TIL that Benazir Bhutto became PM of Pakistan at 35, making her the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country, and later became the first elected head of government in modern history to give birth while in office (1990).
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 02:59AM by No-Strawberry7
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 02:59AM by No-Strawberry7
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TIL a Washington Wizards fan was such a notorious heckler that Charles Barkley flew him to Phoenix to sit behind the Bulls bench during the 1993 NBA Finals.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 06:09AM by SuperMcG
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TIL that over 90% of trees are planted too deep, burying the root flare and cutting their lifespan by 30+ years. A UMN audit of 300+ trees found most were 4+ inches below grade.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 05:10AM by The_Gentle_Arbor
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 05:10AM by The_Gentle_Arbor
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The Gentle Arbor
The Deep-Rooted Problem: Why Minneapolis Trees Are Suffering | The Gentle Arbor
Over 90% of Minneapolis trees are planted too deeply or improperly mulched, leading to severe health issues. Learn about this hidden crisis and how The Gentle Arbor can help.
TIL diclofenac, a common painkiller drug once given to livestock, was a major contributing factor in the rapid decline of vultures in India, where nine species suffered a population collapse exceeding 99.5%, with three Gyps species dropping from about 40 million in the 1980s to about 19000 in 2017,
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 05:45AM by stoictrader03
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TIL when the ancient Persian king Xerxes sent representatives to Greek city-states to demand "earth and water" as tokens of submission, the Spartans threw them into a well, suggesting that they would find earth and water at the bottom.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:38AM by NateNate60
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TIL about the Colorado experiment. A controversial study funded by multi milionare Arthur Jones, where one subject gained 63Lbs of muscle mass in 28 days by doing only 1 set per excercise to failure
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:10AM by ValuableBerry1628
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:10AM by ValuableBerry1628
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TIL that Dick Hammer, a former USC basketball player in the 1950s, a 1964 Olympic volleyball player, and a Marlboro Man in the 1970s is also the grandfather of NFL quarterback Sam Darnold
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 12:33PM by SappyGilmore
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TIL of General Charles O'Hara. After surrendering the British sword at Yorktown and later being captured during the Siege of Toulon, O'Hara has the distinction of having been the only person personally taken prisoner by both George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 01:16PM by PIGFOOF
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TIL that one of the Nazi generals who was responsible for the Wola massacre was pardoned by West Germany because "genocide was not in the criminal code of Nazi Germany". After the war, Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland, on the isle of Sylt, and member of the Schleswig-Holstein L
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 02:58PM by tenzin_Qing
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TIL that episode "405 Method Not Allowed" of Mr. Robot is almost completely silent, except the lines "It's cool, dude. We don't have to talk" during the opening scene and "It's time we talk" right before the credits
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 03:47PM by luigdibar
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TIL in "Cast Away", none of the sound on the island scenes is real. The loudness of ocean waves on the actual unhabited island they were filming on was so overwhelming that every sound on the island and ocean scenes, including Tom Hanks' monologues, were carefully recorded in a studio.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 04:47PM by leebe_friik
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 04:47PM by leebe_friik
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No Film School
Here’s Why the Sound Design of ‘Cast Away’ is One of Film’s Greatest Hidden Achievements
A new video essay explores the genius illusion behind how (and why) every sound Tom Hanks makes on the island in Cast Away was created from scratch.
TIL Peter Jackson's mother Joan died three days before the release of the first movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was a special showing of the film after her funeral
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 05:32PM by rocklou
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TIL Roman emperors were officially considered pharaohs in Egypt after Rome conquered it in 30 BCE.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:28AM by GoldenCorbin
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:28AM by GoldenCorbin
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TIL the 1987 "Max Headroom" TV hack used the analog "capture effect," in which a stronger signal completely suppresses a weaker one. Since the U.S. switched to digital signals in 2009, which do not behave in a similar way, this specific intrusion is now considered impossible to replicate.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 06:01PM by ralphbernardo
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 06:01PM by ralphbernardo
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TIL about Preserved Fish, an early American merchant and banker. Apparently his first name was common among Quakers and 10 other members of the Fish family were called that.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 06:43PM by BachRach433
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 06:43PM by BachRach433
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TIL: The Las Vegas Sphere is powered by 150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs totaling 7.2 TB (7,200 GB) of GDDR6 video memory
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 07:11PM by SauloJr
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 07:11PM by SauloJr
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Las Vegas Sphere Uses 150 Nvidia A6000 GPUs to Power Its Massive Display
The Sphere taps the workstation Nvidia GPUs to display content on its 16K screens and massive LED-powered exterior.
TIL Until the age of 3 Michel Montaigne was raised by a peasant family to "draw the boy close to the people and their life conditions". Later, his parents and the staff who interacted with the boy would only speak to him in latin, and every morning he'd be awaken by a musician playing an instrument
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 09:12PM by Nero2t2
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 09:12PM by Nero2t2
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TIL that after George Washington took office, the US Senate debated over the title for the president. All but three senators agreed upon "His Highness the President of the United States and Protector of the Rights of the Same", but objections won out and the House settled on "Mr. President"
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:55PM by SteO153
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 10:55PM by SteO153
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TIL that the "M's" on M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie," the two founders of the company. They actually had a falling out because Murrie thought Mars was too controlling.
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 11:28PM by Glittering_Math_5462
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Submitted January 30, 2026 at 11:28PM by Glittering_Math_5462
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TIL less than 60% of Florida voters supported an amendment that required future amendments to receive 60% support
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 12:26AM by After-Professional-8
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 12:26AM by After-Professional-8
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TIL Jake Holmes, the original (uncredited) author of Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused”, wrote the “be all that you can be” US Army jingle
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 01:38AM by buickmccane
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 01:38AM by buickmccane
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