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TIL there is an award for the most baffling comment made by a public figure. The last person awarded this award was, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, for his 'Today i feel' speech made in support of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_in_Mouth_Award
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TIL ancient Greek writings describe tattoo removal using salt abrasion or with a paste containing garlic cloves and a beetle toxin called cantharidin.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21865802/
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TIL that the 17 mile "no man's land" between Cuba and the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay is the largest active minefield in the Western Hemisphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base
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TIL that King George VI was at war with Nazi Germany as King of the UK, yet at peace with it as King of Ireland, formally accrediting German diplomats. After the war, he was technically at war with himself as King of India and Pakistan, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI
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YSK: hormone replacement therapy can reduce postpartum depression
Why ysk: postpartum depression often occurs due to the rapid hormone shifts that occurs in women's bodies after giving birth. It naturally resolves itself within a couple of months for some but in some cases it can make them suicidal and lasts 6 months to an year. With the absolute worst rare cases leading to schizophrenia and child abuse. Usually psychiatric meds alone are applied but they only treat the symptoms rather than reduce the source of it which is a hormone imbalance affecting the brain
Recently hormone replacement in addition to mood medication is the latest most effective treatment found for it. Cutting the need to be on the medication shorter. Now not every hospital keeps up to tabs on the best possible options so they might be outdated with recommending psychiatric meds alone. Please consult with an endocrinologist (doctor specilizing in hormones) for best results
Source
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2782667/
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/12/e052922
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TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien disliked Dune with "some intensity", but refused to go into his reasons why.
https://winteriscoming.net/2020/02/19/jrr-tolkien-lord-of-the-rings-disliked-dune-intensity/
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LPT: 5 Ways to Stay Motivated in a Toxic Job, Until You Can Leave
LPT: 5 Ways to Stay Motivated in a Toxic Job, Until You Can Leave
(Not necessarily in this order)
1. Re-align your skills: Learn, reskill, and prepare your exit quietly. Growth is the best antidote to stagnation.
2. Protect your mind and body: Meditation, yoga, journaling, rest, and recreation help you stay resilient.
3. Work with integrity: Don’t let poor treatment dictate who you become. Show up for your team and clients consistently.
4. Be useful, not just busy: When people trust you as the one who can handle difficult situations, work begins to feel meaningful, even in a broken system.
5. Volunteer somewhere, anywhere: Volunteering reminds you what it feels like to work willingly, with childlike enthusiasm and no hidden agenda.
A note that matters: If a job damages your mental health, don’t test your limits. I eventually resigned and moved on, too.
Here’s what I learned along the way:
You grow far more when your motivation is “usefulness”, not promotions or paychecks.
I discovered this perspective while volunteering at the Isha Yoga Centre in India. You might find yours by helping a neighbor, caring for an elderly person, joining a local volunteer group, or simply helping your mother prepare a meal!
You never know where clarity comes from.
But when you work willingly, with the heart of a volunteer, your Ikigai reveals itself organically, and growth follows.
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TIL the 1999 multiple-platinum selling album "Play" by Moby was initially a failure with poor sales and little airplay. The first show to support the album was attended by about 40 people only. Not until the songs were licensed to films, TV shows and commercials that the album became a smash hit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(Moby_album)#Release_and_promotion
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PSA: Pear juice does exactly what the internet says it does.
Please do not chug over half a bottle and expect to leave the toilet this millennium. I've been running to the toilet over 5 hours now. I'm not sure how much liquid is left in my body, but I fear I'm on the verge of dehydration of SpongeBob and Patrick in Sandy's tank proportion. At this point, I'm past Flintstone vitamins and the gum I swallowed as a child. I'm shitting air, regrets, and fossils. I fear if this continues, my bowels will bring up the big bang next. Who needs prep when you have pear juice. Send help.
https://redd.it/1pm7wc8
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TIL Japan shut itself off from the world (Sakoku) for over 200 years, only opening up after U.S. warships forced them in 1853
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku
https://redd.it/1pm402s
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TIL Tom Hanks won back‑to‑back Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump—one of only two actors ever to do it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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How to make sure musty smell stays away
Hey everyone,
So weird issue, the contents (clean pjs) of two drawers (out of 12) of my dresser always smell musty. I figured it might be the stuff I hadn’t worn in a while “contaminating” the rest. Which is why I just washed the entire contents of the two drawers, in cold water (not everything was washable in warm water) with Oxiclean Odour Blasters and white vinegar twice. The contents were then air dried in dryer and hung up to air out. I cleaned and dried my drawers.
