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TIL that in 1970, a pilot engaging in mock combat in an F-106 lost control in a dive, ejected, and then the plane righted itself, continued to fly, landed softly in a snowy field, then was later recovered with minimal damage and returned to service.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 03:14PM by whiterice07
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TIL In 1906, a Moroccan serial killer was sentenced to be walled up alive after he was found guilty of murdering 36 women (the bodies were found buried beneath his shop and garden). His cries for help were heard for two days before he went silent.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 04:23PM by Tokyono
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TIL King You of Zhou deposed his wife, Shen, for his concubine, Bao Si. To entertain Bao Si, You would light fake war beacons and Bao Si would mock the tricked warlords. Shen's father rebelled and overthrew King You. The rebellion succeeded because no warlords responded to You's war beacons.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 02:42PM by jamescookenotthatone
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TIL that Persians figured out ways to collect and store ice and make it usable all year round over 2000 years ago in the desert!
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 05:46PM by beardiac
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TIL "call of the void" is that feeling when you think for a second about steering into oncoming traffic or jumping off a cliff for no reason although you would never do it.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 08:18PM by Putrid_Tie
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TIL that the concept of a soulmate was originally put forth by Plato. According to his story humans originally had 4 arms, 4 legs and 2 faces. The gods feared humans were too powerful and so Zeus split them in two, condemning them to spend their lives searching for the other half of their soul.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 08:02PM by Penguin__Farts
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TIL that there’s a “dead spot” in the Black Sea where scientists have found ships as old as 1200 years preserved well enough to see chisel marks from original builder.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 10:17PM by rfs103181
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TIL we call people with red hair "red heads" as opposed to "orange heads" because the phrase has been around longer than the colour orange. The colour orange was described as red up until the 1500's when the first reference of orange in the English language can be found.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 11:51PM by snatchiw
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TIL between 1970 and 1973, four Israeli fighter pilots translated The Hobbit from English to Hebrew to pass the time in an Egyptian prison, where they were held as POWs. The pilots' translation was published commercially in 1977, and up until 2012 was considered the best Hebrew version of the book.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 03:20AM by heyounion
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TIL One method to screen for dementia is to have the patient draw an analog clock with a specific time. Patients who have dementia will write the numbers in random locations on the clock face due to the cognitive impairment experienced in individuals with dementia.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 04:17AM by Only_For_Reddit_35
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TIL Pythagoras had a weird cult that lasted for centuries after his death. They worshiped numbers, invented the first robot (a steam-powered pigeon) and were afraid of beans because they cause excessive flatulence. He was murdered when he was chased to a bean field and refused to cross it.
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Submitted August 12, 2019 at 08:06PM by Phishstixxx
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TIL the Crips main founder was appalled to find his organization escalating from fist-fights of his era to gun fights, and hoped to build a truce with the Bloods before distancing himself and ultimately dying in a drive-by.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 11:13AM by codydodd
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TIL About Adolf Wölfli, a psychotic mental patient who spontaneously took up drawing to calm himself. His work included a monumental and epic illustrated book of 45 volumes, 25,000 pages, 1,600 illustrations, and 1,500 collages in which he narrated his own imaginary life story.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 09:31AM by Lord_Blathoxi
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TIL despite having over a billion views, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" doesn't run any ads on YouTube at the singer's request. When asked why, he explained he just wants to keep the song out of the "hey buy this stuff" world.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 03:07PM by nokia621
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TIL that the desert planet of Tatootine in Star Wars was originally meant to be a jungle planet. One of the producers found sites in the Philippines, but thought director George Lucas would be "itchy" from all of the filming in the jungle, so Lucas decided to make Tatootine a desert planet.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 12:48PM by ImwithDurr
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TIL in 1974, a lawyer wrote to the Cleveland Browns threatening to sue if their fans kept throwing paper airplanes at games, and got the reply 'Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.'
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 04:45PM by G_man252
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TIL In 1950, a Nebraska church exploded during what was meant to be choir practice. But no one in the 15-person choir was hurt or killed, because they were all running late for different reasons. No one was in the building when it went up in flames.
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 02:08PM by Tokyono
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TIL about a cool dude named Thomas Sankara, the first president of Burkina Faso and AKA Africa's Che Guevara. He had over 10 million trees planted, outlawed genital mutilation, polygamy and forced marriages, and led the first African government to recognize AIDS as a major threat to Africa
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Submitted August 13, 2019 at 07:36PM by leavingsociety
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