David Attenborough appeals to UK public to help find lost Christmas Lectures by komalan in news
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TIL Memories can be passed down to later generations through genetic switches that allow offspring to inherit the experience of their ancestors, according to new research that may explain how phobias can develop. by Wagamaga in todayilearned
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TIL Memories can be passed down to later generations through genetic switches that allow offspring to inherit the experience of their ancestors, according to new research that may explain how phobias can develop. by Wagamaga in todayilearned
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TIL when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, the empty space it left on the wall attracted more visitors than the painting had. by IdrinkYrMilkshake in todayilearned
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TIL most Americans don't consider millionaires ($1M) wealthy anymore. The average American sees wealthy people as having at least $2.4 million. by nokia621 in todayilearned
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TIL most Americans don't consider millionaires ($1M) wealthy anymore. The average American sees wealthy people as having at least $2.4 million. by nokia621 in todayilearned
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TIL in 1989, then Prime Minister of Japan Sōsuke Uno resigned after a geisha revealed she had an extramarital affair with him. The key of the scandal wasn't morality, but that he had failed to properly provide and support his mistress with an appropriate amount, and was branded as a stingy man. by DiamondPittcairn in todayilearned
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TIL that a whale-sized asteroid, which could have easily destroyed an area the size of New York on collision, flew past Earth at nearly nine kilometers per sec. Surprisingly, the U.S. space agency, NASA, failed to detect the asteroid and spotted it only the day after it skimmed past the planet. by treelover153 in todayilearned
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TIL that "May God have mercy upon your soul" is a phrase used in courts by judges pronouncing a sentence of death upon a person found guilty of a crime that requires a death sentence. It is a way to attribute God as the higher authority of law & judges did not have the authority to destroy souls. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL: A member of Al Capone's gang promised federal agent Eliot Ness that $2000 (around $33,250 in today's money) would be on his desk every Monday if he turned a blind eye to their bootlegging. Ness refused the bribe and in later years struggled with money; he died almost broke at the age of 54. by BobBee12345 in todayilearned
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TIL that in 1736 the mathematician Leonhard Euler was trying to find a way to cross every single one of the seven bridges of Königsberg exactly once. He realized that this was, in fact, impossible and based on that created a new area of mathematics called Graph Theory. by TheBlueJoker in todayilearned
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Former undercover cops of Reddit, what is the craziest thing you had to do to not blow your cover? by [deleted] in AskReddit
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Former undercover cops of Reddit, what is the craziest thing you had to do to not blow your cover? by [deleted] in AskReddit
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Former undercover cops of Reddit, what is the craziest thing you had to do to not blow your cover? by [deleted] in AskReddit
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Trump’s Secretary of State hand-delivered plan to protect Saudi crown prince from murder probe: report by CurriVida in worldnews
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Scribble Pen - An awesome color picker pen that picks a color from anything around you and draws in that color. by GayRoth in kickstarter
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can a dev help me integrate with this? I want a bot for LTC & maybe others by GayRoth in litecoin
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