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TiL the little red-haired girl, Charlie Brown's unattainable crush, was based off a woman that Charles Schulz courted who ultimately married a different suitor.
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Submitted August 02, 2022 at 06:34PM by thewickerstan
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TIL rust (corrosion) has an estimated worldwide annual cost of $2.5 trillions, roughly 3.4% of the global GDP
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Submitted August 02, 2022 at 08:01PM by Herlock
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TIL of 'Newman Day', an unofficial holiday at some US Colleges, including Princeton and Yale, in which students aim to drink 24 cans of beer in 24 hours. Based on an apocryphal remark by Paul Newman, about "24 hours in a day and 24 cans in a case", the actor (an alcoholic) abhorred the 'holiday'.
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Submitted August 02, 2022 at 11:11PM by AspireAgain
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TIL of Tonda Dickerson, a waitress who was tipped a lottery ticket that won. The jackpot was $10M. She was sued by her co-workers who demanded a share and the person who tipped her, who demanded a truck, and was pursued by the IRS, who demanded a gift tax. (New source)
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 01:01AM by NoFunHere
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TIL that Remora or the Sucker Fish were used in the Indian ocean to catch turtles. A rope was tied to the remora's tail and the fish was dropped into the water when a turtle is sighted. The remora would then swim towards the turtle to attach itself to it, the fisherman would then pull them both out.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 02:36AM by CalciferAtlas
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TIL that when Mozart died unexpectedly at age 35, rumors began circulating that he was poisoned by his colleague Antonio Salieri. Though proven untrue, the accusations and public belief contributed to nervous breakdowns later in Salieri's life.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 03:42AM by WouldbeWanderer
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TIL a Nashville man known as "The Free Pizza Guy" has been giving free pizza to anyone who asks for it since 2019. As of November 18, 2020, they had sent nearly 4,000 pizzas to strangers in need.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 04:30AM by dustofoblivion123
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TIL that in 2021 former NBA center Shawn Bradley was involved in a bike accident that left him paralyzed. He has since described his height (7 foot 6 or 2.29m) as a hindrance to recovery since quadriplegia at that height has no medical precedent.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 05:29AM by astarisaslave
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TIL the loudest human voice belongs to Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher with the ability to shout the word "Quiet!" at 121.7 dB
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 06:28AM by On_Too_Much_Adderall
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TIL that Horace Wells, the man who discovered modern anesthesia, committed suicide after a failed demonstration of nitrous oxide cast his life into a spiral, where he closed his practice, became addicted to chloroform, and threw acid on prostitutes while inebriated.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 08:33AM by WartimeHotTot
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TIL of Robert Shields, whose diary consisted of 37.5 million words, chronicling every five minutes of his life. He spent four hours a day, in his underwear, recording his temperature, blood pressure, medications, bowel movements, and he slept for only two hours at a time to record his dreams.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 10:14AM by FuckedUpRetort
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TIL that Teflon was first used for the first nuclear bombs. The anti-stick frying pan coating was used to coat valves and pipes in the separation of Uranium, which would corrode other materials much quicker. Only after WW2 was it used for cookware.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 03:36PM by Status-Victory
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TIL that in 1944, Germany was spending 75% of it's GDP on military expenditure.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 04:34PM by G_man252
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TIL: There are parts of the ocean with no tides which are called amphidromic points, some even directly border land.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 10:55AM by subtropicalyland
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TIL the Sega Corporation was originally called Service Games with a focus on coin-operated amusement machines for servicemembers and moved to Japan after the US government outlawed slot machines in 1952.
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 08:37PM by handlit33
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TIL that an umbrella was used by Bulgarian spies during the Cold War to assassinate a dissident by firing a pellet filled with ricin
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 07:36PM by Geoalna
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TIL Maximinus Thrax ignited the Crisis of the Third Century when he assassinated Roman Emperor Alexander Severus and seized the throne. A peasant by birth, his misrule led to his assassination and the near collapse of the empire
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Submitted August 03, 2022 at 08:18PM by Streona
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TIL the film Veritgo was ignored by critics upon release, but is now recognized as one of the greatest films ever made. It replaced Citizen Kane as the greatest film ever made in the 2012 British Film Institute's Sight & Sound critics' poll. In 2007, it ranked 9th on AFI's best American films
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Submitted August 04, 2022 at 03:31AM by mankls3
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TIL that Pokemon Gold and Silver have a well hidden function where the player can decorate their starting bedroom. The decorations are dolls, game consoles, carpets, beds, and so on. Almost all of the decorations can only be found by using the Mystery Gift feature.
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Submitted August 04, 2022 at 03:49AM by IanMazgelis
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