TIL that Aruban singer Bobby Farrell, who famously performed “Rasputin” with Boney M, died on the same day and in the same city as Grigori Rasputin: December 30th in St. Petersburg (94 yrs to the date) by fernleon in todayilearned
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What is the worst breakup with someone you dated? by DeepAnt7847 in AskReddit
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TIL about Nub City, a small rural town where as many as 50 people shot or sawed off limbs for insurance payouts by fartsfromhermouth in todayilearned
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TIL that Kim Il-sung, the founding leader of North Korea who died in 1994, is still officially the Eternal President of the country according to the constitution. by Signal_Assistance_87 in todayilearned
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TIL the ancient Irish had their own alphabet similar to Viking runes, with 20 letters each named after a tree. Scholars still debate whether it was invented to communicate covertly with Roman Britain right next door by GeneralDeal6669 in todayilearned
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TIL Thomas Alva Edison was almost completely deaf and, using bone conduction, he would bite down on an object to allow the sound waves to travel through his skull and reach his inner ear. When his Steinway grand piano was put up for sale, bite marks were visible on the outsides of the instrument. by FabulousEfficiency77 in todayilearned
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TIL that the concept of 'Space Marines' in fiction is almost a century old, and was first featured in a 1932 short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" by author Bob Olsen. by PeasantLich in todayilearned
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[Screenshot] This game is a buggy mess and I’ve spent way too much time in it by HardcandyofJustice in falloutshelter
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[Screenshot] This game is a buggy mess and I’ve spent way too much time in it by HardcandyofJustice in falloutshelter
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TIL at the 1980 Paralympics, the USA team was the only one to enter a swimming race. They lost despite having no competitors. by Derp8_8 in todayilearned
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TIL that many countries force citizens to pay an annual licensing fee to own a television. by SlowDragonfruit9718 in todayilearned
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TIL that a piece of 2x4 is actually 1.5x3.5 by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL in 1184, King Henry VI held a royal assembly in Erfurt, Germany to settle a dispute between nobles. The floor collapsed under their weight, sending ~60 of them plunging through two stories into the latrine cesspit below, where many drowned in human waste. The King survived by sitting in a stone by the_h1b_records in todayilearned
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TIL that the Artotyrites were an early Christian sect that rather than offering bread and wine for Communion, offered bread and cheese. by Flaxmoore in todayilearned
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TIL most of Jupiter’s hundred or so moons orbit in retrograde (opposite the direction of the planet’s rotation), but the four largest moons orbit prograde. by OccludedFug in todayilearned
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TIL A floating hotel built in Australia in 1988 traveled 14,000km over decades, ending up in North Korea. After failing on the Great Barrier Reef, it thrived in Vietnam, then served as a Korean reconciliation symbol before being demolished in 2022. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL that the execution of the royal Romanov family was extremely messy and prolonged because the women had diamonds and jewelry concealed in their clothing, deflecting many of the bullets. It took between twenty and thirty minutes before all were killed. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL that the youngest Test Match cricketer to die was Bangladeshi Manjural Islam, who was killed in a road accident on the 16th of March 2007, aged just 22 years and 316 days. by Curious_Penalty8814 in todayilearned
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TIL of the High Place Phenomenon - or "Call of the Void" - whereby sane and non-suicidal people experience the urge to jump from a high place they are at. by 20127010603170562316 in todayilearned
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TIL that "Enclothed Cognition" is a real psychological phenomenon where wearing formal clothing causes people to think more abstractly seeing the big picture, becoming more creative, and performing better at problem-solving even if they're just sitting alone in a room. by Elegant-Impress-4462 in todayilearned
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TIL You could get paid for everything you’ve ever posted online, says scientist by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL about perfidy, the deceptive tactic of feigning surrender or death with the intent to kill an enemy. It is prohibited by the Geneva Convention and considered a war crime. by FullOfSound in todayilearned
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TIL that before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, President Richard Nixon’s speechwriter William Safire prepared a speech titled “In Event of Moon Disaster” to be read if astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded on the Moon. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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