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TIL about The Lobby, a 2017 Docuseries about AIPAC, whose second series was blocked
(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL why you're not supposed to cook or drink hot tap water - it's the lead (and other heavy metals)
(www.epa.gov)
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pelespirit |
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TIL that there was a man named William Patrick Hitler, a man who could have been a Nazi prince yet instead became an American veteran who helped defeat his uncle's empire.
(lemmy.world)
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TIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscovered
(en.wikipedia.org)
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ooli3 |
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TIL that if you translate the Septuagint (around 247 BC) straight from Greek, it mentions Jesus. The English version changes the name.
(www.ellopos.net)
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Today I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumption
(www.morningbrew.com)
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TIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homeless
(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strike
(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penalty
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22 months later
(sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com)
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TIL that Sacramento CA hosts a heavy metal and rock festival every year.
(en.m.wikipedia.org)
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cm0002 |
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TIL I want to go to South Korea and ride a Sky Capsule
(awaytothecity.com)
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pelespirit |
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TIL A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africa
(www.youtube.com)
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TIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).
(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The Addams Family was originally a cartoon that ran for decades until the author, Charles Addams, died. Also, he was friends with Ray Bradbury.
(i.pinimg.com)
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TIL San Marino has a democracy that selects two heads of state every six months, from opposing political parties that serve concurrently, and with equal powers
(en.wikipedia.org)
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pelespirit |
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Stainless steel can self-heal a bit
(en.wikipedia.org)
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cm0002 |
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TIL of the Battle of Athens (1946)
(en.m.wikipedia.org)
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cm0002 |
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TIL about the most polluant rocket fuel: Nuclear salt-water rocket - Wikipedia
(en.wikipedia.org)
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ooli3 |
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TIL that, when recording the scene in Avatar when Azula went insane, everyone else had to flee the studio because Azula's voice actor was tapping into actual trauma of hers to make the scene authentic
(www.youtube.com)
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TIL the famous Socrates quote about children being disrespectful and having bad manners was actually a fabrication written by a Canadian college student in 1907
(quoteinvestigator.com)
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cm0002 |
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Today I learned that Bhutan is a very communal society. They even get together and build houses for each other! Oh, and they decorate them with cocks.
(web.stanford.edu)
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TIL: In 1979 Park Chung Hee, the third president of South Korea, was assassinated during a dinner, the gun jammed at the 3rd shot.
(en.wikipedia.org)
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