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TIL that the origin stories of characters such as Iron Man or the Punisher, which were previously tied to the Vietnam War, have now been retconned to take place during the Siancong War, a fictional conflict which took place around 15 years ago on the marvel Timeline.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 05:46AM by Sebastianlim
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TIL The reason Salad Fingers speaks so softly is because creator David Firth didn't want to wake his parents up while recording.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 06:11AM by haddock420
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TIL Aga’s, an Indian-Pakistani restaurant in Houston Texas, has the most Uber Eats orders of any single-location restaurant in the world. The restaurant prepares about 2,000 to-go meals per day total across delivery platforms and pickup, according to 2025 data.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 05:47AM by Majorpain2006
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TIL before 9/11, US airports were social hubs where you could walk to the gate, eat at food courts, and watch planes without a ticket or ID.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 05:30AM by poroplease
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TIL instead of a flight, American Airlines operates a bus between Atlantic City and Philadelphia
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 05:08AM by justanawkwardguy
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TIL that a real great white shark accidentally changed Jaws: the shark broke loose an empty cage, so Spielberg rewrote Hooper's fate.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 02:26AM by heyauden
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TIL that scientists reintroduced the Whooping Crane to an extinct migration route by guiding them through the air with an ultralight airplane they imprinted on. The pilot had to wear a crane costume to keep them from bonding with humans.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 01:00AM by CalzonePie
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TIL that for Terminator 2, stunt pilot Chuck Tamburro flew a real helicopter under an overpass at 60 knots with about 5 ft of clearance above and 4 ft on each side; when camera operators refused to film the close-ups, James Cameron shot them himself from a vehicle.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 12:46AM by Depressed_Cat_00
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TIL that Lennox Lewis, Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano and Vitali Klitschko are the four heavyweight boxing champions to have retired as champion. Of these four Lewis and Marciano are the two to hold a win over everyone they ever fought and Marciano is the only one to have never lost.
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Submitted September 23, 2026 at 12:03AM by RoadToTyburn
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TIL the oldest known share certificate in the world, dated 1288, gave the Bishop of Västerås a 1/8th stake in a Swedish copper mine — whose successor company, Stora Enso, is still listed on the stock exchange today.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 09:39PM by Scipion8Aveyron
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TIL an elderly man in Italy lived for a year with an exposed brain due to scalp cancer that ate through his skull. He had no neurological symptoms except numbness, and his only treatments were wound care and antibiotics. (Link has graphic medical images.)
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 08:54PM by CatPooedInMyShoe
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TIL the sport with the highest total attendance in the world is Major League Baseball
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 08:32PM by old_gold_mountain
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TIL that Phryne, a wealthy 4th-century BC Greek courtesan, was tried for impiety in Athens. According to later accounts, she revealed her body before the jury, while her lawyer Hypereides argued that someone so beautiful could not offend the gods. She was acquitted.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 08:09PM by Alarming-Studio-720
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TIL Nazi Germany forced occupied Greece to accept an interest-free loan in 1942. Germany began repaying it in April 1943, but repayments ceased after the war, leaving 476 million Reichsmarks unpaid. Greece still maintains a repayment claim in the 21st century, valued at €11 billion.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 07:03PM by No_Idea_479
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TIL that Joe Weider got Arnold Schwarzenegger his first movie role by passing him off as a German Shakespearean actor, even though Arnold barely spoke English.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 06:43PM by heyauden
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TIL that Nigel Richards, the greatest Scrabble player of all time, not only won the English championships but also the Spanish and french championships despite never speaking the languages.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 06:22PM by Zxiguess
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TIL In 1893 an envelope cutter named Walter Cowles was drinking at a tavern in London when he boasted he could fit a billiard ball in his mouth and close it fully. He inserted the ball in his mouth but swallowed it subsequently choking to death.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 11:56AM by Ill_Definition8074
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TIL about a hardcore punk band Minor Threat, which brought an alcohol-, sex- and drug-free culture to the youth called the Straight Edge. It was focused on keeping the mind clean by rejecting all recreational drugs and activities. Followers would put a big letter X on their palm
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 04:13PM by Aleksandr_Ulyev
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TIL that the inhabitants of Madagascar (Malagasy people) are the descendants of approximately 30 Indonesian mothers who sailed on a transoceanic voyage 1200 years ago.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 02:44PM by Ineedamedic68
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TIL that William Shatner offered to wrestle a real Bengal tiger that had been brought onto the set of Star Trek: The Original Series, only to quickly back down once he actually saw the animal up close.
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Submitted September 22, 2026 at 02:22PM by Maximum-Artist448
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