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TIL both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were banned from baseball temporarily for signing autographs in a casino, "no place for a baseball hero and Hall of Famer."

679 upvotes • PM_ME_YOUR_NOC

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TIL General Electric was one of the first members of Dow Index in 1895, and the last to remain there until 2018.

679 upvotes • BadenBaden1981

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TIL Mexico City was built over the ancient Aztec Lake Texcoco which has caused many ecological problems for the region since it was artificially drained by man.

658 upvotes • starman202

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TIL Stephen King used to do so much cocaine that he had to shove gauze in his nose to keep blood from leaking onto his typewriter.

654 upvotes • KaitlynDaisy

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TIL At the 2012 International Shooting Grand Prix, gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko of Kazakhstan had to listen to the entire parody of O' Kazakhstan from Borat. The incident resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from YouTube at the last minute.

643 upvotes • doopityWoop22

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TIL: Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters ran away from home at the age of 14 and hitchhiked across the United States. He is currently a qualified diver, outdoor survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and cook.

631 upvotes • Fair-Emu8218

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TIL that Tulsa, Oklahoma is located in a Native American nation

629 upvotes • RaineMtn

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TIL that breast milk changes its composition based on the baby’s needs, even adjusting the antibodies it contains to help fight off illness.

619 upvotes • StokkeBaby

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TIL: About “Crab Mentality” - a metaphor used to indicate the way of thinking usually described as “If I can’t have something, neither can you”

614 upvotes • KaleidoscopeOwn4727

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TIL that at least 1.5 million women served in the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. While there were restrictions against them going into direct combat against American troops, there were no restrictions on them fighting against South Vietnamese troops.

613 upvotes • NiceTraining7671

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were banned from baseball temporarily for signing autographs in a casino, "no place for a baseball hero and Hall of Famer."	679	PM_ME_YOUR_NOC
TIL General Electric was one of the first members of Dow Index in 1895, and the last to remain there until 2018.	679	BadenBaden1981
TIL Mexico City was built over the ancient Aztec Lake Texcoco which has caused many ecological problems for the region since it was artificially drained by man.	658	starman202
TIL Stephen King used to do so much cocaine that he had to shove gauze in his nose to keep blood from leaking onto his typewriter.	654	KaitlynDaisy
TIL At the 2012 International Shooting Grand Prix, gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko of Kazakhstan had to listen to the entire parody of O' Kazakhstan from Borat. The incident resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from YouTube at the last minute.	643	doopityWoop22
TIL: Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters ran away from home at the age of 14 and hitchhiked across the United States. He is currently a qualified diver, outdoor survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and cook.	631	Fair-Emu8218
TIL that Tulsa, Oklahoma is located in a Native American nation	629	RaineMtn
TIL that breast milk changes its composition based on the baby’s needs, even adjusting the antibodies it contains to help fight off illness.	619	StokkeBaby
TIL: About “Crab Mentality” - a metaphor used to indicate the way of thinking usually described as “If I can’t have something, neither can you”	614	KaleidoscopeOwn4727
TIL that at least 1.5 million women served in the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. While there were restrictions against them going into direct combat against American troops, there were no restrictions on them fighting against South Vietnamese troops.	613	NiceTraining7671