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TIL the famous basilica of La Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, cannot be funded by corporate donations or government fundings, according the will of its late designer and architect Antoni Gaudí, which among other things made it hard to complete the construction of the building still underway
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Submitted September 03, 2022 at 05:22PM by guy-in-doubt
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TIL of Alice Nutter, an English woman who was hanged after a 9 year old accused her of being a witch
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Submitted September 03, 2022 at 07:36PM by RiskyyyRondo
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TIL the 1988 Camelford Water Disaster was the UK's worst mass poisoning event. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was accidentally added to the water supply, leading thousands to become sick. Inquests on people who died many years later found very high levels of aluminium in the brain.
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Submitted September 03, 2022 at 10:45PM by TheThrowOverAndAway
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TIL Kentucky statesman Henry Clay made the first known import of Hereford cattle into the United States in 1817: 1 cow, 1 bull and 1 heifer. The shipment cost him $500. Cattle descended from those Herefords were dubbed "Seventeens" in reference to the year they were brought to the US.
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Submitted September 03, 2022 at 11:48PM by DonnerundBlitzkrieg
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TIL, the CIA hunted down top Nazi scientists after WWII, in hopes of convincing them to help develop weapons and the space program that took the US to the moon. These Nazis and their families received full American Citizenship and their war crimes were well known to the officers that found them
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 02:24AM by sys4dmin_
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TIL The Assyrians had basic lens technology. One of their creations, the Nimrud lens, dates to 710 BCE, though its purpose is debated. Lenses could have been used to start fires, as decoration, or astronomy tools (with references to the snakes of saturn being the rings or mythology)
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 03:13AM by jamescookenotthatone
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TIL Sushi grade and Sashimi grade fish is actually super frozen fish, not fresh fish. It is frozen below -60f. in the usa, there is no regulation, and any supplier can claim sushi grade fish.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 05:57AM by zenthing
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TIL about “ceremonial deism”, a legal principle used by the United States government to justify the usage of the phrase “In God We Trust” on coins and for the national motto. Through customary usage over a long time, the phrase is merely “ritual and non-religious”.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 05:09AM by King_Louis_X
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TIL in 1980 the FBI formed a fake company and attempted to bribe members of congress. Nearly 25% of those tested accepted the bribe, and were convicted
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 07:53AM by Rounakkkkkkk
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TIL Mark Twain was one of the first American writers to document native islanders surfing in Polynesia. In his 1872 travelogue, “Roughing It”, Twain describes watching it, and even attempts it himself. But only once.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 07:09AM by kevlarbuns
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TIL of Solomon Lefschetz, a mathematician who lost both of his hands in an industrial accident. He would go on to revolutionize algebraic topology and algebraic geometry.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 06:12AM by colton5007
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TIL of B virus, a form of herpes that leads to death in 40% of cases, and another 40% suffer brain damage. It comes from macaques monkeys which are currently an invasive species in a state park in Florida.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 06:47AM by Liz-Bien
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TIL FDR died in the middle of posing for this portrait.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 09:38AM by TheAxThatSlayedMe
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TIL, Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant in the Sapotaceae family known for its berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 01:39PM by orpheun
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TIL: In 1990 a courier was robbed on a street in London, England. The robber made off with bearer bonds to the value of £292 million. Today, this is equivalent to £758 million - or $1.086 billion USD. This is still the highest amount ever stolen in a street robbery.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 04:11PM by JonnySparks
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TIL that the city of Isfahan immediately surrendered to the turco-Mongol conqueror Timur and was treated with mercy. The city then killed Timur’s tax collector and his soldiers. He ordered the massacre of over 100,000 of the cities citizens and built dozens of piles out of their heads as revenge.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 05:59PM by Choice_Shine5123
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TIL Vietnam is the second largest exporter of coffee in the world
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 09:32PM by 6_figures_a_year
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TIL: Giuseppe Jona (renowned physician) of Venice was demanded by the Nazi’s to hand over a list of all Jews that lived there, which he possessed. On the day of the handover, he burned the list, then killed himself. His actions resulted in only 243 deported Jews and approx. 1,200 saved.
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Submitted September 04, 2022 at 11:23PM by peksislove
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