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TIL of Brigadier Nils Olav III a penguin in the Scottish armed forces (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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TIL Bill and Hillary Clinton Have an Airport Named After Them And The Airport Code is "KLIT" (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL Arkansal is Arkansas (www.businessinsider.com.au)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL The United States Military Helped Invent Cheetos (www.wired.com)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL that there are ways to fight lint and win.

posted by KillBill

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TIL There's KFC, Pizza Hut & McDonalds in Cuba... at Guantanamo Bay. (www.thedailymeal.com)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL in New Zealand in 1959 There Was Only 21 Unemployed People (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL in New Zealand, Parliamentary Members' Bills Are Drawn From a 30 Year Old Biscuit Tin (teara.govt.nz)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL that "Hello" is a fairly new word in the English language, only becoming a standard greeting due to the invention of the telephone. (www.npr.org)

posted by AP

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TIL One of Australia's Prime Ministers Died Going for a Swim in the Ocean (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL: Gun shots are a very costly medical expense.

posted by Hitchens

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TIL: Protestant Church Insurers Handle 260 Sex Abuse Cases a Year (www.insurancejournal.com)

posted by Hitchens

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TIL Japan Bombed Australia (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL: Eminem did not learn that the internet had a plethora of free pornography until 2009. (www.youtube.com)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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TIL how annoying it is when your built-in keyboard shits itself on your laptop

posted by KillBill

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TIL: 20-30,000 people were eaten - Battle of Suiyang (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by [Deleted]

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TIL that a novel was released where Aragorn and Gandalf are the bad guys. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by KillBill

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TIL that I'm getting interference with digitial TV channels because my antenna cable is cheap and nasty.

posted by KillBill

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TIL about Alkaline hydrolysis (body disposal) (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by doggone

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TIL Miranda Rights became a thing on 6/13/66 based on the conviction of this winner for kidnap & rape of a mentally challenged girl, a case he was later retried and re-convicted for (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by momzabear

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TIL that Alan Alda, mostly known for his role as Hawkeye in MASH, was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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That a neckbeard isn't someone with a beard that also has hair down their neck...

posted by KillBill

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Today I learned HTTP has an error code indicating a page is "Unavailable For Legal Reasons" (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Dii_Casses

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Today I learned about siderodromophilia (drmarkgriffiths.wordpress.com)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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TIL about the Bechdel test (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by Titus_of_Voat

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