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TIL of Bill Millin, a Canadian musician who played bagpipes while under fire at Sword Beach during D-Day. He survived the war and died at the age of 88 in 2010.
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Submitted September 01, 2023 at 10:16PM by ciph_3r
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TIL about the street gang, the Almighty G*ylords. They are one of Chicago's oldest street gangs, have been suspected of a variety of criminal enterprises and at their peak had 1,500 members.
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Submitted September 01, 2023 at 10:38PM by OnAFalseErrand
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Today I learned that President Glover Cleveland had a secret surgery removing a tumor in his mouth on a yacht because he worried that news of him having cancer would effect the stock market.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 01:06AM by EntrepreneurOk1856
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TIL that when Hideki Tojo was given new dentures, the message ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ had been secretly drilled into them
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 01:23AM by Bannable_Lecter
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TIL that the myth of carrots improving your eyesight and helping you see in the dark was WWII propaganda
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 12:05AM by Jake52212
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TIL In the 19th century, doctors warned women of 'Bicycle Face' as a side effect of excessive cycling. It was described as a face usually flushed with dark shadows under the eyes and always an expression of weariness.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 04:23AM by el_chupa_nibra
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TIL: Victorian hookers were tight knit and would help each other pay rent or bail them out, however, they also fought over territory and fights between the older and younger girls were common. They also led the government to pass the Contagious Disease Act due to the military being frequent clients.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 08:32AM by Flares117
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TIL ant corpses release a chemical when they die. A scientist once recreated this chemical and put it on a live ant. Its ant friends kept bringing it to the graveyard no matter how much it struggled to return.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 11:27AM by ParadoxicalState
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TIL Spock was originally supposed to be a Martian, but Gene Roddenberry changed his home to the fictional Vulcan because he feared humans will already land on Mars during the show‘s runtime and make it look outdated
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 12:43PM by Romboteryx
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TIL that WW2 British General Bernard Montgomery made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith, that if he could capture Sfax by April 1943, then he would get a Flying Fortress. Montgomery did so and when Smith tried to laugh it off, went to Eisenhower to get his Flying Fortress.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 01:26PM by OnAFalseErrand
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TIL Sen. Joseph McCarthy was addicted to morphine at the end of his life and his supplier was the Head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 03:59PM by jones1133
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TIL that in 2018, MIT scientists created a plane powered by an Ion drive. The plane had no moving parts and was able to fly 60 metres powered solely by a flow of ions generated through electrodynamics which created thrust.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 03:47PM by dakp15
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TIL: Prince William and Prince Harry wore sweat-poof ensembles at Prince Williams wedding. Their uniforms had sweat-pads sewn into the armpits. As wedding would be broadcast around the world, this was deemed to be sensible precaution.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 02:26PM by cs005483
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TIL In January 1996, Jimmy Buffett's airplane was shot at by Jamaican police, who believed the craft to be smuggling marijuana. The plane was carrying Buffett, Bono and his family. The Jamaican government acknowledged the mistake and apologized to Buffett, who penned the song "Jamaica Mistaica"
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 05:02PM by asl052
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TIL that Zhou Enlai, a key figure in Chinese history, wasn't informed of his bladder cancer under Mao's orders. Mao prohibiting him and his wife from being informed of the diagnosis, surgery, or further examinations, despite later offers of foreign medical help.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 09:46PM by el_chupa_nibra
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TIL Hawaiian slack-key guitar tunings were once guarded fiercely and passed down as family secrets.
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Submitted September 02, 2023 at 04:04PM by Torley_
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TIL gyros in Greece are made with pork or chicken, not beef/lamb
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Submitted September 03, 2023 at 02:23AM by scottzee
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