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TIL of Byron Looper, a Tennessee politician known for both changing his middle name to “(Low Tax)” as a vote-winning stunt and, during a Tennessee state senate race, assassinating his opponent. In the election, held a month later, he still received 1,531 votes.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 8:02 pm

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TIL that the shape of Pringles has a name: hyperbolic paraboloid

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 7:30 pm

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TIL about unisexual mole salamanders which are an all-female complex of salamanders that ‘steal’ sperm from up to five different species of salamanders in the genus Ambystoma and recombine it to produce female hybrid offspring. This method of reproduction is called kleptogenesis.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 7:25 pm

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TIL the famous Saigon evacuation helicopter photo at the end of the Vietnam War was not from the US embassy, but from the roof of an apartment building that housed senior CIA personnel.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 6:44 pm

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TIL that before drummer Neil Peart joined the progressive-rock band Rush, he was previously in another rock band called “Hush”

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 6:18 pm

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TIL that at the height of its power the Hudson’s Bay Company claimed eight million square kilometres in North America as its own and even had its own currency called “Made Beaver” (it valued goods by placing them against the standard of one prime beaver pelt)

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 5:51 pm

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TIL I learned that it’s “mother lode” and not “mother load.” A “Lode” is a vein of mineral ore.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 5:46 pm

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TIL a group of 100 artists covertly placed props with coded messages onto the set of the soap opera ‘Melrose Place’ over the span of 2 years. Props included bedsheets with unrolled condoms titled ‘Safety Sheets’ and paintings depicting locations related to high-profile deaths/murders.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 5:11 pm

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TIL that Sonny Curtis, who wrote the Mary Tyler Moore theme song “Love is All Around,” also wrote “I Fought the Law.” He & Buddy Holly performed together – even opening for Elvis – as teens until Holly formed the Crickets. Curtis joined the Crickets after Holly died. They recorded “IFTL” in 1960.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 4:26 pm

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TIL: The longest frog jump on record is held by Rosie the Ribeter, who averages 7.16′ per jump

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 4:13 pm

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TIL that the Tartaria conspiracy theory claims that pre-modern architecture such as the Egyptian pyramids and Great Wall of China was constructed by a lost empire more technologically advanced than present civilization

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 3:35 pm

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TIL That in 2006 in a Chinese Zoo a Panda attacked a drunk man who tried to hug him. The Man defended himself by biting the panda back.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 2:50 pm

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