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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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TIL Traudl Junge worked as Adolf Hitler's last private secretary, from 1942 to 1945, typing out his last will and testament the day before his suicide. At 22, she was the youngest of his private secretaries, and years later said she felt guilty for, "liking the greatest criminal ever to have lived."
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 06:56PM by ApocalypseNahh
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TIL George Clooney purchased a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Max as a gift for then girlfriend, actress Kelly Preston. When their relationship ended, Clooney kept the pig for an additional 18 years until Max died in 2006. He has jokingly referred to Max as the longest relationship he had ever had
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 08:17PM by tomitomo
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TIL Sue Grafton, known author of the "alphabet series" ('"A" Is for Alibi', '"B" Is for Burglar', etc) died months after the release of '"Y" is for Yesterday', leaving her one book shy of the complete series.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 10:08PM by nameafterbreaking
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TIL when the Seinfeld finale originally aired on NBC, TV Land paid tribute by not programming any shows opposite it, instead showing an image of a closed office door with hand written notes that said, "We're TV Fans so... we're watching the last episode of Seinfeld. Will return at 10pm et, 7pm pt".
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 10:31PM by Str33twise84
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TIL that 80's metal bands Twisted Sister and Manowar were involved in a feud. In an interview, Manowar called Twisted Sister a bunch of 'sissy boys with makeup'. Twisted Sister challenged them to a street fight at Covent Garden, but Manowar never showed up and later apologised for offending them.
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 10:55PM by famously_decent
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TIL President Kennedy was prescribed a rocking chair for back pain. He found one he liked so much he bought 14 copies for the Oval Office, Camp David, Air Force One, and homes of his family. He also gifted them to heads of state.
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Submitted December 30, 2020 at 01:03AM by phatcrits
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TIL that in the Iron Age, Yahweh was the storm-and-warrior deity of the Israelites, who lead the heavenly army against Israel's enemies. At the time, he was worshipped alongside a variety of other gods and goddesses, but over time they were merged or progressively thrown away
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Submitted December 29, 2020 at 11:44PM by Fourier-Mukai
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TIL a 3000 mile long fiber-optic cable called Project Express was installed between London & New York in 2012. At a cost of $300 Million, the line was designed to shave 5 milliseconds from financial trades between the two cities.
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Submitted December 30, 2020 at 03:07AM by bawledannephat
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TIL that Wayne’s World was directed by a woman, Penelope Spheeris, who also directed Black Sheep, Little Rascals, and music videos for Megadeth. She won a Grammy for her extended “Bohemian Rhapsody” sequence from Wayne’s World.
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Submitted December 30, 2020 at 05:21AM by moviechick85
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TIL: A research that analyzed the birthdays of all 20 million husbands and wives in England and Wales failed to reveal any evidence of attraction or compatibility between people of particular star signs.
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Submitted December 30, 2020 at 05:47AM by Alexander0232
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