TIL that Conan O’Brien, David Letterman and Jay Leno all once made the same Dan Quayle joke on the same night without any knowledge of the others making the same exact joke.
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Submitted March 18, 2026 at 08:26PM by RareXG
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Variety
Conan O’Brien: Why I Decided to Settle a Lawsuit Over Alleged Joke Stealing
Conan O'Brien explains why he reached a settlement in a case where he was accused of stealing another comedian's jokes.
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TIL that while there are rogue waves there are also rogue holes in the ocean
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Submitted March 18, 2026 at 07:25PM by notmepleaseokay
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ZME Science
Your new phobia, unlocked: a rogue hole in the ocean
From a sailing myth to proven fact, rogue waves and the lesser known rogue holes are rare but real.
TIL that Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles is named after William Mulholland the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Aqueduct without which LA would have not been able to grow as large as it did in the 1920s.
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Submitted March 18, 2026 at 09:26PM by DeathMonkey6969
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TIL the reason the Germans nicknamed the 588th Night Bomber Regiment "Night Witches" was because, when they cut the engines to their biplanes while making a bombing run, their planes gliding sounded like broomsticks. They fact that they were an all-women unit was a coincidence.
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Submitted March 18, 2026 at 10:44PM by Licensed_Silver_Simp
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TIL that some humans can perceive magnetic fields subtly, with their brains showing reactions to Earth’s geomagnetic changes even without awareness
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Submitted March 18, 2026 at 07:53PM by One_Needleworker5218
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Smithsonian Magazine
Some People's Brains Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field—but No, It Doesn't Mean We Have Magnetoreception 'Superpowers'
A new experiment reveals signs our brains may respond to changes in Earth's magnetic field, but it's unclear whether it impacts behavior
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TIL that Indiana tried to pass a bill in 1897 that legally and incorrectly classified the mathematical term Pi as 3.2
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 12:04AM by Beautiful-Cress5695
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TIL the largest age gap between a U.S. president and his First Lady occurred when President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, married Frances Folsom, who was 21, on June 2, 1886, in the only wedding in history of a sitting president in a room of the White House.
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Submitted March 18, 2026 at 08:53PM by RedditIsAGranfaloon
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TIL Wellington R. Burt, 1831-1919 didn't leave his $100,000,000 estate to his children. His will had a "spite clause" which specified to wait until all his children and 21 years after his last grandchild while he was still alive had died. The estate was settled in 2011.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 01:16AM by scottishlaw
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TIL that the world’s first "selfie" was taken in 1839 by Robert Cornelius, an amateur chemist and photography enthusiast. He had to sit still for over 15 minutes to capture the image.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 12:07AM by Oulaminemoh
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TIL the CNS Ischemic Reflex is the body's most powerful reflex. A "last-ditch" survival effort, it triggers when the brain is starved of oxygen, causing massive vasoconstriction to force blood upward. This surge is so intense it can cause kidney failure by completely cutting off their blood supply.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 01:18AM by everycoolname
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TIL In 2016, researchers using a quantum light source found that humans could track whether a single photon was fired at their eye with a probability slightly better than chance. This suggests that while we don't "see" it as a bright spark, the information does reach our consciousness.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 04:07AM by onesole
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TIL that Velcro was invented in 1955 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral who got the idea after noticing burrs from a burdock plant clinging to his dog's fur during a hunting trip and spent 10 years developing the hook and loop design.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 04:26AM by Working_Cost_645
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TIL in 1184, King Henry VI held a royal assembly in Erfurt, Germany to settle a dispute between nobles. The floor collapsed under their weight, sending ~60 of them plunging through two stories into the latrine cesspit below, where many drowned in human waste. The King survived by sitting in a stone
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 09:18AM by the_h1b_records
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TIL that 2x4’s are not actually 2”x4” anymore. The American lumber committee made the change officially in 1964 to account for drying and planing shrinkage post cut.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 08:32AM by CraftedArtisanQueefs
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Harvard Design Magazine
Nominal Versus Actual: A History of the 2x4
The ubiquitous lumber product known as the 2×4 does not, in fact, measure two inches thick by four inches wide. […]
TIL nearly 80% of US workers report that they have been victims of 'career catfishing’ from employers. Which in this context, the term describes when a company misrepresents a job, their company culture, or compensation to lure in candidates.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 12:20PM by tyrion2024
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Yahoo Finance
Nearly 80% of US workers have been victims of ‘career catfishing’ — here’s what it is and how to vet your next employer
If it smells fishy, you might be at risk.
TIL that just 5 days of overeating calorie-dense sweet and fatty foods changed brain insulin responses in healthy-weight men, and some of those effects were still detectable a week after they returned to their normal diet.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 11:54AM by Special-Ad-6096
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Nature
How a junk-food splurge can change your brain activity
Nature - A short bout of indulgence in fatty, sugary snacks leads to lingering brain-activity changes ― even if it does not cause weight gain.
TIL the world’s shortest scheduled commercial flight lasts just 1.5 minutes and can take as little as 53 seconds between two Scottish islands and has been operating continuously since 1967
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 01:56PM by Mrk2d
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TIL that Newton's apple hitting his head is fiction. He told the story to at least 4 people before he died and none of them mentioned any impact
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 02:59PM by Available-Cap-6187
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 02:59PM by Available-Cap-6187
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TIL As an owner of several major Las Vegas businesses in the 1960s, Howard Hughes disapproved of nuclear testing at the nearby Nevada Test Site. In two separate, last-ditch maneuvers, he instructed his representatives to offer bribes of $1 million to both Presidents Johnson and Nixon to stop tests.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 04:04PM by UndyingCorn
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 04:04PM by UndyingCorn
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TIL that Ram 2500 drivers have the most DUIs, and more than twice the national average. Roughly 1 in 22 Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 04:55PM by TripleShotPls
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The Drive
Ram 2500 Drivers Have the Most DUIs, More Than Twice the National Average: Report
Roughly 1 in 22 Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before, a study claims.
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TIL in 2025, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie defensive tackle Desmond Watson became the heaviest player in NFL history, at a listed weight of 449 pounds.
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Submitted March 19, 2026 at 03:03PM by RedditIsAGranfaloon
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ESPN.com
Desmond Watson embracing being heaviest player in NFL history
Watson, listed at 449 pounds on the Buccaneers' roster, is all smiles as he begins his journey.