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TIL that in 1777 the Sultanate of Morocco was the first county to recognize the United States as an independent nation with a treaty of peace and friendship.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 04:58AM by HobbyWanKenobi
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TIL about Benson rafts, huge rafts up to 1000 feet long made of thousands of logs lashed together that used to be floated across 1,100 miles of open ocean from the mouth of the Columbia River to San Diego as a cheaper alternative to sending the logs by rail.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 06:26AM by DubiousTactics
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TIL that Dragonflies are older than dinosaurs and used to have a wingspan of 2.5 feet
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 07:28AM by poleco1
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TIL Oliver R. Smoot was 5’7” in 1958 when his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, used him to measure the Harvard Bridge. The bridge is 364.4 Smoots long +/- 1 ear.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 04:39AM by kngtrbl
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TIL the last bursts of light in the universe will not be visible from any of the other last remaining stars. The distances will be so large that the photons will decay before crossing them.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 05:20AM by LeoSolaris
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TIL Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) is a polyglot who speaks ~10 languages; English, French, Flemish, Latin, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish and Irish. At the age of 12, she translated religious works by her stepmother in English to French, Latin, and Italian.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 07:38AM by ysfahd
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TIL a man suеd a strіpper, saying he had a whіplаsh injury when she swung her brеasts, "like two cement blocks", into his face. A female bаіliff examіned the breasts in private, and found them to be "soft", weighing ~2 pounds each. After retiring, the strіpper sold one of her brеast implаnts on еBаy
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 02:36PM by malalatargaryen
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TIL the reason why the snowman is abominable, is because of a mistranslation by a journalist. The local name for the creature was "metoh-kangmi" which translates to "man-bear snow-man", but the metoh part was mistranslated as filthy which got later changed to abominable.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 01:24PM by a_is_for_a
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TIL that there are contact lenses that are worn overnight which temporarily reshape the cornea, allowing the user to have perfect vision during the day without having to wear glasses/contact lenses
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 03:48PM by leonidisakovz2a
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TIL that in 2016, a suicide bomber with explosives in his laptop boarded a Daallo Airlines flight, intending to destroy the aircraft. 15 minutes after takeoff, the explosives detonated, blasting a hole in the plane, and instantly sucking the bomber out. He was the only fatality.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 04:58PM by soul_attractor
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TIL Curry was introduced to Japan by the British. The British brought curry from India back to Britain and introduced it to Japan after it ended its policy of self-isolation. Curry in Japan is categorized as a Western dish
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 06:35PM by Lolzzergrush
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TIL that King Louis XVI was condemned to death by a majority of only 1 vote. Amongst those who voted in favor of the execution was the king's own cousin, Philippe Égalité, whom the king did not have positive relations with. Philippe himself would be guillotined on the same scaffold a year later.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 05:16PM by SpinachPrior458
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TIL that the reason Yukon Cornelius keeps licking his ax in the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" special is because he's looking for peppermint. The scene explaining that was deleted.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 06:46PM by PikesPique
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TIL of the tragedy of Love Canal, NY a town that was meant to be a dream community but was built on a toxic waste dump. The government ignored helping the families suffering from birth defects and health issues until a group of activist moms kidnapped 2 EPA officials for a few hours.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 07:42PM by killshotcaller
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TIL that some fish eggs can survive being digested by waterfowl and remain viable after being pooped out. This provides one explanation as to how fish ‘miraculously’ appear in bodies of water where they otherwise never existed.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 09:49PM by PsychologicalRub9207
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TIL that the reason people pace, clean, doodle, etc while on the phone is we are used to getting “feedback” from that person – hand gestures, body postures, and facial expressions. When we can't see them, our body reacts to the lack of visual feedback by making unconscious moves.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 10:23PM by reddicyoulous
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TIL Somebody paid to have a banner flown through the sky reading out “Cheater” during the Walk of Fame ceremony of Food Network Star and Chef Bobby Flay after divorcing his wife due to a cheating scandal.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 08:11PM by ChefNarwhal
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TIL Mia Farrow agreed to appear in her husband Frank Sinatra's 1968 film, The Detective, but declined when her filming schedule for Rosemary's Baby overran. Sinatra then served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew.
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 11:08PM by ScurvyAndRaspberries
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TIL: Reddit Secret Santa sign-ups CLOSE in 5 days! Grow your heart 3 sizes and sign up before it's too late!
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Submitted December 02, 2020 at 07:43PM by Worldly_Lobster
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TIL that in 1915, a pilot planned a stunt to drop a baseball into an MLB coach’s glove from a plane during a flyover. As a prank she dropped a grapefruit instead; it exploded in the coach’s glove and covered him in red pulp, and he was convinced he was seriously injured and bleeding to death.
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Submitted December 03, 2020 at 01:06AM by bearjew64
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