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TIL that no matter the language, we all exchange information at 39 bits/second, suggesting a biological limit. Languages that are lower information density are spoken fast (Spanish & Japanese) while denser languages are spoken more slowly (Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese).
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Submitted December 15, 2020 at 07:45PM by berutto
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TIL that the world's most well-preserved mummy was found at the altitude of 6,600 in Argentina. She was a 15-year-old Incan girl who had been sacrificed to gods around 500 years ago.
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Submitted December 15, 2020 at 05:56PM by runicvibes
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TIL that Kevin Costner asked Princess Diana to star in 'The Bodyguard 2' and she agreed. The plot followed the princess who required protection from paparazzi and stalkers. The first draft for the script arrived the day before she died.
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Submitted December 15, 2020 at 09:57PM by Niyazali_Haneef
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TIL that in the 9th century AD, a viking named Halvdan carved his name on a marble in Hagia Sophia. The runes he carved reads "Halvdan was here" which are still visible today.
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Submitted December 15, 2020 at 06:54PM by runicvibes
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TIL Junior Bridgeman a former NBA player who was not a star in the league, took his earnings from the NBA and invested them into food franchises. He now has a net worth of $600 million only behind Michael Jordan as the richest NBA player in history.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 12:44AM by notgettinglaided
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TIL that the loudest bird in the world (the White Bellbird) can scream at 125 decibels -- about as loud as an ambulance siren. Courtship consists of the male screaming directly into the female's face.
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Submitted December 15, 2020 at 10:21PM by Pink_Footed_Goose
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TIL: The decline in hunters threatens how U.S. pays for conservation. The user-play, user-pay funding system for wildlife conservation has been emulated around the world. It has been incredibly successful at restoring the populations of North American game animals, some of which were once endangered
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 12:41AM by Goosekilla1
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TIL that in the mid-18th century, Americans were so used to yellow milk, tinted with lead chromate to disguise the bluishness of watered-down dairy, that people refused to purchase white milk, thinking it had been coloured
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Submitted December 15, 2020 at 11:31PM by malalatargaryen
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TIL when future US President Herbert Hoover was born in 1874, his father announced the news by saying, "We have another General Grant at our house!", referencing the incumbent chief executive. This rural Iowan blacksmith would die nearly fifty years before his son fulfilled the prediction.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 03:20AM by DudeAbides101
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TIL that deer populations in North America were nearly extinct due to over hunting, but have since rebounded after strict hunting regulations and conservation.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 04:30AM by mrpoopybutthole423
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TIL that every Christmas season, an estimated 3.6 million Japanese families treat themselves to Kentucky Fried Chicken, in what has become a nationwide tradition.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 05:31AM by gamerguy287
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TIL: Bōnenkai is a Japanese drinking party that is organized at the end of a year. It literally translates to "forget the year gathering" and is meant to forget the woes and troubles of the past year, and hopefully look to the new year
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 04:54AM by poleco1
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TIL Mr. Rogers loved to fart in public to amuse his wife when they attended boring parties or gatherings. According to Joanne Rogers, "He would just raise one cheek and he would look at me and smile." She also said Rogers enjoyed listening to her tell dirty jokes
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 06:27AM by szekeres81
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TIL That medieval European monks were required to maintain their tonsure (bald spot), and each monastery would usually hire or train a barber. Being skilled with razors, barbers would also perform surgical procedures for the monks. They would eventually be recognized as the first 'barber-surgeons'.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 01:19AM by CommercialBass3
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TIL the inventor of the bra, Caresse Crosby, came up with the idea because she didn’t want to wear a corset to a dance at age 19. She also had a dog named Clytoris.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 05:33AM by dcoughl02
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TIL: The critters most commonly referred to as daddy longlegs spiders are not spiders. They are Opiliones and also known as harvestmen. They are also arachnids, but are more closely related to scorpions . Hence, they don't produce venom or silk and don't have fangs either,and are completely harmless
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 02:12PM by juicyvomit
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TIL: Contrary to myth, bats aren't blind. Research shows that depending on the circumstances, bats sometimes prefer using eyesight to sound when hunting. In fact, many bats don't echolocate at all. These species have particularly sharp vision, and can even see ultraviolet light
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 02:21PM by juicyvomit
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TIL when he accepted the role of Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Caine said he wanted to play it, "like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company," as if there were no puppets around him. On set, he had to walk across narrow planks between the Muppets and their performers.
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Submitted December 16, 2020 at 12:37PM by who_died_of_ennui
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