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TIL of Wendigo Psychosis, a psychiatric disorder found only in some native Canadian tribes. After periods of starvation, individuals believed that they were influenced by, or becoming a Wendigo (cannibalistic folk monster). Some individuals, instead of attempting to find food, actually ate people.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 10:32AM by Serthalas
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TIL Harry Benson was with the Beatles in 1964 when they heard that, I wanna hold your hand, was number one in the US. He took the classic Beatles pillow fight photo “..a perfect moment, it won’t happen again”. Beatlemania hit America with their first tour. He continued to travel with them.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 11:23AM by scrumpingapples
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TIL that instead of taking their usual salaries for ''Twins'', Schwarzenegger and DeVito both agreed with the studio to take 20% of the film's box office returns which resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their film careers ( movie made $216 million worldwide)
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 01:32PM by cartstanza
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TIL that in Japan some people celebrate 'mundane Halloween' where they only dress up as people doing everyday, normal things.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 01:43PM by boba_fettish101
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TIL Popeye the sailor man was inspired by a Polish sailor named Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 01:23PM by wizardofoz07
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TIL an informal study of musicians who died between 1950-2014 found their lifespans were up to 25 years shorter than the comparable U.S. population. Accidental deaths were up to 10 times greater, suicides up to seven times greater, and homicides eight times greater.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 04:25PM by WhileFalseRepeat
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TIL There's an oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen, which was abandoned 6 years ago and is currently holding $80 million worth of oil.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 04:19PM by _Mr_Washee_Washee
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TIL: In JFK’s 1946 congressional race, his campaign hired a janitor named Joe Russo to run against him and Boston City Councillor Joe Russo to confuse voters and split the “Russo” vote.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 04:33PM by MickeySpin
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TIL Archduke Ferdinand survived an initial assassination attempt on the day he was killed when a grenade bounced off his convertible. He escaped unharmed, but later wanted to visit the wounded and that is when his car stalled next to one of the assassins, who happened to be nearby.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 05:21PM by LOLMrTeacherMan
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TIL in Ancient Greece, a poet/playright named Phrynichus wrote a play that so moved the audience to tears that it led to him being fined, and his play being banned from ever being performed there again. Only one line of his play The Sack of Miletus survives today.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 06:00PM by Methisthopheles
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TIL Switzerland has 7 simultaneous "presidents", each with equal power. Every year they rotate control of 7 federal depts & who acts as "head of state" (e.g. when dealing with other countries). They come from various parties — right now it's 2 conservatives, 2 liberals, 2 socialists, and a centrist
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 09:10PM by howmuchbanana
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TIL: Teddy Roosevelt became president in 1901 upon the assassination death of William McKinley. But he was at Mount Marcy in the High Peaks of New York State. He had to be found in the middle of nowhere and brought to civilization to be sworn in. It became known as Roosevelts midnight ride.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 10:32PM by Spaceisveryhard
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TIL In the US, 64% of bottled water is simply tap water. I was surprised to learn that more than half of the bottled water sold in the US is sourced from regular municipal water supplies.
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Submitted October 13, 2021 at 12:18AM by grandlewis
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TIL that the transformation of common metals into gold, a seemingly impossible goal attempted by alchemists for centuries, is now entirely possible using either a nuclear reactor or a particle accelerator. However, the process is so expensive that it is functionally useless.
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Submitted October 12, 2021 at 11:47PM by IHad360K_KarmaDammit
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TIL inventor of the Murphy-Bed, William Lawrence Murphy (1856-1957), created his first hide-away bed as means to convert his one-room apartment into a parlour, specifically to host the company of his future wife. It was considered inappropriate at the time to for a woman to enter a man's bedroom.
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Submitted October 13, 2021 at 02:19AM by SammyLBB
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TIL Between 1951 and his death in 1985, Yul Brynner gave 4,625 performances as the King of Siam in “The King and I” on stage, which at the time was a Broadway record for a single role. He is also one of only nine people to win a Tony and an Oscar for the same role.
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Submitted October 13, 2021 at 03:53AM by _Abe_Froman_SKOC
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TIL Roy Orbison wrote the biggest hit of his career after asking his first wife, Claudette, if she needed cash for the market. His writing partner interjected “pretty women don’t need money.” As Orbison watched Claudette go to the market by “walking down the street”, he wrote “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
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Submitted October 13, 2021 at 07:17AM by SojourningTruth
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TIL of the Circassian genocide, in which 80-97% of the total population were either killed or expelled by the Russian Empire.
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Submitted October 13, 2021 at 05:05AM by boings
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