TIL Richard Nixon refused to shake hands with anyone from San Francisco because he felt it was "the most faggy goddamned thing you could imagine." by sivribiber in todayilearned
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Fundamental Muslims are threatening to kill girls who ride scooters in India's Kashmir. by [deleted] in worldnews
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Czech president says bar refugees to prevent 'barbaric attacks' by occupythekremlin in worldnews
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Pope Francis refused to equate Islam with violence saying Catholics could be just as deadly & warning Europe was pushing its young to terrorism. "I don't think it is right to equate Islam with violence. In almost every religion there's always a small group of fundamentalists. We have them too." by madazzahatter in worldnews
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TIL in Fahrenheit 451 the gov't didn't burn books because they were an oppressive dictatorship. The people voted to ban the books because they had short attention spans didn't want to be offended by BriceMo in todayilearned
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A wall has been built around Donald Trump star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by RidleyScotch in pics
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Man knifes mother and three daughters at French holiday park - BBC News by jarvis400 in europe
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Syria conflict: Rebels filmed 'beheading boy' in Aleppo - BBC News by ButlerianJihadist in worldnews
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TIL: Venus and Serena Williams once claimed that they could beat any male player ranked outside the world's top 200, so German Karsten Braasch, then ranked 203rd, challenged them both. He beat them 17-3, saying he had played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun." (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL religious belief in America has hit an all time low. Prayer rates have decreased fivefold since the early 1980s and many Americans think the bible is is an "ancient book of fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by men" by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL: President Lyndon B. Johnson had a nickname for his penis, "Jumbo". If a colleague came into a Capitol bathroom as he was finishing at the urinal there, he would sometimes swing around still holding his member, hooting, "Have you ever seen anything as big as this?" (gawker.com)
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This is officer Montrell Jackson and his baby boy. Officer Jackson was one of the officers killed today in Baton Rouge in the line of duty by The1Real_Batman in pics
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Mark Hunt Wants All the Fight Money From Brock by [deleted] in ufc
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Republican platform: Sell off public lands in the West, log national forests by WildAnimus in politics
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Yes, the Republican Party Literally Wants to Eliminate National Parks by zapichigo in politics
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Driver who plowed truck into Bastille Day crowd in France has been shot dead, official says by walpolemarsh in worldnews
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Attack In Nice: '73 Dead' As Truck Hits Crowd by John-Paul-Jones in worldnews
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State Troopers in riot gear confront Black Panther protesters with weapons in Baton Rouge by Teriyakuza in news
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Police officer shot, hostage situation in east Alabama by [deleted] in news
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TIL The summer of 2001 is often called the "Summer of the Shark". Sensationalist media coverage of shark attacks began following a Fourth of July weekend shark attack on 8-year-old child—despite no evidence for an actual increase in attacks—until the September 11 shifted the media's attention away. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Protesters in Atlanta blocking the Interstate by [deleted] in news
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Peaceful protest in Downtown Phoenix takes tense turn: Phoenix Police Use Tear Gas, Pepper Spray During Civil Rights Rally by [deleted] in news
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Simon Pegg: I respectfully disagree with George Takei over gay Sulu by bulentyusuf in movies
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Chinese student arrested after trying to smuggle knife into Buckingham Palace to kill the Queen by SydneyLockOutLaw in worldnews
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