TIL that, unlike his father Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin was a staunch British loyalist who went into exile after the Revolutionary War and died in London in 1813.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 04:54AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 04:54AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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TIL that famed sheriff Buford Pusser who lost his wife in a supposed retaliatory attack in 1967 and inspired the 1973 movie “Waling Tall” is now believed by investigators to be his wife’s murderer after an autopsy was finally performed on her in 2024.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 05:26AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 05:26AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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TIL: in the 1920s, composer Maurice Ravel wrote an experimental work consisting only of one very long, gradual crescendo. He was astonished and displeased that the work, "Boléro", became a massive success. When a listener shouted "Rubbish!" at the premiere, he said "That old lady got the message!"
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 06:00AM by VegemiteSucks
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TIL "John Bohannon sent out bogus papers about a fictitious cancer experiment, papers that should have raised red flags. But more than 150 journals offered to publish his work."
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 03:10AM by Shoddy_Operation_167
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NPR
Open-Access Journals Hit By Journalist's Sting
Although many open-access scientific journals claim the articles they publish are subject to peer review, that doesn't always happen. Science magazine contributor John Bohannon sent out bogus papers about a fictitious cancer experiment, papers that should…
TIL about the the Caganer (or "pooper"), a figurine depicted in the act of defication, popular in Catalonia, Spain, Southern France and Andorra, that is often placed in nativity scenes. The tradition has existed since at least the early 18th century.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 06:34AM by Miles_the_AuDHDer
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TIL the Triumph the Insult Comic Dog puppet was found in an assortment of animal puppets at a country furniture store by Robert Smigel and his wife. Smigel immediately used it to jokingly smell his wife's butt, so she bought seven of those puppets and later gave them to Smigel as a birthday gift
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 10:59AM by SappyGilmore
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TIL that there are more possible games of chess than atoms in the observable universe.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 01:16PM by 1312Interactive
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Chess.com
Which one is greater the number of atoms in the universe or the possible chess games
The question came from Claude Shannon, inventor of ‘Information Theory’ in 1948. The theory uses mathematics to understand the rules governing the transmission of messages through communication systems, applicable to everything from computer code, speech…
TIL about the Virginia dynasty, a term sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five presidents of the United States were from Virginia. After the state contributed four of the first five presidents, four other natives of Virginia have so far served as president.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 08:18AM by ScienceTeacher1994
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TIL Ozempic (weight-loss medication) was developed based on a protein found in the venom of the Gila Monster. Researchers discovered this protein in the lizard's venom, exendin-4, regulates blood sugar and appetite
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 04:10PM by freudian_nipps
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biomedical-sciences.uq.edu.au
The rise of Ozempic: how surprise discoveries and lizard venom led to
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them?
TIL that the Ancient Greece we commonly talk about, the Classical Greece, was a period that lasted only some 187 years, from 510 BCE to 323 BCE.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 03:35PM by CopeDestroyer1
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TIL Fritz the Cat is the first animated film to receive an X rating. The plot follows a womanizing cat in New York City who smokes weed, accidentally starts a riot, and ends with him in the hospital having group sex with three women.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 04:17PM by MajesticBread9147
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TIL that the Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.5 million light‑years away, so when we see it in the night sky, we’re seeing it as it was 2.5 million years ago. If an observer in Andromeda could see Earth in detail right now, they would be watching our early human ancestors, not modern civilization.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 05:16PM by adpablito
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NASA Science
Messier 31 (The Andromeda Galaxy) - NASA Science
Persian astronomer Abd al-rahman al-Sufi’s The Book of Fixed Stars from the year 964 contains the first known report of Messier 31.
TIL that while in the army C.S. Lewis made a pact with his roommate, Edward “Paddy” Moore, that if either died in combat the other would take care of both families. Moore was killed in 1918 and Lewis kept the pact, living with and caring for Moore’s mother until the 1940’s.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 07:08PM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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TIL that Switzerland’s sewage system contains millions of dollars worth of gold and silver every year from industrial waste but it can’t practically be reclaimed
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 07:26PM by One_Needleworker5218
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NPR
There's Gold In Them Thar Sewage Pipes, Swiss Researchers Say
Each year, more than $3 million in gold and silver winds up in Swiss wastewater, scientists found. But in most cases, it doesn't make economic sense to extract and recycle the metals.
TIL that cats sleep 12-16 hours per day and the sleep time even reaches up to 20 hours.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 07:38PM by Salt_Lingonberry3956
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Why Do Cats Sleep So Much?
Cat person? How many pictures of your cat sleeping have you got on your phone? A lot, right? They are so cute when they sleep…so cute.
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TIL that Earths closest planatary neighbor is, on average, Mercury.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 07:10PM by GreasyExamination
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TIL before Richard Horvitz landed the role of Zim in Invader Zim, both Mark Hamill and Billy West were hired for the role first, and both even recorded a version of the pilot
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 09:35PM by MikeDubbz
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TIL Korean Air was known as "an industry pariah, notorious for fatal crashes" in the airline industry prior to 1999, resulting in hundreds of fatalities. South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung would call the airline's safety record "an embarrassment to the nation" & would fly rival airliner Asiana.
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Submitted March 4, 2026 at 11:03PM by Next_Worth_3616
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TIL of the Jim Twins. They were separated at birth and reunited at age 39, at which time they realized that they were both married to a woman named Linda, divorced, then married a woman named Betty, and each named their son's James Allan. They also both owned dogs named Toy and worked as Sherrifs
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 12:41AM by duevigilance
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Communicating Psychological Science
Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart — Communicating Psychological Science
By Joseph Miller September, 2022
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TIL It is assumed that the word “bear” is a euphemism and derives from the Proto-Germanic word for “the brown one.” The actual name of the animal was probably “arctos.”
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 01:03AM by BigFox1956
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TIL: being physically fit reduces anger
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 12:50AM by Capital-Aide-1006
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PubMed Central (PMC)
The Relationship Between Physical Exercise and Aggressive Behavior Among College Students: The Mediating Roles of Life Satisfaction…
The deleterious impact of aggressive behavior on college students necessitates urgent mitigation. To explore the influencing factors and underlying mechanisms of aggressive behaviors among college students, this study aims to validate the mediating ...
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