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TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.

50 upvotes • Bianca-a-Bartlett

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TIL that there is an annual World Dog Surfing Championships

50 upvotes • sandra_wilIiams

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TIL Johann Bücheler built Switzerland's first guillotine in 1836 after another carpenter became depressed. He earned 160 francs but became an outcast. To earn some money he build a bonsai guillotine and beheaded celery.

49 upvotes • BezugssystemCH1903

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TIL That elephants stay cancer free as they have 20 copies of a key tumor-fighting gene; humans have just one.

49 upvotes • No-Contribution-7261

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TIL that in 1999, an artist named Michael Heizer created a massive sculpture called "City" in the Nevada desert. It's a monumental earthwork sculpture that spans over 1.5 miles and includes various geometric shapes and structures.

48 upvotes • grandstillness

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TIL about Dafen oil painting village, a suburb in Shenzhen, China, nicknamed the capital of mass art knock-offs, being a zone with many workshops dedicated to reproduce famous paintings of west and east, specifically, oil paintings but they made personal works for people too.

47 upvotes • Bearly-Dragon18

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TIL Most climbers complete the round trip to the summit of Mount St Helens in seven to twelve hours. Climbers can go to the crater rim while entry into the volcanic crater is strictly prohibited

47 upvotes • ubcstaffer123

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TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.

45 upvotes • The_Real_Pavalanche

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TIL of Timothy Dexter - a barely literate American businessman, who was desperate for public office, and became wealthy through a series of improbable investments.

44 upvotes • AllColoursSam

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TIL that the kamikaze (Japanese: 神風, lit. 'divine wind') were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan.

44 upvotes • Majorstrezz

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.	50	Bianca-a-Bartlett
TIL that there is an annual World Dog Surfing Championships	50	sandra_wilIiams
TIL Johann Bücheler built Switzerland's first guillotine in 1836 after another carpenter became depressed. He earned 160 francs but became an outcast. To earn some money he build a bonsai guillotine and beheaded celery.	49	BezugssystemCH1903
TIL That elephants stay cancer free as they have 20 copies of a key tumor-fighting gene; humans have just one.	49	No-Contribution-7261
TIL that in 1999, an artist named Michael Heizer created a massive sculpture called "City" in the Nevada desert. It's a monumental earthwork sculpture that spans over 1.5 miles and includes various geometric shapes and structures.	48	grandstillness
TIL about Dafen oil painting village, a suburb in Shenzhen, China, nicknamed the capital of mass art knock-offs, being a zone with many workshops dedicated to reproduce famous paintings of west and east, specifically, oil paintings but they made personal works for people too.	47	Bearly-Dragon18
TIL Most climbers complete the round trip to the summit of Mount St Helens in seven to twelve hours. Climbers can go to the crater rim while entry into the volcanic crater is strictly prohibited	47	ubcstaffer123
TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.	45	The_Real_Pavalanche
TIL of Timothy Dexter - a barely literate American businessman, who was desperate for public office, and became wealthy through a series of improbable investments.	44	AllColoursSam
TIL that the kamikaze (Japanese: 神風, lit. 'divine wind') were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan.	44	Majorstrezz