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TIL that in an effort to demonstrate the importance of human and social interaction, Frederick Il (13th century) conducted an experiment amongst 50 babies. He assigned foster mothers to physically care for the children but forbade them to fondle, pet or talk to them. All 50 infants died.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 06:41AM by daisykeeks
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TIL in 2016 Scientists observed the first case of a giant spider eating an opossum: Scientists from the University of Michigan were studying predation of small vertebrates by arthropods in the Peruvian Amazon when they came across a giant tarantula devouring an opossum, which was still twitching
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 07:18AM by NorthNorthSalt
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TIL after inflation adjustment, the highest paid TV star of all time is Ray Romano for Everybody Loves Raymond
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 09:56AM by shyamex
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TIL (PAINFULLY) that a common black and yellow wasp can sting straight through multiple layers of decent quality toilet tissue. Don't make the mistake of pitying them once they are caught like I did...
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 10:28AM by FIR3W0RKS
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TIL that an absolute legend of a bureaucrat (René Camille) saved countless lives under Nazi occupied France. He consistently sabotaged tabulating machines that IBM were happily supplying to the Nazis to round up 'undesirables' and deliberately staged huge bureaucratic cock-ups. He died in Dachau.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 01:37PM by evissimus
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TIL: Kangatarianism is a diet that cuts out meat except Kangaroo on environmental and ethical grounds.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 12:54PM by wallabeen
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TIL Mouse do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options; they actually favor sweet, sugary foods. It is unclear where the myth came from.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 02:03PM by Movie_Advance_101
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TIL that there is a plant called the Shampoo ginger plant, that apart from having several herbal uses, can be used literally as a shampoo. It also smells very nice.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 12:26PM by Zeekayia-Zoe
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TIL The James Bond film, 'Moonraker' was produced and released prior to 'For Your Eyes Only' due to the success of 'Star Wars'. The end credits for 'The Spy Who Loved Me' stated, "James Bond Will Return in 'For Your Eyes Only'" but he actually came back in Moonraker.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 07:00AM by PioneerStandard
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TIL when Jewish journalist, Egon Kisch, arrived in Australia in 1934 to speak against Nazism, he was required to pass a dictation test under the Immigration Restriction Act. In order to exclude him, he was given tests in different languages but passed. He eventually failed in Gaelic.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 03:55PM by SuicidalGuidedog
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TIL a 25-barrel gun was used in an assassination attempt on the King of France in 1835. It fired over 400 projectiles at once and killed 18 people. The assassin was badly injured by exploding barrels, and tracked down by the trail of blood.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 04:36PM by GreatArkleseizure
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TIL Katharine Hepburn is the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a relative. She was a direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who she portrayed in The Lion in Winter and won best actress. Eleanor had been dead for more than 750 years when Hepburn played her.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 04:02PM by _Abe_Froman_SKOC
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TIL that sharp, stabbing pain in your heart that goes away with a deep breath or “pop” is a known condition that isn’t life-threatening.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 04:52PM by motiongfx515
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TIL about Jouhatsu, Japanese people who choose to vanish from their current lives without a trace. And that there are companies who can help them do that.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 05:06PM by busybearbrand
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TIL dairy cows prefer slow jams of less than 100 beats per minute when it comes to boosting milk production. A 2001 study found milk production went up with songs like Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" and down with tunes such as the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R".
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 04:31PM by WhileFalseRepeat
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TIL moose milk is commercially available in Russia, Sweden, and Canada. A farm in Sweden, The Elk House, produces cheese from three moose cows. A moose will stop producing milk if disturbed, so they have to be milked in silence. It takes about two hours to collect a full yield of two liters.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 06:30PM by drak0bsidian
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TIL that, ideally, you need to use your fake Christmas tree for 20 years to make it outweigh the minimal environmental damage done by chopping down a real tree every year. Production and disposal of plastic and steel trees is worse for the environment, and real trees are typically recycled.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 10:41PM by release_the_hound
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TIL there's a 220-foot railway in Canada whose ONLY purpose is to circumvent an American shipping law. The operators have been fined $350M by US Customs.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 08:28PM by finnishflash128
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TIL Benjamin Franklin was a popular author at 16 under the name Silence Dogood. The articles are written in the persona of a middle-aged woman and Franklin received several marriage proposals in the process. Franklin would slide these articles under the door of his brother's newspaper print shop.
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Submitted October 15, 2021 at 09:01PM by willhopZIPPZ
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