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16 апреля 2025 17:49

TIL a 17-year-old boy in Cardiff was murdered in a contract killing carried out at the wrong address. The killers mistook him for someone else over a £1,000 hit. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 17:49

TIL of Atsumi Yoshikubo, a Japanese tourist who vanished while solo hiking in Canada's Yellowknife region. Despite her personal and professional achievements, Atsumi was a deeply troubled woman who apparently wandered off into the Canadian wilderness with no intention of being found. She was. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 16:50

TIL: Ernesto Miranda, Namesake of the Miranda Rights, Sold Autographed 'Miranda Cards' with the Warning Text for $1.50 Each in Phoenix After His 1972 Parole, Later Found Dead with Cards on His Body After a 1976 Bar Fight Stabbing [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 13:49

TIL that Since May 2022, Wendy Williams has been living under a legal guardianship that oversees both her finances and health. Williams was assigned a guardian after Wells Fargo froze her accounts in 2022, a result of her financial adviser claiming that she was of “unsound mind,” [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 09:49

TIL that while the human brain comprises only 2% of total body weight, it uses 20% of the oxygen breathed and 20% of energy consumed. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 06:49

TIL there is an endangered crafts list in the UK called "the red list " [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 04:49

TIL that John Lennon didn't contribute to "Here Comes the Sun" [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 01:49

TIL in 1978, Leo Ryan,member of the U.S. House of Representative traveled to Guyana to investigate claims that people were being held against their will by Jim Jones at the Peoples Temple Jonestown settlement. He was shot and killed there, as he and his party were attempting to leave. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 00:49

TIL that the term "Virgin Mary" is based on a mistranslation of the Hebrew word "almah" (young woman) into the Greek word "parthenos" (virgin) in Isaiah 7:14, influencing Christian doctrine of the virgin birth. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 23:49

TIL that Microsoft paid Rockstar Games 75 million dollars to make GTA IV a non-PS3 exclusive and bring the game on Xbox 360 [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 22:49

TIL the raccoon population in the UK has exploded, and they’re breaking into homes to steal food and alcohol. They get drunk and wreck havoc. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 20:49

TIL that the tombs of over 100 Roman Catholic Popes have been lost, including many whose tombs were destroyed during renovations of St. Peter's Basilica. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 19:49

TIL that Tommy’s character in O’Brother Where art Thou was based on a real man who actually “borrowed” the story from another blues singer, Robert Johnson. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 17:50

TIL In 2016, the game Ant Simulator was cancelled because one of the devs allegedly stole money from the game's budget to spend on alcohol and strippers [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 16:49

TIL that modern-day Amman, Jordan was once called Philadelphia, and this version of "Philadelphia" referred to the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus who conquered the city [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 17:49

TIL John D'Amato, mobster and acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey, was murdered in January 1992 after he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 16:50

TIL Atlantis-believer Graham Hancock gave a TEDx talk in 2013 where he openly claimed to have been “pretty much permanently stoned” for 24 years. He credits his consumption of ayahuasca with helping him get off cannabis. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 14:49

TIL Irvin Rosenfeld has received medical marijuana from the government since 1982. He smokes 10-12 joints a day for his bone cancer, and receives a shipment of 300 joints every 25 days. The program was set up by the federal government in 1982 for cancer and glaucoma patients but was later disbanded. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 11:49

TIL Nasa buys Taco Bell tortillas for space missions because they have up to a one year shelf life [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 08:49

TIL in Japan, there are more pets than children. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 05:49

TIL the IRS has details on the tax filing process in the event of a kidnapping of the qualifying dependent. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 01:49

TIL about "Prairie Madness" which affected settlers, especially immigrants, in the prairies in the 1800s. It was mental breakdown due to the isolation of living in such a remote land. It mostly disappeared when telephones and railroads became available. [Source]

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16 апреля 2025 01:49

TIL that 80% of the rice consumed by the United States is produced domestically. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 23:49

TIL the Easter Rising leader was imprisoned in Lincoln Prison, where he became an altar boy to steal the chaplain's key and make a wax mold. He sent its shape by postcard. Friends made the key, hid it in fruitcake and sent it. 3 tries later, he escaped in 1919. He went on to be President of Ireland. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 22:49

TIL that if Bronx High School of Science was a country it would rank 23rd in number of Nobel Prizes. It has produced more Nobel Prizes than 45 US States [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 21:49

Til The real Imhotep was the opposite of the one in the 1999 Mummy movie and lived a very long and respected life without being cursed. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 20:49

TIL some regions in United States have been painting their porch ceilings a specific shade of blue, believing it wards off evil spirits, haints, and ghosts. So much so, that all major paint companies sell this color. (e.g. SW9063 "Porch Ceiling") [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 19:49

TIL about a "Condor" score in golf, which is -4, under par. condor would be a hole-in-one on a par-five, a two on a par-six, or a three on a par-seven. It has only been achieved 6 times in history. [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 17:49

TIL that the more you hear a lie, the more you're likely to believe it. It's called the illusory truth effect. Some study in 1977 figured it out. Basically, if you hear something enough, your brain's like, "Yeah, that sounds right." [Source]

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15 апреля 2025 13:49

TIL that St. Joan of Arc Chapel is Wisconsin's oldest building. It owes its name to an alleged visit by Joan of Arc to the chapel, where she may have prayed after meeting King Charles VII of France. [Source]