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TIL about FunGuyz, a Canadian store that openly sold magic mushrooms which are illegal over there, had a number of chains across Ontario and Quebec but closed most of them due to frequent raids. They currently operate an online store.
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Submitted October 27, 2025 at 09:03PM by delano1998
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TIL about James Morrill, an English sailor who was shipwrecked off northern Australia in 1846 and taken in by an Aboriginal group. He lived amongst them for 17 years as an equal and learned eight of their local dialects.
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Submitted October 27, 2025 at 04:04PM by dogmanrul
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TIL Lil Nas X's song "Old Town Road" samples "34 Ghosts IV" by Nine Inch Nails. The producer never intended for the sample to be used for a country song and had never heard of NIN until discovering the song through YouTube's suggestions algorithm
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Submitted October 27, 2025 at 10:30PM by savvystrider
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TIL the island of Himakajima, Japan, has a single set of traffic lights and turns green only once a year to teach kids how to cross roads safely before they move to the mainland
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Submitted October 27, 2025 at 11:38PM by imHeroT
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TIL that the United States defense readiness condition (DEFCON) alert system ranges from 5 (lowest state of readiness) to 1 (nuclear war is imminent). The highest it has been is DEFCON 2, which occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the 1991 Gulf War, but only for the Strategic Air Command
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Submitted October 27, 2025 at 09:37PM by MrMojoFomo
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TIL about Vince Coleman, who died in the 1917 Halifax Explosion when he stayed at his post and telegraphed an incoming train to stop out of town. His warning: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye, boys."
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 04:01AM by Ok_Employer7837
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TIL that Ancient Egyptians and Nubians drank large quantities of beer containing an antibiotic, tetracycline, not discovered by modern scientists until 1948.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 03:44AM by YOLTLO
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TIL that Palatine Rugae (the ridges on the top of your mouth) are unique to every person and can be used to ID corpses
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 02:51AM by HaydenCarruth
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TIL that in the total Western Hemisphere, there is only about a little over 1 Billion people.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 04:19AM by ikeepsitreel
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TIL that in 2019, an Egyptian train driver left his moving train (with brakes not engaged) to fight with another driver; the now unmanned train crashed and exploded, killing 25 people
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 06:22AM by duga404
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TIL bout Nobukazu Kuriki, a Japanese mountaineer who repeatedly attempted to climb Everest alone and supposedly without using oxygen bottles. He made eight failed attempts, losing nine of his fingers in the process, before dying of illness on his way back from his eighth attempt.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 09:30AM by Sebastianlim
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TIL of the B-36 Peacemaker aircraft developed in the 1940’s, which operated 6 prop engines + 4 jet engines, had a range of 10,000 miles, a service ceiling of 40,000 feet, the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft, and flew 40 hours straight without the need to refuel.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 06:51AM by justhere4thecats
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TIL that during the production of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, scripts were chemically marked so the studio could trace leaks. They even replaced “Spock” with the codename “Nacluv" which is “Vulcan” spelled backwards, to hide his role.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 02:10PM by 0khalek0
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TIL that in Home Alone’s (1990) fake gangster movie “Angels with Filthy Souls”, Johnny and Snakes were originally cast the other way around — but because Ralph Foody had just undergone knee replacement surgery and couldn’t kneel for the death scene, he swapped roles with Michael Guido.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 03:00PM by Aryeh-Lavi
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TIL that during WW2, the United States government made a video encouraging its farmers to grow hemp for the war effort. The hemp was used to make ropes for the U.S Navy. After the war ended, hemp reverted back to being illegal.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 05:01PM by JackThaBongRipper
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TIL that Maldives is the only country where Friday is the first day of the week
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 03:59PM by RiverMesa
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TIL Keiko, the orca who starred in Free Willy, was actually freed years after the movie, but after struggling to adapt to life in the wild and repeatedly seeking out humans for companionship, he died of pneumonia just a year after his release.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 06:29PM by internet_czar
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TIL that the longest professional baseball game was between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. The 8-hour-plus minor league game began on April 18, 1981, and was suspended at 4:09 a.m. after 32 innings. They played the final inning on June 23. Pawtucket won 3-2.
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 03:51PM by PikesPique
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TIL At the end of the credits of “Scream” Wes Craven added “No Thanks Whatsoever to The Santa Rosa City School District Board” due to the school board having approved filming on the Santa Rosa High School , and then reneging on it after reading the script and realizing it’s a slasher film
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Submitted October 28, 2025 at 07:11PM by Morganbanefort
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