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Jul 18, 2020

TIL The percontation mark ⸮, sometimes called the 'irony mark', was a 16th-century suggestion for indicating a rhetorical question. Who knew⸮ Could we have messed this up any more⸮ etc.

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Jul 18, 2020

TIL Simpsons creator Matt Groening said he was the fan of Beavis and Butthead, because the show largely took "the heat off Bart Simpson being responsible for the downfall of western civilization."

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Jul 16, 2020

TIL of Wenseslao Moguel, a Mexican man who was sentenced to death by firing squad for taking part in the Mexican Revolution. He was shot 9 times and took one final shot to the head to ensure his death. Moguel survived the ordeal and passed away at the age of 85.

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Jul 16, 2020

TIL that the New Zealand badminton team were called the "Black Cocks" however The International Badminton Federation (IBF) found the name hard to swallow and made them change it.

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Jul 15, 2020

TIL that in 1990 Muhammad Ali saved the lives of 15 US hostages in Iraq by going there and negotiating with Saddam Hussein by himself, ignoring warnings from the government or his family.

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Jul 15, 2020

TIL To prevent a rodent infestation, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia owns around 70 cats. The cats spend their days mostly in the basement and are taken care of by the museum staff. The museum has a small kitchen and a pet clinic dedicated to the well-being of the cats.

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Jul 13, 2020

TIL that it is illegal for teachers to strike in Florida. It is actually written into their constitution. If you go on strike you can be terminated from your job, have your certification revoked, and lose your retirement benefits.

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Jul 07, 2020

TIL that the USSR were seriously considering a nuclear strike on China in 1969, before Nixon stated that the USA would nuke 130 Soviet sites in retaliation

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Jul 03, 2020

TIL A train station in Japan had plans to close but noticed a student was the only one using it. They decided to keep it operational until she graduated!

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Jul 01, 2020

TIL that a 28 year old man from Russia went to the doctor after coughing up blood and having chest pains. The doctors thought he had cancer and performed surgery to remove it, when they removed the "cancer" they found out it was actually a tree growing inside of the man.

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Jul 01, 2020

TIL a Russian cat was used by prisoners to sneak drugs into their penal colony near Moscow. The cat allegedly had 5.79 grams of hashish & 1.56 grams of amphetamine under its collar. Defense/prosecution lawyers each wanted the cat to support their case but it escaped from its kennel before trial.

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Jul 01, 2020

TIL: Two teenagers girls seduced and hunted Nazi's like "Dexter"

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Jul 01, 2020

TIL: Most wasabi served outside of Japan isn't real wasabi, but a mixture of horseradish, mustard and food colouring. Authentic wasabi is the most expensive crop in the world to grow and is immensely difficult to cultivate. Once grated, wasabi root loses its flavour within 15 minutes.

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Jun 28, 2020

TIL that a man from Kansas challenged his wife from Iowa to a sword fight over custody dispute, asked the judge for a three-month delay in order to obtain Japanese samurai swords for combat, then was ordered to take a sanity test.

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Jun 24, 2020

TIL of Thalidomide, a "safe" drug made by the german pharmaceutical company Grunenthal, that deformed thousands of babies around the world because it was sold as safe for pregnant women, when it was not. The company never made up for it, and today's FDA rules were created in response to this drug.

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Jun 24, 2020

TIL Mia Khalifa only worked in the adult film industry for three months in late 2014 yet remains one of the most searched for actresses on adult sites

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Jun 22, 2020

TIL Richard Phillips spent 45 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit — the longest verified sentence to have been served in error in America

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Jun 20, 2020

TIL a parrot was banned from a football game for imitating the referee's whistle and causing confusion

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Jun 19, 2020

TIL of John Nixon, an 88-year-old former commando who attacked five robbers who were mugging a woman. He was stabbed in the hands and head after trying to disarm one of them. They fled afterwards, leaving empty handed. Nixon survived the encounter and recovered in hospital.

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Jun 18, 2020

TIL an Australian man suffered a sudden and severe form of meningitis at age 29, resulting in a 420-day coma, brain damage, paralysis and later death. The meningitis was caused by a parasite that entered his body 8 years prior after he ate a slug for a dare.

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