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TIL That the extra layer of skin over the eye of 90% Asiatic people is called the "epicanthic fold" and is theorized to have evolved as a protection against cold and snow blindness.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 02:26PM by Clever_pig
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TIL that state-run Chinese newspapers have fallen multiple times for the Onion, believing in the Onion’s satirical articles and quoting it as a credible source.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 04:42PM by harrowedlife
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TIL dogs can "laugh" when they're playful. Researchers played recordings of dogs laughing to stressed shelter dogs, resulting in the dogs showing significantly fewer signs of stress. Many of the dogs and puppies began to bounce around, and responded with laughs of their own.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 06:33PM by lilburrito
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TIL a woman's advanced metastatic breast cancer was cured with an experimental immunotherapy treatment. DNA in Judy Perkins' tumor tissue was analyzed for mutations specific to her cancer; billions of her unique T cells were lab-grown & infused back into her body with the aid of two drugs.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 05:23PM by Miskatonica
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TIL Pluto was named by 11-year-old Venetia Burney. After her grandfather read about the discovery, Venetia, who enjoyed mythology, said the planet was in a region similar to the dark, remote underworld ruled by the Roman god Pluto. Her grandfather then contacted astronomers suggesting the name.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 05:39PM by clayt6
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TIL Shrek was originally given a thick Canadian accent by actor Mike Meyers. However, after animation had begun and the dialogue almost finished, Meyers decided the character would be better portrayed with a Scottish accent. The film had to be re-animated and cost over $4 million
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 08:03PM by SonofaTimeLord
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TIL that Disney had originally wanted to add Giselle from Enchanted (2007) to the Disney Princess line-up, but decided against it when they realized they would have to pay for lifelong rights to Amy Adams' image.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 07:20PM by Tokyono
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TIL After Shaquille O'Neal left college early to join the NBA, he later returned to school to earn his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and then in 2012, a PHD in education.
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Submitted February 10, 2020 at 10:14PM by DudeThatsChill
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TIL Author Robert Howard created Conan the Barbarian and invented the entire 'sword and sorcery' genre. He took care of his sickly mother his entire adult life, never married and barely dated. The day his mother finally died, he he walked out to his car, grabbed a gun, and shot himself in the head.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 02:54AM by Bluest_waters
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TIL Bong Joonho has won every Korean film award he's ever been nominated for. 55 out of 55.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 04:11AM by Lokimonoxide
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TIL, in 2006, similar to his character in the film "Lost in Translation", actor Bill Murray met a young blonde foreign student while drinking at a bar and joined a late-night party with her. He even helped wash the dishes there.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 01:37AM by A-Dumb-Ass
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TIL that Japan has over 5 million operating vending machines currently within the country, making it so there is 1 vending machine per 23 people, making it the country with the most vending machines per capita in the entire world.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 06:13AM by javaspirits
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TIL Hawaiian King Kamehameha IV was shocked when in America, a train conductor mistook him for the servant: "The first time that I have ever received such treatment, not in England or France or anywhere else... In England an African can pay his fare and sit alongside Queen Victoria."
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 01:06PM by RechelleSambuca
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TIL Mel Gibson had no idea how to do a Scottish accent for Braveheart so he had dinner in Sean Connery's home and learned from the master
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 09:45AM by RechelleSambuca
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TIL that in 2006, the brakes failed on Joaquin Phoenix's car in Hollywood, and he flipped off the road. He was found by Werner Herzog, who stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette as gasoline leaked into the car cabin. Herzog broke the back windscreen, helped Phoenix out, and then went home.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 02:16PM by EarwigSandwhich
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TIL that no person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 03:19PM by czwegner
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TIL It took 100 days to put out the flames of the 9/11 attacks. Everytime a large chunk of debris was moved a rush of oxygen would severely intensify the flames.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 02:20PM by JunkyforJunkrat
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TIL Elvis Presley was actually blond. The King of Rock ’n’ Roll began dying his hair black from a very early age. Because of this, only one photo of him with his natural hair color exists – and it is framed on the wall of Graceland.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 03:15PM by fitnessbreeze
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TIL of Kelly, a dolphin whose trainers gave her fish for bringing them litter/dead gulls to clean her pool. She started hiding fish under a rock in her pool, then used fish to lure gulls which she brought to her trainers to get more fish. She taught her calf the strategy, who taught more calves.
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Submitted February 11, 2020 at 04:38PM by Miskatonica
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