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TIL Psychology research demonstrates the psychological benefits of working less. Working fewer hours was associated with improved psychological and health benefits. It also helps with productivity.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:08PM by amansaggu26
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TIL in 1963 a VW Beetle donated by the manufacturer became the first car in the Antarctic. It was so good for Antarctic use, being able to withstand temperatures below -50°C and winds above 150 km/h, that it was nicknamed "Red Terror" by the users.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 04:12PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
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TIL that Pixar's Cars lost the 2006 Best Animated Feature Oscar to Happy Feet, which used motion capture technology. Their next film, Ratatouille, has a stamp in the credits saying "100% Genuine Animation! No motion capture or any other performance shortcuts were used in the production of this film"
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 06:06PM by derstherower
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TIL that the "seductive nature" of the Green M&M is a reference to an urban legend during the 1970s that green M&Ms were aphrodisiacs
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 03:24PM by llamanatee
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TIL Sir Ian McKellen was offered the role of Dumbledore after Richard Harris passed away but turned it down because Harris had once called him “technically brilliant, but passionless” and he couldn’t take over the part from an actor who he’d known didn’t approve of him.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 07:37PM by PettyDangleberry
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TIL about "foldering", a covert communications technique using emails saved as drafts in an account accessed by multiple people, and poses an extra challenge to detect because the messages are never sent. It has been used by Al Qaeda and drug cartels, amongst others.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 07:55PM by MarsNirgal
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TIL of a £4m art heist Manchester in 2003 , including a Van Gogh painting. It is believed the culprit tipped off the police and revealed the location of the stolen artwork. Stating that his intentions were not to steal , but to highlight woeful security.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 08:38PM by Slay_Dee
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TIL the term "boycott" is named after Charles Boycott, a 19th century English land-agent in Ireland who didn't lower rents for the tenants on the estate he managed. They withdrew their labor and began a campaign of isolation, including local shops refusing to serve him.
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Submitted December 26, 2020 at 11:48PM by greysands
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TIL In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 12:51AM by _CAD3_
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TIL, Hatshepsut was the most successful female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. But after her death, her successor destroyed her statues to obliterate her memory.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 12:14AM by Niyi_M
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TIL a perpetual stew was maintained in Perpignan from the 15th century until World War II
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 01:41AM by buswank3r
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TIL During the Prohibition era, the U.S. Government allowed Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, Walgreens grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 12:58AM by _CAD3_
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TIL [in 1926] Overcome with grief after the death of his wife, famed sharp shooter Annie Oakley, Francis Butler refused to eat and died of starvation 18 days later at the age of 78.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 03:07AM by DalaiMontana
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TIL Frederick the Great, Prussian Monarch from 1740 to 1786, known for his tactical genius on the battlefield, is considered by historians to be primarily homosexual in orientation. Following a demoralizing defeat, he wrote "Fortune has it in for me; she is a woman, and I am not that way inclined."
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 05:08AM by BlondeLocks
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TIL Three Nile crocodiles have been found in Florida. They are the second largest crocodile and are more dangerous than the native crocodiles and alligators in Florida.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 12:39AM by _CAD3_
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TIL The guy in the 'Bad Luck Brian' meme pic fully embraced his fame, hired an IP lawyer and capitalized on the meme with clothing, board games, a car commercial, etc. He also has had great luck in his life winning multiple scratch off tickets and drawings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G48Y-qS68Fs&ab_channel=BuzzFeedVideo

Submitted December 27, 2020 at 06:08AM by Bluest_waters
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TIL Carlos Rodriguez is known as 'The man without a brain'. He survived a car accident while on drugs and made a full recovery with all of his mental abilities and memories intact except for missing an astonishingly large portion of his brain and skull.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 04:23AM by AreaFifty1
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TIL that according to a University of Chicago study, while the joy of receiving gifts lessens over time, the psychological benefits of giving do not. Participants’ happiness hardly declined if they repeatedly bestowed gifts on others, versus repeatedly receiving those same gifts themselves.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 06:48AM by footballrocc
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TIL that fungi are evolutionarily more closely related to animals than to plants, and this was not recognized until a few decades ago.
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Submitted December 27, 2020 at 09:22AM by SonicDarkness
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