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TIL direct voluntary control of pupil dilation and constriction was deemed to be impossible, however, in 2021 a 23-year-old man in Germany demonstrated his ability to drastically change his pupil size on command to doctors.
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 07:42PM by tyrion2024
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TIL that "Baghdad Bob" is believed to still be alive and living quietly in UAE at 94 or 95 years old.
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 09:48PM by TheLimeyCanuck
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TIL that the shortest time a person was a British peer was 1 hour.
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 09:20PM by DrakeSavory
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TIL Under King Kamehameha I, the Kingdom of Hawaii had the largest navy in the entirety of the Pacific
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 09:47PM by DisconnectedShark
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TIL that a 2019 study found the Sahara Desert periodically turns green every 20,000 years due to small shifts in Earth’s orbit affecting rainfall patterns
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 12:05AM by One_Needleworker5218
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TIL in the 80s, Nintendo of America had a strict rule that a third-party company could only publish up to five games a year for the NES in the US. Konami of America then got around this rule by forming a shell corporation called Ultra Games in 1988 to extend their annual library to ten games a year.
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Submitted March 5, 2026 at 11:51PM by Away_Flounder3813
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TIL Felix Baumgartner, the man who jumped from the stratosphere during the Red Bull Stratos Project, died on the 17th of July, 2025 from a paragliding crash caused by human error.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 04:22AM by Porridge4Lunch
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TIL that American football resulted in enough fatalities and serious injuries by the early 20th century that it was almost banned. Through the combined efforts of several universities, the sport was reformed and saved and the predecessor of the NCAA was formed.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 02:12AM by Advanced_Narwhal_949
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TIL magician Harry Houdini and his wife Bess created a secret code phrase (“Rosabelle, believe”) so she could verify any message from him after death. After Houdini died in 1926, Bess held séances for 10 years but concluded no real message came through.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 07:21AM by JP_Olsen_Archive
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TIL there is a rare carnivorous caterpillar in Hawaii nicknamed the “Bone Collector.” It lives inside spider webs and decorates its silk case with the dismembered heads, wings, and legs of its prey to camouflage itself from the "landlord" spider.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 07:37AM by Onigirii_sama
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TIL about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive treatment where doctors place a magnetic coil against the scalp to send magnetic pulses into the brain, stimulating nerve cells to help treat depression when other treatments haven’t worked
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 07:18AM by laughingemo
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TIL that gachapon machines were invented in the US in the 1880s, originally contained postcards and gum. In Japan, Ryzuo Shigeta received these machines and used toys instead, thus the modern gachapon machines.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 12:54PM by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL Grave of the Fireflies is based on the author's own experiences as a child and was written as a personal apology for not being able to save his younger sister Keiko.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 05:13PM by Woh_ladka
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TIL The United States attempted permanent Daylight Savings Time in 1974. They retracted the law within a year.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 05:23PM by Wanna_make_cash
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Today I learned that in November 2025, a raccoon walking on the ceiling of a liquor store fell into the store when the roof collapsed, went on a drunken rampage, and later passed out on the bathroom floor.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 04:38PM by No_Station_4092
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TIL that there was an actual debate among ancient Greek writers on whether Achilles or Patroclus was the dominant ("erastes") or the passive ("eromenos") one in the relationship, with Plato famously arguing that Achilles was a passive "eromenos" who was willing to give his life to avenge his lover
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 06:24PM by tenfo1d
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TIL that tone deafness is a real neurological condition called amusia. People with it have difficulty recognizing musical pitch and melodies, even though their hearing and intelligence are normal. It’s estimated to affect about 1.5% of the population.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 05:26PM by 13Vicious01
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TIL in 2021 a woman in a hurry checked her scratch-off ticket "real quick" and then gave to the store owners to throw out because she thought it wasn't a winner. Ten days later, the owners returned it to her after scratching off the last number for her and discovering it was a $1 million winner.
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Submitted March 6, 2026 at 08:36PM by tyrion2024
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