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Til That An Award Winning Middle Schoolers Science Project Showed That On Average 70 Of The Time Ice From Fast Food Restraunts Is Dirtier Than Toilet Water
Published: Sunday May 19th 8AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...at_an_award_winning_middle_schoolers/
Description: submitted by sugarcanepanda link 1324 comments read more »
Til An Army Dentist Was Able To Mow Down Almost 100 Enemy Soldiers With A Machine Gun In Wwii To Protect His Wounded Soldiers.
Published: Sunday May 19th 9AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear..._dentist_was_able_to_mow_down_almost/
Description: submitted by bigsum45 link 164 comments read more »
Til That A Commercial 1989 Laptop Had A Multitasking Graphical Os And Full Office Suite, Ssd Storage And A 60 Hour Battery Life As Well As Featuring Hot-swappable Batteries And Instant Suspend/resume.
Published: Sunday May 19th 8AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear..._that_a_commercial_1989_laptop_had_a/
Description: submitted by polyfonik link 132 comments read more »
Til Koalas Have Fingerprints Nearly Indistinguishable From Human Prints, Even Under An Electron Microscope. Evolutionary Biologists Think This Is Because Our Ancestors Climbed Trees In A Similar Fashion.
Published: Sunday May 19th 8AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear.../til_koalas_have_fingerprints_nearly/
Description: submitted by TheCannon link 49 comments read more »
Til That Helga's Mom In The Nickelodeon Show "hey Arnold" Was An Alcoholic.
Published: Sunday May 19th 1PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...lgas_mom_in_the_nickelodeon_show_hey/
Description: submitted by heisenberg0 link 48 comments read more »
Til That Secret Agent Monks Carried Out One Of The Most Daring Acts Of Espionage Ever When They Traveled To China And Stole The Secrets Of Silk Production.
Published: Sunday May 19th 10AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...ecret_agent_monks_carried_out_one_of/
Description: submitted by BuckminsterJones link 5 comments read more »
Til 'job Inheritance' Is A Common Clause In Korean Industrial Contracts. If You Die In An Industrial Accident, The Company Is Obliged To Hire One Of Your Family.
Published: Sunday May 19th 8AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...ritance_is_a_common_clause_in_korean/
Description: submitted by lwk198 link 18 comments read more »
Til That In 1983 A Skull Fragment Was Found In A Bog In England And Was Reported To The Authorities. They Then Pulled In A Man Suspected Of Murdering His Wife Who Confessed To The Act. The Fragment Was Found To Have Belonged To A Woman That Died In 250 Ce And The Man Was Still Tried And Convicted.
Published: Sunday May 19th 11AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...1983_a_skull_fragment_was_found_in_a/
Description: submitted by apavboy link 18 comments read more »
Til In 1921, The Largest Race Riot In Us History Completely Wiped Out One Of The Wealthiest African-american Communities In The Country. The Incident Started And Snowballed After A Black Man Accidentally Stepped On The Foot Of A White Woman.
Published: Sunday May 19th 11AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear..._the_largest_race_riot_in_us_history/
Description: submitted by TheCannon link 54 comments read more »
Til Maurice Sendak, Author Of Where The Wild Things Are Once Replied To A Young Boys Fan Mail With A Hand Drawn Picture Of One Of His Characters. The Boy's Mother Wrote Back Saying Simply Jim Loved Your Card So Much He Ate It.
Published: Sunday May 19th 5AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...rice_sendak_author_of_where_the_wild/
Description: submitted by ShakesperesSister2 link 24 comments read more »
Til When The Emperor Nero Began To Go Nuts, He Would Stage Long Singing Performances Wherein The Audience Would Not Be Allowed To Leave. Women Gave Birth During These Performances And Men Would Fake Their Deaths In The Hopes Of Being Carried Out Just So They Could Get Away.
Published: Sunday May 19th 8AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...the_emperor_nero_began_to_go_nuts_he/
Description: submitted by TheCannon link 37 comments read more »
Til In Soviet Russia, Prisoners Would Get Tattoos Of Lenin & Stalin, Because Guards Weren't Allowed To Shoot At Images Of National Leaders.
Published: Sunday May 19th 2PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...t_russia_prisoners_would_get_tattoos/
Description: submitted by dontbuythatboat link 5 comments read more »
