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TIL that serial child molester and GOP House speaker Dennis Hastert served only 15 months for illegal efforts to hide hush money payments to victims
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 01:08AM by roy_battys_tears
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TIL a Dallas middle school wanted to do a "Breakfast with Dads," but many boys had absentee fathers; so the school put out a call on social media, hoping for 50 male mentors. 600 men showed up. An icebreaker was teaching the boys, ages 11-13, how to tie a necktie in a half Windsor knot.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 01:35AM by Miskatonica
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TIL that when horses are born, their hooves are covered in a rubbery layer called a deciduous hoof capsule. This capsule covers the sharp edges of the foal’s untried hooves, protecting both the foal and its mother from injury during birth. The capsules fall off soon after birth.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 12:33AM by annieesquad
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TIL the Icelandic language was kept isolated for so long that modern speakers can still read and understand texts written in Old Norse, the language of the original viking settlers from Scandinavia that settled the Island over 1000 years ago.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 02:13AM by untipoquenojuega
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TIL a duck is called a duck because it ducks its head under the water to feed. The animal was named after the verb and not the other way around.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 02:14AM by xe3to
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TIL of the Irish Titanic passenger who sent a good bye message in a bottle during the sinking, it subsequently washed up near his home, where his handwriting was recongnised by his mother.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 03:01AM by Fitz_cuniculus
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TIL that Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person before Rosa Parks, but the NAACP chose not to use her, as she was an unwed mother.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 02:53AM by galethog
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TIL that when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon, he had with him a piece of the propeller from the Wright Brothers' first airplane, the Wright Flyer
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 04:24AM by TwoTheVictor
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TIL during the winter of 1917, German and Russian soldiers of World War 1 suspended their fight against each other and banded together to fend off wolves that were stalking them in the Russian woods.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 05:51AM by WithGravy
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TIL At age 113, Bernando LaPallo continued to shop for himself, cook, bathe, shave without any assistance from anyone to help him in and out of the shower. He generally slept by 9:30 and got up at 3:30 or 4 am
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 10:45AM by vannybros
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TIL Juno has captured the first images we've ever seen of Jupiter's poles, which are surprisingly bluish in colour.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 12:32PM by BeachSamurai
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TIL Jupiter protects the Earth by "eating up" any asteroid or comet that ventures near thanks to its gravitational pull, earning the nickname “vacuum cleaner of the solar system.”
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 02:44PM by BeachSamurai
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TIL that Popeye the Sailor became so popular during the Great Depression that consumption of spinach increased by 33%. His popularity also led to American children listing spinach as their third favorite food, after turkey and ice cream.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 10:05PM by InmostJoy
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TIL Bill Murray’s character spent almost 34 years reliving February 2nd in the movie Groundhog Day
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 11:34PM by callmeDeborah
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TIL that the black paint around the outside of your car's windshield is called ‘frit’. The frit band both hides the sealant securing the windshield to your car AND protects it from the sun’s ultraviolet rays, which can damage the adhesive.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 10:57PM by TwoTheVictor
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TIL Anthony Kiedis from the band Red Hot Chili Peppers knowingly had a sexual relationship with a 14 year old when he was almost 30 years old.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 02:34PM by Snizzlefry
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TIL Coca-Cola was accused of hiring hitmen from a prominent paramilitary group between 1990 and 2002 to kill at least 10 trade union leaders.
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Submitted February 03, 2020 at 12:51AM by auzan123
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TIL Frederick Douglas was asked what advice he had for a young man. "Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!" Douglass passed away in 1895, at the age of 77, after attending a women's rights meeting with Susan B. Anthony.
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Submitted February 02, 2020 at 11:04PM by masked-n-anonymous
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