TIL Priests Can’t Report Confessions, Even if It's a Murder
https://spicathedral.org/blog/the-seal-of-confession/
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TIL Jane Goodall observed a 4 year "civil war" among chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park. The conflict involved kidnapping, organized violence, and the total annihilation of a breakaway group, shocking Goodall who previously thought chimps were peaceful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
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TIL Voltaire most famous quote isn't about HRE. It's "With great power comes great responsibility"
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Power
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TIL about "Superfest," a brand of nearly indestructible drinking glasses invented in Communist Germany. They were 15x stronger than standard glass, but production was shut down after the collapse of East Germany in favour of planned obsolence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfest
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pqj6c3/til_about_superfest_a_brand_of_nearly/
TIL that today, 122 years ago, the Wright brothers made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk—Orville’s first flight lasted just 12 seconds and went 120 feet.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/wright-brothers-made-history-kitty-hawk
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TIL that if Louisiana were a country it would have the second highest incarceration rate in the entire world, behind only El Salvador
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TIL that the Clair Obscur franchise is tied for the second-most awarded game franchise of all time with nine awards, second only to Final Fantasy's ten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards
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TIL that building the Great Pyramid only required about 1 to 2 % of Ancient Egypt’s GDP-equivalent, according to leading Egyptologists. Despite its size, it barely strained the Old Kingdom economy, which had a huge agricultural surplus.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/builders.html
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TIL - The Big Mac Index has been published since 1986 as an unofficial method to measure Purchasing Power Parity between currencies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index
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TIL that Pope Leo XIV plays Wordle and Words With Friends with his brothers
https://www.today.com/news/robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-brother-interview-wordle-white-sox-rcna205779
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TIL that in 1996 Caribbean authorities shot at a plane that Jimmy Buffet and Bono were on suspecting it was carrying drugs. Jimmy buffet later went on to write a song called Jamaica Mistaica and put it on his 1996 album Banana Wind.
https://buffettworld.com/incidents/jamaica-mistaica/
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TIL John F. Kennedy, who grew up in an affluent household in the 1920s, admitted he only learned about the Great Depression from the books he read at Harvard.
https://millercenter.org/president//kennedy/life-before-the-presidency
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TIL that during the "fantasy comedy" era of the 1960s, NBC debuted a show called "My Mother the Car", which features a deceased mother reincarnated as an antique car who communicates with her son through the car radio. It lasted one season and is considered the 2nd worst show of all time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mother_the_Car
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TIL The Washington Redskins were the last NFL team to racially integrate under pressure from the federal government, finally doing so in 1962. The 1961 team finished last place at 1-12-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Preston_Marshall
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TIL The final sermon of Martin Luther, the central figure of the Protestant Reformation, in 1546 was "entirely devoted to the obdurate Jews, whom it was a matter of great urgency to expel from all German territory."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther#Final_years,_illness_and_death
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TIL of Hyperparasites: Parasites that live on other parasites. In some cases, the hyperparasite may itself have a parasite living on it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperparasite
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TIL German citizens, upon reaching their 100th birthday, receive a letter of congratulations from their president.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian#Europe
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TIL Spain has second longest high speed rail network in the world, only behind China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Spain
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TIL Daniel Schorr, the journalist who read Nixon's infamous enemies list on TV live, discovered his own name was in the list while reading it.
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TIL the Roosevelts were known for serving "terrible" food at the White House during the Great Depression. In reality, they dined plainly as a show of solidarity with their beloved country.
https://www.history.com/articles/eleanor-roosevelt-white-house-menu-bad-food
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1osrwvs/til_the_roosevelts_were_known_for_serving/
TIL that Nvidia is worth more than Amazon and Saudi Aramco combined. Or more than Meta, Tesla, and Berkshire Hathway combined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization
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TIL that by 1984, the English band Depeche Mode desperately wanted to shed their youthful image. To do this, they released the song “Master and Servant” - a song about sexual domination and exploitation. Their plan worked so well that some radio stations even refused to play the song.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_and_Servant
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TIL Reagan had 8 government shutdowns. Two lasted for 3 days, two for 2 days and four lasted for just 1 day.
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TIL In 2017 Iceland's President said that if he could he would ban pineapple on pizzas. He later clarified that he didn't have the power to ban pineapple from pizzas and said he was glad he didn't hold such power.
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TIL That the current 50-State U.S. Flag was designed by a 17 year old in 1958 for a high school project. The flag was submitted to the White House after the student was told he could raise his B minus on the project if the flag was accepted by the government.
https://nationalflagfoundation.org/the-high-schooler-who-designed-the-50-star-american-flag/
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TIL From 1868 until 1913 in the US, 90% of all federal revenue came from taxes on liquor, beer, wine, and tobacco.
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/government-revenue/
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TIL That Cop killer Donald Eugene Webb was on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for longer than anyone else at the time, and never captured. Turns out the reason for that is his wife was secretly hiding him at her own house and after he died she buried him on her property.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Eugene_Webb
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TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42615378
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TIL that uterus prolapse can occur in women when the pelvic floor muscles weaken causing the uterus to descend into or even outside the vaginal canal. This condition can be caused by childbirth, aging, hormonal imbalance, chronic coughing or heavy lifting and can become fatal.
https://www.webmd.com/women/prolapsed-uterus
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