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TIL that a special kind of microphone is often attached to the walls of hockey rinks to pick up the sound of players being body checked, which is then mixed into broadcasts of the games
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 07:30AM by abellyirked
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TIL in 2011, Tom Hanks met a young couple at a petrol station, who just watched his then-latest film "Larry Crowne" - which he both directed and starred in. They admitted the film "wasn’t that good”. Hanks then apologized and pulled $25 from his pocket to pay them back for the tickets.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 10:10AM by Away_Flounder3813
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Marie Claire UK
Tom Hanks refunds $25 to couple who hated his film
Hollywood nice guy Hanks refunded the couple after admitting they didn't enjoy his latest movie
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TIL that some towns and cities in the US have a 'curfew' that means juveniles aren't allowed to be outdoors, typically between 23.00 - 06.00
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 01:08PM by ProneToAnalFissures
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DC Curfew Law
Emergency Curfew Legislation The Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 took effect on November 7, 2025.  What does the law say? The Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 states that all persons under the age of 18 cannot…
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TIL Downs–Thomson paradox suggests that improving road networks or building more roads actually leads to worse traffic congestion. Often referred to as induced demand.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 12:56PM by whoisfourthwall
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TIL For Valentine's Day, San Antonio Zoo allows participants to symbolically name a cockroach, rat, or veggie after an ex or not-so-special someone, which is then fed to one of the zoo’s animal residents. You get a downloadable Valentine’s Day card to share with friends or former flames
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 01:32PM by scratchtheitch7
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San Antonio Zoo
Cry me a Cockroach | San Antonio Zoo
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Today I learned that Arnold Ridley, best known as the bumbling pacifist Private Godfrey in the 70s British sitcom "Dad's Army" had a distinguished military career in both World Wars
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 01:18PM by NLFG
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TIL even Mick Jagger has no clue why the 1981 The Rolling Stones' album "Tattoo You" was named as such. It was supposed to be just "Tattoo" and he can't tell where the "You" came from. This caused friction between him and Keith Richards, with Keith suspecting he had changed the title without asking.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 02:34PM by Away_Flounder3813
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TIL El Capitan, which takes up 7,500 square feet of floor space (the size of two tennis courts), is a supercomputer in California that became operation in 2024 and verified as the world's fastest supercomputer, achieving 1.742 exaFLOPs.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 08:54AM by a-buss
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TIL that Japanese tits(small birds) are pretty famous in animal behavior research because they use different calls to communicate specific meanings, like warning others about predators or coordinating movement
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 03:51PM by panic_in_the_cosmos
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PNAS
Alarm calls evoke a visual search image of a predator in birds | PNAS
One of the core features of human speech is that words cause listeners to retrieve
corresponding visual mental images. However, whether vocalizatio...
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TIL following the fatal crash of Avianca flight 52 in New York in 1990, two of the seriously injured passengers were found to be drug mules that had swallowed packets of cocaine. Both recovered and were sent to prison
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 04:40PM by Krakshotz
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TIL Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara to Indian parents in the Parsi community and spent his formative years in India. He never discussed his ethnicity w/ journalists; the closest he came was referring to himself as “a Persian popinjay”.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 05:01PM by MrTerrificPants
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TIL at the age of 20, Walter Harper was the first person to summit Mount McKinley (Denali) during a 1913 expedition.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 05:07PM by TheMadhopper
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TIL all the special effects in John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) was done by artist Rob Bottin, except for the Dog-Thing in the kennel scene, which was done by Stan Winston. Stan then declined screen credit in the film as to not take away from Rob’s work, so he got a "special thanks" mention.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 07:09PM by Away_Flounder3813
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Stan Winston School
Stan Winston's dog-thing from ‘The Thing’ -- Creating an Iconic Alien
Puppets and Slime! How Stan Winston Studio created the stunning dog-creature for the classic John Carpenter horror film, ‘The Thing.’
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TIL Helena Valero was kidnapped by the primitive Yanomami tribe as a child, lived with them for 20+ years, escaped to western society in 1956, then later returned and stayed until her death (2002)
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 07:54PM by bubugugu
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TIL Knowing the show was getting canceled, the creators of Dinosaurs, a family sitcom co-produced the disney, decided to conclude the series with an abrupt and shocking tonal shift: the series ends with an artificial volcanic winter which causes an environmental disaster and the end of the world
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 08:58PM by Nero2t2
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TIL one of the last recorded instances of a trebuchet being used for military purposes was by Hernán Cortés at the 1521 siege of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán. It was reportedly unsuccessful. The first projectile was launched straight up, causing it to land on the trebuchet itself, destroying it.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 09:26PM by tyrion2024
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TIL that the band The mighty mighty bosstones had a band member who did not sing nor playing instrument, but was only there to dance on stage during performances
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 09:20PM by nogood-deedsgo
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TIL about Carcinization, an evolutionary process in which unrelated crusteceans evolve to develop a crab like body
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 09:35PM by divyanshu_01
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TIL that Liam Neeson admitted that he relaxes and "gets off" by scrubbing dirty pots and pans by hand, and he even uses the task to politely excuse himself from boring dinner parties or conversations with dull guests. He also He typically prefers to dry the dishes and put them away himself.
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Submitted January 23, 2026 at 11:35PM by OddUmpire2554
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heat Radio
WATCH: Liam Neeson reveals his real life 'particular set of skills'
Liam Neeson's revealed a deep love for doing the washing up. Yes, hand the...
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TIL that Liam Neeson accepted the role of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace without reading the script, and prepared for the role by watching the original trilogy and Seven Samurai.
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Submitted January 24, 2026 at 12:57AM by OddUmpire2554
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Liam Neeson Says Qui-Gon Jinn's Death at the Hands of Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Was 'A Bit Namby-Pamby'…
It is one of the most iconic scenes in Star Wars cinematic history, one embedded in the consciousness of a generation of fans: the climactic duel in The Phantom Menace where Darth Maul kills Qui-Gon Jinn.
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TIL that one of the most prolific contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary was a murderer serving a life sentence in an asylum.
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Submitted January 24, 2026 at 12:22AM by kabirsbhutani
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