.
http://bit.ly/1TBXldi

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 08:51AM by brucejoel99
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TIL when John White was nine a teacher told him he would grow up to be a garbage man. When John's dad found out, he told his son to grow up to be his best, look for the best in others, and it was ok if he was a garbage man. John White grew up to become Pulitzer Prize photojournalist.
http://bit.ly/17CQ3hD

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 09:13AM by shaka_sulu
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TIL About Blue Lake Rhino Cave in Washington State that is the 14.5 million year old cast of an early Rhino ancestor created when basalt lava slowly covered the corpse floating upside down in an ancient lake found 300 feet up the side of a cliff.
http://bit.ly/2RhP54Y

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 07:28AM by Anthony817
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TIL about Mason Bees. Solitary, docile and rarley sting, dont live in colonies, produce no wax or honey and pollinate the shit out of everything! Prefect for your garden!
http://bit.ly/2MPS06A

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 11:39AM by Dennissj1989
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TIL Edgar Allen Poe married his 13 year old cousin at 27. His obsession with her and her early death, led to him becoming an alcoholic ,a laudanum addict, and the creation of his best known poems "Annabell Lee", "The Raven", and "Ligeia"
http://bit.ly/1JLzxyQ

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 02:39PM by Filmfan5
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TIL: School bus yellow was specifically created for use on school buses at a conference in 1939. Attendees at the seven-day conference included paint experts from DuPont and Pittsburgh Paints. The color was chosen because it attracts attention and is noticed quickly in peripheral vision.
http://bit.ly/1TPRhue

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 04:59PM by Hafnium67
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TIL Two metal detectorists who thought they'd found a stash of Roman gold coins they estimated to be worth £250,000 discovered the coins were actually a worthless prop for TV show The Detectorists.
https://bbc.in/2MQ90cO

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 06:15PM by Relaxing_Cat
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TIL that most Asians suffer from lactose intolerance and that humans in general become lactose intolerant after weaning. It’s only with the advent of agriculture that some races were able to properly digest milk and other dairy products even if they’re already adults.
http://bit.ly/2ZwamLf

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 04:20PM by Papilitomito
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