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TIL: There is a study that proves across 80 pairs of jeans that women pockets are generally half the size of men for the same brand. Only 40% of them can comfortably fit an iPhone X and only 10% can fit your entire hand. In comparison 100% of male jeans can fit either.
https://stellar.ie/beauty-fashion/a-new-study-shows-that-womens-pockets-are-about-half-the-size-of-mens/61015
https://redd.it/1fcyp5v
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TIL the Swiss Cheese Model is a form of risk analysis that proposes some errors are caused by flaws in multiple systems aligning, like the holes in different slices of Swiss cheese.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model
https://redd.it/1fby0cc
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TIL about the Capitol Hill mystery soda machine a vending machine in Capitol Hill, Seattle, notable for its "mystery" buttons which dispensed unusual drink flavors. It is unknown who restocked the machine, which originally caused the development of a local legend that the machine was haunted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_mystery_soda_machine
https://redd.it/1fbuj91
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TIL of Curtis Flowers, a man who was tried for the same crime six times by the same prosecutor, and sentenced to death four times. All convictions were overturned and after a Supreme Court ruling in his favor he was released after more than 20 years on death row.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Flowers
https://redd.it/1fbzc3d
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TIL about Roger Fisher, a Harvard Law School professor who proposed putting the US nuclear codes inside a person, so that the president has no choice but to take a life to activate the country's nuclear weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Fisher_(academic)#Preventing_nuclear_war
https://redd.it/1fbt9qj
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TIL during the Apollo 13 mission, Jack Swigert realized he had forgotten to file his tax return. NASA contacted the IRS, who agreed that he was considered ‘out of country’ and therefore entitled to a deadline extension.
https://www.space.com/apollo-13-astronaut-jack-swigert-taxes-50th-anniversary.html#:~:text=Despite%20the%20ribbing%2C%20Mission%20Control,taxes%20late%20but%20penalty%2Dfree.
https://redd.it/1fc777v
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TIL that by the 1830s, American alcohol consumption had peaked at an all-time high of 7.1 gallons of absolute alcohol per capita annually--more than three times the current consumption rate of 2.18 gallons (2005).
https://jrul.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/jrul/article/view/20
https://redd.it/1fbbz2j
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TIL Charles de Gaulle was not told about the D-Day landings until 2 days before as the British and French leaders did not believe the French could keep the information secret.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_during_World_War_II
https://redd.it/1fbilfj
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TIL Groundhog Day is scripted in advance: members of an "Inner Circle" decide ahead of time whether Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow or not, and they announce this decision at the ceremony without waiting to see if Phil returns to his burrow or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil
https://redd.it/1fbh9q6
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TIL that Michelle Kwan is the most decorated figure skater in US history. She is also the US ambassador to Belize.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Kwan
https://redd.it/1fb7bm2
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TIL that, on being rejected by the only woman he ever proposed to, Lord William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, took a vow of celibacy, allowing his noble titles to go extinct upon his death in 1995.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_Furness,_2nd_Viscount_Furness#Death
https://redd.it/1fbcokg
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TIL that the creators of Dragon Tales added a third kid named Enrique to the series in the third season, in an effort to educate preschoolers mildly in Hispanic culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Tales#Main
https://redd.it/1faiiep
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TIL that the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami had waves up to 133 feet and the killed, injured and missing are almost 30k.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
https://redd.it/1faf1k7
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TIL in 1973, Scotland and Wales rugby teams refused to play in Ireland due to the risk of violence. England however travelled to Dublin, and lost. The England captain later said "We might not be any good, but at least we turned up."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Five_Nations_Championship
https://redd.it/1faeg5x
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TIL Dashrath Manjhi, the "Mountain Man," spent 22 years carving a 110-meter path through a mountain using just a hammer and chisel. Motivated by grief after his wife died due to a long route to the hospital, he shortened the journey from 55 km to 15 km.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Manjhi
https://redd.it/1fagy5y
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TIL that there are Unicode characters that represent dicks 𓂸𓏤. Unicode v5.2 introduced Egyptian hieroglyphs in 2009, and among them are the phallic hieroglyphs D52 𓂸 and D53 𓂺
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_hieroglyphs#D52
https://redd.it/1fbri72
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TIL that The only difference between a hurricane and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs. Hurricanes are from the Atlantic and Typhoons are from the Pacific.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
https://redd.it/1fc4by7
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TIL that honeybees who consume a nectar that includes grayanotoxins can produce a special honey called "mad honey." Ingesting this honey causes violent drunkenness and disorientation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_honey
https://redd.it/1fc7n8j
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TIL that in 2021 an Italian artist sold an invisible sculpture for £13,000 and gave the buyer a certificate of authenticity to prove it is real
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artist-auctioned-off-invisible-sculpture-18300-literally-made-nothing-1976181
https://redd.it/1fbupgm
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TIL Howard Hughes was a chronic insomniac who wanted to watch movies on TV when most people were asleep, but when he first arrived in Las Vegas he discovered that it had no all-night TV stations. So he purchased a local station in 1967 and turned it into a 24/7 channel.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/15/how-vegas-went-mob-corporate/#:~:text=When%20Hughes%20first,24/7%20channel
https://redd.it/1fbzj5p
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TIL that the deepest mine in the world, Mponeng Gold Mine in South Africa, reaches over 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) below the Earth's surface. At such depths, temperatures can reach 60°C (140°F), requiring advanced cooling systems to keep the miners safe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mponeng_Gold_Mine
https://redd.it/1fbd5zr
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TIL after visiting Pyongyang in 1971, Romanian dictator Ceaușescu got obsessed to North Korean ideology and implemented it to his country. He was executed in 1989.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93Romania_relations
https://redd.it/1fb7jia
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TIL Dennis Farina started acting at 44
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-dennis-farina-dead-at-69/
https://redd.it/1fbcsur
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TIL Heinrich Himmler's daughter, Gudrun Burwitz, never renounced Nazi ideology, spending most of her life defending her father's reputation. She died in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Burwitz
https://redd.it/1fbi8d7
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TIL that Because American and British generals insisted The French unit that helped librate Paris would be all white, a white french unit had to be shipped in from Morocco, and was supplemented with soldier from Spain and Portugal. Making it all white but not all French.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7984436.stm?new?new
https://redd.it/1fbgnzt
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TIL Isaac Newton was extremely religious, and he rejected the Trinity.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-newton/religion-of-isaac-newton/6295064335FA294C2D123C0BB60CA022
https://redd.it/1fapb7m
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TIL about Sikh Nation - the largest blood donation campaign run by Canadian Sikhs to commemorate the tragic loss of thousands of lives in India’s anti-Sikh genocide in 1984. It has saved more than 160,000 lives and spread to 27 communities across the country since it began in 1999.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8355452/surrey-sikh-nation-2021-blood-donation-campaign/
https://redd.it/1fanhly
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TIL A honeymoon used to be a "bridal tour" where the couple can visit relatives who weren't able to attend the wedding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon
https://redd.it/1fac7i4
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TIL That up until the 1970s there existed a law in Ireland in which all bars had to close...on March 17.
https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day
https://redd.it/1faj385
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TIL about Aaron Feuerstein who was CEO of Malden Mills when it was destroyed in a fire in 1995. Instead of laying off all 3000 employees, he spent the insurance moenyto pay their salaries and benefits while the mill was being rebuilt. This cost him personally $25,000,000 and his CEO position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Feuerstein
https://redd.it/1faqy2j
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