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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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TIL of speed reader Kim Peek who could read a book in an hour by scanning the left page with his left eye then the right page with his right eye. He also had an exceptional memory, able to accurately recall the contents of 12,000 books.
http://bit.ly/1JanZ3G

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 08:28PM by zbf
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TIL that within the animal kingdom, only higher primates (including humans) and guinea pigs are unable to synthesize Vitamin C in their own bodies, thus putting them at risk of scurvy
https://go.nature.com/2Xgl9M6

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 04:30PM by sofyflo
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TIL of the song “prisencolinensinainciusol”. It topped the Italian charts in the 70s, despite the lyrics being absolute nonsensical gibberish. It was meant to illustrate what American English sounds like to non-English speakers.
https://n.pr/2B5igiR

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 11:09PM by IknowwhereHoffais
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TIL Dartmouth (and a few other schools) makes all its students pass a swim test before the graduate, so that they won’t drown and waste their education.
http://bit.ly/2XPGRDC

Submitted June 16, 2019 at 11:58PM by bch1298
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TIL that an economist won the lottery 14 times by calculating when the Jackpot was worth more than the cost of buying every possible number combination for that lottery.
http://bit.ly/2MQxkve

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 02:13AM by xxxvuhsace
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TIL that Sam Houston, the general who led Texas to victory in its war for independence from Mexico & who served as its president during its 10 years of independence, was removed from office as Governor of Texas when it seceded in 1861, after refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
http://bit.ly/2KV90Wu

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 04:21AM by brucejoel99
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TIL that, since the Great Potato Famine in 1845 Ireland, the population STILL hasn't recovered
http://bit.ly/1SCnR0N

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 12:44AM by Luko_the_meme
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TIL that fawns (baby deer) are often left alone for hours while their mothers forage for food. Sometimes well meaning people ‘kidnap’ the fawn thinking it’s abandoned when it’s really just waiting for its mom.
http://bit.ly/2vyqNd1

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 06:25AM by mossberg91
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Today I learned that York, William Clark's slave, was one of the first Africans that the Native Americans West of the Mississippi River met. They tried to wash the blackness off of him, and when they discovered that he was in fact human they respected his strength.
https://to.pbs.org/2MQ9PlT

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 05:05AM by klout_king_kevin
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TIL the study that yeilded the concept of the alpha wolf (commonly used by people to justify aggressive behaviour) originated in a debunked model using just a few wolves in captivity. Its originator spent years trying to stop the myth to no avail.
http://bit.ly/2IH29gg

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 12:43PM by redwalrus11
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TIL in 1984 an 8 year old girl with sickle cell disease developed acute myeloid leukemia. To treat the cancer, the doctors gave her chemo and a stem cell transplant from her sibling. Not only did this cure her cancer, but it cured her SCD too. She remains disease free nearly three decades later.
http://bit.ly/31FEbuz

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 02:39PM by SirT6
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TIL about Thought Terminating Clichés, the term for phrases such as "you must be fun at parties" that are designed to dismiss another's argument without actually countering it with logic
http://bit.ly/1U8Nfw4

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 03:12PM by TheRogueSaint88
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TIL Saint Francis of Assisi believed that nature itself was the mirror of God. He called all creatures his "brothers" and "sisters", and even preached to the birds.
http://bit.ly/1CKQt56

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 06:41AM by -AMARYANA-
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TIL Japanese, but not European, honeybees can “slow cook” giant hornets to death, when they attack the hive. They do this by forming a giant swarm, a “bee ball”, around the hornet and vibrate their flight muscles to create heat. They warm the area up to 116°F, slowly “cooking” the hornet to death.
http://bit.ly/2RmfgHH

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 05:56PM by Tokyono
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TIL that Ally's Law is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires stores to allow people with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms. It was named after a 14 year old girl with Crohn’s Disease who soiled herself in a mall after being denied access to a store restroom.
http://bit.ly/2yQz8Jf

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 04:25PM by Bathbodyworks
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TIL about the Automat, a fast food-like restaurant with no wait staff. Patrons would put coins into a machine in order to unlock a box with food. At it’s peak in the early 20th century, an Automat chain was one of the largest restaurant chains in the world, serving 800,000 people daily.
http://bit.ly/2zMO77R

Submitted June 17, 2019 at 03:31PM by squid50s
via reddit http://bit.ly/2L3HI0b