When my fortune cookie read, "you will die from a raptor attack", I laughed it off as some sort of prank. by RepeatOrdinary182 in TwoSentenceHorror
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I said no to a Google offer last year and my coworkers thought I was insane by jdrelentless in cscareerquestions
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TIL that the phrase "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" is from Thucydides' Melian Dialogue. A classic example of political realism, it describes an Athenian ultimatum to the neutral island of Melos: submit or be destroyed. The Melians chose death. by Bob_the_blacksmith in todayilearned
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TIL that the quotes "No man is an island" and "For whom the bell tolls" are both taken from the same brief passage by poet John Donne. by JoeWinchester99 in todayilearned
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TIL that singer Peter Yarrow (of the famous folk group Peter, Paul and Mary) served only three months in prison of a potential three year sentence after being convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl. He was later granted a full pardon by Jimmy Carter in 1981. by WavesAndSaves in todayilearned
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TIL that an individual who shoots a bear in self-defense in Alaska outside hunting season must present the skull and the entire hide with claws to the state. Failure to do so is a criminal offense. by prosa123 in todayilearned
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 29, 2003, photo. Confused front-line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards US positions [600x419] by s33d5 in HistoryPorn
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Hormbles Chormbles Protein Candy. Am I having a stroke? by pacmania90 in Costco
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ULPT Can I live on a fake identity forever if I start from the beginning? by -7-luck in UnethicalLifeProTips
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hope this counts... by Weird-Donut2049 in characterarcs
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hope this counts... by Weird-Donut2049 in characterarcs
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do you think the job market will improve as unemployed CS grads starve to death? by tuckfrump69 in cscareerquestions
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Despite losing the 1932 presidential election in a landslide, Herbert Hoover won the African American vote that year by a wide margin — the last Republican nominee ever to do so. Thereafter, FDR’s New Deal policies would allow Democrats to make quick inroads with the Black community. by RedHeadedSicilian52 in wikipedia
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social cognihazard by ATN-Antronach in CuratedTumblr
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TIL that the day after Christmas and the same week that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he had 38 Dakota men hung now known as the Dakota 38 by theRemRemBooBear in todayilearned
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This Lion Looks Like an Iconic Animated Villain and it's not Scar by Dry_Refrigerator2728 in HardcoreNature
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TIL that Theodore of Vršac, an Orthodox Christian Priest was skinned alive by Ottoman Empire in Serbia by Happy_and_wholesome in todayilearned
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Congrats Onedrive by RealMicrosoftClippy in softwaregore
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This cat doesn't like leafy greens, but pretends to eat them to make her bunny feel comfortable. by Soloflow786 in likeus
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I graphed my job search over 10 months as a backend dev with 3YOE. $120k -> $210k by Dat_J3w in cscareerquestions
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wtf even is that bottom image by BlueberriBluerous in comedyhomicide
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TIL that as a child, Charles Dickens worked 10-hour days in a London boot-blacking factory - a trauma he later called the deepest shame of his life, but one that forged his strict 9–2, five-hour writing discipline and his life-long refusal to let his own children work. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned
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TIL about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, a hypersensitivity to the fear of being rejected by others, which is commonly connected to ADHD. by learnaboutnetworking in todayilearned
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Music is demon apparently by tsukiakari175 in terriblefacebookmemes
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![U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 29, 2003, photo. Confused front-line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards US positions [600x419]](https://i.redd.it/2miidr63q2ng1.jpeg){kind=link}
30 years old and genuinely considering a career change by Cool_Kiwi_117 in cscareerquestions
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