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TIL a Harvard research showed that having no friends is as deadly as smoking. Researchers have discovered a link between loneliness and the levels of blood-protein which can cause heart attacks and strokes
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Submitted January 07, 2021 at 08:38PM by epicdcboy
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TIL about The Gatling gun which is considered to be the first successful machine gun, invented in 1861 by Dr. Richard J. Gatling. Gatling wrote that he created it to reduce the size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease, and to show how futile war is.
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Submitted January 07, 2021 at 07:24PM by Moti
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TIL a man named George Raveling holds Martin Luther King, Jr.'s manuscript for the "I Have A Dream" speech. Raveling volunteered as a security guard at the event and asked for the document. King gave it to him, and Raveling, now 83, still has it today. He's turned down $3 million for it.
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Submitted January 07, 2021 at 11:46PM by critical_courtney
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TIL that the video game market accounts for more than half of UK's entertainment sector and is worth more than the music and movie industry combined, according to new report.
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Submitted January 07, 2021 at 08:37PM by dcdiehardfan
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TIL An episode of Peppa Pig "Mr. Skinny Legs" was banned in Australia due to the fact the moral of the episode is that spiders are harmless. Australia has some of the most dangerous spiders in the entire world.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 02:48AM by Super_ACF
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TIL that the people living in modern day Cameroon, when they heard about the turmoil in the US during the Great Depression, raised $3.77 to help the poor suffering families
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Submitted January 07, 2021 at 11:15PM by MegaZeroX7
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TIL pomeranians used to be much bigger, weighing about 40 lbs (18 kilos). Then Queen Victoria got a tiny one, which immediately became popular. By the time she died 12 years later, the size of the breed had decreased by half.
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Submitted January 07, 2021 at 11:43PM by howmuchbanana
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TIL that 30 years ago you had 15-17 minutes to escape a house fire. Nowadays you only have 3-5 minutes (due to more plastics & petroleum-based products in the house as well as more open floor plans, bigger rooms, & higher ceilings).
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 05:09AM by NuevoJerz
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TIL Stanford researchers showed that mealworms can safely consume various types of plastics including toxic additive-containing plastic such as polystyrene with no ill effects. The worms can then be used as a safe, protein-rich feed supplement
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 05:07AM by what_is_the_deal_
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TIL that "Lawrence of Arabia" star Peter O'Toole was famous for his drunk shenanigans. During one epic drinking session with Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch, they tried to order drinks at a bar after closing time. The landlord refused to serve them - so they wrote out a cheque and bought the bar
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 03:08AM by malalatargaryen
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TIL that in 1964, Elvis Presley bought President Franklin D Roosevelt's yacht, USS Potomac (AG-25) for $55,000. He later gave it to St Jude's Children Hospital for a fundraiser, and that hospital sold it for $65,000.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 04:01AM by dcdiehardfan
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TIL Mohammed Baparape Ali, the crown prince of Benin, has been living in Emmen, the Netherlands, for the past 3+ years, working as a caretaker of the local park. His family wants him to come back and be king, but he wants to stay in Emmen.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 02:45PM by Firespark7
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TIL Willem Defoe's "Confusing large penis" is so large that in the movie Antichrist a penis double was used to not "intimidate" the audience.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 07:46AM by Dr_Butter8
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TIL about Thomas Aikenhead who, at 20 years of age, became the last person executed in Great Britain on a charge of blasphemy. Aikenhead was accused of referring to theology as "ill-invented nonsense" while conversing with friends at the University of Edinburgh.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 02:09PM by WouldbeWanderer
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TIL the United Kingdom's average height declined during the industrial revolution due to poor working conditions and increasing inequalities in society
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 12:22PM by ExtraArgument_
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TIL If you totally sleep-deprive a white-crowned sparrow in the laboratory during the migratory period of the year, it suffers virtually no ill effects whatsoever. The US government continues to have a vested interest in this sparrow: their hope for developing a 24-hour soldier.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 02:40PM by dr-Bill04
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TIL that Simone Segouin was a French Resistance fighter in WWII that was only 18 when Germany invaded. She took part in large-scale missions, such as capturing German troops, derailing trains, and other acts of sabotage. And she is still alive and just celebrated her 95th birthday.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 06:57PM by jsakic99
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TIL that Daylight Savings Time has been shown to increase the rate of heart attacks (AMI’s) by 24% the morning of the time change. Scientists think this is due to the change in our sleep cycle. Conversely, when the time switches back, the study showed a 21% decrease in AMI’s that day.
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Submitted January 08, 2021 at 05:20PM by YoungTex
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