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TIL alkaline batteries do not need to be recycled, as they contain only harmless inert metals like zinc and manganese. Throwing one in the trash is the environmental equivalent of throwing a rusty nail in the trash.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 02:37AM by Reacher-Said-Nothing
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 05:28AM by Baynsma
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TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger paid Austria to ship him the exact same tank he drove when he was a soldier. It is fully operable (minus the gun) and he uses it to support his fundraising efforts.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 03:51AM by Charlie--Dont--Surf
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TIL Granny Smith Apples originated by accident, when a lady dumped a crate of old rotten French crab apples in her garden and then later found an apple sapling growing there. The tree grew to produce green tart apples that had never grown before.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 09:08AM by SidFishGames
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TIL A college math professor wrote a fantasy "novel" workbook to teach the fundamentals of calculus. Concepts are taught through the adventures of a man who has washed ashore in the mystic land of Carmorra and the hero helps people faced with difficult mathematical problems
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 11:36AM by vannybros
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TIL George Clooney once contemplated suicide while recovering from a head injury sustained from filming a thriller movie, as the pain as so great. He basically bruised his brain and couldn’t take painkillers due to a family history of addiction. He had to use therapy to get through it.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 04:17PM by Tokyono
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TIL about the notorious stagecoach robber Black Bart, who never cursed, never fired his weapon, didn't ride a horse, and left poems after his crimes.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 04:22PM by sd_glokta
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TIL that ancient Roman apartments, called insulae, could reach up to 9 stories, could have running water (fed by nearby aqueducts) and were often owned by the rich and rented out to the poorer roman citizens (from somewhat rich equestrians to pretty poor workers).
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 01:05PM by SandRhoman
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TIL "The Powerpuff Girls" was originally called "Whoopass Stew!" Rather than adding Chemical X to his formula, Professor Utonium accidentally adds a can of whoop ass, and the creation is known as The Whoopass Girls.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 04:31PM by SuperMario1222
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TIL that at the point in Antarctica that is the most distant from the Southern Ocean, there is a station covered by snow with a statue of Lenin on the roof, and a golden guest book to sign inside; one of the most challenging and coldest place to reach called the Southern Pole of inaccessibility
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 03:00PM by Mesaperture
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TIL because electronic computers were not fast in 1959, the X15 experimental jet used a Fluidic Digital Computer that used water instead of electricity. It featured hypersensitive Fluidic Integrated Circuits and Logic Gates that could make course corrections faster than its contemporary computers.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 04:15PM by N-A-M-R-O-G
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TIL: That John Wilkes Booth was a well-known A-list actor, considered equivalent in status to Leonardo DiCaprio. He was a heartthrob and named “Sexiest Man Alive”
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 05:23PM by Kimmm223
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TIL Britain ended Capital Punishment after the unjust execution of Timothy Evans, for the murders of his wife and daughter. He'd accused his neighbour John Christie of the crime. Years later, Christie was discovered to be a serial killer who had killed 6 other woman and Evans's wife and daughter.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 09:03PM by Tokyono
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TIL that Louis Armstrong wore a Star of David pendant for most of his life, up until the day he died, to commemorate a Jewish family that had taken him in and cared for him as a child.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 09:46PM by musicalharmonica
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TIL that days after winning the Stanley Cup, Vladimir Konstantinov was paralyzed in a car accident. When the Red Wings repeated as champions the following year, his name was engraved on the Stanley Cup again. Although his number is not officially retired, no other Red Wing has worn #16 since.
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Submitted July 27, 2019 at 09:21PM by EtOHMartini
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TIL that builders of Japan's Nijō castle created squeaky floors to prevent ninja assassins from sneaking in. The floors were designed so that just the lightest step produced a clearly audible sound, warning guards that danger is approaching and forcing a ninja to abandon his plots for the night.
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Submitted July 28, 2019 at 02:08AM by design-responsibly
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TIL a California Congressman once shot and killed a waiter, for being refused breakfast because it was too late in the morning. He was acquitted of manslaughter by a sympathetic jury.
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Submitted July 28, 2019 at 12:39AM by Ctown_struggles00
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TIL Stephen Colbert donates his proceeds from the sale of AmeriCone Dream to charity
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Submitted July 28, 2019 at 03:43AM by princess_snowblack
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TIL in 1978 Sex Pistols member John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten) called out Jimmy Saville as a sexual predator during a BBC interview. The clip was edited out before broadcast
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Submitted July 28, 2019 at 06:33AM by Veldron
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