I want to make sure the musty smell doesn’t come back (to be fair, I’m not sure if it is completely gone because I’m paranoid now and I’m not sure if I’m smelling musty or Oxiclean or both).
Is there a product that I could spray on each item or something I could leave in the drawers that would ensure the musty smell never comes back??
Thank you!!
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If someone else has already figured this out, forgive me, but today after lots of cussing and fighting with a big ass tarp solo, I figured out what I think is a brilliant life hack and hate that it didn't occur to me sooner!
Two words: LEAF BLOWER !!!
If you've ever had to deal with a big ass tarp by yourself, and considering Seattle was designated a "blue tarp city" by none other than our humor writer Ron Judd, I suspect it is a semi-regular occurrence. I've been out wrastlin' tarps, trying to protect some stuff from the weather, and, I gotta tell ya', the damn things rarely cooperate when you don't have another warm body on the other end.
Well, today I believe I triumphed over my constant defeat in this arena and I give all thanks to my Ryobi 40 volt leaf blower! I was stuck at one point and if I'd let go of the tarp, I would have negated what little progress I had made when, what to my wandering eye did appear (and was within reach)? My leaf blower! Got the bright idea to blow under the tarp to try and guide it up and over some tricky areas and it worked! Those Costco tarps are ginormous and heavy and are great except when you try to unfold them and cover stuff. So fellow tarp wrestlers, hope this helps you all, too!!
https://redd.it/1plyokg
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Stained Laminate worktop trying to remove super glue. How to remove?
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TIL that before rising to fame, Shania Twain was singing in bars at age 8 to help pay family bills, often performing until 1 a.m. for tips. After her parents' tragic death in 1987, she became the legal guardian of her younger siblings, putting her career on hold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania_Twain
https://redd.it/1plrl7c
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TIL Due to the Alaska's Aleutian Islands crossing the 180th meridian, Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States, while also being the westernmost and northernmost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska
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YSK: About this phenomenon called "urban armor" if you live in a big city & struggle to connect with people.
There's a a psychology concept called "urban armor" whereby people develop coping strategies to manage the overstimulation of city life.
One of those strategies is limiting social contact with strangers (service people, passersby, etc.) in order to save bandwidth for situations that are more important to us.
Having traveled from small villages where everyone is communal and happy to struggle communicating through a language barrier to densely populated cities where people don't want to talk to you at all, I used to feel jaded about cities and thought I hated city folk.
But once I understood what this phenomenon was, it has made it significantly easier to connect with people. I've found that if you don't let the "coldness" of strangers off center you, remain warm and smile back, eventually you can crack the armor and have really good conversations with strangers that wouldn't otherwise happen.
Why YSK: when we react to that shortness with our own shortness, it creates so many instances of needless hostility between people. People who are impersonal in public aren't shitty, miserable, shallow people. It's just their survival strategy at work. It's not impenetrable, but it's important to respect boundaries if they don't seem like they want to connect.
Edit: A lot of people find these concepts helpful, so I built a database of them. It's pinned in my profile.
https://redd.it/1pmo7gv
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TIL a study found that someone who cheats on a long-term romantic partner before marriage is 3x more likely to cheat in a later relationship than one who "stayed true". Researchers also found that those who had been cheated on were twice as likely to report being cheated on by their next partner.
https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/lifestyle/2017/10/03/once-a-cheater-always-a-cheater-study-probes-the-questio/44779699/
https://redd.it/1pmiw4q
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LPT: If you decline all your LG privacy policies on initial startup, it’ll function as a wonderful ‘dumb’ tv with none of the ads or bloat.
I’ve been using a 42” LG C-series OLED for years as a computer monitor and it’s been fantastic. Best monitor I’ve ever owned, and that’s all I need it to be. I’ve done the same for my other LG TVs too - if I want to watch a streaming service, I’ll use Apple TV, or a PlayStation, or a Roku. Clearly Smart TVs can’t be trusted in 2025, and that’s okay.
