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09.03.202500:20

TIL that Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire was founded
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Submitted March 08, 2025 at 08:56PM by AliveChart430
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14.02.202503:04

TIL on the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, guest Tom Hanks used The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" as his walkout song, costing NBC $500,000.
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Submitted February 14, 2025 at 01:33AM by rjot
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14.02.202503:03

TIL the original Machine Gun Kelly was a gangster and bootlegger in the 1920's. His most famous crime was kidnapping oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel, whom he and his gang exchanged for nearly $5 million ransom in today's money.
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 09:38PM by SilverPhoxx
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14.02.202503:02

TIL Coca-Cola sold for 5 cents for over 60 years
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 06:36PM by SpaciousTables
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13.02.202505:00

TIL there was a confidential Simple Sabotage directive for CIA workers to use in case of a military coup in WWII.
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 04:24AM by AriadneThread
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14.01.202507:20

TIL United States is the only country in the world which applies the same tax regime to all its citizens, regardless of where they live
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 07:40AM by Cresomycin
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26.02.202500:20

TIL in 1702, a British admiral attempted to attack a French naval squadron, but some of his captains refused to help, leading to the French escaping. The French admiral later wrote to the British admiral recommending that he execute the cowardly captains. He took his advice, shooting two of them.
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Submitted February 26, 2025 at 12:16AM by Spykryo
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14.02.202503:03

TIL “Aqua Dots” were recalled for containing a chemical that metabolizes to the controlled substance GHB when ingested
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 10:38PM by OneTimeISawABird
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14.02.202503:02

TIL in 1873, the US Supreme Court denied Myra Bradwell from practicing law. Some of the reasons were "would open the flood gates and many more women" and "Brutal cases would not be appropriate for a woman".
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 06:40PM by SpuddMeister
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14.02.202503:02

TIL about the All-American Basketball Alliance, a white-only basketball league proposed in 2010 by boxing promoter Don Lewis. After being decried by mayors and colleges in the cities where teams were proposed, as well as by national media figures, the idea was abandoned.
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 03:46PM by a3poify
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14.01.202514:20

TIL that following 9/11, ClearChannel internally released a list of songs that were deemed inappropriate to play live, including ( among others ) Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly, or Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 01:01PM by Sea_Reflection9737
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14.01.202506:20

TIL that "administrator" is actually a gendered term and that the female version is "administratrix"
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 05:39AM by paleselan1
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25.02.202522:20

TIL that Tom Noe, a Republican fundraiser and rare coin dealer, was given $50M in Ohio state funds to invest in rare coins. Instead, he spent it on luxury cars, trips, and illegal campaign donations, leading to 29 felony convictions and major corruption reforms.
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Submitted February 25, 2025 at 11:00PM by TriviaDuchess
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14.02.202503:03

TIL Kathleen Caronna was in a month-long coma after a Thanksgiving Day parade float knocked a lamppost onto her head in 1997. She bought a nice apartment with the settlement money and 9 years later, Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his plane into her high rise and the engine landed in her bedroom.
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Submitted February 14, 2025 at 12:35AM by BeefsteakChuckies
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14.02.202503:02

TIL during WW2, in order to prevent the Nazi’s from turning it into a base for U-Boats, The British invaded Iceland. There was only one casualty, a Royal Marine who committed suicide en route
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 06:59PM by Hot-Silver3714
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14.02.202503:01

TIL the founder of North Face, Douglas Tompkins, was killed in 2015 in a kayaking accident while traveling with long time friend Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, in Patagonia, Chile.
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 05:25PM by mvincen95
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14.01.202510:20

TIL: Phossy Jaw used to be a common affliction among workers in the matchstick industry for decades which destroys the bones of the jaw. While the cause was linked to the use of white phosphorus within 5 years, it took almost a century of strikes, bans, and taxes to stop its use in the industry.
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 09:34AM by Flares117
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14.01.202506:20

TIL about Carol Shaw, one of the first female video game designers. She created the incredibly popular Atari 2600 game River Raid, which made her enough money to retire at age 35.
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 06:23AM by originalchaosinabox
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25.02.202514:21

TIL Edmond Albius, a 12 year old Réunionese slave, invented the method of vanilla pollination still in use today. He was never properly rewarded for it and died impoverished in 1880.
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Submitted February 25, 2025 at 02:43PM by ALSX3
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14.02.202503:03

TIL that GameBoy and GameBoy Color cartridges have a watch battery inside of them to power the chip for savefiles.
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 04:30PM by Dorsai_Erynus
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14.02.202503:02

TIL that Westminster Palace, the home of both Chambers of British Parliament is home to no less than 30 bars that are subsidized by the taxpayers
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 07:48PM by Upset_Following9017
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14.02.202503:00

TIL that Nazi general Erwin Rommel was allowed to take cyanide after being implicated in a plot to kill Hitler. To maintain morale, the Nazis gave him a state funeral and falsely claimed he died from war injuries.
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Submitted February 13, 2025 at 05:33PM by mvincen95
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14.01.202509:20

TIL Pluto is no longer a planet not because of its size but because it has "not cleared its neighboring region of other objects.”
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 07:35AM by fupa16
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14.01.202504:20

TIL of Francesco Datini, a 14th century wealthy businessman who before his death in 1410 founded a secular charity fund(which still exists today) and left them his entire fortune. Among his possessions were 150.000 business records which the fund preserved nearly intact, tucked under a stairway
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Submitted January 14, 2025 at 01:23AM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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