TIL Historically, caltrops were part of defences that served to slow the advance of troops and in the modern era have been used to slow vehicles.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 05:39AM by Hootinger
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 05:39AM by Hootinger
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TIL in 1980, a group of men planted a bomb containing 1,200 lbs of dynamite in a Lake Tahoe hotel with the goal of extorting $3 million. During the disarming of it, the bomb went off and destroyed parts of the hotel, causing $18 million in damages.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 06:39AM by Quasimdo
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 06:39AM by Quasimdo
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TIL that curry was brought to Vietnam by French colonisers when they also colonized Pondicherry in India. Curry was adapted to Vietnamese tastes by adding coconut milk and lemongrass.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 08:14AM by Physical_Hamster_118
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 08:14AM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL that by the late 1500s, Japan’s samurai were using guns at a scale that exceeded the total gun ownership of any European country.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 06:54AM by SameNecessary5180
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 06:54AM by SameNecessary5180
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TIL Kidney (and other organ) donations typically do not last the rest of the patient’s life. ~50% of transplant organs fail within 10 years.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 08:50AM by I-plaey-geetar
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 08:50AM by I-plaey-geetar
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TIL that in 2015, Steve Rannazzisi (Kevin from “The League”) was caught and admitted to lying about being in the World Trade Center and narrowly escaping on 9/11
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 08:59AM by Caa3098
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BBC News
US comic Steve Rannazzisi apologises for 9/11 lie
American comedian Steve Rannazzisi admits he lied over escaping from the twin towers during the terror attacks in New York on 2001.
TIL a black leopard was photographed in the wild in Africa for the first time in over 100 years when biologists captured rare footage of one in Kenya in 2018. Before that, the last confirmed observation of a black leopard with photographic evidence was in Ethiopia in 1909.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 03:18PM by tyrion2024
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CBS News
African Black Leopard Photographed For The First Time In 100 Years
Turns out, the mythical African black leopard really does exist.
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TIL that Ottoman Sultans used deaf-mutes as palace staff so they couldn't overhear state secrets. They developed a unique sign language that became so popular, the Sultans and high-ranking officials even used it to communicate silently.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 04:45PM by bortakci34
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 04:45PM by bortakci34
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TIL over a 5-month period in 2020, a nurse in Yale's fertility center stole the fentanyl in 175 vials that were meant for women who had a procedure to have their eggs retrieved. The nurse replaced the pain medication with saline solution, leaving the women in excruciating pain during the procedure.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 05:50PM by tyrion2024
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 05:50PM by tyrion2024
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TODAY.com
A nurse stole their IVF pain medication. Her victims are speaking out
“It’s like a stabbing internal pain that no one should ever feel. Ever.”
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TIL United States of Greater Austria was a proposal by group surrounding Franz Ferdinand to turn the empire into a federation. This caused panic among Serbian nationalists which feared it might satisfy the demand of minorities and hinder Serbia imperial ambition which lead to his assassination.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 04:59PM by Skychu768
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 04:59PM by Skychu768
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TIL that under a law called the Berry Amendment, the U.S. Military is legally required to ensure 100% of its clothing is made in America. Every stage of production, from the raw cotton or wool to the zippers, buttons, and even the thread, must be 100% U.S. sourced and manufactured.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 06:39PM by palmerry
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TIL that during the American revolution, when George Washington and his army were in desperate need of money to pay troops, the people of Havana raised money and sent it to the Americans, helping them win the important battle of Yorktown.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 09:02PM by HappyIdiot123
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 09:02PM by HappyIdiot123
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www.nps.gov
FRANCISCO SAAVEDRA DE SANGRONIS AND THE PEOPLE OF HAVANA, CUBA - Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park…
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TIL that Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia killed around a quarter of the population (about 2 million people) in just four years, targeting intellectuals, city dwellers, and ethnic minorities to force a “classless agrarian society.”
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:06PM by FearMyCock
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:06PM by FearMyCock
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TIL U.S. stop signs were designed to be identifiable by shape alone because many drivers had difficulty reading signs and shape recognition was considered more reliable than text.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:03PM by A11J06
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:03PM by A11J06
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TIL Marlon Brando's final performance before his death was in the 2006 video game "The Godfather", made and published by EA. Most of his recordings were unusable since he was so sick he could barely speak, and the microphones in the recording studio kept picking up the noise of his oxygen machine.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:41PM by Away_Flounder3813
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TIL drummer Artimus Pyle of Lynyrd Skynyrd was onboard when their plane crashed near Baton Rouge. Suffering broken ribs he reached a farm with others. A farmer mistook them for escaped convicts, firing a shot in the air to leave. Pyle finally convinced him they were in a plane crash and needed help.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 11:12PM by SlothSpeed
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TIL Hares are scavengers that will eat meat and even their own dead
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:54PM by Marginallyhuman
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 10:54PM by Marginallyhuman
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ZME Science
Meat-eating rabbits: these fluffy creatures are not exactly “herbivores”
So that's unexpected!
TIL the Mongol Empire intended to expand west all the way to the The Great Sea (Atlantic Ocean). Conquering most of Central Europe, the invasion halted due to the alcohol related death of Ogedei Khan and his general’s having to return home for the election of a new Khan.
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 11:22PM by FullOfSound
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Submitted January 31, 2026 at 11:22PM by FullOfSound
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TIL that in 1994, an American teenager in Singapore pled guilty to stealing road signs and vandalizing cars. He was sentenced to 6 lashes of a cane, which was reduced to 4 after media outrage in the US
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 01:47AM by Overall-Register9758
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 01:47AM by Overall-Register9758
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TIL that in the Australian marsupial Antechinus, the entire species reproduces in a single suicidal mating event: all males breed nonstop for 2–3 weeks, the stress of which causes every male to die from internal bleeding, organ failure and immune collapse.
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 03:21AM by Neutral-frame
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 03:21AM by Neutral-frame
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Sperm competition drives the evolution of suicidal reproduction in mammals
In some marsupial genera but in no other mammals, escalating stress hormones during the breeding season cause immune system collapse and synchronized death after mating in all males (suicidal reproduction). In this paper, we resolve the ...
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TIL about author Sinclair Lewis from Sauk Centre MN. He wrote a dystopian novel about a politician named Buzz Windrip who wins the presidency by promising to restore American greatness, but quickly establishes a dictatorship, suppressing rights and imprisoning opponents.
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 08:00AM by vextortion
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 08:00AM by vextortion
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