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TIL Kublia Khan's niece Khutulun insisted that any man who wished to marry her must defeat her in wrestling and forfeit horses to her if they lost. She gained 10,000 horses defeating prospective suitors. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by Fifthwiel to /r/todayilearned

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Re: Obama's internet giveaway. Remember when Jimmy Carter gave the Panama Canal to Panama? 12 years later the US military had to invade Panama, arrest its corrupt leader Manuel Noriega and forcibly take control of the the country. Pepperidge Farms Remembers... (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by MemphisDad to /r/The_Donald

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TIL actor Kiefer Sutherland is the grandson of Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas, who is often credited with bringing Universal Healthcare to Canada (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by CyanPancake to /r/canada

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TIL in 1933 America's most decorated Marine, General Smedley Butler, told the House of Representatives that wealthy businessmen tried to recruit him in a coup to overthrow President Roosevelt and install a fascist government. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by ThaBearJew to /r/todayilearned

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TIL According to the Geneva Convention, knowingly firing at a medic wearing clear insignia is a war crime (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by sozimdrunk to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that East Germany created its own cola drink. Vita-Cola's sales almost disappeared after the fall of the Berlin Wall brought Coke and Pepsi into the East. It is still the most popular cola in Thuringia, making the German state one of the few places in the world where Coca-Cola is not the leader. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by TMWNN to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that US ski jumper Anders Haugen finished 4th at the 1924 Olympics, when 50 years later a Norwegian historian discovered a scoring error was made and Haugen should have gotten the bronze medal, which was handed to him in Norway in 1974 by the daughter of the original bronze medal winner (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by heywoodu to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that in 2009 armed robbers used a helicopter to abseil onto the roof of a cash depot in Sweden. The cash was dropped into a local lake where it was picked up boat. To deter police the robbers used caltrops on local roads and fake IED's on the police helicopters to keep them grounded. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by ZenProZen to /r/todayilearned

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TIL King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1919-1929) once gave a public speech in which he said "Islam did not require women to cover their bodies or wear any special kind of veil". At the conclusion of the speech, Queen Soraya tore off her veil (hejab) in public. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by Denzak to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that Gen. George S. Patton believed in reincarnation, and believed himself to have been a military leader killed in action in Napoleon's army, or a Roman legionary (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL the water resistance depth shown on a watch does not mean the watch can actually be taken to that depth. A watch classified for 30 meters should not even be taken into the shower. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by poolside_band_aid to /r/todayilearned

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TIL That China has 46 crimes that are punishable by death, including robbery, surrender, selling counterfeit medicine, and sabotaging electricity. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by HowdoIreddittellme to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that the leaders of the UK, France, Italy, and the Netherlands were among those who opposed German reunification in 1989-1990; the Italian prime minister said, "I love Germany so much that I prefer to see two of them." The Irish and US governments were among the few to support reunification. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by TMWNN to /r/todayilearned

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Daily Newspaper endorsements tally: Hillary Clinton (13) / Gary Johnson (6) / Donald Trump (-1) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by unknownman19 to /r/GaryJohnson

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TIL that one of Seattle's wealthiest citizens in the late 19th century was a madame. Lou Graham's brothel made her so rich that she loaned money; her loans helped save other wealthy people after the Panic of 1893. After dying of syphilis, Graham's estate had no heirs so went to Seattle schools. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by TMWNN to /r/todayilearned

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TIL the US used the Navajo language to communicate in codes that were unbreakable to Japanese Intelligence. It is still the only spoken military code to never have been deciphered. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by piscina_dela_muerta to /r/todayilearned

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TIL the term "mosh" (as in "most pit") originated with singer H.R. of Bad Brains. He would frequently incite the audience to "mash" into each other, and his thick Jamaican accent rendered the word as "mosh". (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by Wazula42 to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that the world's tallest chimney, built in 1987 in Kazakhstan (then part of the USSR), stands taller than the roof line of the World Trade Center (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by Atwenfor to /r/todayilearned

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TIL the 1679 Habeas Corpus Act was only passed in Parliament because its supporters jokingly counted a fat lord as ten votes and the opposition never noticed. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by Hufflepuffins to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that since the MESSENGER probe intentionally crashed onto the surface of Mercury at mission end last year, we now have man-made objects on all four planets inside the asteroid belt. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by Thonster to /r/todayilearned

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TIL that Antarctica was not discovered until 1820 (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger made an appearance on Monday Night Football as the NY Jets were down 30-7 late in the third quarter. Half the fans had left the stadium yet he claimed NY would come back and "terminate" the Dolphins. The Jets scored 30 points in the 4th quarter and won (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by PlanetoftheAtheists to /r/todayilearned

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The delusional belief that you are already dead (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that "fops" were the metrosexuals of their time (17th-Century England) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by pinkygonzales to /r/todayilearned

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TIL of the Bonnacon, a mythical animal from the region of Macedonia that sprays acidic dung that burns on contact with skin "like a kind of fire" when startled. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted by screaming_for_memes to /r/todayilearned

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