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TIL millennial dads are spending 3 times as much time with their kids than their dads spent with them
mother.ly
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8 days ago
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theonesource
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TIL identical twins don't have identical fingerprints
sciencefocus.com
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20 days ago
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practicalmagic
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TIL German chocolate was invented in texas
allrecipes.com
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25 days ago
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practicalmagic
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TIL Scotland's national animal is the unicorn
nts.org.uk
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a mo ago
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eldiscipulo
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TIL the 9/11 rescue dogs started to become depressed when they weren't able to find any living people. Rescue workers had to fake being rescued to boost their morale.
go.com
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a mo ago
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TIL Russia has 11 timezones
hindustantimes.com
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a mo ago
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TIL hot water freezes faster than cold water
quantamagazine.org
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a mo ago
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eldiscipulo
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TIL about Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, who leaked confidential documents and letters of the papcy and Catholic church in hopes of exposing what he saw as corruption in the Vatican's business dealings.
reuters.com
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2 mos ago
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practicalmagic
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TIL the FBI has been struggling to hire hackers for years because applicants must not have used marijuana in the past three years.
vice.com
Submitted
2 mos ago
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eldiscipulo
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TIL that the Whitest Kids U Know sketch "It's Illegal to Say..." was involved in a Supreme Court case where the defendant posted an altered version of the controversial sketch's script with his wife's name being substituted in place of the President.
justia.com
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2 mos ago
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eldiscipulo
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TIL YuGiOh and Super Smash Bros tournaments had to introduce hygiene clauses to their rulebooks, where being dirty or smelling foul would result in a loss, due to so many players neglecting their personal hygiene.
theregister.com
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2 mos ago
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practicalmagic
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TIL a dog in 1908 would pushed people into the Seine to get treats for "rescuing" them
gwern.net
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2 mos ago
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eldiscipulo
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TIL the Animal Planet show 'River Monsters' ended because host Jeremy Wade caught all of the large freshwater fish species on earth
distractify.com
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2 mos ago
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practicalmagic
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TIL the ingredient guanine that is in lipstick and makeup actually fish scales. These are used to give them a shimmering look.
huffpost.com
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3 mos ago
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eldiscipulo
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