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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 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from heritage.org

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by theFriendlyDoomer from insider.com

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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.)

submitted 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from grin.com

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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 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from smithsonianmag.com

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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 2 years ago by Saturday from thefactsource.com

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

submitted 2 years ago by skunkwerx from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL Cleopatra was ethnically Greek, not Egyptian. Her ancestor Ptolomy served in Alexander the Great's army. After Alexander's, death Ptolemy stole the body & used it to claim legitimacy as ruler of Egypt. His dynasty lasted 292 years until Augustus Cesar defeated Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.

submitted 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from en.wikipedia.org

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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 2 years ago by Jashfior from telegraph.co.uk

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by NaughtyUnicorn from lundtan.lundaekonomerna.se

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 2 years ago by theFriendlyDoomer from research.stlouisfed.org

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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 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from sikhs.org

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

submitted 4 years ago by Starlight_Fire from physicstoday.scitation.org

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TIL our wood is weird

submitted 1 year ago by jet199 from imgur.com

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TIL about the Falkland Islands wolf. It was the only native land mammal living on the islands, and it is not quite clear how it was able to get there from the mainland, 480 km away. It was hunted to extinction by sheep farmers in the 19th century.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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 2 years ago by Saturday from thefactsource.com

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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 2 years ago by Jashfior from rarehistoricalphotos.com

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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 2 years ago by Jashfior from indiatoday.in

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL that we dont have just 5 senses, we have at least 14 of them.

submitted 4 years ago by Greedeater from science.howstuffworks.com

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TIL that the longest known sniper kill occurred in 2017. A member of the Canadian special forces smoked an ISIS fighter at 3,871 yards, which is over 2 miles.

submitted 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from nationalinterest.org

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

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL about the Vela incident, an unidentified double flash occurring in the south Atlantic on September 22, 1979. It is believed to be a secret nuclear test carried out by South Africa and Israel.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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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

submitted 2 years ago by skunkwerx from cnbc.com

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

submitted 3 years ago by Chipit from youtube.com

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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 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonas that spoke an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this language.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from mentalfloss.com

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TIL about the usage of the 'word' Texas.

submitted 3 years ago by Mnemonic from i.imgur.com

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In February this year Wikipedia voted on whether to delete its entire article on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.

submitted 3 years ago by Robin from en.wikipedia.org

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Adolf Hitler, who had himself been a victim of mustard gas in 1918, indignantly refused to deploy poison gas during World War II.

submitted 3 months ago by iDontShift from self.TIL

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TIL that Donald Rumsfeld was the 3rd Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. This office was created to fight the "War on Poverty". Obviously, he didn't win the war.

submitted 3 years ago by Tom_Bombadil from en.m.wikipedia.org

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TIL on the Papuan Bougainville Island 41% of the men admitted to having coerced a non-partner into sex, and 59% to having sex with their partner when she was unwilling. 14.1% admitted having commited gang rape.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL about Child beauty pageants in France

submitted 3 years ago by Mnemonic from i.imgur.com

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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.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL of Transnistria - a European country that doesn't officially exist. Internationally, it's recognized as part of Moldova, but is largely self-governing and considers itself independent.

submitted 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL about the World's littlest skyscraper

submitted 3 years ago by Mnemonic from en.m.wikipedia.org

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TIL that the Madagascar Sign Language is derived from the Norwegian Sign Language, since the education for deaf in the country was established by Norwegian missionaries.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from repository.tufs.ac.jp

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TIL of the Great Male Renunciation

submitted 3 years ago by [deleted] from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL Orlando, home of Walt Disney World, ranks #2 on the list of cities with the highest rates of registered sex offenders.

submitted 4 years ago by useless_aether from i.imgur.com

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Muslims wipe their butts with their bare hands

submitted 4 months ago by [deleted] from thehumanist.com

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

submitted 5 months ago by [deleted] from iflscience.com

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

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL that on the isolated Pacific Pitcairn Island, six men, out of a total population of just 47, were in 2004 found guilty of rape and sexual assault against children, including the mayor.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 2 years ago by aThievingStableboy from healthline.com

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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 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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All Dutch PMs since 1982 have attended the Bilderberg.

submitted 2 years ago by Robin from wikispooks.com

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TIL: Dogs dont want to be alone when they die, they're just scared and confused

submitted 3 years ago by Tiwaking from wagwalking.com

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r/TumblrInAction banned

submitted 11 months ago by ClintonKilldepstein from reddit.com

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

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL: The Pareto Principle also known as the 80/20 rule states that 80 percent of the results come from 20 percent of the causes

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL that all mammals of order Carnivora are divided into two groups: cat-like (Feliformia) and dog-like (Caniformia).

submitted 2 years ago by NorfolkTerrier from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL that the library Biblioteca_Joanina in Coimbra, Portugal is home to a swarm of bats that feed on book-eating insects.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL: At least two IMF directors have been convicted of financial crimes

submitted 3 years ago by Robin from self.TIL

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Steven Spielberg directed the first Columbo episode

submitted 1 month ago * by Musky from self.TIL

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Today I Learned that the 1930 movie "Soup To Nuts" was written by Rube Goldberg, the famous cartoonist, author, and inventor and featured the debut of the Three Stooges.

