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

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TIL Christmas celebrated by 81% of non-Christians in US

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TIL The Unicorn Is the National Animal of Scotland

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TIL The Westernmost point of Virginia is further west than Detroit by quite a bit [575x1280 - 589KB]

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TIL the legacy of Canada's notorious homosexuality detection device: the fruit machine was created as an ostensibly scientific way to detect homosexuals, so they could be fired from their government jobs or pre-screened before being offered employment in the first place.

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Today I learned Fred C.Koch was a founding member of the John Birch Society.

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TIL Xenon gas is the new secret to scaling Mt Everest — quickly.

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TIL Dune is the best-selling sci-fi novel ever.

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Sezchuan sause is ridiculously expensive.

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TIL the Baghdad battery

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TIL Clive Barker was a prostitute at young age

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TIL that the cause of exploding head syndrome may be a minor seizure in the temporal lobe?

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TIL: Aparently Aziz Ansari has a new NetFlix special on Wokeness, directed by Spike Jonze

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TIL When Hitler's chauffeur Erich Kempka was wondering around the occupied city, he was forced to join the Russians and drink vodka in celebration of victory

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TIL Style Transfer

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The Shirky Principle [1280x848 - 1.28MB]

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TIL the newspaper industry sensationalized the "War Of The World" panic to prove to advertisers, and regulators, that radio management was irresponsible and not to be trusted.

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TIL American flamingos’ long legs appear as though their knees bend backwards, which is not the case. Flamingos actually stand on their “tip-toes” – meaning the prominent joint on their leg is their ankle! Their knee is hidden by feathers and is located close to the bird’s body.

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TIl Dick Pole is a former professional baseball player and a former pitching coach. A right-handed pitcher, Pole was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg) during his playing career.

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A Boy Gets Beat Up Every Day by a Bully... You Know Him As [03:26]

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TIL in the early morning hours on the day of his death, John Belushi was visited separately by friends Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

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TIL Shared toilets were common in ancient Rome

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TIL John Denver was a great American

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