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TIL that Team USA Men's Beach Volleyball player Chase Budinger once dunked over P Diddy in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest

1 upvotes • Mulletron5k

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TIL TIL "nuclear" is very often mis-spoken as "nucular". Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Clinton, Bush all said it like that, plus Orson Welles

1 upvotes • mankls3

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TIL the US government currently imposes sanctions on a third of all nations on earth

1 upvotes • Latter_Fortune_7225

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TIL mixing your drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18% faster than regular soda.

1 upvotes • ToryCutieIRL

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TIL that AI models turn to mush if trained on AI-Generated material

1 upvotes • ConcertReady6788

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TIL Tomatoes were thought to be toxic for 200 years in Europe, but their acidity actually helped to dissolve toxic metals from dishes.

1 upvotes • ToryCutieIRL

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TIL: Singer Cindy Lauper (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) wrestled in the WWE

1 upvotes • Sad-Assistant3636

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TIL mixing your drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18% faster than regular soda.

1 upvotes • ToryCutieIRL

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TIL Ike Barinholtz, Morgan on The Mindy Project, the typecast lovable idiot who also has a brother who plays a similar role in Superstore was in Celebrity Jeopardy and was so good got to the Tournament of Champions. I guess his portrayal was so good I can't see him as anything else.

1 upvotes • atrews

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TIL that on September 11, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file his retirement paperwork. as he heard the explosion at the World Trade Center, he instantly responded and was killed as one of the towers fell. He was the sole off-duty cop killed on 9/11.

1 upvotes • GabriellaDaisy

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL that Team USA Men's Beach Volleyball player Chase Budinger once dunked over P Diddy in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest	1	Mulletron5k
TIL TIL "nuclear" is very often mis-spoken as "nucular". Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Clinton, Bush all said it like that, plus Orson Welles	1	mankls3
TIL the US government currently imposes sanctions on a third of all nations on earth	1	Latter_Fortune_7225
TIL mixing your drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18% faster than regular soda.	1	ToryCutieIRL
TIL that AI models turn to mush if trained on AI-Generated material	1	ConcertReady6788
TIL Tomatoes were thought to be toxic for 200 years in Europe, but their acidity actually helped to dissolve toxic metals from dishes.	1	ToryCutieIRL
TIL: Singer Cindy Lauper (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) wrestled in the WWE	1	Sad-Assistant3636
TIL mixing your drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18% faster than regular soda.	1	ToryCutieIRL
TIL Ike Barinholtz, Morgan on The Mindy Project, the typecast lovable idiot who also has a brother who plays a similar role in Superstore was in Celebrity Jeopardy and was so good got to the Tournament of Champions. I guess his portrayal was so good I can't see him as anything else.	1	atrews
TIL that on September 11, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file his retirement paperwork. as he heard the explosion at the World Trade Center, he instantly responded and was killed as one of the towers fell. He was the sole off-duty cop killed on 9/11.	1	GabriellaDaisy