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TIL that when you are looking at a star, you are literally looking in the past.

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TIL that 53% of women that work in the construction industry report experiencing sexual harassment at work.

1 upvotes • Wilson_Publearnow

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TIL that when you are looking at a star, you are literally looking in the past.

1 upvotes • Prettybabeveronica

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TIL that the shape of a Pringle is called "hyperbolic paraboloid"

1 upvotes • NinaMoss8Me

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TIL British romance author Ida Cook and her sister Louise saved 29 Jews from the Nazis. One time Ida had to smuggle a large diamond brooch out of occupied Europe. She simply pinned it to the front of her cheap sweater and it was assumed to be fake. It worked so well they did it several more times.

1 upvotes • Ill_Definition8074

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TIL Katy Sagal’s sister were the double mint twins

1 upvotes • bigyack

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That 1953 was the last time a US serviceperson was killed by enemy aircraft

1 upvotes • gstratmojo

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TIL that both indica and sativa are scientific terms used In classifying rice. With oryza sativa being the plants name and variance indica meaning it comes from India

1 upvotes • Bwest449

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TIL about the Principality of Sealand, an old sea fort near the UK that declared itself its own country for the purposes of broadcasting pirate radio

1 upvotes • AdrianTheMonster

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TIL that the coordinates Walter White hid on lotto ticket (N 34, 59′, 20″, W 106, 36′, 52), point straight to Q studios in Albuquerque, where Breaking Bad was filmed.

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL that when you are looking at a star, you are literally looking in the past.	1	[deleted]
TIL that 53% of women that work in the construction industry report experiencing sexual harassment at work.	1	Wilson_Publearnow
TIL that when you are looking at a star, you are literally looking in the past.	1	Prettybabeveronica
TIL that the shape of a Pringle is called "hyperbolic paraboloid"	1	NinaMoss8Me
TIL British romance author Ida Cook and her sister Louise saved 29 Jews from the Nazis. One time Ida had to smuggle a large diamond brooch out of occupied Europe. She simply pinned it to the front of her cheap sweater and it was assumed to be fake. It worked so well they did it several more times.	1	Ill_Definition8074
TIL Katy Sagal’s sister were the double mint twins	1	bigyack
That 1953 was the last time a US serviceperson was killed by enemy aircraft	1	gstratmojo
TIL that both indica and sativa are scientific terms used In classifying rice. With oryza sativa being the plants name and variance indica meaning it comes from India	1	Bwest449
TIL about the Principality of Sealand, an old sea fort near the UK that declared itself its own country for the purposes of broadcasting pirate radio	1	AdrianTheMonster
TIL that the coordinates Walter White hid on lotto ticket (N 34, 59′, 20″, W 106, 36′, 52), point straight to Q studios in Albuquerque, where Breaking Bad was filmed.	1	[deleted]