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TIL in the 1980s a man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide - Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that w... (www.latimes.com)
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TIL that a 2017 study of 2,000 British adults concluded that "Condescending Wonka" was their all-time favorite meme. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Green Day bassist Mike Prichard adopted the stage name Mike Dirnt as "Dirnt" was originally a nickname that his friends from grade school gave him, as he constantly played "air bass/guitar" and... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that during his development, Nintendo almost made Waluigi an evil version of Princess Peach named "Warupichi," but he ultimately became the evil Luigi because Wario needed a doubles partner in ... (refactoid.com)
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TIL above Olive Riley, a blogger who posted over 100 videos on Youtube documenting her life through WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII. She was born in 1899 and died in 2008. Her videos are still ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that eating spicy foods in hot weather will cool you down more than cold ice cream because spicy foods make you sweat which will cool you off more quickly and efficiently. (www.latimes.com)
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TIL Mad Cow Disease is caused by cattle consuming the remains of other cattle as part of their diet (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Texas produces the most renewable energy in the US (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that due to industry influence, Missouri has some of the loosest alcohol laws in the US. Hard liquor can be sold in grocery stores and gas stations; bars can double as liquor stores; public int... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL there are gendered differences in the sexual attractiveness of smiles among heterosexuals: while men are more likely to prefer women who look happy & least attracted to those who appear pro... (news.ubc.ca)
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TIL that the failed Superman film which had cast Nicolas Cage ending up costing Warner Brothers around $30 million. $20 million of that was paid to Nicolas Cage, his guarantee if the production hal... (www.looper.com)
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TIL crystal skulls aren’t Mesoamerican. So far all the specimens submitted to scientific inquiry are proven to be European in origin. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL honeybees engage in a “dance-debate frenzy” when looking for a new home. Scouts perform a dance in which movements/positions encode directions & vigor indicates quality of a site. Those wit... (www.nature.com)
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TIL When a hamster egg cell is fertilized with human sperm a Humster is created. (wikipedia.org)
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TIL: HP was busted multiple times shipping their laptops like the EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion and Envy with keyloggers that could record keystrokes to a local file accessible by anyone. This alarm... (www.bbc.com)
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TIL in a 2021 study, orcas seemed to avoid pilot whales in the majority of the interactions documented around Iceland. "Occasionally things will get heated and the pilot whales will chase the kille... (hakaimagazine.com)
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TIL Danielle Steel has sold 800 million copies of her novels. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The reason "Baywatch" filmed sequences in slow motion is because they were short on money to finish the shows (www.menshealth.com)
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TIL that Australian aboriginal tribes have oral history and legends that accurately describe old geographic features and document the sea rise that are between 7,000 and 18,000 years old. (www.theguardian.com)
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TIL that the 1988 film “Willow” featured a two-headed dragon called an Eborsisk, meant to be a reference to film critics Siskel and Ebert. Siskel and Ebert gave the film two thumbs down. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL a man known as Hong Xiuquan, who lived in China during the 19th century, claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. He tried to overthrow the then-ruling Qing Dynasty with his own Christian kin... (factsanddetails.com)
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TIL NBC offered a role to James Gandolfini to replace Michael Scott on "The Office", but HBO paid him $3 million to not take the role (www.indiewire.com)
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TIL the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was given to Julius Wagner-Jauregg for curing mental illness by giving patients malaria. (He was, in fact, curing them of syphilis because the ma... (www.nobelprize.org)
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TIL According to space law Weapons of mass destruction are prohibited in space and Moon and other celestial bodies can only be used exclusively for peaceful purposes. (www.unoosa.org)
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TIL Ethnically Thai women in Vietnam wear motorcycle helmets specifically adapted for their traditional hairstyle. (www.care.org)
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