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TIL in 1947 the reclusive Collyer brothers died in their New York Fifth Avenue apartment, which had 140 tons of books, furniture, and even a Model T chassis. The apartment had booby traps, which claimed the life of one of the brothers when it collapsed on him.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 10:33PM by strangelove4564
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TIL that a functional space battleship was proposed alongside the Project Orion nuclear pulse drive; which was cancelled not because it wasn't possible, but because it was so heavily armed it terrified President Kennedy who wanted it cancelled out of fears of a Cold War escalation
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 11:43PM by ZipZopZoppityHop
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TIL legendary talk show host Merv Griffin's tombstone reads: "I will not be right back after this message."
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 12:02AM by ralphbernardo
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TIL Duke University has more graduate students than undergraduate students.
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Submitted January 21, 2026 at 10:51PM by a_gallon_of_pcp
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TIL that Terry Pratchett once changed his German publisher because they inserted a soup commercial into his books, and when confronted about it refused to promise that they wouldn't do it again.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 01:57AM by Extreme-Attention641
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TIL two doctors performed an in‑flight emergency surgery on a woman with a collapsed lung using a coat hanger and silverware, saving her life.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 01:53AM by IntrinsicIrony
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TIL that there are under 150 tenure-track jobs for English literature professors in the US and Canada each year: fewer than 3 per state.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 01:41AM by Bob_the_blacksmith
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TIL Elian Gonzalez is married and has a daughter. He earned an engineering degree and is a member of the National Assembly of People's Power representing the city of Cardenas.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 04:43AM by loki2002
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TIL Abba is the name of a well known Swedish fish-canning company that formed in 1838. When the Swedish pop group ABBA negotiated with the canners for the rights to the name, the factory gave their permission, saying "O.K., as long as you don't make us feel ashamed for what you're doing".
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 06:56AM by Away_Flounder3813
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TIL 300 million years ago, the Earth’s atmosphere contained 35% oxygen compared to 21% today. One result was giant insects with wingspans up to 71 cm (over 2.25 feet).
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 05:24AM by gullydon
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TIL the name “Scotland Yard” actually refers to a street in Westminster, London. During the 16th century, there were open courtyards in the Palace of Whitehall surrounded by buildings used by representatives of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 09:04AM by redmambo_no6
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TIL Teletubbyland really existed, but it was destroyed by the landowner to stop trespass from obsessive Telletubby fans dressed in costume. The landowner was that angry they dug up the Tubbytronic Superdome and turned it into a pond. The thing is, the access road is still called Tellytubbies Road
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 01:13PM by scratchtheitch7
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TIL the phrase “Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog!” heard at the end of many 1980s TV shows referred to a real black Labrador named Ubu, owned by TV producer Gary David Goldberg—and the bark was Ubu’s actual bark.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 02:47PM by TNSasquatch77
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TIL The geography cone, also known as the cigarette snail, is the deadliest cone snail on the planet. There is no antivenom, and the joke is that if you get stung, you've got about enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 05:12PM by scratchtheitch7
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TIL Violent crime rates and ice cream sales are strongly statistically correlated; as one increases so does the other. However, they are (obviously) not directly linked but it is the role of a third cause on both: seasonality and warmer weather in the summer.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 04:21PM by amusedfridaygoat
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TIL: That VELCRO was inspired by a dog's encounter with burrs, on a country walk with a Swiss engineer, figured out the hook and loop idea from a natural analog
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 04:56PM by grungegoth
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TIL Iceland is one of the few countries in the world, and the only NATO member to not have a standing army
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 07:25PM by zharguy
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TIL that NASA's Perseverance rover discovered a striped "zebra rock" on Mars unlike any seen before, nicknamed Freya Castle, with alternating black-and-white bands that might hint at volcanic or metamorphic processes.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 03:02PM by yena
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TIL in the 1950s full length commercials were banned from US television, but were brought back in 1984 when the FCC rescinded the ban. By 1994 an estimated 91% of all TV stations were airing infomercials.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 07:51PM by strangelove4564
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TIL that in 2002 candidates for mayor of Warsaw had to compete in "SimCity 3000" to see who will develop the virtual capital of Poland the most. They had 60 000 simoleons to begin with and could consult with students who would aid them in the virtual world.
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Submitted January 22, 2026 at 06:44PM by Apula20xp
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