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TIL, that Sierra Blanca Peak in New Mexico is the southernmost mountain in the lower 48 to reach above 11,000 ft. Being just 19ft shy of being the southernmost point above 12000ft

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Submitted by NeutronicTachyon t3_127a9o7 on March 31, 2023 at 4:37 AM

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TIL Chester Bennington, lead vocalist for Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots, hung himself in 2017 because of depression stemming from SA as a child 😔

blabbermouth.net

Submitted by rpaul9578 t3_yf8272 on October 28, 2022 at 12:14 AM

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TIL SAL, a computer in “2010: The Year We Make Contact”, was voiced by Candice Bergen, best known as Murphy Brown

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Submitted by orangina_it_burns t3_yfeu4l on October 28, 2022 at 5:12 AM

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TIL: “EGOT” is an acronym that was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas. It gained wider recognition after being introduced on the comedy series “30 Rock”

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Submitted by lily_noodlez t3_127j01e on March 31, 2023 at 12:03 PM

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TIL that Gran Turismo 2 and FIFA 2001 (PS1) both had scratch & sniff discs

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Submitted by keigo199013 t3_yj1t8l on November 1, 2022 at 7:17 AM

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TIL that only Nintendo's founder knows what their name means.

kotaku.com

Submitted by johnmyster t3_11so17s on March 16, 2023 at 8:21 AM

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TIL that long term Bipolar disorder may damage the brain lead to changes to executive function

webmd.com

Submitted by phage83 t3_zap2rw on December 2, 2022 at 3:28 PM

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TIL Radiohead turned their album kid A mnesia into a video game

kida-mnesia.com

Submitted by Peepeepoopoo1234abcd t3_z2d8t9 on November 23, 2022 at 2:49 AM

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TIL Crabs will capture and eat baby Sea Turtles after they hatch.

earthtouchnews.com

Submitted by TheMadhopper t3_11g66mc on March 2, 2023 at 3:55 PM

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TIL Pyongyang is home to an Orthodox Church that was established in 2003

koryogroup.com

Submitted by [deleted] t3_ykf83u on November 2, 2022 at 7:52 PM

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TIL an indigenous empire called the Purépechas (Tarascan Empire) denied an alliance request from their rivals, the Aztecs, when Hernan Cortez first arrived in present-day Mexico City.

guggenheim.org

Submitted by freeeYou t3_1180hkk on February 21, 2023 at 10:40 AM

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TIL the catty is a traditional Chinese weight measurement still in use in several East and Southeast Asian countries, having a distinct value in most countries.

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Submitted by snarfalous t3_zx2knz on December 28, 2022 at 6:33 AM

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TIL that the "Super Ballon d'Or" is the name of a former prize that was awarded on December 24, 1989, by the French football magazine France Football for the best football player of the last three decades. This award has been given only once, and Alfredo Di Stéfano is the only winner.

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Submitted by Knight_TheRider t3_zzvctq on December 31, 2022 at 2:33 PM

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TIL that lizards' regenerated tails are not as perfect as the original? However, their similar-looking (but not part of the family) salamanders can!!

reptilesmagazine.com

Submitted by bringmeturtles t3_z5kw8v on November 26, 2022 at 11:12 PM

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TIL: The GAU-8/A AVENGER was designed and initially produced by an appliance company, General Electric.

nationalmuseum.af.mil

Submitted by visual_observer t3_zim62x on December 11, 2022 at 9:33 AM

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TIL about the proverbial 9-tailed fox escaping in 2022 and wreaking havoc

sg.news.yahoo.com

Submitted by Punaholic t3_ywt6ez on November 16, 2022 at 1:22 PM

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TIL That 13 MLB athletes have died in plane crashes from 1925 to 2020.

baseball-almanac.com

Submitted by PoetLucy t3_yxi25g on November 17, 2022 at 5:50 AM

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TIL Fallout 76 had 1776 people credited as working on it, a reference to the year after which the in-game Vault 76 is named.

mobygames.com

Submitted by DeoGame t3_z96tkf on November 30, 2022 at 11:18 PM

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TIL: an Italian former porn star, Carlo Masi, quit porn to do research in applied mathematics, got his PhD, taught real analysis, became a professor, and then got sacked for being a former porn star. He sued and won against the university.

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Submitted by fromnighttilldawn t3_127f8f7 on March 31, 2023 at 8:54 AM

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TIL Shel Silverstein wrote extensively for Playboy, frequented the Playboy mansion and slept with "hundreds, perhaps thousands of women".

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Submitted by incockneato t3_1277umk on March 31, 2023 at 2:56 AM

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TIL Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by macaroni and cheese during a visit to Paris that he wrote down the recipe and instructions on pasta extrusion, imported a pasta maker, macaroni, Parmesan, and made it at his home. He served it at a state dinner in 1802.

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Submitted by NegativeBee t3_126twy6 on March 30, 2023 at 5:39 PM

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TIL In 2012, a solar Coronal Mass Ejection that might have taken the world 4 to 10 years to recover from missed Earth by about 9 days

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Submitted by SuperCrappyFuntime t3_1266kjk on March 30, 2023 at 12:56 AM

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TIL about Def Jam Rapstar, a 2010 rap karaoke game that caused its developers to be sued for 8 million dollars because it did not get the rights to the songs in the game.

eurogamer.net

Submitted by temporarysecretary17 t3_1260ymp on March 29, 2023 at 9:15 PM

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TIL there’s a Bavarian themed town in the Blue Mountains of Georgia

helenga.org

Submitted by AstridFugelstad t3_125hil9 on March 29, 2023 at 8:35 AM

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TIL that it takes only 15 mins. of exposure to noise in a nightclub, without protection, to damage hearing

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Submitted by mlois10 t3_125a5bp on March 29, 2023 at 2:14 AM

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