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TIL Fleetwood Mac’s hit album, Rumors, was fueled by so much cocaine that the band tried to include their dealer into the albums credits.
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Submitted December 28, 2020 at 11:22PM by crispyvibez
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TIL Despite immense pressure from pharmaceutical companies, Dr. Frances Kelsey refused to approve thalidomide for morning sickness in the United States. Her disapproval saved a whole generation of children from death and deformities.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 12:35AM by billydevil666
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TIL Mary Jane Rathbun, better known as Brownie Mary became known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDs patients in the 1980s. She was baking around 4000 brownies each week. She also wore polyester pants and had a “sailors mouth”.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 12:52AM by Torn_Victor
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TIL That a guinea pig named Randy somehow got into a female enclosure and impregnated over 100 female guinea pigs.
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Submitted December 28, 2020 at 11:45PM by _CAD3_
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TIL the Mayans customized their teeth. They would carve holes into their teeth and fill the spaces with different stone inlays. They used minerals like jadeite, hematite, pyrite and turquoise. The stones also had specific meanings as jade may have symbolized pure breath or elegant speech.
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Submitted December 28, 2020 at 04:17PM by ImMikePossibly
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TIL that ancient Egyptians had 12 months of exactly 30 days each, with five epagomenal days to bring the total to 365. Each month was divided into three 10-day periods known as decans or decades.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 03:15AM by JumpyLittleFox
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TIL there's a traditional "postpartum confinement" period of about 1 month for women to recover after giving birth, and in Asia there's now specialized luxury resort centers that charge thousands of dollars to take care of both the mom and baby for the entire period.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 02:12AM by GenocideSolution
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TIL Burger King has the rights to use its name throughout the entire United States, with the exception of a 20-mile radius surrounding a totally unrelated restaurant, also called Burger King, in Mattoon, Illinois.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 06:21AM by Elystian
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TIL: the 45th anniversary of the Skylab strike, the first labor strike to occur in space. Astronauts protested micromanagement, and long hours. They demanded a day off, and regular breaks but NASA refused. So they shut off the radio and took the day off, floating around, enjoying space and relaxing.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 06:36AM by hsbakshi016
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TIL that Solitaire and Minesweeper were included with Windows to teach users how to use a mouse, not for entertainment
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 07:21AM by GiddySwine
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TIL: about Austin Rogers-a bartender that became a 12-time “Jeopardy!” champion whose impressively broad knowledge helped him win more than $400,000 on the show. Today, Rogers still works as a bartender in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 07:07AM by d0m1ng4
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TIL that there are no Wendy's in Europe due to a local Dutch snackbar owner owning the Wendy's trademark in Europe. They have been in a legal battle for years and Dutch courts side with the snackbar every time.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 12:15PM by Baaasbas
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TIL of Dewey Readmore Books, resident cat at the Spencer Public Library in Iowa. After being abandoned in the library's drop box, he was adopted by the library and given the title of staff supervisor. He died at age 19, and his obituary ran in over 270 national and international newspapers.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 11:37AM by ApocalypseNahh
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TIL that Jane Goodall Became One of America's Most Notable Scientists — Without a College Degree. Thanks to a trip to Kenya in her early 20s, Goodall met Louis Leakey, who saw her passion for animals and ability to observe them as her biggest asset.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 01:40PM by MarkyChoco
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TIL that the 17 y/o sole survivor of a plane that exploded in midair over a Peruvian forest, fell 10,000 ft strapped to her seat and only received a concussion and popped eye capillaries. She swam/floated down a river for 10 days and was mistaken for a river spirit by her eventual local rescuers.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 03:20PM by Obrocheetah
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TIL For 'Interstellar' (2014), Christopher Nolan planted 500 acres of corn just for the film because he did not want to CGI the farm in. After filming, he turned it around and sold the corn and made back profit for the budget
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 03:48PM by Danny6969Sexbang
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TIL about Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in the Gelug tradition, with its spiritual authority second only to Dalai Lama, and his disappearing 25 years ago.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 03:02PM by Nibor2504
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TIL Max Hamburgers is the first hamburger restaurant ever to outcompete McDonald's, forcing them to close their restaurant in Luleå, Sweden, in 1991. When McDonald's returned to the city a few years later, the popularity of Max Hamburgers once again forced McDonald's out of business in 2007
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 05:39PM by Brutal_Deluxe_
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TIL of Duncan Hamilton, a racing driver who was disqualified from Le Mans in 1953 due to a technicality. He went to a bar and got drunk, but was told he had been reinstated in the race shortly after. During the race he drank brandy on pitstops, hit a bird at 130mph that broke his nose, and then won.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 04:25PM by nonracistname
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TIL: Eugene Debs was a 5 times socialist candidate for president, a union organizer, and orator. While at his sentence hearing for sedition, he said, "While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 04:54PM by Anonymous_on_Earth
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