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29 июня 2025 20:49

TIL in 2011 a woman was buried alive in a cardboard box by her fiancé after he attacked her with a stun gun then bound & gagged her with tape because he was "bored" with her & wanted custody of their son. She used her engagement ring to cut herself free & pull the box apart before flagging down help [Source]

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29 июня 2025 18:49

TIL the term “Big Bang” was coined by Fred Hoyle in 1949, who used it in jest as he disagreed with the idea of a universe with a beginning. Scientists later adopted it as a joke despite the theory describing expansion, not a literal explosion. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 17:49

TIL Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (daughter of the current King) claims to be a clairvoyant, and is married to a "Neoshaman" accused of extensive scams; he even claimed her previous deceased husband contacted him from beyond the grave [Source]

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29 июня 2025 16:49

TIL Surpassing his father's liking for alcohol and cigars, Randolph Churchill consumed 80–100 cigarettes and up to two bottles of whisky per day for 20 years. He died aged 57. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 14:49

TIL that as a producer, Christopher Nolan had to watch Joss Whedons cut of Justice League after Zack Snyder stepped down. He then warned Snyder never to watch it because it would break his heart [Source]

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29 июня 2025 13:49

TIL that Japan developed crewed suicide torpedoes called Kaiten during WWII, where pilots steered modified torpedoes into enemy ships with no way to escape. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 08:49

Today i learned that Dalmatian dog puppies are born completely white. Their spots develop as they grow, usually starting to appear after about 2–3 weeks [Source]

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29 июня 2025 04:49

TIL that Heath Ledger, in 2007, had refused to host the Oscars due to a request that he make explicit fun of the relationship he portrayed with Jake Gyllenhall in the movie "Brokeback Mountain". [Source]

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29 июня 2025 03:49

TIL that everyone in Singapore above the age of 21 is automatically registered as an organ donor. Opting out from this Act will result in you being put at the very bottom of the organ priority list, should you need an organ transplantation to save your life. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 01:49

TIL an album by the group The Mamas and The Papas was pulled from shelves for indecency because the cover had a toilet in the corner of the shot [Source]

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29 июня 2025 00:49

TIL that in 1923, Seattle banned the playing of cricket in city parks because they feared their residents were becoming too Canadian. [Source]

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28 июня 2025 22:49

TIL that Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time as an FBI Most Wanted fugitive. After escaping prison and robbing a bank, Bryant murdered 2 FBI agents, earning him a spot on the Most Wanted list. He was found hiding in a neighbour's attic only 2 hours later. [Source]

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28 июня 2025 20:49

TIL After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on the planet [Source]

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28 июня 2025 17:49

TIL midnight screenings of movies have become increasingly rare since the 2012 Aurora shooting at a midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises.” [Source]

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28 июня 2025 16:49

TIL that during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam’s forces never launched a single Scud at U.S. troops—thanks to swift coordination between U.S. intel, surveillance, and airpower that took out the launchers first. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 19:49

TIL in 1980, "Batman" producer Michael Uslan saw a photo of Jack Nicholson from "The Shining" in the newspaper and he started drawing on it. Uslan turned Nicholson’s famous “Here’s Johnny!” face into the Joker. Eight years later, Jack Nicholson was cast as The Joker. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 18:49

TIL that elephants can use vibrations they create in the ground by rumbling to communicate with other elephants [Source]

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29 июня 2025 16:49

TIL Native Americans were present in North America before the Great Lakes existed. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 15:49

TIL of the Beast of Gévaudan. A beast that killed more than 100 people in France between 1764 and 1767 [Source]

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29 июня 2025 13:49

TIL of the Rüsselsheim massacre. In 1944, 6 American surrendered airmen were lynched by German townsfolk angered by previous bombing raids. The perpetrators were tried and many executed after the war. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 10:49

TIL that Scientists have discovered 'Gwada Negative'- a brand new blood type found in just one 68 year old woman on Earth [Source]

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29 июня 2025 05:49

TIL: Some farmers in Bangladesh have switched to raising ducks instead of chickens, because during catastrophic floods, ducks float. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 04:49

TIL: Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a "Work Life Choice Challenge" by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the previous period the previous year. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 02:49

TIL Marcy Borders, a 28-year-old employee in the World Trade Center, survived the building’s collapse on September 11, 2001. Her picture, showed her completely covered in dust. The image became widely recognized, and Borders became known as "The Dust Lady." She passed away from cancer on 08/24/2015. [Source]

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29 июня 2025 00:49

TIL that in a study done in 2020, painting eyespots on cattle butts was shown to be an effective measure in deterring predators. [Source]

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28 июня 2025 22:49

TIL that after playing 9 years in Major League Baseball, Byron McLaughlin allegedly worked in the counterfeit consumer goods industry in Mexico, making knock-off athletic footwear. He fled justice after posting bail in 1990 and his exact whereabouts are unknown. It is thought he is in Europe. [Source]

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28 июня 2025 21:49

TIL American politician R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide on live TV, shooting himself at a press conference on January 22nd 1987 the day before he was due to be sentenced, after being found guilty on 11 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, perjury, and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering [Source]

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28 июня 2025 19:49

TIL Boeing once filled an airplane with potatoes to test its in-flight Wi-Fi because potatoes mimic the way humans absorb and reflect wireless signals. [Source]

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28 июня 2025 17:49

TIL that Samoa is the country with the highest obesity rate in the world. More than 81% of the adults in the nation are obese [Source]

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28 июня 2025 15:49

TIL in 2013 McDonald's gave Charles Ramsey free food for a year after he helped rescue 3 women, who had been held hostage for years, while carrying a "half-eaten Big Mac." In addition, 14 local Ohio restaurants also gave Ramsey free burgers for life. [Source]