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TIL the martial arts style portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2010 movie "The Book of Eli" is called Kali and is the national martial arts form of the Philippines. It teaches to focus on and react to angles of attack rather than particular strikes/attacks.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 03:32AM by timoleo
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TIL that a 50% chance of rain doesn’t mean that it’s a 50/50 it’ll rain that day, but rather it means that 50% of the forecasted area will see some form of rain.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 09:35AM by MoeS00
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TIL that in the 1960s the CIA paid climbers to put nuclear powered spy devices in the Himalayas to monitor Chinese nuclear weapons tests. Some of the devices were left unattended and were subsequently lost.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 05:45AM by syncedto
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TIL That when people first started using the telephone they would often yell into the wrong part, and when they did get on the phone, they had to figure out what to say to start a conversation: “Ahoy” was Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred option.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 01:41PM by DystopianAdvocate
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TIL that Majel Barrett, the voice of the Starfleet computer on Star Trek, recorded an entire library of phonetic sounds before she died which allowed her voice to be used as the computer for future generations.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 04:51PM by alicedoesstuff
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TIL that US presidents used to give out special presidential packs of cigarettes to guests boarding Air Force One, they were later changed to packs of presidential M&M's over health concerns
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 06:09PM by arturo182
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TIL about a psychological phenomenon known as psychic numbing, the idea that “the more people die, the less we care”. We not only become numb to the significance of increasing numbers, but our compassion can actually fade as numbers increase.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 06:55PM by Jumpman707
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TIL that the release of Rise of the Skywalker on Disney+ was set to Star Wars Day (May 4th) in most places, but it was delayed by one day in the Netherlands. May 4th is the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi forces in their country, and it is their equivalent of Remembrance Day or Memorial Day.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 03:09PM by Jale89
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TIL in 2005, San Jose State University erected a statue commemorating alumni Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the 1968 Olympic medalist podium. Peter Norman, the 2nd place medalist, insisted his place be left empty so visitors could stand with Smith and Carlos against racism.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 07:54PM by shogi_x
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TIL the film Donnie Darko took only 28 days to shoot; coincidentally the timer in the movie counting down to the end of the world is approximately 28 days.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 07:36PM by sephirothreturns
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TIL that wrinkles in the brain are an evolutionary trait - folds allow more brain matter to fit in the skull without increasing the skull's size.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 03:39PM by TheUnholyMacrol
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TIL on the evening of July 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy joked he wanted to smoke cannabis; so his mistress later brought him six joints to the White House. After three joints he felt no effects, but then closed his eyes and refused a fourth. "Suppose the Russians did something now," he said.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 09:35PM by WhileFalseRepeat
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TIL Before the legendary roles of Uncle Phil and Shredder, James Avery served in the US Navy and fought in the Vietnam War in '68-'69.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 08:37PM by Reddit807
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TIL you are supposed to put the toilet seat down before flushing or you surround the air with all kinds of things like feces and other particles.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 11:02PM by zfreakazoidz
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TIL that it used to be illegal in the United States for actors to wear military uniforms in a production that portrayed the military negatively, until the Supreme Court ruled in 1970 that this was a violation of the First Amendment
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 10:59PM by AporiaParadox
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TIL about the Danish Protest Pig. In the early 20th century, Danes living under Prussian rule were banned from displaying the Danish flag. To protest this, they bred pigs with a red and white color pattern similar to their flag. The breed is now called "Danish Protest Pig".
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Submitted February 23, 2021 at 01:30AM by captaingary
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