TIL in 2021 an antiques enthusiast bought "an exceptionally rare" 15th century porcelain bowl made in China for $35 from a Connecticut yard sale. The small white bowl "adorned with cobalt blue paintings of flowers" turned out to be one of only 7 such bowls known to exist & sold for nearly $722,000.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 12:35AM by tyrion2024
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TODAY.com
15th century bowl found at yard sale sells for $722,000
An exceptionally rare 15th century porcelain bowl made in China somehow turned up at a Connecticut yard sale.
TIL that even though they look similar to each other, both beaver species are not genetically compatible as the North American beaver have 40 chromosomes while Eurasian beavers have 48 chromosomes, meaning they can't even hybridize
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 01:07AM by Hosanna20
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TIL in 1983 George Carlin performed at a Cardinal Hayes High School fundraiser that was in honor of Msgr. Stanislaus P. Jablonski, the man who had originally expelled Carlin from the school. Despite fears by some in the alumni association, Carlin kept his act clean & Jablonski enjoyed the tribute.
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Submitted January 24, 2026 at 08:14PM by tyrion2024
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TIL that Abdul Sattar Edhi built the world’s largest volunteer ambulance network with 1,800 ambulances and started baby cradles in 1970 that helped over 20,000 abandoned infants.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 12:11AM by stoictrader03
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TIL that the human body constantly emits a faint, visible light, a phenomenon known as biophoton emission or ultraweak photon emission (UPE), which is roughly 1,000 times less intense than what the human eye can perceive.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 04:40AM by OddUmpire2554
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the Guardian
Humans glow in the dark
Ultra-sensitive cameras reveal that our bodies emit tiny amounts of light that are too weak for the human eye to detect
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TIL About James Hampton, an unknown janitor who collected scraps and secretly built artwork using it in a garage. His art, called "Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly" was only found after his death, and is currently on display at the Smithsonian.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 06:57AM by Top_Mongoose1354
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TIL about Jimmy the crow, who was a raven actor that appeared in over 1000 films including Wizard of OZ.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 07:23AM by AznSensAsian
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TIL Biggie cried after rap nemesis Tupac was killed; "He was crying, and seemed afraid ..“Shit got fucked up somewhere along the way. But that was my n-gga.”
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 10:34AM by sneakysnek20r
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Slate Magazine
How Tupac’s Death Affected Biggie
If Biggie wanted to secure his future, there was still one huge thing he needed to accomplish. He had to make his peace with the West Coast.
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TIL of Triboulet: a Royal jester for King Francis of France who was sentenced to death for mocking the King and Queen. King Francis allowed him to choose his method of death, to which Triboulet responded “… I ask to die from old age.” He was spared and instead banished.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 11:22AM by osternade
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TIL about James Knight, an arctic explorer that disappeared during a 1719 attempt to find the Northwest Passage with a crew of 40 men. They became wrecked at Marble Island and slowly perished over the following three years, with the last men seen dying while digging a grave.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 12:41PM by Sebastianlim
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TIL that the movie set from the 1980 movie "Popeye" starring Robin Williams still exists and is now a tourist attraction / fun park called "Popeye's Village" located in Malta
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 11:45AM by Devi8tor
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TIL great white sharks have never been documented mating in the wild, not once, by any scientist or diver, despite how commonly they are seen. Zero confirmed footage or direct observations exist.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 02:55PM by Dependent_Day_6298
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Discover Wildlife
We don’t know how great white sharks have sex, but what we do know about their mating ritual is terrifying | Discover Wildlife
All we know about great white shark sex
TIL the filming of No Country For OlD Men had to be shut down for a day because There Will Be Blood was filmed nearby and the smoke from an explosion drifted across to the set.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 11:32AM by Apprehensive_Cry545
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Collider
'No Country for Old Men' Had To Take a Filming Break Because of 'There Will Be Blood'
Is something burning?
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TIL that in 1944 US pilot Martin James Monti defected to Nazi Germany and joined the Waffen-SS. After the war, he was only charged with desertion and granted clemency, until investigators discovered his work as a Nazi propagandist, leading to a 25-year sentence for treason
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TIL that Shirley Temple's daughter was for several years the bass player for sludge rock band The Melvins
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 01:07PM by TooOldToBePunk
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TIL that Eminem, in addition to his biological daughter Hailie Jade, has legally adopted and had custody of Alaina (his ex-sister-in-law's daughter) and Stevie (his ex-wife's child with another father) and he also raised his younger half-brother Nathan
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 08:34PM by luigdibar
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TIL Scribes at the chancellery of Florence were allowed to use their superior's signature when drafting office mail. Niccolo Machiavelli's signature appears on chancellery mail even after 1512, the year he was fired and replaced, believed to be "a subtle act of defiance" towards their new boss
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 05:23PM by Nero2t2
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TIL Ben Stiller took the notes the studio gave him each day while he was directing Tropic Thunder (2005) and gave them to Bill Hader’s character to say as dialogue in the movie. Costar Danny McBride revealed that then number of studio notes Stiller received each day decreased after that.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 10:02PM by tyrion2024
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IndieWire
Robert Downey Jr. Would ‘Piss in Character’ on ‘Tropic Thunder,’ Danny McBride Says
According to Danny McBride, his 'Tropic Thunder' co-star Robert Downey Jr. would even use the restroom in character during production.
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TIL that Rod Stewart's band The Faces, were once given a 40 year ban from the Holiday Inn hotel chain for trashing their rooms. The band subsequently stayed at Holiday Inns under the name Fleetwood Mac, so that they would get the blame when the hotel rooms were trashed.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 11:13PM by EssexGuyUpNorth
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BBC News
Rod Stewart on Glastonbury: 'I wish they wouldn't call it the tea time slot'
The rock star talks to BBC News ahead of his performance at the Glastonbury Festival this weekend.
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TIL in 1980 both South Koreans and North Koreans had an average life expectancy of 65 years, whereas in 2015, South Koreans' average life expectancy was 82 years compared to just 70 years for North Koreans.
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Submitted January 25, 2026 at 10:14PM by tyrion2024
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Bbc
Nine charts which tell you all you need to know about North Korea
What can statistics tell us about life in Kim Jong-un's secretive country?
TIL that Dolly Parton once entered in a Dolly Parton lookalike contest, and lost, getting told her looks were “too exaggerated”
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Submitted January 26, 2026 at 12:10AM by PotentialCustard7969
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CBC
Dolly Parton entered a Dolly Parton look-alike contest. And lost. | CBC Radio
Dolly Parton – there's no one like her. Well, almost no one.