Simply uncheck all privacy policies when you first turn it on, and problem solved - permanently.
https://redd.it/1pmgcic
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TIL in terms of seating capacity, the two largest stadiums in the world are in North Korea and India respectively. The next 2-10 largest are all American college football stadiums.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stadiums_by_capacity
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TIL that somewhere between 1.1 trillion and 2.2 trillion wild fish are caught every year from our oceans.
https://www.ciwf.org.uk/media/press-releases-statements/new-fishcount-study-sheds-light-on-the-staggering-numbers-of-wild-fishes-caught-annually/
https://redd.it/1pmagfg
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LPT: Failing at something doesn’t mean you are a failure, it means one attempt didn’t work. Past outcomes can inform what’s more likely to happen next, but they don’t define what you’re capable of.
Don’t turn data into a verdict about yourself.
https://redd.it/1pm7h6w
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TIL the weird font used at the bottom of checks (called E-13B) is designed with a different amount of ink in each character so that the text can be read magnetically.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_ink_character_recognition
https://redd.it/1plyji1
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TIL When the movie Clue was released, theaters received the film with one of three endings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film)
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how do i motivate myself to take my meds?
every time i look for tips on this its always stuff like "how to swallow pills" or "how to remember meds" but i can do both of those things just fine, my main issue is that for the life of me i cant motivate myself to take them. i just dont want to take them so i dont, but obviously thats not a good thing, so how do i motivate myself to take them?
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LPT: Buy or Keep an old Android Phone And Use It For Online Purchases To Avoid "Dynamic Pricing"
Many online retailers practice "dynamic pricing" where they adjust prices based on who they think is shopping. People who they think will or can pay more may be shown higher prices.
One proven way this is done is by noting which device you are using to access the site. A new iPhone is an indication the user has more financial resources, or is willing to spend more. An old Android phone is an indication that a user may not have as much to spend.
Source (One of Many): https://spyboy.blog/2024/11/24/unfair-pricing-tactics-targeting-iphone-users/
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TIL in 2002, Eminem had the #1 film at the box office (8 Mile), the #1 album (The Eminem Show), and the #1 single (Lose Yourself) all at the same time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
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TIL that Jack Black became addicted to cocaine at age 14, then he found the path to sobriety with special support from a non-judgmental school therapist. Black fell into addiction about four years after his parents, Judith and Thomas, divorced.
https://people.com/celebrity/jack-black-talks-overcoming-cocaine-addiction-at-age-14/
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YSK: There’s a free app and website called Animal Help Now! that can help in unexpected or emergency situations involving injured or sick wildlife or domestic animals.
It gives clear, situation-specific info (e.g., “I found an injured bird,” “I found a wild animal hit by a car,” “I have a bat in my house and don’t know how to get it out”), OR it uses your location to find local “helpers” (basically just experts) who have volunteered to be resources that people can call or even text for advice about animal emergencies. So there are vets, wildlife rehabilitators, etc.
It also includes resources (literally like quick flowcharts and other things that are easy to digest when you're overwhelmed and freaking out about what to do) for things like lost animals, abused or neglected pets, and humane help for wildlife conflicts (e.g., animals in attics or under porches).
Why YSK: anyone can find themselves in a situation where they have an injured or sick animal. Trust me, it can be really uncomfortable mainly because (IMO) seeing an animal in pain and not knowing what TF to do to help it is incrediblyyyy stressful. If you can actually assist the animal in some way its way less scary. And assisting them may be as simple as calling a “helper” who can come get them to give them treatment. If you ever find yourself In this situation It won't occur to you to search for a website like this (vs Google searches and reading through paragraphs trying to discern what to do), so its worth it to have on your phone if you ever need it in the future.
Animal Help Now: **https://ahnow.org**
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TIL that ancient Jōmon people in Japan buried their hunting dogs in shell middens around 9,000 yrs ago, placing each dog alone in arranged, curled-up "sleeping" postures much like humans were buried; strong evidence that they were valued hunting companions, not just animals.
https://mrcvs.co.uk/en/news/14952/Study-provides-evidence-that-dogs-are-our-ancient-hunting-companions
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