Til In 1836 A Group Of Young Boys Discovered A Group Of 17 Miniature Coffins Buried In A Cave Outside Edinburgh, Scotland. The Coffins Contain Tiny Dolls, Each Individually Dressed, And The Coffins All Differ In Their Decoration. No One Knows Who Buried Them, When, Or Why.
Published: Sunday May 19th 12PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...6_a_group_of_young_boys_discovered_a/
Description: submitted by FreddieFreelance link 25 comments read more »
Til Russell Brand Takes Out Homeless People For Meals, Just Talks To Them And Tries To Help Them Out.
Published: Sunday May 19th 1AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear..._brand_takes_out_homeless_people_for/
Description: submitted by xdogbertx link 238 comments read more »
Til That If You Report A Tax Cheat To The Irs You'll Be Paid A Minimum Of 15 Of The Amount Owed
Published: Sunday May 19th 12AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...if_you_report_a_tax_cheat_to_the_irs/
Description: submitted by Mshotts link 231 comments read more »
Til In 1974, An American Television News Reporter, Commited Suicide Live On Tv. She Had Written A Script Which Included Not Only The Shooting, But Also A Third Person Account To Be Read By Whoever Took Over The Broadcast After She Had Shot Herself.
Published: Sunday May 19th 11AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...an_american_television_news_reporter/
Description: submitted by tomatoketchupandbeer link 21 comments read more »
Til If Finding Nemo Was Real, When Nemo's Mum And Siblings Got Eaten, Nemo's Dad Would Have Developed Female Gonads And Formed A Breeding Pair With Nemo.
Published: Sunday May 19th 1AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...ing_nemo_was_real_when_nemos_mum_and/
Description: submitted by ColdOven14 link 606 comments read more »
Til That Musician Beck's Last Album Was Released Only In Sheet Music Form, For Others To Interpret. No Cd's, No Digital Download, Just Sheet Music.
Published: Sunday May 19th 2PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...sician_becks_last_album_was_released/
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Til That When Fiat Discovered A Google's Street View Car Was Mapping Sodertalje, Sweden, They Sent A Fiat To Tail It For 30 Miles, And Have It Captured On Street View In Front Of Volkswagen's Headquarters.
Published: Saturday May 18th 10PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...hen_fiat_discovered_a_googles_street/
Description: submitted by TL10 link 234 comments read more »
Til Major League Baseball Umpires Are Required By Rule To Wear Black Underwear, In Case They Split Their Pants.
Published: Sunday May 19th 11AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...gue_baseball_umpires_are_required_by/
Description: submitted by Cyclones2014 link 9 comments read more »
Til Prostitutes In Greece Wore Sandals With Imprints That Stated "follow Me" On The Ground To Attract Potential Clients.
Published: Sunday May 19th 2PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...stitutes_in_greece_wore_sandals_with/
Description: submitted by DownloadingKFC link 9 comments read more »
Til Anthony Cymerys, An 82 Yr Old Barber From Connecticut, Offers Free Haircuts And Shaves Each Wednesday To The Homeless And Those Down On Their Luck And All He Wants In Return Is A Hug.
Published: Sunday May 19th 10AM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...ony_cymerys_an_82_yr_old_barber_from/
Description: submitted by Lulusbean link 19 comments read more »
Til If You Bought 350 Million Worth Of Powerball Tickets At 2 A Ticket , It's Theoretically Possible To Guarantee Winning As There Are Approximately 'only' 175 Million Possible Number Combinations.
Published: Saturday May 18th 10PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...ought_350_million_worth_of_powerball/
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Til: Males In The Us Are Required To Submit Their Info To The "selective Service System" Within 30 Days Of Their 18th Birthday Or Be Subject To 5 Years In Jail And A 250,000 Fine.
Published: Sunday May 19th 1PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear..._the_us_are_required_to_submit_their/
Description: submitted by kiajoe link 100 comments read more »
Til That James Doohan Scotty From Star Trek Was Shot Six Times While Fighting For The Canadians During D-day
Published: Saturday May 18th 9PM
Link: http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...mes_doohan_scotty_from_star_trek_was/
Description: submitted by Knut2013 link 156 comments read more »

