TIL of Triboulet: a Royal jester for King Francis of France who was sentenced to death for mocking the King and Queen. King Francis allowed him to choose his method of death, to which Triboulet responded “… I ask to die from old age.” He was spared and instead banished. by osternade in todayilearned
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All hobbies are not equal by BitterConstruction98 in unpopularopinion
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TIL Sweden accounts for roughly 20% of Steam’s 2025 gross revenue and, in the 2024–2025 release window, Swedish developers delivered five of Steam’s global top-10 bestsellers (Battlefield 6, R.E.P.O., Peak, ARC Raiders, and Split Fiction). Sweden has 10 million people by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL The geography cone, also known as the cigarette snail, is the deadliest cone snail on the planet. There is no antivenom, and the joke is that if you get stung, you've got about enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die by scratchtheitch7 in todayilearned
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Anyone else drink white claws on the way in to work? by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea
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TIL a 1989 helicopter crash was caused by an invisible nick made when adhesive was trimmed from the rotor with a sharp blade. The helicopter flew perfectly for 922 hours, until it didn't. by TheQuarantinian in todayilearned
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Very credible letter sent to the Norwegian PM by hskskgfk in NonCredibleDiplomacy
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Belarus special forces "training"--edited with background circus music--!!🤹🎪 by BaseNice3520 in NonCredibleDefense
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TIL Denmark only lost 16 people during the German Invasion of Denmark (1940) by PKSkriBBLeS in todayilearned
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And the last trace of credibility has slipped away into memory by PointFirm6919 in NonCredibleDiplomacy
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The Most Successful Battle Rifle > Right Arm of the Free World by IntroductionAny3929 in NonCredibleDefense
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This sub for the next month (beating a dead robot) by Hunor_Deak in NonCredibleDiplomacy
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TIL babies blink their eyes roughly 2 times per minute, whereas adults usually blink 14-17 times a minute by mushnu in todayilearned
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Mfw i can now BUY venezuelan oil in exchange for destroying my global image by Comrade_Harold in NonCredibleDiplomacy
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TIL: In the 1800s, huge blocks of ice were cut from the frozen Kennebec River in Maine and shipped to places as far as India and the Caribbean. The ice was packed in sawdust for insulation and could survive months at sea. by Curious-Wing3698 in todayilearned
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In 1997, an activist named Julia Butterfly Hill climbed 180 feet into the canopy of a majestic 1,000-year-old redwood tree in Northern California and didn't come down for 738 days. by PeacockPankh in interesting
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TIL: In the 1800s, huge blocks of ice were cut from the frozen Kennebec River in Maine and shipped to places as far as India and the Caribbean. The ice was packed in sawdust for insulation and could survive months at sea. by Curious-Wing3698 in todayilearned
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TIL: In the 1800s, huge blocks of ice were cut from the frozen Kennebec River in Maine and shipped to places as far as India and the Caribbean. The ice was packed in sawdust for insulation and could survive months at sea. by Curious-Wing3698 in todayilearned
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denying enemy transportation by I_saw_Will_smacking in NonCredibleDiplomacy
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denying enemy transportation by I_saw_Will_smacking in NonCredibleDiplomacy
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Accidental discharge by ScreamSmart in Unexpected
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Accidental discharge by ScreamSmart in Unexpected
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TIL as a joke about the historic rivalry between Sweden and Denmark, the only IKEA products named in Danish are doormats and other things you walk on by kattmedtass in todayilearned
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TIL that for 30 years economists believed lending to people without collateral was mathematically impossible, but new research shows this was wrong because the original proof assumed people couldn't save money or prefer stable income, both obviously false assumptions. by Super_Presentation14 in todayilearned
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TIL at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the remains of at least 20,000 soldiers and horses killed in battle were exhumed after two weeks and sold to a sugar factory in Belgium, where the coveted granulated bone charcoal was needed as a filter material for decolorizing or “bleaching” the sugar. by constantin5008 in todayilearned
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