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TIL Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Brewer's legend and US veteran, is buried in the national veteran cemetery in Milwaukee and his grave overlooks the Milwaukee Brewer's baseball field.
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Submitted October 29, 2026 at 06:06AM by JamTammer
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TIL March 25 was the start of the legal year for almost 600 years between 1155 until 1752 in England and Wales.
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Submitted October 29, 2026 at 03:08AM by Kayville
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TIL Minerva Hoyt's passion was deserts and plants that thrived in its harsh climate. Saddened by widespread destruction of desert plants, Hoyt's dream of a grand desert park was achieved when she got President Roosevelt to establish Joshua Tree National Monument, part of his jobs-creation initiative
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Submitted October 29, 2026 at 03:11AM by ubcstaffer123
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TIL that since its 1964 launch, Japan's Shinkansen has carried over 6.5 billion passengers with zero fatalities
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Submitted October 29, 2026 at 02:50AM by us1549
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TIL that Carmelite Monks use CNC machines on stone to build gothic churches
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 11:45PM by PdoesnotequalNP
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Today I Learned Tucker Carlson had a grade point average (GPA) of 1.9 while attending Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Submitted October 29, 2026 at 01:38AM by Practis
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TIL Warren Buffett took over Berkshire Hathaway out of spite. Its boss agreed to buy back Buffett's shares at $11.50, then mailed an offer for $11.375 instead. Buffett refused, bought control of the company, and the boss lost his job. Buffett later called it "monumentally stupid."
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Submitted October 29, 2026 at 12:56AM by Otherwise_Vehicle75
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Today I learned Andy van den Hurk falsely confessed to murder to get his sisters case reopened/solved after 15 years
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 11:56PM by Diligent_Highlight63
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TIL that as of 2026 there are only 3 Kmart locations left in the world. They include a big-box department store in Charlotte Amalie, the US Virgin Islands, a big-box store in Tamuning, Guam, and a smaller location in Kendale Lakes, Florida.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 11:29PM by FruityandtheBeast
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TIL of Napoleon Bonaparte's raunchy love letters to his wife Josephine. He refers to visiting her "little black forest" and writes "A kiss on your heart, and one much lower down, much lower!”
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 10:43PM by PreferenceInternal67
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TIL that the replica Viking ship used in The Odyssey (2026) suffered considerable damage during production. Universal failed to pay the owners the $6,000 they asked for to repair the ship.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 10:29PM by Sebastianlim
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TIL The Price is Right had major budget cuts in it's latest season, relocating to a warehouse to cut production costs, amongst several other significant changes.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 08:40PM by sirebral
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TIL that during the American Revolution, Lord Dunmore, loyalist governor of Virginia, offered freedom to slaves and indentured servants if they served in British forces. George Washington called Lord Dunmore an "Arch Traitor to the Rights of Humanity" in response to Dunmore's Proclamation.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 06:51PM by No_Issue2334
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TIL the "Warwolf" trebuchet was built at the orders of King Edward I for the siege of Stirling Castle in Scotland and is considered the largest trebuchet ever made. It reportedly punched through the castle's walls "like an arrow through cloth".
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 05:41PM by ManicMakerStudios
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TIL there are 3 sovereign nations that hold US zip codes. Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 04:43PM by ezyr1der
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TIL In 2011 researchers on the OPERA experiment thought they recorded a neutrino moving faster than light, which would’ve violated special relativity. After months of looking for the problem, it turned out to be a loose cable.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 03:48PM by GhostOfAbydos
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TIL The producer of the 1968 film Danger: Diabolik allocated 781 million Italian lire for the film's budget. However, using techniques he learned in his previous films, director Mario Bava completed the film on a final budget of only 200 million lire.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 12:07PM by Ill_Definition8074
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TIL that at military school, Napoleon had a bitter classmate named Phélippeaux whom he constantly traded insults and fistfights with. 15 years later, Phélippeaux masterminded the defense at the Siege of Acre, dealing Napoleon the first major defeat of his military career.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 02:42PM by Neil118781
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TIL archaeologists discovered a rat’s nest inside a wall at Colonial Williamsburg that contained centuries-old artifacts, including a silver fork, accidentally preserved by rodents.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 10:31AM by silencer_OO
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TIL Monty Python's John Cleese’s family name was originally Cheese, but his father changed it from Cheese to Cleese to avoid being teased when he signed up to fight in World War I.
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Submitted October 28, 2026 at 04:12AM by RedditIsAGranfaloon
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