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TIL that the Kingdom of Bhutan, a small landlocked country in the Himalayas, does not recognize or have any formal diplomatic relations with the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council as a measure to keep them out of global affairs.
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Submitted April 10, 2021 at 08:56PM by cityboy2
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TIL that the B-52's song "Rock Lobster" inspired John Lennon to start making music again in 1980, because it reminded him of his wife Yoko's work.
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Submitted April 10, 2021 at 05:11PM by holyfruits
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TIL: Despite strong ratings and years of planned additional seasons, the TV series "Gargoyles" was killed because the OJ Simpson trial dragged on for so long and kept pre-empting the series until people weren't sure if it was still airing.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 04:26AM by Communist_Pants
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TIL: Prince Edward, youngest son of Elizabeth II, was made Earl of Wessex on his wedding in 1999. He wanted that title, which hadn't existed for centuries, because he liked Colin Firth's character Lord Wessex in "Shakespeare in Love"
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 03:51AM by brother_p
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TIL about Pickles the Dog who found the FIFA World Cup in a bush after it had been stolen prior to the 1966 tournament. Pickles became famous - he earned a medal, opened a zoo and even appeared in a film
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 12:42AM by fatboyslick
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Today I learned that Bill Nye (of Science Guy fame) invented a hydraulic component used on the 747 airliners, and holds three patents for other inventions.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 06:56AM by Popular-Swordfish559
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TIL James Bond was based off a real spy. Sidney Reilly, born Salomon Rosenblum to Ukrainian Jews, spied for at least 4 different countries and is still considered the 'Superspy'.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 07:01AM by JungProfessional
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TIL Scientists have recently discovered repeating radio signals coming from a mysterious source well beyond the Milky Way. While one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been detected in the past, this is the first time multiple signals have been detected coming from the same place in space.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 03:17PM by CecilaArriaga
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TIL Hall of Fame pitcher Lee Smith didn’t play baseball until he was a junior in high school, only tried out to win a $10 bet, and only started pitching after his team’s star pitcher was killed in a hunting accident. His first start was a no hitter
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 04:47PM by theslob
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TIL that in World War 1, Nobel prize winning physicist Marie Curie developed mobile X-Ray stations to travel to the frontlines and assist army surgeons and preventing amputations when limbs were still intact. It's estimated that over a million wounded soldiers were x-rayed with her units.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 05:14PM by MrFlow
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TIL that Catherine De Medici maintained 80 ladies-in-waiting, whom she allegedly used as tools to seduce courtiers for political ends. They were known as her "flying squadron". She also used them as a court attraction. In 1577, she threw a banquet at which the food was served by topless women.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 05:03PM by Russian_Bagel
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TIL in 2012, a burger king employee anonymously posted an image on 4-chan of him putting his feet in lettuce, with the caption: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." It took 20 minutes for people to track down the branch the employee worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 06:56PM by AdRaref
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TIL that President Jefferson partly organized the Lewis & Clark expedition because he believed that there were still mastodons wandering wild in the Western US.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 07:05PM by Guygan
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TIL: Charles Darwin terraformed Ascension Island in the Atlantic by bringing hundreds of non-native plants from all over the world. The mix of flora is not found anywhere else together naturally.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 06:08PM by thorium43
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TIL that an 8-year-old boy earned an estimated $26 million, over a 12-month period, from reviewing toys on YouTube.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 06:20PM by space_audity
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TIL people keep finding meticulously crafted hollow dodecahedrons throughout Europe dating back to the Roman Empire but historians have no idea what they're supposed to be used for as there's no historical record of them anywhere. Theories range from dice to knitting.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 08:53PM by GenocideSolution
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TIL in 1957 Richie Ashburn of The Phillies hit a foul ball into the stands that struck fan Alice Roth, breaking her nose. Roth was carried off on a stretcher, and was hit again by another foul ball from Ashburn. The two become friends, and Roth's son later served at the Phillies batboy.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 08:21PM by bawledannephat
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TIL One hit wonder Chamillionaire known for his hit song "Ridin", has shares or investments in over 40 companies, is a resident investor in LAs biggest firm, and has a net worth of over 50 million, independent from his rap career.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 10:02PM by dontflyaway
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TIL of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a Roman emperor who lived a simple life on a farm and only took power as Dictator of Rome when people asked him to save the republic. During his two reigns, he only stayed in power long enough to get the republic through an emergency, then returned to his farm.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 09:18PM by dustofoblivion123
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TIL that actress Jan Stirling had airfare to fly to the US but found lingerie she liked, used the last of her money to buy it, trading in the airfare for a ticket on a steamship. Midway thru the voyage she learned that the airship she had been booked on, the Hindenburg, had been destroyed in a fire.
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Submitted April 11, 2021 at 11:17PM by AgentKitteh
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