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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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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Land Art Generator
Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World With Solar - Land Art Generator
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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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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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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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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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TIL No woman has ever run a four-minute mile.
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TIL in 2022, Caterpillar Inc. faced a $145,027 fine after a worker, who was removing a sample of iron, died after he fell into an 11-foot melting pot that was heated to more than 2,000°F. An investigation found that the facility did not have legally required guardrails and restraint systems.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 02:40AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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CBS News
Caterpillar Inc. faces $145,000 fine after employee fell to death in molten iron
The pot of molten iron was heated to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
TIL: General Patton was relieved of command after two separate incidents of slapping shell-shocked soldiers in a field hospital. Following a massive public outcry, General Eisenhower forced Patton to apologize and reassigned him to lead a “phantom” decoy unit of inflatable tanks.
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TIL After Col. Shaw's battle death, Confederates insultingly buried him in a mass grave for leading black soldiers. Union troops attempted recovery, but his father refused, stating he should remain with his brave, devoted men
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 06:03AM by Sh4ttr
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TIL Nicotine exposure during adolescence can permanently alter brain chemistry, leading to increased risk for psychiatric disorders including anxiety, depressive disorders, and schizophrenia
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:45AM by Objects_Food_Rooms
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Nature
Adolescent nicotine exposure and persistent neurocircuitry changes: unveiling lifelong psychiatric risks
Molecular Psychiatry - Adolescent nicotine exposure and persistent neurocircuitry changes: unveiling lifelong psychiatric risks
TIL that in 1983, a couple in the US state of Georgia were rebuilding the steps of their front porch, and discovered a complete copy of the 1914 American silent film "The Oubliette", still in its original metal cans. The film had been considered lost with no known copies until this discovery.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:32AM by Curious_Penalty8814
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TIL there were only 16 episodes of Hong Kong Phooey
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 08:01AM by Stotallytob3r
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TIL that Stranger Things was originally pitched as “Montauk” and set in Montauk, New York, drawing inspiration from conspiracy theories
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 07:46AM by Alternative-Win4058
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TIL studies have shown that secondhand weed smoke is enough to make children test positive for thc even when the smoker isnt smoking in the same room as them
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 01:06PM by Effective_Comment625
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Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Researchers Conduct Study of Second-Hand Marijuana Smoke in Children
New York, NY (November 19, 2018) — In a study designed to evaluate second-hand marijuana smoke exposure among children—a topic that scientists have not yet widely addressed—researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that nearly half…
TIL the reception to the original novel version of "The Spy Who Loved Me" was so bad that Ian Fleming epressly forbade the producers of the James Bond films from ever making a direct adaptation - only the title and the main henchman "Horror" who became Jaws remained.
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Submitted February 03, 2026 at 10:35AM by res30stupid
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