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TIL The Last Of Us accidentally contains an IRL phone number, that leads directly to an adult hotline service
https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/28/4475682/phone-sex-number-accidentally-listed-in-the-last-of-us-ps3-game
https://redd.it/1ffcwa5
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TIL that the Jonestown mass suicide in 1978 constituted the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the incidents of 11 September 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown#Deaths_in_Jonestown
https://redd.it/1fehicy
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TIL about the Maritime response following the September 11 attacks, which was the largest sea evacuation in world history. Rescuing 500,000 people in 9 hours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_response_following_the_September_11_attacks
https://redd.it/1fegwdq
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TIL: Over 30% of Vietnamese people have the last name "Nguyen", and almost 85% of people in the country have one of fifteen surnames
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_name
https://redd.it/1fe74z2
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TIL that Redbad, the last pagan King of Frisia (modern-day northern Netherlands), refused to convert to Christianity, choosing to spend eternity in Hell with his ancestors rather than in Heaven with beggars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radbod_of_Frisia#Relation_with_the_Catholic_Church
https://redd.it/1feg4vf
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TIL the 9/11 rescue dogs became so depressed finding only dead bodies, rescue workers had to stage fake rescues to boost their morale
https://www.lcsupply.com/blogs/hunting-dog-supplies-reviews/remembering-the-hero-dogs-of-september-11th
https://redd.it/1fee9e1
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TIL Werner Herzog threatened to shoot Klaus Kinski—and then himself—on the set of Aguirre, the Wrath of God to prevent Kinski from walking off the job.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God?wprov=sfti1#Herzog_and_Kinski
https://redd.it/1fdsr7l
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TIL The only plane permitted to fly on 9/11 after the attacks was a plane flying from San Diego to Miami to deliver anti-venom to a man bitten by a highly poisonous snake; it was escorted by two fighter jets
https://brokensecrets.com/2011/09/08/only-one-plane-was-allowed-to-fly-after-all-flights-grounded-on-sept-11th-2001/
https://redd.it/1fd9wt6
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TIL that in 1946, New Zealand accidentally held its election late by 2 months because someone “forgot to mark the calendar, [and] forgot the last election was held earlier than usual”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_New_Zealand_general_election#Date_of_election
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TIL about Guy Gabaldon, the Pied Piper of Saipan. Of Mexican descent, having learned street Japanese as a child growing up in Los Angeles. During WW2 convinced over 1,000 Japanese to surrender during the battle of Saipan. Was awarded the Silver Star, later upgraded to the Navy Cross.
https://www.military.com/history/pied-piper-of-saipan-captured-hundreds-of-enemy-troops-age-18.html
https://redd.it/1fdjbh1
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TIL that DJ scratching was invented in 1975 when Grand Wizzard Theodore was playing records loudly, making his mother to enter his room to scold him. This caused him to hold the record still, accidently moving it back and forth and liking the sound it made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Wizzard_Theodore
https://redd.it/1fdslfv
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TIL primates are the only animals that get a rash from poison ivy.
https://www.si.edu/stories/poison-ivy-primer
https://redd.it/1fcx3wb
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TIL Joe Delaney, running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, died while trying to rescue three children from drowning in a pond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Delaney
https://redd.it/1fczlw1
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TIL that Louisiana law mistakenly lists and restricts a variety of edible groundcherry as a hallucinogen, despite its long history of use as food by native peoples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_longifolia
https://redd.it/1fcqmed
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TIL that pizza is considered a food for the elite in North Korea, with most citizens being unable to afford it. Kim Jong Il hired Italian chefs to train North Koreans in pizza making and introduced it to the country after he became interested in pizza in the 1990s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_in_North_Korea
https://redd.it/1fcracr
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TIL that the youngest person to summit Mount Everest was just 13 years old while the oldest person to summit was 80 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_records
https://redd.it/1febpt6
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TIL that portobello mushrooms and white button mushrooms are the same mushroom, just at different stages of growth. Same with crimini (the brown ones).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus
https://redd.it/1fe986y
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TIL that chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 micro-naps a day, lasting an average of 4 seconds, for a total of more than 11 hours of daily sleep.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinstrap_penguin#Behaviour
https://redd.it/1fe4kpp
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TIL that sixteen people survived inside the collapse of the World Trade Center, and they were all in Stairwell B of the North Tower, in the center of the building. The survivors were spread out between floors 22 and 1.
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sept11/2003/n_9189/
https://redd.it/1fec1nj
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TIL About the Medallion Fund, a Secretive Hedge Fund That Consistently Outperformed the Market with an Average Annual Return of 62% over the past 30 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies#:~:text=%5B30%5D-,Medallion%20Fund,-%5Bedit%5D
https://redd.it/1fecsil
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TIL Crescent Wrench is a brand that was genericized to a category of wrenches
https://home.howstuffworks.com/four-types-crescent-wrench.htm
https://redd.it/1fdk2so
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TIL that a small part of spain whas ruled by ex-slavic slaves who became Muslims, becoming the most western slavic state for a short time
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_D%C3%A9nia
https://redd.it/1fdpruj
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TIL Belgian scientist Georges Lemaître died on 20 June 1966, shortly after having learned of the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided further evidence for his proposal about the birth of the universe, the "Big Bang Theory"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre#Work
https://redd.it/1fdqrwa
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TIL that Eric Robert's is one of the most prolific actors of all time, with 849 acting credits on IMDb since 1978. That is roughly 18 gigs per year for 46 years
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/eric-roberts-interview-hollywood-film-tv-1235254555/amp/
https://redd.it/1fdt9e8
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TIL about the dead internet theory, an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
https://redd.it/1fdt6rl
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TIL: United States produces more crude oil than any country, ever
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61545
https://redd.it/1fd2lid
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Today I learned that only seven seconds elapsed between the opening of his cell and the opening of the trapdoor of the gallows from which James Inglis was hanged, making this the fastest hanging in the history of the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Inglis_%28murderer%29?wprov=sfla1
https://redd.it/1fcqag2
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TIL King James I of England spoke against the dangers of tobacco in 1604, calling it dangerous to the lungs and brain and attempted to put heavy taxes on it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Counterblaste_to_Tobacco?wprov=sfti1#Style_and_content
https://redd.it/1fcpjlw
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TIL Japan's monarchy is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world, recognizing 126 monarchs, and dating back to February 11, 660BCE with mythical beginnings. However, the current dynasty has no name and it's members have no family name and are simply referred to as the Imperial House.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan
https://redd.it/1fcoai8
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TIL Acadia (AD-42) was a Yellowstone class destroyer in the the United States Navy. She was the first ship to have a wartime mixed-sex crew and was nicknamed "The Love Boat" in the Persian Gulf War after 10% of its crew became pregnant during deployment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Acadia
https://redd.it/1fcvi45
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