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TIL Brazil uses geese to guard their prisons

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TIL that John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, has been married to the same woman since before he murdered Lennon. He’s been allowed regular conjugal visits...

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TIL that spelling bees are (mostly) unique to the English language due to spelling irregularities

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TIL that in 1780, an enslaved woman known as Mum Bet overheard the newly-enacted Massachusetts Constitution being read out, which said "all men are born free an...

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TIL after his mothers death Michael Caine found out he had a long lost half brother that lived in a mental hospital whom no one in his family knew about.

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TIL that Starbucks holds almost $2 billion in the form of money people keep in the app or gift cards; they make 100s of millions of dollars per year off of cust...

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TIL that Switzerland didn’t join the United Nations until 2002 because of fears that its status as a neutral country would be tainted

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TIL that only 2 people have voluntarily refused a Nobel Prize. Jean-Paul Sartre, who declined all official awards, did not accept the 1964 literature prize. And...

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TIL a woman who slashed Leonardo DiCaprio's face and neck with a broken bottle at a Hollywood party in 2005 was sentenced to two years in prison. She reportedly...

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TIL that three of the five likely oldest rivers on earth are in Appalachia

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TIL military working dogs usually outrank their handlers in order to ensure proper respect

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TIL Gnosticism is a religion that claims the Old Testament God was actually a monster called the Demiurge and that an archon (angel) named Sophia sent the snake...

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TIL an analysis of more than 700,000 online gamblers found that only 4% of them had made money from online sports betting over a five-year period (2019-2023).

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TIL that after Steve Carell left “The Office,” James Gandolfini of the “Sopranos” was reportedly offered the role but hbo paid him 3 million to turn it down

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TIL that Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, with over 2 million people.

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Til raw kidney beans are toxic. Undercooked kidney beans are even more toxic. Can cause severe nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pains.

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TIL 3000 real Kalashnikovs were bought from the Czech Republic for Lord of War (2005) because it was cheaper than buying props, they were later resold. They als...

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TIL between 10%-15% of married couples reconcile after they separate and about 6% of couples marry each other again after they divorce.

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New comment by anilgulecha in "Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland"

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TIL that a hundred years ago, a quarter of the residents of New York would move house every single May 1st at exactly 9 AM

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