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Til That An Award Winning Middle Schoolers Science Project Showed That On Average 70 Of The Time Ice From Fast Food Restraunts Is Dirtier Than Toilet Water

Til An Army Dentist Was Able To Mow Down Almost 100 Enemy Soldiers With A Machine Gun In Wwii To Protect His Wounded Soldiers.

Til That A Commercial 1989 Laptop Had A Multitasking Graphical Os And Full Office Suite, Ssd Storage And A 60 Hour Battery Life As Well As Featuring Hot-swappable Batteries And Instant Suspend/resume.

Til Koalas Have Fingerprints Nearly Indistinguishable From Human Prints, Even Under An Electron Microscope. Evolutionary Biologists Think This Is Because Our Ancestors Climbed Trees In A Similar Fashion.

Til That Helga's Mom In The Nickelodeon Show "hey Arnold" Was An Alcoholic.

Til That Secret Agent Monks Carried Out One Of The Most Daring Acts Of Espionage Ever When They Traveled To China And Stole The Secrets Of Silk Production.

Til 'job Inheritance' Is A Common Clause In Korean Industrial Contracts. If You Die In An Industrial Accident, The Company Is Obliged To Hire One Of Your Family.

Til That In 1983 A Skull Fragment Was Found In A Bog In England And Was Reported To The Authorities. They Then Pulled In A Man Suspected Of Murdering His Wife Who Confessed To The Act. The Fragment Was Found To Have Belonged To A Woman That Died In 250 Ce And The Man Was Still Tried And Convicted.

Til In 1921, The Largest Race Riot In Us History Completely Wiped Out One Of The Wealthiest African-american Communities In The Country. The Incident Started And Snowballed After A Black Man Accidentally Stepped On The Foot Of A White Woman.

Til Maurice Sendak, Author Of Where The Wild Things Are Once Replied To A Young Boys Fan Mail With A Hand Drawn Picture Of One Of His Characters. The Boy's Mother Wrote Back Saying Simply Jim Loved Your Card So Much He Ate It.

Til When The Emperor Nero Began To Go Nuts, He Would Stage Long Singing Performances Wherein The Audience Would Not Be Allowed To Leave. Women Gave Birth During These Performances And Men Would Fake Their Deaths In The Hopes Of Being Carried Out Just So They Could Get Away.

Til In Soviet Russia, Prisoners Would Get Tattoos Of Lenin & Stalin, Because Guards Weren't Allowed To Shoot At Images Of National Leaders.

Til In 1836 A Group Of Young Boys Discovered A Group Of 17 Miniature Coffins Buried In A Cave Outside Edinburgh, Scotland. The Coffins Contain Tiny Dolls, Each Individually Dressed, And The Coffins All Differ In Their Decoration. No One Knows Who Buried Them, When, Or Why.

Til Russell Brand Takes Out Homeless People For Meals, Just Talks To Them And Tries To Help Them Out.

Til That If You Report A Tax Cheat To The Irs You'll Be Paid A Minimum Of 15 Of The Amount Owed

Til In 1974, An American Television News Reporter, Commited Suicide Live On Tv. She Had Written A Script Which Included Not Only The Shooting, But Also A Third Person Account To Be Read By Whoever Took Over The Broadcast After She Had Shot Herself.

Til If Finding Nemo Was Real, When Nemo's Mum And Siblings Got Eaten, Nemo's Dad Would Have Developed Female Gonads And Formed A Breeding Pair With Nemo.

Til That Musician Beck's Last Album Was Released Only In Sheet Music Form, For Others To Interpret. No Cd's, No Digital Download, Just Sheet Music.

Til That When Fiat Discovered A Google's Street View Car Was Mapping Sodertalje, Sweden, They Sent A Fiat To Tail It For 30 Miles, And Have It Captured On Street View In Front Of Volkswagen's Headquarters.

Til Major League Baseball Umpires Are Required By Rule To Wear Black Underwear, In Case They Split Their Pants.

Til Prostitutes In Greece Wore Sandals With Imprints That Stated "follow Me" On The Ground To Attract Potential Clients.

Til Anthony Cymerys, An 82 Yr Old Barber From Connecticut, Offers Free Haircuts And Shaves Each Wednesday To The Homeless And Those Down On Their Luck And All He Wants In Return Is A Hug.

Til If You Bought 350 Million Worth Of Powerball Tickets At 2 A Ticket , It's Theoretically Possible To Guarantee Winning As There Are Approximately 'only' 175 Million Possible Number Combinations.

Til: Males In The Us Are Required To Submit Their Info To The "selective Service System" Within 30 Days Of Their 18th Birthday Or Be Subject To 5 Years In Jail And A 250,000 Fine.

Til That James Doohan Scotty From Star Trek Was Shot Six Times While Fighting For The Canadians During D-day