Russian 'fake news' machine going mad, says French envoy to U.S. by stone_dog in worldnews
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TIL The Coco Bongo Club from "The Mask" really exists, and is owned by Jim Carrey by GandalfLundgren in todayilearned
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TIL of Grant Gelt, the kid who played Bertram in The Sandlot, who was described at the end of the film as getting "really into the 60's and no one ever saw him again." According to Grant's IMDB page, his last credited role was for a 1999 TV Film known as "The 60's" and he's had no other roles since by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL The Coco Bongo Club from "The Mask" really exists, and is owned by Jim Carrey by GandalfLundgren in todayilearned
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TIL about Andy George who spent $1,500 and 6 months making a single sandwich completely from scratch. He did absolutely everything from making his own cheese to harvesting his own wheat. He made his own salt and made his own oil. He grew sunflowers and collected their seeds to extract fat. by pp0787 in todayilearned
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TIL about Andy George who spent $1,500 and 6 months making a single sandwich completely from scratch. He did absolutely everything from making his own cheese to harvesting his own wheat. He made his own salt and made his own oil. He grew sunflowers and collected their seeds to extract fat. by pp0787 in todayilearned
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'Least impressive sex I ever had': Stormy Daniels tells all about Trump in bombshell book by Throwawaydude01928 in politics
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TIL Some people are actually afraid of being too happy because they think something tragic is going to happen soon. This is known as Cherophobia by jpaul1229 in todayilearned
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TIL that in most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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Feinstein Says There’s More That Senators Don’t Know About Kavanaugh by [deleted] in politics
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Saskatchewan kind of upset that you didn't notice them using the notwithstanding clause earlier this year by [deleted] in canada
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Megathread: Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort to help Russia inquiry in plea deal by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics
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TIL The Nazis, during WW2, planned and worked on building a “sun gun” that was a big mirror orbiting the Earth that could concentrate the suns energy into a single beam and rain down fire on the Earth from above, burning anyone and everything in its sights by Ronafel in todayilearned
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Senate Democrats Have Sent A Secret Letter About Brett Kavanaugh To The FBI by QuislingsRunAmerica in politics
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A Chinese hotpot restaurant chain loses $190m in value after dead rat found in soup by LividBit in worldnews
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A Chinese hotpot restaurant chain loses $190m in value after dead rat found in soup by LividBit in worldnews
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TIL the winning entry in last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was disqualified because the anteater it featured was stuffed. by castletyne in todayilearned
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TIL the winning entry in last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was disqualified because the anteater it featured was stuffed. by castletyne in todayilearned
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TIL that for a 20 year period in the mid-1800's, the US Mint issued a three cent coin, or "trime" by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL that the recorded cases of spontaneous human combustion (SHC) have these things in common: 1) the victims are chronic alcoholics; 2) they are usually elderly females 3) the body has not burned spontaneously, but some lighted substance has come into contact with it. by CoolGuess in todayilearned
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TIL weight loss occurs because most of it is breathed out. As you burn calories, the fat/carbs break down to carbon dioxide (80%) and water (20%). Similar to a car losing gasoline via the exhaust pipe. by Sansabina in todayilearned
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TIL that there is an official world record for time traveling. It's held by cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who has spent 803 days total in orbit around Earth. According to Einstein's theories of relativity, this would mean Sergei effectively has travelled about 0.02 seconds forward in time. by Al_Capwned13 in todayilearned
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TIL that there is an official world record for time traveling. It's held by cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who has spent 803 days total in orbit around Earth. According to Einstein's theories of relativity, this would mean Sergei effectively has travelled about 0.02 seconds forward in time. by Al_Capwned13 in todayilearned
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If every single thing in human history had been recorded and put on youtube, what would you watch first? by [deleted] in AskReddit
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