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TIL 12 states still have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Submitted November 07, 2021 at 08:42PM by Porsche_deRacy
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TIL when in the mid-1920s Italian carmaker Diatto ceased its collaboration with engineer Alfieri Maserati, Mr. Maserati still had an unrealized design for a racecar. He decided to build that car in his family workshop, thus starting the history of the car brand Maserati.
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Submitted November 07, 2021 at 06:26PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
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TIL about Bir Tawil, the only place on Earth that is habitable but is not claimed by any recognised government.
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Submitted November 07, 2021 at 10:56PM by NuevoPeru
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TIL that the sirens from Greek mythology were never said to be beautiful, or even mermaids. Instead, they were strange human-faced bird creatures who lured men to their deaths by promising them wisdom and knowledge of the future.
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Submitted November 07, 2021 at 11:56PM by wakeupits2009
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TIL Animated series Captain Pugwash was believed to have featured characters with risqué names such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy. They were actually Master Mate, Tom the Cabin Boy, and Pirates Barnabas and Willy. Two British newspapers were successfully sued for the error.
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Submitted November 07, 2021 at 11:44PM by DontPokeMe91
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TIL in 1990 a Peter Maxwell of California owned a manufacturing company, employed himself, had an accident on the job, hired 2 lawyers for the company and himself, sued himself, won 122k, wrote the 122k off, was then refuted and fined by the IRS, THEN won on appeal. REPOSTING w/VERIFIABLE LINK
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 12:25AM by opgary
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TIL One of the rarest baseball cards is Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner. Cards used to come with tobacco, not gum, and Wagner was a non-smoker who didn't want kids to use tobacco, so he asked the company to stop production of his card. Thus, very few were made, so they're incredibly valuable today.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 01:09AM by BacklotTram
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TIL that in 1867, an American businessman attended a reading of A Christmas Carol and was so moved by it, that he closed his factory on Christmas Day and sent every employee a turkey.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 01:59AM by Russian_Bagel
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TIL that a man sued Warner Bros after he was injured while fainting during a screening of The Exorcist. He claimed that the film contained subliminal messages that caused his fainting spell. When he lost consciousness, his face hit one of the seats, breaking his jaw. They settled out of court.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 01:02AM by pegasustoonkingdom
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TIL that in the Netherlands on May 4th 8pm, no matter where you are, there is a 2 minute silence for the soldiers that died in WWII.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 03:50AM by Meme_Inhaler_Boi
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TIL, that the most published works by one author, was L. Ron Hubbard at 1084.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 02:10AM by bradyblack
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TIL Jain tirthankara(spiritual teacher) Neminatha became a monk because he heard the cries of animals being killed for his marriage feast. He left his marriage and freed the animals.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 04:58AM by xalxary2
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TIL in 1990 a Peter Maxwell of California owned a manufacturing company, employed himself, had a serious accident on the job, hired 2 lawyers for the company and himself, sued his company, won 122k, wrote the 122k off, was then refuted and fined by the IRS for fraud, then won it back on appeal.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 11:49AM by opgary
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TIL the Dio song "Holy Diver" is about a messiah figure on another planet who sacrifices himself to redeem his people. When the people learn that he intends to leave them to save people on other planets, they selfishly ask him to stay
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 03:51PM by marathon
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TIL that the Japanese planned an invasion of the Philippines in 1637 to stop Spanish expansionism but they were stopped at the last minute by a Christian rebellion
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 04:30PM by fireatjaps2
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TIL that in 1977, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop released 'Death & Horror', the 13th album in their 'Sound Effects' series. Tracks included 'Neck Twisted and Broken', 'Red Hot Poker in the Eye' and 'Strangulation'. It became the first sound effect album to enter the Top 100 in the UK Albums Chart.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 06:11PM by AbathaCrispy
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TIL of the Northern Fusiliers - a professional hockey team made up of soldiers from the Toronto 228th Battalion. Among the highest scoring and most popular teams in the league, they withdrew in the first few months of the season after they were deployed to Europe during WWI
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 05:37PM by EtOHMartini
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TIL about the Bonus Army, a group of WWI veterans who converged on Washington DC during The Great Depression in 1932. They were demanding wartime bonuses which were scheduled for full payment in 1945. They were also unsuccessful in their efforts.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 07:18PM by GremlinBandit
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TIL that when Niccolo Tartaglia found a formula to solve certain types of cubic equations, he did not publish his findings. However, Tartaglia wrote a 25 line poem explaining the formula and shared it with another mathematician, Girolama Cardano, who went ahead and published it himself.
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Submitted November 08, 2021 at 08:28PM by TheTriviaPage
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