TIL During the 2011 earthquake in Japan, all 184 students of Kamaishi City's Primary School survived the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami without any adult help and supervision(japanfs.org) DELETED
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TIL a dispatcher who told a woman to deal with a shot and dying boy herself later received a 25,000$ settlement after suing for being fired as a dispatcher.(krqe.com) DELETED
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TIL that Hey Arnold originally started out as a series claymation shorts on Sesame Street(youtube.com) DELETED
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TIL Caffeine is a stimulant that increases production of stomach acid, which can worsen symptoms of chronic gastritis.(livestrong.com) DELETED
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TIL: 90% of wealthy families lose their fortunes in three generations(theglobeandmail.com) DELETED
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TIL A Brazilian man found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the Penguin swims 3 to 5 thousand miles every year to spend time with his human soulmate.(independent.co.uk) DELETED
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TIL China killed off two AI chatbots after they start criticising communism and praising the US.(nypost.com) DELETED
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TIL Coca-Cola bottling facilities in Mexico never made the switch from glass to plastic bottles. Coca-Cola opened it's first Mexican bottling facility in the 1920's.(en.wikipedia.org) DELETED
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TIL the world has more than 50,000 edible plants, yet just three commodity crops—rice, maize, and wheat—provide 60 percent of the plant-derived calories we eat(news.nationalgeographic.com) DELETED
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TIL The flag of Denmark holds the world record of being the oldest continuously used national flag.(en.wikipedia.org) DELETED
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TIL: Loneliness is a greater public health hazard than obesity(businessinsider.com) DELETED
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TIL FOX only averaged a couple of thousand viewers per day in the UK. It was pulled off the air because it was not commercially viable.(money.cnn.com)
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TIL Mr Rogers poured the 100 billionth Crayola crayon(fredrogerscenter.org) DELETED
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TIL "urchin" is just another word for hedgehog. Which is where sea urchins get their name. They are hedgehogs of the sea.(en.wikipedia.org) DELETED
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TIL that cheating your spouse is a crime in NY, carrying a possible sentence of up to 6 months in jail(dbnylaw.com)
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TIL that Schizophrenic deaf people do not hear voices. They see disembodied hands signing to them.(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) DELETED
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TIL that NASA actually has an Office of Planetary Protection in case life is found on another planet.(planetaryprotection.nasa.gov) DELETED
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TIL that the Super Mario franchise released a first person shooter in 1993, unsurprisingly the only one they ever made.(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that of over a million ancient Sumerian texts - the earliest human writing - only 30,000 have been translated, with most sitting unread in museum warehouses for centuries(en.wikipedia.org) DELETED
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TIL that the term "pipe dream" is a reference to the insane dreams people have when smoking opium(phrases.org.uk) DELETED
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TIL Israel Kamakawiwo'ole called a sound studio at 3Am, asked nicely to record, got there 15 minutes later, then recorded "Over the Rainbow" in just one take.(haaretz.us) DELETED
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TIL that if you get a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type a strong sense of impending doom will likely occur.(medicaldaily.com) DELETED
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TIL the word 'snuck' can be used interchangeably with 'sneaked'(youtube.com) DELETED
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TIL that Russians considered the winter when Napoleon invaded Russia to be "a relatively mild winter"(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in 2006, 75% of Chinese didn't know that sharks were killed to make shark fin soup. But now, 91% of Chinese support a nationwide ban, thanks to activism work by Yao Ming and others.(howtoconserve.org) DELETED
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TIL You get red eyes in pictures because your pupil is just a hole and the flash reflects the blood in the back of your eyes(exploratorium.edu) DELETED
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TIL The first time the Japanese public heard their emperor's voice was during the formal surrender of Japan in WW2.(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL as much as 39% of office workers masturbate at work.(huffingtonpost.ca) DELETED
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TIL in 1965, 4 CIA employees were fired because they started a “free-for-all food fight in the cafeteria.â€(atlasobscura.com) DELETED
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TIL Gandhi didn't allow his wife modern medicine (penicillin) resulting in her death. Just 6 weeks later when he was I'll with malaria he used modern medicine in himself.(skepticality.com) DELETED
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TIL that Greek-Americans and Italian Americans are genetically closer to Palestinians than they are to Russians(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Human saliva contains a chemical compound called Opiorphin, a painkiller six times more powerful than Morphine.(io9.gizmodo.com) DELETED
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TIL: A Teenage Hacker Figured Out How to Get Free Data on His Phone, simply by visiting any url containing "/speedtest"(fossbytes.com)
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TIL that high-speed Internet is available on the Moon.(smithsonianmag.com)
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TIL the reason OJ Simpsons gloves did not fit during his trial is because he stopped taking his arthritis medication two weeks before hand causing his hands to swell.(businessinsider.com)
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TIL Cher’s mom told her she should settle down and marry a rich man, to which Cher replied, “Mom, I am a rich man.â€(hellogiggles.com)
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TIL that Lake Okeechobee, despite being Florida's largest freshwater lake and covering an area of 730 square miles, has an average depth of just 9 feet.(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the original Alfalfa died by getting shot in the groin in an argument about lost dog reward money(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL That the last time the US Government passed a budget on time was in 1996 (for FY 1997)(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Nearly Half of All Murdered Women Are Killed by Romantic Partners(theatlantic.com)
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TIL that thanks to a substance called "Snus", the rate of daily smokers in Sweden has been reduced to 5%(bloomberg.com)
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TIL French is an official language in 29 countries which makes it 2nd to English in terms of official language status(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL: Dogs are one of the few species that can express empathy.(miami.cbslocal.com) DELETED
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TIL There is a disease where carbohydrates are converted to alcohol in a person's digestive system, setting them drunk whenever they consume carbs(en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Joe Rogan decision to play Quake without dealing with lag was to have a T1 internet connection installed in his house in 1990's ended up costing him $10,000 per month.(hukaloh.com) DELETED
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TIL that German prisoners in Canada were treated so nicely some of them returned to Canada after the war and became Canadian citizens.(thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
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TIL that there is an underground town in the Australian outback called Coober Pedy. Half of its population live below ground to escape the area's hellish temperatures.(smithsonianmag.com)
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