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

posted by doggone

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TIL: "The Great Dyke" is a linear geological feature that trends nearly north-south through the centre of Zimbabwe passing just to the west of the capital, Harare. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Boukert

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TIL about Beatrice Shilling, who designed a fix to the problem of Spitfire airplanes that stalled in negative G's (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by SilverBanana

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TIL "Phuks" means "fox" and not "fucks" (phuks.co)

posted by Hitler

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Dog-whistle politics - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by phoxy

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TIL: about the venomous elbow licking mammal named the Slow Loris (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Ph--Cunts

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TIL of the Dugway sheep incident, in which the US military tested a VX nerve agent that killed 3800+ sheep (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by PMYA

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TIL the Doomsday Clock is at 2.5 minutes to midnight, the 2nd closest ever. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by phoxy

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TIL about the Southern Strategy

posted by sidewalker_Principle

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TIL about Waldo Pierce and his shrinking turtle gag (en.citizendium.org)

posted by [Deleted]

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TIL Japan Bombed Australia (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 Walmart does a bunch of open source stuff - Walmart Labs (github.com)

posted by pembo210

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TIL that if you select text from a comment and press 'reply' then the quotation markdown is automatically added

posted by jobes

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TIL that lions in Kruger National Park chase their prey onto the roads where their hooves would slip and they'd fall (www.republicworld.com)

posted by [Deleted]

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TIL Allan "Whitey" Snyder was Marilyn Munroe's makeup artist from her 1946 debut to her 1962 funeral. (useruploads.phuks.net)

posted by [Deleted]

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TIL about "moon trees" (www.express.co.uk)

posted by angeredwhackjob

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TIL Putin (My Employer and Election Rigger) is only 5'6 (bodywhat.com)

posted by ohphukimintrouble

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TIL: The band AudioSlave is compromised of Rage Against The Machine with Soungardens Vocalist. (en.m.wikipedia.org)

posted by PhunkyPlatypus

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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 about Antinatalism (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by E-werd

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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 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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TIL I am cross-eye dominant (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by THC

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Project Feels: How USA Today, ESPN and The New York Times are targeting ads to mood (digiday.com)

posted by Justintoxicated

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