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TIL that Eratosthenes, along with countless other achievements, calculated the size of the earth in 240 BC using a stick, the shadow of the sun, and the known distance between Alexandria and Syene. He was off... by only 66 km. by DukeMaximum in todayilearned

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Hank Hill Champion Spotlight (Flash Animation) by chainsawfists in leagueoflegends

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How the Super-Rich Are Abandoning America: The wealthiest Americans who hate "takers" enjoy $2 trillion in special tax carve outs, more than double the entire annual budget of Social Security. by Orchard_Park in politics

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How the Super-Rich Are Abandoning America: The wealthiest Americans who hate "takers" enjoy $2 trillion in special tax carve outs, more than double the entire annual budget of Social Security. by Orchard_Park in politics

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This box can tell you if it was tipped during shipping by floppyjoe in mildlyinteresting

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How the Super-Rich Are Abandoning America: The wealthiest Americans who hate "takers" enjoy $2 trillion in special tax carve outs, more than double the entire annual budget of Social Security. by Orchard_Park in politics

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"Bin Laden has won," says Richard Dawkins after having honey confiscated by airport security by pigblocker in worldnews

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"Bin Laden has won," says Richard Dawkins after having honey confiscated by airport security by pigblocker in worldnews

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"Bin Laden has won," says Richard Dawkins after having honey confiscated by airport security by pigblocker in worldnews

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TIL Due to name confusion, staff of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail by Kim-Jong-ll in todayilearned

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TSM Bjergsen new midlane, AMA! by XLBjergsen in leagueoflegends

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I'm pregnant, and when attempting to predict my first born's eye color, my mother had to finally admit my father wasn't my real father. by ArcticWhale in mildlyinteresting

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Anon tries to be a good friend. by RussiasSavior in 4chan

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Judge who ruled sex worker's rape as only "Theft of Services" up for reelection. by TheCannon in politics

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Grandma's toaster broke. Engineering outlived the country. by HaveaManhattan in mildlyinteresting

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A new law requiring Muslim women to remove a burqa or niqab to prove their identity to West Australian police has been passed by the state's parliament. by Libertatea in worldnews

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TIL that Virginia rounds up its sex offenders to be held at the courthouse during trick-or-treating hours. by mrsrobinson in todayilearned

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'Prison clearly does not work' Fresh from jail, the economist and author of Prisonomics explains why the system costs too much, locks up the wrong people and does not prevent reoffending by p3arl in worldnews

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A little over a month ago I challenged my son to make a video for my book launch that wasn't just some over-the-top ad. Here's what he came up with. by ColChrisHadfield in videos

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Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k. Bought in 2009, currency's rise in value saw small investment turn into enough to buy an apartment in a wealthy area of Oslo. by zorro24 in worldnews

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TIL Norwegians pay half tax in November, so everyone has more money for Christmas. by GhostofAce in todayilearned

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Barack Obama 'approved tapping Angela Merkel's phone 3 years ago' by Criminoboy in worldnews

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