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TIL since it is forbidden for Jews to carry certain objects in public during Shabbat, many cities have installed lines in the air, enclosing the city, making the entire city count as private domain and thus making it allowed to carry among other things, house keys, tissues, medication, and babies.

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TIL There is an inverse correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding, and how long the marriage lasts. The more people spend on the ceremony, the more likely the couple will get divorced.

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TIL about the usage of the 'word' Texas.

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A reverse exorcism is when the demon tells the priest to get out of the child's body

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TIL about a murderer that couldn't be executed due to the innocence of his parasitic, conjoined twin

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TIL an AI that tracks "hate speech" finds minorities to be the worst offenders.

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TIL that in English, swear words tend to have Germanic origins (fuck, shit, etc.) while euphemisms tend to have Latin origins (copulate, defecate, etc.)

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TIL that there are three islands in lakes on islands in lakes on islands, all in Canada. There used to be four, until the Taal Volcano Main Crater Lake in the Philippines was emptied after an eruption on January 12, 2020.

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TIL that the great mathematician and logician Kurt Gödel, famous for his incompleteness theorems, refused to eat anything not cooked by his wife out of fear of poisoning and died of starvation when she was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.

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TIL of Brandolini's Law, aka the "Bullshit Asymmetry Principle" which states, "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it"

submitted by aThievingStableboy from en.wikipedia.org

A finger in the bum can make you cum

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TIL American chickens can be processed in China, shipped back, and legally sold in the U.S. as American products

submitted by Saturday from thefactsource.com

TIL our wood is weird

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TIL about the dancing plague of 1518 in Strasbourg where hundreds started to dance maniacally without any known reason, some even dancing to their death.

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TIL the founder of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, was responsible for the deaths of over 65 million people, making him the most prolific killer of the 20th century.

submitted by aThievingStableboy from heritage.org

TIL that the small Pacific island nation of Nauru was once the richest country in the world thanks to phosphate mines, but as the phosphate was depleted it descended into poverty, reaching 90% unemployment.

submitted by Jashfior from telegraph.co.uk

Marathon Runners Poop Themselves An Extraordinary Amount. This Is Why.

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TIL That Humans have a limited ability to care about people outside their social circle, and this is why there will always be what some consider social injustice.

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TIL that in 532, half of Constantinople was destroyed and tens of thousand died in riots between supporters of different chariot racing factions.

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TIL that "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is one of the most profitable films of all time with a 6150% return on investment

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TIL Zionist Jews orchestrated 9/11

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TIL there are more payday loan stores in the US than there are Starbucks or McDonald’s.

submitted by theFriendlyDoomer from research.stlouisfed.org

TIL most men’s right testicle is slightly larger than the left, and tends to hang a little higher.

submitted by aThievingStableboy from healthline.com

TIL about the World's littlest skyscraper

submitted by Mnemonic from en.m.wikipedia.org

TIL that the last sword duel in France took place in 1967, between the mayor of Marseille and the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party.

submitted by Jashfior from rarehistoricalphotos.com

TIL Iraq 1971 poison grain disaster has left 459 dead and 100,000 brain damaged. Farmers consumed grain treated with mercury fungicide, because they didn't understand English/Spanish warnings or skull/crossbones sign

submitted by Saturday from thefactsource.com

TIL that all Native American dog breeds were wiped out by Eurasian dogs after the arrival of European settlers. Despite thriving on the continent for thousands of years, no pre-contact breeds survive today.

submitted by aThievingStableboy from smithsonianmag.com

How to make meat underwear

submitted by Phooey from grist.org

God gave Chinamen sneaky eyes so you'd know not to trust them

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Scientists say men should masturbate 21 times a month to boost their health

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TIL most European and Japanese countries use bidets instead of toilet paper which is more environmentally friendly and cleans poop off your ass better

submitted by yabbit from self.TIL

TIL how post modernism spreads

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TIL that the US's original nuclear war plan included bombing China. When asked if there was an option to spare China if it wasn't part of the war, Strategic Air Command leader Thomas Power said he hoped no one would think of that, "because it would really screw up the plan."

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TIL that at a library in Anchorage, Alaska you can borrow taxidermy animals.

submitted by Jashfior from atlasobscura.com

TIL that the first rocket launched by the Indian space program in 1963 was transported to the launch site by bicycle. The space center from which the launch was performed was set up in a church.

submitted by Jashfior from indiatoday.in

TIL That, in addition to head-coverings, followers of Sikhism must always carry a Kirpan (ceremonial dagger) as a symbol of their "spirituality and the constant struggle of good and morality over the forces of evil and injustice."

submitted by aThievingStableboy from sikhs.org

Oh Good – Over 1 In 10 People Poo In The Shower

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This sea cucumber shoots sticky tubes out of its butt. Its genes hint at how

submitted by EvilDed from sciencenews.org

The Best Vitamins To Soak Your Tampons In Before Sticking Them Up Your Butt

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Muslims wipe their butts with their bare hands

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TIL the ancient Greek word for gay men who top was arse-no-coitus

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TIL Kanye West wore a white lives matter hoodie to an international film festival and got mad white pussy because of that action

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Man who go to bed with itchy bum, wake up with stinky finger

submitted by Saiditartha from self.TIL

Fogbank is a code name given to a material used in the W76, W78 and W88 nuclear warheads that are part of the United States nuclear arsenal.

