TIL that Robocop (1987) was mostly filmed in Dallas, Texas in August. Main actor Peter Weller lost 3 pounds a day from sweating in his hot costume
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 06:14PM by MrMojoFomo
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 06:14PM by MrMojoFomo
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TIL Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf despite being offered $30 million and 15% of box office profits
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 08:30PM by mr-blue-
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MARCA
Sean Connery's worst decision: He turned down a role in Lord of the Rings and lost 400 million dollars
There is a striking curiosity about 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'. It's one that has to do with none other than one of the star characters, Gandalf, the wizard sent t
TIL that in 1938, demolition workers in Paris uncovered over 3,000 gold coins hidden inside a wall on Rue Mouffetard, along with a will written by a royal official leaving the treasure to his daughter, who never knew where it was hidden.
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 07:49PM by SwordfishEither2516
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 07:49PM by SwordfishEither2516
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TIL “In 2024, bots made up a bigger proportion of global internet traffic than humans for the first time.”
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 09:41PM by NONIGARON
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The Independent
Most internet traffic is now bots
Cyber criminals are using AI tools like ChatGPT to carry out sophisticated attacks, researchers say
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TIL that over the last century, the average age that children are being potty trained in the UK has risen from 12–18 months, to an average of around three or even four years today
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 10:49PM by Octavus
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Submitted January 20, 2026 at 10:49PM by Octavus
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Ucc-Today
Urology & Continence Care Today - Article: Back on track: tackling the problem of toilet training
TIL the main reason scientists oppose relocating polar bears to Antarctica is that they’d eat too many emperor penguins.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 12:54AM by croato87
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polarbearsinternational.org
Why We Can't Move Polar Bears to Antarctica | Polar Bears International
Although it sounds like an easy solution, the risks of relocating polar bears from the Arctic to Antarctica far outweigh the benefits
TIL about Osama bin Laden (the elephant) who killed 27 people over the course of a two-year rampage in a southern Indian district.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 01:05AM by ShakeWell_0110
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TIL the last US president to have a baby in office was Grover Cleveland. His wife Frances gave birth to Esther in 1893 inside the White House. Esther remains the only presidential child born there and was nicknamed the White House baby.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 02:40AM by No-Strawberry7
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 02:40AM by No-Strawberry7
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TIL the world's worst wildfires are fuelled in part by Australian Eucalyptus introduced to Europe and the US in the 1800s for fast growing timber, but which are now invasive with their highly flammable oily bark and leaves
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 04:18AM by dmn1x
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Australia's iconic eucalyptus was shipped across the globe. Now, this flammable tree has 'gone feral'
From southern Europe to the east coast of the United States, debate is raging over how vulnerable the eucalyptus tree is to fire and whether it's doing more harm than good.
TIL that credit card interest rates above ~18% were once illegal in most U.S. states, until a single 1978 Supreme Court ruling let banks ignore local usury laws by charging rates based on their home state, leading to today’s 20–30% APRs.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 05:54AM by Accomplished-Eye-910
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TIL that botox, also known as the botulinum neurotoxin, is the deadliest known natural substance in chemistry, with an estimated intravenous lethal dose of just one to two nanograms per kg of body mass.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 04:52AM by NateNate60
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TIL The 1988 martial arts film Bloodsport is one of the only movies to be filmed inside Hong Kong's notorious Kowloon Walled City before it's demolition in 1993.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 07:02AM by Ill_Definition8074
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 07:02AM by Ill_Definition8074
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TIL that in 2023 an elderly man died of fatal vitamin D overdose after consuming too much regular vitamin D supplements over nine months.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 12:49PM by PeasantLich
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Bbc
Surrey coroner calls for change after 89-year-old's fatal vitamin D overdose
Following the man's death at East Surrey Hospital an inquest was carried out by the Surrey coroner.
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TIL that a man in India named Jadav Payeng single handedly transformed a treeless sandbar into a 1,360-acre forest by planting trees over several decades.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 03:35PM by stoictrader03
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TIL a study showed: low Kill/Death ratio male players are more hostile to female voiced players while fawning to male voiced players who have higher Kill/Death ratios.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 05:12PM by Reply_or_Not
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journals.plos.org
Insights into Sexism: Male Status and Performance Moderates Female-Directed Hostile and Amicable Behaviour
Gender inequality and sexist behaviour is prevalent in almost all workplaces and rampant in online environments. Although there is much research dedicated to understanding sexist behaviour, we have almost no insight into what triggers this behaviour and the…
TIL about HMS Porcupine which was split in half after a torpedo attack in 1942. The two sides were later rebuilt as accommodation hulks and named HMS Pork & HMS Pine.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 04:47PM by TheMadhopper
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 04:47PM by TheMadhopper
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TIL that tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is caused by a potent toxin, tetanospasmin, produced by Clostridium tetani, which interferes with nerve signaling and can cause severe muscle spasms.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 03:54PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 03:54PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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TIL the Gilligan’s Island lagoon was a backlot pond at CBS/Radford Studio just ~½ mile from the Ventura Freeway, so traffic noise often held up filming, and after the show ended the lagoon sat on the lot until it was drained and paved over for parking in the mid-1990s.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 02:46PM by TNSasquatch77
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 02:46PM by TNSasquatch77
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TIL Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are full siblings, and each took an altered form of their parent's surnames (originally "Beaty" and "MacLean")
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 08:00PM by paradoxombie
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 08:00PM by paradoxombie
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TIL a Colombian drug-sniffing dog was so good at finding cocaine that a cartel put a bounty on her head
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 09:30PM by Anuloxisz
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 09:30PM by Anuloxisz
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the Guardian
Colombian cartel places $7,000 bounty on talented police dog
Gulf Clan offered reward for death or capture of German shepherd Sombra after she sniffed out over 2,000 kilos of cocaine
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TIL that during excavation of the World Trade Center site in NYC, a Revolutionary War era sail boat was discovered 20 feet underground, preserved in the low-oxygen soil
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 08:50PM by Osiris32
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 08:50PM by Osiris32
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Smithsonian Magazine
Revolutionary War-Era Gunboat Found Underneath World Trade Center Wreckage Finds a Permanent Home in Upstate New York
Researchers are reassembling the ship, which was likely built in the 1770s near Philadelphia