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TIL Folk Singer Phil Ochs was paranoid that the FBI was spying on him, saying, "I'm a folk singer for the FBI" in 1966. In reality the FBI had hundreds of pages on file, but Ochs never committed a federal crime. He continued to be under investigation until his death by suicide in 1976.
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Submitted March 21, 2020 at 05:06PM by jamescookenotthatone
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TIL the United States military pays professional sports teams to display patriotism. Between 2012-2014 the military spent $10.4 million on marketing contracts with teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS, while spending $88 million sponsoring a NASCAR racer's car.
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Submitted March 21, 2020 at 06:29PM by BloodyAvocado
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TIL a fed up Jet Blue flight attendant announced his resignation over the PA system upon landing. He then grabbed 2 beers from a beverage cart and exited by deploying the plane’s emergency slide.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 01:45AM by GirthWindNFire
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TIL that installing air filters in classrooms have surprisingly significant educational benefits. A few months of air filtering dramatically improves test scores.
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Submitted March 21, 2020 at 08:56PM by speckz
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TIL Scientists trained 17 rats to drive tiny cars; each rat stood on the aluminum floor of the car & gripped copper bars with their paws to complete a circuit to propel the car. By touching left/center/right on the bar, rats could steer to pick up rewards of Froot Loops morsels in the arena.
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Submitted March 21, 2020 at 11:31PM by Miskatonica
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TIL to increase circulation of dollar coins, in 2008 the US Mint allowed individuals to purchase in bulk with free shipping. It was quickly exploited as a way to gain frequent flyer miles. People purchased coins with a credit card, then deposited them at their bank to pay the bill, cost free.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 12:13AM by ClementineChime
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TIL that the Food & Drug Administration has long known the shelf life of some drugs can be extended, sometimes by years but continues to order pharmacies to trash expired drugs. In fact, the federal government has saved a fortune by doing this with their own emergency stock piles.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 02:14AM by beneye
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TIL a man was arrested because he was pissed off at Bank of America for freezing his account leaving him peniless, that he placed a bag of his own urine and fish bait to rot into their Safety Deposit Box as a form of justice.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 04:25AM by moderducker233
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TIL that many of Issac Newton's critical insights on calculus occurred while in isolation from the Great Plague of London from 1665 to 1666. Newton would later describe this time as "the prime of my age for invention and minded mathematics and philosophy more than at any time since."
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 03:36AM by ralphbernardo
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TIL Opium farmers in Australia kept finding mysterious crop circles on their fields. They eventually found out it was wallabies who got high and bounced around in circles
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 07:40AM by emailrob
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TIL of an Ugandan doomsday cult whose followers surrendered their wealth to the church. After the prophesied date passed many disgruntled followers demanded their money back. The cult leaders responded by massacring over 900 of them. The leaders were never caught.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 05:07AM by SerEcon
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TIL a slave was indicted for waging war against the state and was later sentenced to be hanged for treason. Two dissenting judges argued that a slave, being a noncitizen, could not commit treason. He was later pardoned.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 12:45PM by MysticPato
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TIL African American designer Ann Lowe made Jacqueline Bouvier's wedding dress... twice. A flood ruined the 1st ivory silk taffeta gown ten days before the date. Lowe hired extra staff to finish on time, barely avoiding bankruptcy. When asked who made the dress, Jackie said, "A Colored woman".
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 04:44PM by triviafrenzy
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TIL that in 2003, MTV aired an adult cartoon called Clone High which features clones of historical figures in high school. It was canceled after one season because it caused mass protest in India and even hunger strikes over its portrayal of Ghandi as a party animal
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 03:38PM by nickburrows8398
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TIL if you see a tornado and it is not moving side to side, this is a strong indication that it is moving directly towards you.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 04:55PM by DalaiMontana
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TIL Stephen Colbert was invited to be the featured entertainer at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Apparently Republicans didn't realize the character from his show was satire. Featuring some nervous laughs from George W.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 07:03PM by The5uburbs
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TIL in 2004 a woman in Texas was arrested and faced a year in jail for selling a vibrator to two undercover cops posing as a married couple at a private party
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 08:04PM by foxyguy
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TIL Rabbits move their jaws more than 120 times a minute when eating. In order to cope with this constant wear, their teeth are open-rooted, allowing them to grow continuously.
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Submitted March 22, 2020 at 03:15PM by fireseeker4him
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