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TIL Nostradamus was expelled from Medical School in 1529 and his expulsion letter is still in the faculty library.
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 06:05PM by balletboy
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TIL that Soviet artillery launched an attack in 1942 to silence German guns specifically so that Shostakovich's 7th Symphony could premiere in Leningrad, even though the city was under siege and the musicians were starving to death, with three dying during rehearsals
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 07:00PM by Ganesha811
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TIL roughly 70% of businesses in Sicily still pay protection money to the Sicilian Mafia.
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 08:52PM by Profligatus
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TIL that the English Tudor monarchs employed people known as Grooms of the Stool to wipe their backsides after they'd taken a right royal shit.
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 04:00PM by 0---------------0
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TIL researchers were able to predict whether or not a couple will stay together with extreme accuracy based on one partner’s reaction to things that excited the other. For example, if a wife says “look at that beautiful bird” and the husband blows it off, that’s a strong indication they’ll divorce.
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 09:40PM by slugvegas
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TIL about the Portsmouth Sinfonia, the “worst orchestra in the world,” consisting of people without musical training or if they were musicians, were first time instrument players, all attempting to play classical music.
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 08:24PM by brkh47
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TIL that the music used in the "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy advertisement was pirated
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 12:14AM by boss_328
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TIL that In 1900, there were less than 10 million Christians in Africa, A century later in the year 2000, there were 350 million. By 2025, that number is expected to nearly double, to somewhere between 630 and 700 million believers."
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Submitted October 18, 2021 at 09:16PM by Acceptable_Strike333
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TIL That L. Ron Hubbard had a book nominated for the 1987 Hugo award. He finished sixth out of five books getting less votes than "No award"
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 01:21AM by sharrrper
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TIL a man named Donald Dean Stenger ran a nationwide $20-million meth empire in the 80s, escaping police in a high-speed police chase into the desert, rigging a briefcase with a hidden automatic firearm, owning several gold mines in Mexico, and dying when a balloon of meth exploded inside him.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 03:06AM by GT_Knight
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TIL that the CIA recruited one of Fidel Castro's mistresses to kill him in 1960, giving her poison pills, but he found out. Handing her his gun, he dared her to shoot, but her nerves failed and they had sex instead.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 05:03AM by Ganesha811
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TIL Toilet paper orientation was the most controversial issue in the 31 year history of the advice column of "Ask Ann Landers", with 15,000 letters submitted on the topic
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 06:46AM by Berkamin
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TIL Janet Jackson was banned from MTV, VH1, and the Grammy's when Justin Timberlake tore her top on stage, but he was not.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 09:25AM by thccdd
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TIL serial killer Ted Bundy dated a girl who broke up with him for being immature and unambitious. Years later, after becoming successful and put together, he rekindled the relationship before completely ghosting her. He explained, "I just wanted to prove to myself that I could have married her"
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 10:45AM by LoweLola
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TIL: The holes in honeycombs don't actually start out as hexagons. Bees create circular tubes staggered with one another. The heat formed by the activity of the bees softens the wax, which connects the gaps between the holes. Then the wax hardens into the the most energy efficient shape, the hexagon
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 01:17PM by WoolRadish
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TIL that 'nose art', or the practice of painting pin-ups or cartoons on the front of war planes, died out in the early 1970s when Air Force Chief of Staff John Ryan called for a moratorium on the practice. It's been quietly making a comeback in recent years, albeit now strictly controlled.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 11:53AM by SuicidalGuidedog
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TIL that in the 1970s journalist Ann Rule got a book deal to write about an ongoing series of murders. The killer turned out to be her friend and coworker, Ted Bundy, with whom she had regularly discussed the case.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 03:23PM by kimya_d
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TIL that in the middle of the Great Depression, a man placed an offer in an Ohio newspaper, saying: If you’re in trouble, write me. Many people sent him desperate letters, needing things like shoes, a coat, mercy, food, and to save their family from despair. And back came checks, under a pseudonym.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 04:04PM by EloiseBevan
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TIL that "Weird Al" Yankovic has had the same core band for 38 years | He began working with percussionist Jon Schwartz 41 years ago; guitarist Jim West and bassist Steve Jay have been with him since 1983.
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Submitted October 19, 2021 at 04:32PM by AlwaysTheNoob
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