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TIL recumbent bicycles are more aerodynamic and holds the world speed record for a bicycle. They were banned from racing by the Union Cycliste INternationale in 1934.
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 05:15AM by mankls3
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TIL about Francis Henning, who made upwards of half a million counterfeit nickels. Called: Henning Nickels, many were later recovered, melted down, and made into actual nickels by the US Mint. Despite remaining illegal to own, they are a numismatic collector's item, some being relatively valuable.
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 01:08PM by Destination_Centauri
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TIL that the trope of vampires dying in the sun was only created in 1922 during the ending of Nosferatu
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 02:41PM by LSD_freakout
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TIL about Turkish oil wrestling a traditional sport where participants called pehlivan (wrestlers) or baspehlivan (master wrestlers), wrestle while covered in oil which makes it harder to grab each other
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 07:48AM by CriticalCow6374
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TIL Tortoise shells aren't just for protection. The shells are connected directly into the tortoise's nervous system. These nerves give the shell the ability to transmit both pleasure and pain sensations.
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 04:51PM by BaronVonNacho
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TIL that in the 1950s there used to be a bus route from London, England to Calcutta, India. It took about 50 days for the bus to reach Calcutta from London.
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 06:31PM by OrangeJuice_432
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TIL a pair of dogs were awarded UK's Dickin Medal for guiding their owners and others to safety during the Twin Towers 9/11 attacks
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 07:36PM by trinitywindu
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TIL that since 2016, there are more American tourists in Iceland than Icelanders themselves
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 11:20PM by MaziicM
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TIL That Alasaka's coastline is longer than all other 49 states combined. Yes, including Hawaii
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 01:05AM by petedacook2
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TIL Cucumbers was for a while commonly known as "cowcumbers". As they were seen as only good for animal fodder.
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 01:10AM by jimi15
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TIL every September, Usenet would see an influx of college freshmen getting access through school, frustrating users with their lack of online etiquette. Then in 1993, ISPs began offering Usenet access, overwhelming communities with the influx of newbies and creating the term "Eternal September"
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 12:55AM by CaptainJZH
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TIL: In 1667, the Dutch traded the island of New Amsterdam to the British for the island of Banda Run in order to gain control over the nutmeg spice trade. The British renamed New Amsterdam to New York.
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 02:54AM by Razz__berry
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TIL Ethiopia uses a different calendar. They have 13 months, the last month being either five or six days. And, it's still 2014 there.
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 07:58AM by C0L0RUM
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TIL that the Wii's hardware is fully capable of playing DVDs, but the feature was removed so Nintendo didn't have to pay a licensing fee.
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 06:42AM by PopeSluggies
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Today I learned that in Central Europe there are hunger stones (hungerstein), in river beds stones were marked with an inscription, visible only when the flow was low enough to warn of a drought that would cause famine.
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 09:00AM by Eruvan
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TIL that Paul McCartney initially had the release date for his album "McCartney III" set for December 11th, 2020. However, he postponed its release by a week after learning that Taylor Swift had herself postponed the release of her album "Evermore" out of respect for McCartney.
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Submitted August 10, 2022 at 06:02AM by FranklinDRoosevelt32
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