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TIL that, in contrast to nations like the United States — whose constitution has been amended a mere 27 times since its enactment in 1789 — the Indian constitution has been amended a total of 106 times since its enactment in 1950.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 01:41AM by soozerain
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TIL That Casablanca was once banned in Ireland because the movie was deemed unfair to Nazis
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 02:58AM by Sometypeofway18
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IrishCentral
When Ireland banned "Casablanca" as unfair to Nazis
The most infamous banning was of the classic “Casablanca” in 1942. Considered by many experts as among the best films ever made, the officially neutral Ireland said it was Allied propaganda and felt sorry for the poor Nazis and how they were portrayed.
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TIL South Brother Island in NYC was purchased from the city by an investment company for $10 in 1975 (about $60 today).
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 02:12AM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL Gig Young was originally the actor cast as the Waco Kid in the film “Blazing Saddles”, but Gig Young was an alcoholic and collapsed on set during the first day of filming due to alcohol withdrawal. Director Mel Brooks fired him and replaced him with Gene Wilder.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 04:22AM by CatPooedInMyShoe
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TIL that James Cameron's Titanic cost 200 million which is around double the cost of the Actual Ship - even after adjusting for inflation (~120 million)
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 05:42AM by Nice-Confusion-4781
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No Film School
Movie Myth Monday: Did 'Titanic' Really Cost More Than the Actual Ship?
James Cameron's masterpiece was one of the most expensive movies of all time.
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TIL in 1895, Swedish gynecologist Thure Brandt released a bizarre manual illustrating uterine manipulation techniques and exercises done on women to treat diseases but instead of drawing human diagrams in these depictions, he drew humanoid creatures demonstrating these practices.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 03:33AM by delano1998
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The Public Domain Review
Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)
A set of diagrams from a 19th-century gynecology manual, in which the figures bear an uncanny resemblance to depictions of aliens from more than half-a-century later.
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TIL the Great Blizzard of 1888 buried parts of the northeastern United States under up to 50 inches of snow
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 06:57AM by GoldMember615
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TIL that the Highway of Death was originally Iraq’s main invasion route into Kuwait in 1990 before becoming the site of a devastating retreat in 1991.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 07:29AM by GDW312
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TIL Allied forces took only 35-50,000 Japanese prisoners of war during the course of World War 2.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 10:02AM by spudthespacedog
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TIL a 1995 WHO study concluded "Occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems" but it was never published because the US threatened to withdraw funding for WHO
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 01:27PM by Dry_Row_7050
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the Guardian
Bad science: cocaine study that got up the nose of the US | Ben Goldacre
A study which described mild cocaine use in positive tones prompted several blown outrage fuses
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TIL Lego's patent to their brick design ended in 1978, which allowed multiple companies, such as Mega Bloks, to start producing their own 'clones'
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 01:40PM by Forsaken-Peak8496
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TIL that Kaoru Otsuki was a Japanese woman known for being the second, child wife of Sun Yat-sen, the founder and first president of the Republic of China. Sun asked Kaoru's father for permission to marry his daughter, but Kaoru's father refused because of the great age difference between them
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 01:30PM by tenzin_Qing
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TIL that Jonny Greenwood pretended to play keyboards when he joined Radiohead, miming on a powered-off instrument and learning chords after studio sessions. During recording, Thom Yorke, would tell him: “I can’t quite hear what you’re doing, but I think you’re adding a really interesting texture.”
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 04:47PM by altrightobserver
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TIL A “Backronym” is an acronym that starts with the word you want as the acronym and works backward to name the thing based on the chosen word.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 04:19PM by AtLeastSeventyBees
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TIL about Shapour Bakhtiar, the last Prime Minister of Iran under the Shah. He fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War and joined the French Resistance against the Nazi's. Exiled to France after the Iranian Revolution and was a critic of the regime. Murdered in 1991 by Iranian agents.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 05:37PM by johnsmithoncemore
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TIL that tens of trillions of neutrinos from the sun pass through your body every second without you ever feeling them.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 06:53PM by stoictrader03
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TIL Simply being undocumented in the U.S. is a civil matter, not a misdemeanor or felony, unless it involves illegal entry, reentry after removal, or fraud.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 08:50PM by PinFit936
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TIL that in 2007 actress Natasha Lyonne was arrested after breaking into her neighbor's apartment, picking up the woman's dog, and threatening to molest it.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 07:52PM by AggravatingLeg5789
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TIL that Jamaica is the only country that has a flag without red, white or blue in it
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 10:55PM by Aggressive_Thing_614
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TIL a girl named Breelyn was born healthy but when she was two days old, she was kissed on the mouth by a person who had a cold sore. The girl's immune system wasn't developed at the time and she got HSV encephalitis, which led to seizures and brain damage.
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 11:09PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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UNILAD
8-year-old girl left with brain damage after being kissed on the mouth when she was 2 days old
Eight-year-old Breelynn was left with severe brain damage after she was kissed on the mouth when she was just two days old
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TIL that MOAB is officially named "Massive Ordnance Air Blast", while "mother of all bombs" is simply just its nickname
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Submitted January 27, 2026 at 08:20PM by Proboi_99
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