TIL the movie Gremlins was so intense that it was responsible for the movie rating of PG-13.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 03:02PM by Doctathunder
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TIL that Mount Everest grows taller by a quarter of an inch each year.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 01:36PM by papapikey
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TIL that a modern highway now runs through the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans held back a massive Persian army for three days. A statue of the Spartan leader, Leonidas, stands just a few feet from the road.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 03:34PM by MostlySoFlo
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TIL that French President Charles De Gaulle survived an assassination attempt due to the bullet being stopped by the frame of the photograph of his daughter Anne that he always carried with him. Anne had downs syndrome and died 14 years earlier at the age of 20
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 05:24PM by Politicsbeerandguns
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Anne de Gaulle
daughter of Charles de Gaulle
TIL that there is a Brazilian island that is so infested with venomous snakes that the Brazilian navy has quarantined it. The island is called "Snake Island".
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 05:18PM by OkularyMorawieckiego
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Smithsonian Magazine
This Terrifying Brazilian Island Has the Highest Concentration of Venomous Snakes Anywhere in the World
Brazil's Ilha de Queimada Grande is the only home of one of the world's deadliest, and most endangered, snakes
TIL dolphins sleep with one eye open. Because they have to periodically go up for air and also be aware of predators, they are able to rest only half of their brain at a time and stay always somewhat conscious.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 07:18PM by DesignersUniverse
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TIL for much of the 1800s in the UK, Sunday and Monday were the unofficial weekend, with Sunday for Church and Monday being adopted by workers as an unofficial holiday, mockingly called "St. Monday" (like a religious holiday). By the late 1800s, Monday became a workday, and Saturday a half workday.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 03:06PM by Sansabina
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TIL in Italian occupied Ethiopia, two men tried to kill the Viceroy. In response the Italian army and Italian civilians went on a killing spree, burning down houses, and killing an estimated 20% of the population of Addis Ababa including sympathetic Ethiopians. Italy still downplays the massacre.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 08:28PM by Johnny_Banana18
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Yekatit 12
massacre of Ethiopian civilians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia
TIL Dragonflies are the most efficient predator in nature
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 06:30PM by weirdgroovynerd
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ZME Science
Article suggests dragonflies are the most effective predators in the animal world – 95% success rate
Lions roar and act tough, and they're often regarded as kind of the land, but only 1 in 4 of their hunts is successful. Sharks have been on top of the
TIL the inventor of the windshield wiper was also the most acclaimed classical pianist of his time, Jozef Hofmann, praised by the likes of Rachmaninoff, patented many mechanics for Steinway
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 07:31PM by kingsacrifice
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Josef Hofmann
Polish musician (1876-1957)
TIL nachos are named after Nacho Anaya, the first man to pour melted cheese on tortilla chips
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 09:50PM by Wiz_Kalita
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Ignacio Anaya
Mexican executive chef (1895-1975)
TIL if you register that you are religious in Germany, then church taxes are deducted from your paycheck and sent to the church.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 10:49PM by MniTain38
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IamExpat
Church Tax in Germany (Kirchensteuer): What it is and how to stop paying it
What is chuch tax (Kirchensteuer) in Germany? We ask, who has to pay it, how much is it, how do you pay, and how can you leave the church to stop paying it?
TIL that on of US president Andrew Jackson‘s funeral, his parrot started swearing so loud and long, it was removed.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 10:59PM by Esist1996
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Nashville
The Tennessean
The Hermitage marks Jackson's death with stories of his last days.
TIL that actor Humphrey Bogart was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Leviathan. Too old to reenlist in the Navy during World War II, he volunteered for the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve.
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 09:03PM by OttoPike
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Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899-1957)
TIL that in Norse mythology, Loki got fucked by a horse and became pregnant, he would then later give birth to the eight legged horse Sleipner which would become Odin's horse
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 11:51PM by Dan_The_PaniniMan
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Sleipnir
Odin's eight-legged horse
TIL Nigeria is Guinness' 2nd largest consumer, Ireland is the 3rd largest
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Submitted January 15, 2022 at 10:39PM by PeteyTingle
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The Irish Post
Top 5 Guinness-drinking countries in the world
GUINNESS and Ireland are obviously synonymous with one another. So one would be forgiven for thinking that Ireland consumes the most of the Black Stuff anywhere in the world. It might surprise you to hear that while we've made the list, we don't take top…
TIL there's a town in Oregon named "Bridal Veil" which despite being a near ghost town still have a popular post office still functioning that gets much of its business from people going there to drop off wedding invitations so they can be postmarked "Bridal Veil".
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Submitted January 16, 2022 at 02:09AM by thedubiousstylus
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Bridal Veil, Oregon
virtual ghost town located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
TIL There are 165 Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and they are all played by one man
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Submitted January 16, 2022 at 12:22AM by Killogoom
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TIL that if grazing animals eat too many corn lilies, their offspring are likely to be born with one eye. This is because a chemical found in the corn lily plant interrupts brain development, causing the fetus to present with cyclopia.
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Submitted January 16, 2022 at 02:20AM by RexSueciae
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Cyclopamine
chemical compound
TIL that Mattel makes a bald Barbie doll named Ella to give (free of charge) to kids with cancer. It comes with wigs and other accessories.
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Submitted January 16, 2022 at 03:54AM by BeyondAddiction
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TIL in 1940, a 14 year old Fidel Castro wrote a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking "If you like, give me a ten dollars bill green American, in the letter, because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green American and I would like to have one of them."
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Submitted January 16, 2022 at 03:39AM by YES__HORNBERGER
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The Time Young Fidel Castro Asked FDR for $10
“If you like, give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter, because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green american and I would like to have one of them.”