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.
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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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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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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.
TIL that Elyesa Bazna was a Turkish spy who worked for the Nazis during World War II but provided so much intel they distrusted him and ignored most of it. The Allies failed to catch him, but he was eventually arrested after the war when it turned out that the Nazis had paid him with fake money.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 06:52PM by ShabtaiBenOron
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TIL in 1961, the Prime Minister of Japan, Nobusuke Kishi, was visited by the new leader of South Korea, Park Chung Hee. Park, a former collaborator with Imperial Japan, extensively praised the "Japanese spirit," which embarrassed Kishi due to Park's rhetoric being unchanged from WW2-era Japan
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 09:31PM by greatmanyarrows
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TIL that scientists had to use an AK-47 with armor-piercing rounds to collect samples from Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot because it was too dense to drill
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 11:06PM by STEAL-THIS-NAME
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TIL Al Capone suffered from neurosyphilis , and was one of the first Americans to receive Penicillin as a treatment.
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 11:47PM by OSJezza
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 11:47PM by OSJezza
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TIL Shakespeare invented over two thousand words throughout his writing career. These words include many that we use in everyday life. Common phrases like assassination, bump, frugal, critical, excellent, and countless are all words born out of Shakespeare's creative literary mind.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 12:30AM by Blackberry-777
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YurTopic
15 Interesting Facts About Shakespeare
There are many interesting facts about Shakespeare
TIL that Malbork Castle in Malbork, Poland is the largest castle in the world. Built in the 13th century and expanded in the 14th by the Teutonic Knights, it encompasses 52 arces (21 hectares)
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 08:27PM by MrMojoFomo
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 08:27PM by MrMojoFomo
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TIL due to the Dust Bowl (period of severe dust storms that damaged the ecology and agriculture across North America), the 1930s were referred to as the Dirty Thirties in the US
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 09:45PM by RiverMesa
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Submitted February 02, 2026 at 09:45PM by RiverMesa
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