submitted 3 months ago by Zapped from self.TIL

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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

submitted 11 months ago by [deleted] from self.TIL

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TIL Steve Jobs died of an easily treatable form of pancreatic cancer because he though eating a fruit only diet would cure him

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL Medieval Eltz Castle has remained with the same family for 860 years (33 generations)

submitted 2 years ago by Saturday from thefactsource.com

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TIL bone conduction was used to diagnose the source of deafness in patients as early as the sixteenth century (no, Beethoven did NOT invent bone conduction)

submitted 2 years ago by liz_ from blog.sentienhq.com

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Exclusive: Pentagon spent nearly $8 million to treat 1,500 transgender troops since 2016

submitted 3 years ago by Tom_Bombadil from usatoday.com

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TIL that JFK Jr. died in a small plane crash in 1999.

submitted 3 years ago by Robin from self.TIL

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TIL about Van Eck phreaking

submitted 4 years ago by Mnemonic from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL Instagram Communities May Be Promoting Eating Disorders

submitted 4 years ago by Nechama from hubpages.com

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TIL that after the Taliban blew up two giant 4th-century Buddha statues, a network of caves were discovered which held ancient Buddhist paintings and another giant Buddha statue. This previously undiscovered statue was 62 ft tall, bigger than the two that were destroyed.

submitted 4 years ago by Orangutan from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 9 months ago by [deleted] from self.TIL

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TIL: Depression and Anxiety may only be representatives and constant reminders for the pain that is required for real psychological growth.

submitted 1 year ago by GeorgeCarlin from self.TIL

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

submitted 1 year ago by GeorgeCarlin from self.TIL

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

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL that during World War II, Japan floated over 9,300 Fu-Go balloon bombs towards the United States mainland. While the bombs were largely ineffective, they were the first intercontinental weapons, with one reaching as far as Michigan.

submitted 2 years ago by NorfolkTerrier from en.wikipedia.org

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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."

submitted 2 years ago by NorfolkTerrier from nsarchive2.gwu.edu

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

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from atlasobscura.com

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

submitted 2 years ago by skunkwerx from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL In 1933 Asbestos companies settled claims about the damage of asbestos, they then funded the research so they could control it.

submitted 3 years ago by [deleted] from youtu.be

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TIL that the WHO declared Ebola a PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) 2 Weeks ago.

submitted 3 years ago by Robin from who.int

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TIL Hitler wanted to burn Paris to the ground but the order was disobeyed by General Dietrich von Choltitz who believed Hitler was mentally insane

submitted 4 years ago by useless_aether from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 6 months ago by Zapped from mentalfloss.com

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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 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL about atomic gardening. People used radioactive cobalt to induce mutations in plants in order to create new plants.

submitted 1 year ago by Canbot from en.m.wikipedia.org

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TIL a seven year old boy became heavyweight champion of the world for one day. ♥️

submitted 2 years ago by hfxB0oyA from imgur.com

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TIL that two airplanes collided in Switzerland in 2002 due to bad air traffic control. A Russian man who lost his family in the accident murdered the air traffic controller who handled the traffic that night. After his release he became deputy minister of construction in North Ossetia-Alania.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL that in 1968, Liechtenstein held a referendum on women's suffrage where both men and women were allowed to vote. Despite this, the No-side won with 56.3% and 49.5% of the women voting against voting rights for women. Women's suffrage would not be introduced until 1984.

submitted 2 years ago by Jashfior from en.wikipedia.org

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TIL Zionist Jews orchestrated 9/11

submitted 2 years ago by Jesus from takeourworldback.com

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TIL that aspirin might have increased mortality during the spanish flu

submitted 3 years ago by [deleted] from youtu.be

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TIL Scholars now think that human writing independently developed in at least five ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia/Sumer (between 3400 and 3100 BC), Egypt (around 3250 BC), China (2000 BC), Mesoamerica (by 650 BC), and Peru (by 200 CE)

submitted 3 years ago by magnora7 from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 1 month ago by EvilDed from dailymail.co.uk

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Horny men live longer: Men with higher libido are 69% (yes, really) less likely to die young than their peers, study suggests

submitted 1 month ago by EvilDed from dailymail.co.uk

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

submitted 3 months ago by [deleted] from dailystar.co.uk

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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?

submitted 4 months ago by Musky from en.wikipedia.org

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A finger in the bum can make you cum

submitted 8 months ago by chipitndale from abc.net.au

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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

submitted 11 months ago by [deleted] from en.wikipedia.org

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

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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TIL: Writers often develop intricate details of their characters before writing their novel.

submitted 1 year ago by Zapped from nownovel.com

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

submitted 1 year ago by yabbit from self.TIL

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