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15 June 2025 05:49

TIL that Novo Nordisk forgot to renew the patent for Semaglutide in Canada which means that generic Ozempic will become available in 2026 [Source]

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15 June 2025 03:49

TIL that Leo Fender, who founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and designed its most recognisable guitars, did not learn how to play the guitar and did not like Rock n Roll. [Source]

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15 June 2025 02:49

TIL that after the death of Tutankhamun, his widow was married off to her own grandfather, who was also her grand uncle. [Source]

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15 June 2025 00:49

TIL there is a golf course situated between the two runways at the Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. The course is owned by the Royal Thai Airforce, however it is open to the public as long as golfers clear airport security. [Source]

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14 June 2025 22:49

TIL house cats are considered to be "semi-domesticated" [Source]

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14 June 2025 21:49

TIL Mr T was the youngest child of 12 children. He and his four sisters and seven brothers grew up in a three-bedroom apartment. [Source]

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14 June 2025 19:49

TIL executing minors in the US wasn't ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court until 1993. [Source]

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14 June 2025 19:49

TIL on his deathbed, Kanō Jigoro (the founder of Judo) asked to be buried in a white belt instead of a black belt because he wanted to be remembered as a learner, not a master. [Source]

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14 June 2025 15:49

TIL Jim Jones was an advocate for racial equality, racially integrating his church in the 1950s and working with civil rights leaders, before leading over 900 of his followers to their deaths in the Jonestown massacre. [Source]

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14 June 2025 14:49

TIL 15-year-old Shyam Lal in India decided to take his spade and dig a pond to quench the thirst of people and cattles. Fellow villagers laughed at him. Lal identified a spot in the forest in and kept digging — for 27 years. The result was a one-acre 15-feet deep pond. [Source]

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14 June 2025 07:49

TIL: GPS satellites don't ever actually interact with GPS devices at all. 31 US satellites simply broadcast their position non-stop and GPS devices triangulate their own position using the location of 3 "nearby" satellites. [Source]

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14 June 2025 05:49

TIL that although intensely private, Joe DiMaggio allowed a children's hospital to use his name and image on condition that they never turn away a child because of inability to pay. The deal was struck with a promise and a handshake. [Source]

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14 June 2025 02:49

TIL about Dorothy Molter who lived alone in the Northern Minnesota wilderness from 1948 until her death in 1986. Despite once being called "The Loneliest Woman in America" her remote cabin received upwards of 7,000 visitors a year with many stopping by to sample her homemade root beer. [Source]

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14 June 2025 00:49

TIL in 2016 two teens died after ingesting a concoction known as 'Dewshine' (a mixture of Mountain Dew & racing fuel, which is virtually 100% methanol). These are the first reported deaths in the US associated with the mixture. Two other teens who also drank it became intoxicated, but survived. [Source]

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13 June 2025 22:49

TIL the old Danish criteria for common law marriage was that" If anyone has a mistress in his home for three winters and obviously sleeps with her, and she commands lock and key and obviously eats and drinks with him, then she shall be his wife and rightful lady of the house." [Source]

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15 June 2025 03:49

TIL that the Crying Indian from the Keep America Beautiful ads in the early 1970s was an Italian American. [Source]

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15 June 2025 03:49

TIL The US Air Force dropped several BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter" bombs leftover from Vietnam during the Gulf War. A British SAS unit that witnessed the explosion reported "Sir, the blokes have just nuked Kuwait" [Source]

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15 June 2025 02:49

TIL that Roman ladies would pay to have the sweat and muck of Gladiator's bodies scraped off, so that they could use it as a moisturiser. [Source]

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14 June 2025 23:49

TIL of the 4 students who passed their final exams in Einstein's department, he got the lowest mark & was the only one who wasn't offered a job as an assistant teacher at their alma mater. After graduation, he struggled to find teaching work for 2 years. So a friend got him a job as a patent clerk. [Source]

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14 June 2025 21:49

TIL about the 1947 Texas City Disaster: A ship carrying ammonium nitrate, among other cargo, exploded. The resulting detonation was felt in Louisiana, recorded by a seismograph in Denver, CO, and caused a 15-foot tidal wave. The blast and devastation has been likened to a small-scale Hiroshima. [Source]

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14 June 2025 20:49

TIL in the 1980s, a woman bought a ring at a car boot sale for £10 & proceeded to wear it regularly under the assumption it was a piece of costume jewelry. However when she had it appraised decades later, it was identified as a real 26-carat diamond ring from the 1800s, which she then sold for £656K [Source]

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14 June 2025 19:49

TIL that Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) maintained his weight at exactly 143 pounds for the last thirty years of his life. He saw it as symbolic of "I (1) Love (4) You (3)," a phrase he often used. He even once mentioned the 143rd celery stalk he grew. [Source]

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14 June 2025 18:49

TIL that humanity broke the sound barrier as well as mach 2, mach 3, mach 4, mach 5 and mach 6 all from the Edwards Air Force Base in California. [Source]

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14 June 2025 15:49

TIL that Atlanta, Georgia has a tree coverage of 47.9%, which is the highest in the United States for major cities. Due to this, it is known as the “City in the Forest". [Source]

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14 June 2025 13:49

TIL George Shultz, former Secretary of State and Treasury, was a board member of Theranos. When his grandson Tyler became whistleblower, he sided with Theranos and tried to silence Tyler. After Theranos went bankrupt, he praised Tyler. [Source]

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14 June 2025 06:49

TIL in 2016 a man inadvertently recreated a "Seinfeld" plot: Attempting to return 10,000 aluminum cans in Michigan (10c return rate per) from Kentucky (5c return rate). He was later arrested for one count of beverage return of nonrefundable bottles. [Source]

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14 June 2025 04:49

TIL that when local troops, hired by communist Albania, attempted to capture Prince Leka — the exiled Crown Prince of Albania — while he was in Gabon, he dissuaded them by appearing at the door of the plane holding a bazooka. [Source]

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14 June 2025 01:49

TIL the only (1st generation) human hybrid ever discovered isn't even a homo sapien; she's half Neanderthal and half-Denisovan [Source]

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13 June 2025 23:49

TIL that British WW2 rationing did not end until 1958. [Source]

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13 June 2025 21:49

TIL that Bruce Lee was only 32 years old when he died from a brain edema after not being able to be woken up from a nap. [Source]