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TIL China has over 200 million leftover men due to its one child policy

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TIL that the national anthem of Estonia is the same as that of Finland, but with different lyrics.

submitted by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

TIL that "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "The Mask", and "Dumb and Dumber" were all released in 1994.

submitted by skunkwerx from en.wikipedia.org

TIL that after the invention of lightning rods in the 18th century, it became popular in France to wear lightning rods e.g. in your hat or umbrella.

submitted by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

TIL that, on average, Mercury is closer to Earth than our next door neighbors of Venus and Mars

submitted by Starlight_Fire from physicstoday.scitation.org

Scientists Once Scanned The Brains Of 3 Suspected Zombies In Haiti

submitted by ZomFox from iflscience.com

How to Sell Your Soul to the Devil

submitted by Phooey from lifehacker.com

25 Things You Shouldn't Stick Your Dick Into

submitted by Phooey from ebaumsworld.com

Here is what the shape of your poop means about your bowel health

submitted by EvilDed from dailymail.co.uk

What Happens If... You Hold In A Fart?

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Incest: 15 Countries Where You Can Actually Marry Your Siblings Or Blood Relatives!

submitted by Airbus321 from ng.opera.news

TIL - The U.S. Invaded Canada 4 times, other than during The Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

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One in eight Brits want to be able to fart freely in public without being judged

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TIL Bitcoin was created by a Japanese engineer named Satoshi Nakamoto

submitted by yabbit from self.TIL

There's a heavy metal scene in Botswana.

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I find very little when I search 'vaccine regret' on DDG or Google, but in other parts of the world, regret is so common, the Dutch have voted 'prikspijt' as 2021 best new word. Why the lack of flow?

submitted by Walksoft from nltimes.nl

TIL expensive placebo pills are proven to be more effective than cheap ones

submitted by Saturday from thefactsource.com

TIL that Francisco Macías Nguema, dictator of Equatorial Guinea 1968-1979, gave himself the title "Unique Miracle", changed the national motto to "There is no other God than Macías Nguema", banned western medicine and had 150 opponents executed on Christmas Eve by soldiers dressed as Santa Claus.

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TIL that there exist many villages in France that "died for France" in WWI. They were never rebuilt and the land not incorporated in other administrative divisions. Instead the villages officially remain with zero inhabitants to commemorate their sacrifice.

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TIL that Madagascar was not inhabited from nearby Africa, but from Indonesia some time between 200 and 500 AD.

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TIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, when over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. The crash was caused by automatic trading, although the exact causes are not definitely determined.

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TIL that on pre-colonial Easter Island there existed a undeciphered system of writing or proto-writing, called Rongorongo, which would be one of few independent inventions of writing.

submitted by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

TIL: Neopets was run by Scientologists

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TIL to never give up on your dreams, when people tell you to stop: You just push harder and change your boxers. YOU CAN DO IT!

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TIL about Weeaboos. I also learned that there is an 8-step prevention/rehab WikiHow article: "How to Avoid Becoming a Weeaboo".

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TIL the "Flying Spaghetti Monster" was created as a counter argument to oppose teaching "Intelligent Design". Stating argued that intelligent design and his belief that "the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster" were equally valid.

submitted by Tom_Bombadil from en.wikipedia.org

Apparently it's true

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Here's What Happens If You Take An Upper Decker

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We Asked Men Where They Ejaculate When They Masturbate, and the Answers Are Weirder Than You Think

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Steven Spielberg directed the first Columbo episode

submitted by Musky from self.TIL

Scrotox: The procedure that Cristiano Ronaldo has undergone on his genitalia

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The 19 US states where you can still marry your cousin - despite the risk of children suffering genetic defects

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Study Shows Women's Flatulence Is More Smelly Than Men's

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Did you know the compound that makes shit smell bad, Skatole, is used as a fragrance and a fixative in perfume?

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Today I learned a black weegs is a type of shoe

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TIL fossilized poop is called 'Coprolite'

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TIL Of The Time The King's Anus Changed Surgery Forever

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When You Smell Poop, Is That Because Poop Particles Have Gone Up Your Nose?

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The letters J, K, W, X and Y are not part of the Italian alphabet.

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TIL I shouldn't haven't been smearing peanut butter on my crotch when I could have been slathering it in my ass instead

submitted by Airbus321 from self.TIL

Watch: Vsauce explain how farts could literally kill you

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A human hair bundle can be used to record humidity on a hygrothermograph

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The practice of shipping and projecting motion pictures on 2,000-foot reels, and employing "changeovers" between two projectors, was due to the carbon rods used in projector lamphouses having a lifespan of roughly 22 minutes

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The Greenland shark takes 150 years to reach sexual maturity, with some sharks living up to 400 years. Due to this, the hunting of the Greenland shark is unsustainable and is slowly leading to the potential extinction of the species

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TIL : Poisonous and venomous aren't the same thing. And toxic is something else also

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TIL 1 percent of the population creates 90 percent of all innovation. Mostly high iq people.

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TIL Hypergamy results in an uneven distribution of sexual success among humans in which 80 percent of women are attracted to 20 percent of men

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TIL chess was invented in India by king Rajamanavan of the 12th century vijaypatia dynasty

submitted by yabbit from self.TIL

TIL 4chan makes so little money on advertising that you could buy it for free if you take on it's monthly debts

submitted by yabbit from self.TIL

TIL the moon reflects radio signals from earth.

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TIL the term "conspiracy theory" was invented by the CIA to discredit critics and dissidents

submitted by yabbit from self.TIL

TIL Statistically you are more likely to be a virgin if you have a higher iq and are less aggressive and violent.

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TIL: The Covid vaccine has saved over 10 million lives

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TIL: The fundamental building block of our universe are subatomic vibrating strings

submitted by yabbit from self.TIL

TIL 3 masks are 90% effective and 1 is only 50% lmaooo

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TIL Switzerland ended rabies epidemic by dropping chicken heads with vaccine from helicopters

submitted by Saturday from thefactsource.com

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