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TIL of Sijctghen, a 17th-century duck who laid over 100 eggs a year. In 1647, the Dutch Golden Age artist Aelbert Cuyp was commissioned to paint her portrait. Sijctghen died in October 1650, at the age of 23.
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Submitted July 12, 2022 at 07:09PM by InmostJoy
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TIL That in 1848, some children born in the Louisiana state penitentiary were considered the property of the state, and auctioned off.
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Submitted July 12, 2022 at 09:22PM by BigDadoEnergy
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TIL a study found that playing World of Warcraft for 14 hours over the course of two weeks may boost cognitive ability among seniors between 60 and 77 years old.
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Submitted July 12, 2022 at 09:38PM by dustofoblivion123
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TIL about the Demon Core, a spherical 6.2 kg. mass of plutonium intented to be a third nuclear weapon against Japan. After Japan surrended, it was kept in the US where it caused the death of two Nuclear Physicists.
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Submitted July 12, 2022 at 10:24PM by SANAFABICH
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TIL: The Jacob Diamond, estimated to be worth £100 million (2008), was used as a paperweight for a long time until the diamond's true value was realized
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Submitted July 12, 2022 at 10:18PM by CptProf
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TIL Joe DiMaggio was the face of Mr. Coffee for over 20 years. The CEO of Mr. Coffee joked that "millions of kids grew up thinking Joe DiMaggio was a famous appliance salesman." Though he was the spokesman DiMaggio rarely drank coffee due to ulcers and prefered Sanka instant coffee.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 12:05AM by jamescookenotthatone
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TIL that Rowan Atkinson first tested his character Mr. Bean in front of a French-speaking audience at the Canadian Just For Laughs festival in 1987. Atkinson insisted on performing for local French Canadians to see if Mr. Bean was funny to a non-English audience and people who didn't know him
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 02:13AM by timetraveldan
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TIL King James I strongly objected to growing tobacco in the British Colonies, saying that it was "harmful to the brain [and] dangerous to the lungs" over 350 years before the US reported that smoking has negative health effects.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 02:55AM by pythonrice
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TIL that most of the heat a spacecraft encounters re-entering earth’s atmosphere is caused by compression, not friction.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 02:16AM by deathbypoisondart
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TIL you are allowed to take your own personal parachute on a commercial flight as long as it meets certain requirements
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 03:20AM by DrinkMoreCodeMore
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TIL about Giulia Tofana, a woman living in 17th century Rome. She sold poison disguised as cosmetics to women who wanted to kill their husbands, and by the time she was caught and executed, had contributed to the deaths of over 600 men.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 05:53AM by goldfishgiggles
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TIL: Within hours of being transferred to a new prison, infamous fugitive, FBI informant, and Boston Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger was murdered by a group of several inmates.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 06:46AM by ur-a-cop
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TIL that a single engineer in the control room of NASA prevented the astronauts of Apollo 12 from aborting the mission seconds after launch. "Set SCE to AUX", said John Aaron which saved the entire mission.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 01:20PM by loadedbrawler14
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TIL Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer who travelled extensively across Africa and Asia between 1325 and 1354. He travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, from present-day Mali and Tanzania to Beijing - approximately five times the distance covered by Marco Polo.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 03:12PM by coffeeinvenice
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TIL Ostrich farms routinely have difficulties getting male ostriches to breed, because they often find their human caretakers more attractive than female ostriches.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 03:54PM by ProfitInitial3041
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TIL that wood frogs from Alaska can hold its pee for up to eight months, all through the long winter before relieving themselves.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 02:21PM by sillyibistt
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TIL that the richest sports league in the entire world, the NFL, has revenues about the same as Sherwin-Williams paint stores.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 03:33PM by parmsisreal
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TIL During the filming of the Sopranos, when James Gandolfini needed to make Tony Soprano angry, he'd put a stone in his shoe to irritate him, which would then be displayed in his acting scene.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 04:31PM by hottodoggu2
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