TIL students invented a low-cost "invisibility coat" that hides the wearer from AI security cameras. It uses a camouflage pattern to trick visual recognition during the day and emits unusual heat signals to confuse infrared sensors at night.
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 09:00PM by ralphbernardo
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The Independent
‘Invisibility cloak’ that hides wearers from security cameras invented by students
InvisDefense uses an unusual pattern and irregular heat signals to confuse AI cameras
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TIL that Afife Jale, the first Muslim woman to appear on a Turkish stage, had to be smuggled out of theaters through machine rooms during police raids. Despite being a pioneer, she was treated as a criminal, lost her job due to her religion, and spent her final years in a mental institution
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 06:07PM by bortakci34
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TIL that the jet propulsion laboratory founder was part of a sex and ufo cult
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 11:09PM by Bigb5wm
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Science History Institute
The Sex-Cult ‘Antichrist’ Who Rocketed Us to Space: Part 1
Jack Parsons practiced the occult and led a sex cult. He was also one of history’s most important rocket scientists. (Episode 1 of 2)
TIL that Kim Basinger filed for bankruptcy in 1993 after being sued for breach of contract for withdrawing from the production of Boxing Helena. The jury awarded Main Line Pictures just under $9 million in damages.
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 10:06PM by Make_the_music_stop
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Best Life
Kim Basinger Filed for Bankruptcy After Being Sued for Dropping Out of Role
Kim Basinger Filed for Bankruptcy After Being Sued for Dropping Out of Role
TIL that the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut” was supposed to be rated NC-17 due to excessive profanity, with the word “fuck” being used 146 times alone. The MPAA said that 400 or more swear words would get the NC-17 rating, so Matt Stone and Trey Parker cut the number in script to 399
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 12:37AM by altrightobserver
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 12:37AM by altrightobserver
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TIL that a group of 37 Jews, trained by the British Special Forces, parachuted into occupied Europe in 1944.
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 11:29PM by Environmental-Low792
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Submitted February 01, 2026 at 11:29PM by Environmental-Low792
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TIL The Reproducibility Project: Psychology redid 100 studies in psychological science from three high-ranking psychology journals, found that only 36% replicated successfully with effect sizes averaging half the original, 25% directly contradicted the original and 49% were inconclusive.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 12:08AM by Marginallyhuman
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OSF
Reproducibility Project: Psychology
Reproducibility is a defining feature of science, but the extent to which it characterizes current research is unknown. We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered designs…
TIL that at Queen Victoria’s funeral on 2 February 1901, the artillery horses refused to move in the bitterly cold weather, so sailors hauled her coffin on the gun carriage using harnesses and a train communication cord, establishing the tradition of sailors pulling royal coffins.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 02:06AM by Upstairs_Drive_5602
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TIL that the 1956 film adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 was funded by the CIA, and so contains an alternate ending where Winston and Julia remain rebellious against the party and are shot for it.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 01:26AM by Sebastianlim
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TIL that in the Academy Awards (Oscars) every year, presenters and performers get gift bags. In 2014, the value each gift bag was reported to be as high as $80k.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 02:10AM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL that Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has 11 children.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 04:07AM by Polyctor
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TIL, that flexi discs were a thing. Basically, a thin phonographic record that was included in magazines etc, which you could tear out and play on a turntable.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 06:50AM by Dad2DnA
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TIL that dogs can develop obsessive-compulsive disorder from playing with laser pointers, because they’re unable to complete the instinctual “catch” behavior, which causes chronic anxiety and fixation.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 08:14AM by Mastbubbles
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American Kennel Club
Laser Pointers: More Frustration Than Fun
Some owners think it's funny to watch their dog play with a laser pointer, but this game can be very frustrating for a dog. Here's other activities to try.
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TIL that a Polish charity tracking a migratory stork lost contact when the bird reached Sudan, only to later receive a huge $2,700 phone bill after someone found the tracker, removed its SIM card, and used it to make 20 hours of phone calls.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 10:35AM by gullydon
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Bbc
Polish charity gets huge phone bill thanks to stork
A lost stork has left a Polish environmental charity with a hefty bill to pay.
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TIL that since the '80s, insulin has been made by genetically modifying E. coli bacteria with human DNA
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 08:06AM by Smaptimania
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TIL Family Guy was cancelled - then later revived because DVD sales were unexpectedly huge
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 01:34PM by Alternative-Win4058
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TIL 9 months before Rosa Parks, a teenager defied segregation on an Alabama bus
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 03:46PM by theRemRemBooBear
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NPR
Before Rosa Parks, a teenager defied segregation on an Alabama bus
Claudette Colvin was a 15-year-old student from Montgomery, Ala., when she refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger. But she has been largely forgotten in civil rights history.
TIL in the 1954 Commonwealth Games, marathon runner Jim Peters led into the finishing stadium by 17 minutes. But it took him 11 minutes to cover just 200m of the lap and he fell 7 times before being stretched off the track. He woke up in hospital believing he had won the race; he never raced again.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 03:53PM by anahorish
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the Guardian
'Two steps forward, three to the side. Oh, he's down again'
After running 26 miles, Jim Peters was 17 minutes ahead of his nearest rival and certain of gold. But after he collapsed, only yards from victory and with the pallor of death on his lips, he never ran again, as Frank Keating recalls.
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TIL in 1942, Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow because “War clouds have blacked out parts of the shadow.”
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 05:30PM by aidenkula
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TIL the total surface area required to fuel the earth with solar alone is only 0.3% of the earth's entire land area.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 06:54PM by chasseur_de_cols
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 06:54PM by chasseur_de_cols
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Land Art Generator
Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World With Solar - Land Art Generator
click for larger image download high resolution PDF Note in 2021: We have updated this information graphic in August of 2021. Please see the new post, which provides more updated information related to the energy landscapes and energy oceanscapes required…
TIL 61.3 million Americans were prescribed valium in 1975, by 1980 it had dropped to 33.6 million.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 05:21PM by PKSkriBBLeS
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 05:21PM by PKSkriBBLeS
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Proto Magazine
Mother's Little Helper at 50
After 50 years, we take a look back at the pharmaceutical industry's first $100 million brand.