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TIL about Operation Flagship: A sting operation where invitations to claim NFL tickets were sent to wanted fugitives. The operation resulted in 101 captured fugitives.

307 upvotes • asl052

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TIL the video game company SEGA gets it’s name from SErvice GAmes of Japan, a company that they bought.

286 upvotes • Chinese_gurl11

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TIL research scientists created a system to allow goldfish to drive a fish tank using cameras to track the fish bumping into walls to navigate towards a colored target for a reward. They changed starting positions and added decoys to prove the fish were navigating the environment not just memorizing

285 upvotes • f_GOD

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TIL that bubble wrap was intented to be wallpaper.

284 upvotes • Homemade_Pizza_956

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TIL of Kamarajar - former chief minister of an Indian state who implemented a free lunch program for kids at school almost 70 years ago (1956). The program is still running.

277 upvotes • Bitter_Gas_5942

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TIL King Kalakaua of Hawai'i was the first Monarch to Circumnavigate the world in 1881

276 upvotes • Poiboykanaka

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TIL about a 1980 oil drilling disaster in Louisiana that drained the state's largest freshwater lake into a salt mine

275 upvotes • newsflashjackass

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TIL that in 1947, after chocolate bars jumped from 5 to 8 cents, 200 kids marched to the British Columbia Capitol and shut down the government for a day. This protest is known as "The Candy Bar Strike".

274 upvotes • prigo929

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TIL that Roger Boisjoly was an engineer working at NASA in 1986 that predicted that the O-rings on the Challenger would fail and tried to abort the mission but nobody listened to him

273 upvotes • Ecstatic-Cricket-991

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TIL A well-publicized homicide can slash a home’s value by 15 to 25 percent. A house with a reported murder will likely take more of a price hit than one with a reported haunting

273 upvotes • ubcstaffer123

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL about Operation Flagship: A sting operation where invitations to claim NFL tickets were sent to wanted fugitives. The operation resulted in 101 captured fugitives.	307	asl052
TIL the video game company SEGA gets it’s name from SErvice GAmes of Japan, a company that they bought.	286	Chinese_gurl11
TIL research scientists created a system to allow goldfish to drive a fish tank using cameras to track the fish bumping into walls to navigate towards a colored target for a reward. They changed starting positions and added decoys to prove the fish were navigating the environment not just memorizing	285	f_GOD
TIL that bubble wrap was intented to be wallpaper.	284	Homemade_Pizza_956
TIL of Kamarajar - former chief minister of an Indian state who implemented a free lunch program for kids at school almost 70 years ago (1956). The program is still running.	277	Bitter_Gas_5942
TIL King Kalakaua of Hawai'i was the first Monarch to Circumnavigate the world in 1881	276	Poiboykanaka
TIL about a 1980 oil drilling disaster in Louisiana that drained the state's largest freshwater lake into a salt mine	275	newsflashjackass
TIL that in 1947, after chocolate bars jumped from 5 to 8 cents, 200 kids marched to the British Columbia Capitol and shut down the government for a day. This protest is known as "The Candy Bar Strike".	274	prigo929
TIL that Roger Boisjoly was an engineer working at NASA in 1986 that predicted that the O-rings on the Challenger would fail and tried to abort the mission but nobody listened to him	273	Ecstatic-Cricket-991
TIL A well-publicized homicide can slash a home’s value by 15 to 25 percent. A house with a reported murder will likely take more of a price hit than one with a reported haunting	273	ubcstaffer123