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TIL When the world's largest diamond was to be transported from Africa to England, a detailed and safe route by sea was pubalicized - as a decoy. The actual diamond was simply posted by mail.
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Submitted January 01, 2021 at 07:47PM by CatLoverTips
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TIL Carl Douglas quickly recorded the number #1 hit, "Kung Fu Fighting", during the last 10 minutes of a studio session in 1974. The song was originally meant to be a B-side track, but went on to sell more than 11 million copies.
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Submitted January 01, 2021 at 11:49PM by bawledannephat
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TIL Carl Douglas quickly recorded the number #1 hit, "Kung Fu Fighting", during the last 10 minutes of a studio session in 1974. The song was originally meant to be a B-side track, but went on to sell more than 11 million copies.
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Submitted January 01, 2021 at 11:49PM by bawledannephat
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TIL that the "For Dummies" book series started with "DOS for Dummies" in 1991. The creator overheard someone in a bookshop ask if there was "a book about DOS for dummies like me". Since then the series has grown to about 2,500 titles with more than 200 million books in print
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 02:31AM by Amanda796098083
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TIL in 2010 when the University of Mississippi began the process to find a new mascot, a group of students started a campaign to have Admiral Ackbar selected. Some students threatened to transfer, and some prospective parents said they would not let their children attend if he was chosen.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 12:23AM by Dame_Erroneous
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TIL: Tibetan Monks spend weeks/months carefully "pouring" colored sand to make a very detailed and complex museum-worthy artwork that is known as the "Sand Mandala". Once complete, these intricate paintings are then ritualistically destroyed and that symbolizes the Buddhist belief of impermanence.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 02:30AM by tem_po_rary
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TIL For 17 years the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia detected mysterious signals which left scientists baffled. The source of the signals turned out to be a microwave in the kitchen staffers used to heat up their lunches.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 03:09AM by deep_fried_guineapig
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TIL that in the away team dressing room at Chelsea FC's stadium, the coat-hangers are very high up to strain the players' limbs; the tactics board is at the back of the door, which is a fire exit and must stay open; and the mirrors give players the impression of being smaller than they actually are
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 01:17AM by malalatargaryen
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TIL according to Paul McCartney there is no mystery to who broke up the Beatles. John Lennon did. He called a meeting and said he was leaving the band.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 06:56AM by neofetter
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TIL that when "The Flintstones" added the baby Pebbles in 1963, it was originally going to be a boy, until Ideal Toys pointed out that they would sell a lot more merchandise if they made the baby a girl, as baby boy dolls didn't sell well in that era
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 04:12AM by malalatargaryen
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TIL Russell Crowe passed on Wolverine and told Bryan Singer to call Hugh Jackman. Jackman was doing a Broadway play and his wife / agent told him not to do it.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 06:09AM by neofetter
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TIL the Internet meme Nyan Cat originated from 25-year-old Christopher Torres from Texas, who created the animated GIF in 2011. In a livestream, two different people had suggested he draw a pop tart and cat, so he created a hybrid. The design was inspired by his pet cat Marty, who died in 2012.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 01:23PM by my_name_is_pain
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TIL of Gabi, a female German shepherd who worked as a guard dog in the Belgrade Zoo. In 1987 she became famous for spotting an escaped jaguar during the night. Gabi fought the jaguar throughout the zoo, preventing its escape. She made a full recovery from her injuries and returned to work.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 02:53PM by who_died_of_ennui
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Today I learned that conservationists recycle Wimbledon tennis balls as predator-proof shelters for Harvest Mice (The mice you see pictured sleeping in tulips).
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 03:27PM by SqueakBoxx
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TIL physician Ben Goldacre publicly questioned the credibility of nutritionist Gillian McKeith's diploma from American Association of Nutritional Consultants, after successfully applying for and receiving the same diploma on behalf of his dead cat Henrietta.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 05:02PM by my_name_is_pain
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TIL the inventor of K-Cups regrets the idea. Why? Because the K-Cups are bad for the environment -- they are disposable and not recyclable.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 06:19PM by Chilltherocks
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TIL in 1974, drinkers in a British pub were bemoaning the fact that the UK didn't produce world champions, so they invented a sport that no one else knew about: toe wrestling. In 1976, a Canadian visitor competed and won, so with the point of the sport gone, the "World Championship" was discontinued
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 06:42PM by malalatargaryen
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TIL the free use of -ass to form punchy adjectives began 100 years ago, with words like "fat-ass" and "silly-ass". By the 1950's, it was particularly productive in forming new American slang. Smart-ass, candy-ass, bad-ass, and crazy-ass were all first found in the 1950s.
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Submitted January 02, 2021 at 05:48PM by bawledannephat
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