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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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Neanderthals appeared to have been a lot smarter than we originally thought (www.smithsonianmag.com)

posted by Valdus

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TIL There Was a Pig in South Korea that Ate Human Shit (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL of Heteronyms - the proper term for words that have the same spelling but different pronounciations and meanings (ex will read vs has read) (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by AP

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Today I Learned Juniper Berries Are Pretty Much Pine Cones. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by OeeThaGreat

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TIL about the Russian Domesticated Fox experiment (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by sidewalker_Principle

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TIL: Besides the sabretooth tiger there where also "sabretooth cats" (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Boukert

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TIL the US Postal Service delivers mail to the bottom of the Grand Canyon via mule train (historydaily.org)

posted by Dii_Casses

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TIL that "pgzycxq" is the most common search engine keyword to send traffic to phuks.co (www.alexa.com)

posted by jobes

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TIL that cops don't like it when people use their turnarounds in highway medians.

posted by Butler_crosley

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TIL people at work refer to me as "old man" I'm not even 30.

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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TIL there used to be plagues... of dancing (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Dii_Casses

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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: The Dutch word of the year 2008: "Swaffelen" - to hit one's penis repeatedly against an object or another person's body (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Boukert

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TIL that after Apollo 11 was recovered by USS Hornet, the astronauts were quarantined in a converted mobile home on the flight deck in case they picked up some alien disease from the moon (useruploads.phuks.net)

posted by Dii_Casses

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TIL: The History Of The X in Xmas

posted by simone

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TIL that both Werner Von Braun and Sergey Korolev, the architects of the American and Soviet programs during the Space Race, were heavily influenced by the legacy of the recluse, pioneer rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. (www.fxsolver.com)

posted by tsirper

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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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TIL: About Samuel Whittmore at 80 years old, he killed three British soldiers, during the American revolution. He was shot, bayoneted, beaten and left for dead, but recovered and lived to be 98 years of age. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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TIL that there are ways to fight lint and win.

posted by KillBill

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TIL about the 1947 Texas City Disaster (www.local1259iaff.org)

posted by [Deleted]

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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 that Dick Bong is the top flying ace American fighter pilot during WW2 (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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TIL the aquatic ape hypothesis (infogalactic.com)

posted by [Deleted]

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

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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