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STICKY You ever heard of Matar judíos? [720x2845 - 835KB]

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TIL James Pierpont originally composed the song Jingle Bells in 1857 for children celebrating Thanksgiving at his Boston Sunday School. It gained popularity so quickly that it was repeated again at Christmas, and then again, and again, and again.

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TIL about the Backfire Effect: Why Facts Don’t Always Change Minds

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TIL ancient Romans used urine to brush their teeth, as a mouthwash to whiten their teeth and they even used it as a laundry detergent to wash their clothes off until 1700’s.

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TIL the Myth of the Connecticut Pickle Law: Though there is no law that specifically states this, there are several statutes, regulations, and articles that address the incident of the pickles that did not bounce.

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TIL a meteoroid becomes a meteorite once it hits the ground

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Could terrorists really black out the power grid? | Utility Dive

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Leviathan gas field - Wikipedia

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No jews in town:"Privilegium de non tolerandis Judaeis"

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TIL that the story of Sada Abe, a woman who cut off her dead lover's genitals and carried them around with her for days, is one of Japan's most notorious scandals.

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TIL holocaust survivor Chaim Ferster cheated death in eight Nazi concentration camps during World War Two.

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TIL I learned they tried to kill Jeff Rense in 2015

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Today I learned you can make mash potatoes using potato chips, most notably Pringles

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TIL Dee Snider toured with his own self-tribute band

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TIL a silverback gorilla can lift up to 815 kilograms (1800 pounds) of dead weight. Meanwhile, a well trained human could lift a maximum of 410 kilograms (900 pounds) - half as much that the gorilla can manage.

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One of the Biggest Frauds in Tech History - The Miniscribe Brick Fiasco [21:50]

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TIL the stick may be the world’s oldest toy

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TIL a what to do at DWI Checkpoints [06:46]

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TIL you can tear gas British passengers on the London Underground and completely get away with it. :)

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til the phrase ‘three sheets in the wind’ originates from a nautical term

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TIL Catholic Church wealth is impossible to calculate

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TIL Beefalo, also referred to as cattalo or the Canadian hybrid, are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle (Bos taurus), usually a male in managed breeding programs, and the American bison (Bison bison), usually a female in managed breeding programs.

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TiL the Four Color Theorem the first major theorem proved by a computer

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Cat-Pork Syndrome: The Unexpected Connection Between Cats and Pork Allergies

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TIL Stalin used to remove people he didn't like form his photos

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