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TIL A repairman wanted to get out of work early and intentionally started a fire, causing $700,000,000 in damages to the USS Miami submarine www.reddit.com
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TIL that the lead singer of the metal band Slipknot once "blew his left testicle out" while singing high notes for warming up his voice in rehearsal. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that Louis Coulon de Villiers was the only commander to make George Washington surrender, having defeated Washington at the Battle of Fort Necessity in 1754. www.reddit.com
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TIL American Top 40 voice Casey Kasem was also the voice of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL The first piano was called a “Gravicembalo col piano e forte” which means “harpsichord with soft and loud.” in Italian. The name was shortened to pianoforte and then to just piano. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL the 'Puckle Gun', considered to be one of the first machine guns (1718), had a specialized square shaped bullet to be used against Turks as a means to "convince the Turks of the benefits of Christian civilization". www.reddit.com
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TIL that although World War II ended in 1945, the rationing of food and other items in the UK continued for another NINE YEARS, until 1954. www.reddit.com
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TIL studies show that acute exercise can increase sexual arousal in women. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that Joseph Petrosino an NYPD officer, warned President McKinley that there was an assassination plot due to take place against him, in Buffalo New York. McKinley brushed off the warning, and was duly assassinated. www.reddit.com
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TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers www.reddit.com
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TIL that in 2010, the remains of ship was found buried underneath the ruins of the Twin Towers. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL Sperm whales use babysitters. Sperm whale youths cannot dive as deep as their mothers so when the mother needs to forage in the deep the youth is kept safe by swimming with other adult whales. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL In his book The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin wondered whether human language abilities had started with singing. By studying fossils of hyoid bone in the throat, humans would have had the ability to sing over 530,000 years ago www.reddit.com
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TIL The Washington DC license plate includes the slogan "End Taxation Without Representation" www.reddit.com
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TIL that almond milk was a common staple in medieval Europe. www.reddit.com
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TIL Military dogs are traditionally ranked higher than their handlers, to make sure there's severe punishment for mistreating them www.reddit.com
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TIL that Leave It To Beaver star Ken Osmond was required to remove his clothes, to prove that he was not the well-endowed porn star John Holmes. www.reddit.com
Go to todayilearned by View community ranking #5 in Largest Communities TIL that Leave It To Beaver star Ken Osmond was required to remove his clothes, to prove that he was not the well-endowed porn star John Holmes. en.wikipedia. #ifttt #reddit #til
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r/todayilearned - TIL NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt had a Confederate flag bumper sticker on his truck. When his black housekeeper told him that it made her uncomfortable, he immediately scraped it off. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL compasses are made differently for northern & southern hemispheres, because the magnetic field dips N / S. This requires the needle to be counter-weighted at the S end for northern hemisphere & vice versa. A northern compass ... www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, the Imperial German government made plans to invade the United States. These plans were first made public in 1970. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL actor James Marsters took the role of Zamasu in the Dragon Ball Super anime for zero pay, as he felt he had to redeem himself to fans after appearing as Piccolo in the infamous critical disaster Dragonball Evolution (2009) www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that psychopaths can experience a sense of regret; however, they lack the ability to learn from their mistakes and modify their behavior accordingly. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that when Mount Everest was first measured it was found to be exactly 29,000 feet tall. It was reported as 29,002 because surveyors worried the public would assume 29,000 was merely an estimate. www.reddit.com
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TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that grapefruit juice should not be mixed with some drugs, because it can affect the speed of drug's metabolization, resulting in too big or too little dose. www.reddit.com
VotePosted by17 minutes ago fda.gov/consum... #ifttt #reddit #til
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