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TIL in 2013, 20 people were injured, with 7 sent to the hospital, after a promotional stunt by LG in Seoul went wrong. LG released 100 helium balloons, each wit...

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TIL Ian Fleming named James Bond after an ornithologist. Fleming would later tell Bond's wife, "I can only offer [him] unlimited use of the name Ian Fleming...P...

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TIL There was a publicity movement where abolitionists shared photos and stories about the existence of "white slaves" due to the one-drop rule. It is was inten...

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TIL about slaves abandoned in 1760 on a tiny island (Tromelin) who survived there for 15 years. On an island with no trees, with only one well, constantly batte...

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TIL in WWII, Germany had a submarine exclusively for resupplying other submarines. The Type XIV "milk cow" had a bakery, a small clinic with a doctor, fresh foo...

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TIL a man was jailed after trying to not pay for his Indian restaurant meal by placing his pubic hair in the remains of his lamb bhuna. All the staff had black ...

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TIL In 2001 a wealthy private jet passenger pressured his pilots to disobey flight restrictions, at one point getting into the cockpit to intimidate them, resul...

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TIL about prize-winning photographer Bob East, who went in for eye cancer surgery and never came out. Formaldehyde meant to preserve the removed eyeball was mis...

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TIL that the average lifespan for people with Down syndrome has increased from 12 years in 1912 to 25 years in the 1980s, and now reaches around 60 years in dev...

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TIL the British Empire banned slave trading in 1807 and used the Royal Navy to enforce it. Any ship caught with enslaved people onboard would be fined £100 a he...

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TIL of Daughter from California Syndrome. Used in the medical profession, it describes an angry, articulate, and uninformed family member of a terminal patient ...

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TIL Adam Vinatieri is the only NFL player to score over 1000 points for two different teams

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TIL: In 2008 Nebraska’s first child surrendering law intended for babies under 30 days old instead parents tried to give up their older children, many between t...

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TIL That concentrated Orange Juice was invented at the request of the US Army in WWII, to prevent troops suffering from scurvy, as they did not like the Vitamin...

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TIL that sushi was originally street food in Japan, but after the 1923 Kanto Earthquake, it moved indoors. The earthquake caused land prices to drop and indoor ...

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TIL that of the 400,000+ graves at Arlington National Cemetery, only one is not under the Army's direction. Specialist RL McKinley died in a reactor accident wi...

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TIL the Nobel Prizes aren’t paid from Alfred Nobel’s original fortune but from its investment returns. His 1895 bequest of 31M SEK has grown nearly 200-fold to ...

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TIL when Marco Polo returned to Venice from his travels, the locals mocked him for constantly boasting about Asia’s vast riches. They nicknamed him “Mr. Marco M...

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TIL that the Borg in Star Trek originally had no leader. The Borg Queen was added in First Contact (1996) for storytelling reasons. The writers thought audience...

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TIL About 30% of people are natural “night owls,” genetically predisposed to peak later in the day.

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