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TIL George RR Martin bought the first ticket to the first Comic Con in 1964.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 06:15PM by Wazula23
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TIL there is a law that prohibits people in Thailand from owning more than 120 unapproved playing cards.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:53PM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL that in 1896, 2 physicists discovered radioactivity by accident when he left uranium salts in a drawer and found they fogged photographic plates in complete darkness, showing that atoms could emit energy on their own.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:44PM by One_Needleworker5218
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American Physical Society
March 1, 1896: Henri Becquerel Discovers Radioactivity
In one of the most well-known accidental discoveries in the history of physics, on an overcast day in March 1896, French physicist Henri Becquerel opened a drawer and discovered spontaneous radioactivity.
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TIL about the Boötes Void, an enormous, nearly empty region of space 330 million light-years in diameter. It is so desolate that if the Milky Way had been in its center, we wouldn't have known other galaxies existed until the 1960s.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 08:21PM by adpablito
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BBC Sky at Night
There's an enormous void of nothingness in our Universe. And scientists found it by accident
The Boötes void spans an area 330 million lightyears across but contains very few galaxies, making it the largest void in the known Universe.
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TIL that the MV Doña Paz’s sinking was the deadliest maritime disaster that occurred outside of wartime, accounting for 4,385 deaths
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:51PM by pigeon-in-greggs
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TIL about Murc’s Law, the tendency in political journalism to attribute agency only to the Democratic Party, while treating Republican actions as inevitable or structurally determined
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 09:31PM by NickCostanza
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TIL that during the 1980s, Thailand’s massive humanitarian support for Cambodian refugees was also a deliberate military strategy. By placing refugee camps directly on the border, Thailand created a "human buffer zone" to deter a potential invasion by the Vietnamese-backed army.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 05:54PM by khmerelder
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TIL India has never won a Winter Olympic medal and only won 41 total Olympic medals.
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 09:27PM by Mr__JimLahey
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TIL by the late 16th century it was common for mounted knights to wield wheel-lock pistols while clad in armor
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Submitted February 27, 2026 at 09:08PM by croato87
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Warfare History Network
The Wheel Lock: Birth of the Combat Pistol
The revolutionary wheel lock facilitated the development of increasingly sophisticated pistols on the European battlefield.
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TIL that mucus color does not indicate a viral or bacterial infection; the coloration only indicates an increase in the number of certain immune system cells, or an increase in the enzymes these cells produce.
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Submitted February 28, 2026 at 12:58AM by lurkity_mclurkington
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Harvard Health
Don't judge your mucus by its color - Harvard Health
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TIL that Konami, makers of Yu-Gi-Oh, do not provide card packs for prizes at tournaments because of concerns about Japanese gambling laws. This leads to Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments having unorthodox prizes, including one in 2024 where the top 8 players were each awarded an air fryer worth about $80.
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Submitted February 28, 2026 at 01:13AM by Blenderhead36
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TCG Rocks
Yu-Gi-Oh! Air Fryer Prizing Enrages Players
While Yu-Gi-Oh! players have been asking for a pricing update, many did not envision an air fryer.
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TIL in 1997, a parody site "Bert Is Evil" posted edited images of Bert with figures such as Osama bin Laden. After 9/11, a Bangladesh publisher unknowingly found one online and printed it on anti-American posters. An unedited Reuters photo later showed the Bert image at a pro-bin Laden rally.
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Submitted February 28, 2026 at 03:49AM by incognitoloris
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TIL there are ancient limestone caves in Spain that perfectly age massive amounts of blue cheese
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Submitted February 28, 2026 at 03:43AM by dreampuff
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Cheese Underground
On Location: Cheese Caves in Sotres de Cabrales, Spain
Listen to a podcast with Queseria Main owner Javier Diaz, translated by Sandra Benzal, and hear more about the caves of Cabrales on Cheese Underground Radio: Subscribe to future episodes by searchi…
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TIL Bassem Youssef practiced as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Egypt for 13 years, until his move into comedy and political satire.
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Submitted February 28, 2026 at 05:15AM by flyart
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TIL the room used to collect sperm at a sperm bank is called a masturbatorium
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Submitted February 28, 2026 at 06:39AM by NorthKoreanMissile7
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