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TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.

1 upvotes • Dontbelievethehype0

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TIL A river's S curve is always 6x the width of its channel (the narrow body of water on the land's surface where a river flows). They follow the self-similarity characteristic of fractals, which is why: 1) Small rivers look like big rivers; 2) Rivers look the same all over the world.

1 upvotes • Coffee_Lipsticks

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Today I learned that snoop dogg murdered atleast one person and raped hundreds if not thousands of women over the course of his career as a human trafficker.

1 upvotes • Fancy-Excitement-724

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TIL US series “Cold Case”(2003-2010) was embroiled in a legal dispute against Canadian Series “Cold Squad” (1998-2005) over a suspected stolen concept

1 upvotes • Razorthemad

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TIL Grace Kelly retired from acting at age 26 then moved to Monaco to marry the prince there. When she was 52, she died in a car accident. Her daughter was in the car at the time but was unable to regain control of the car or attend the funeral of her mother due to injuries sustained in the accident

1 upvotes • mankls3

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TIL Prairie Dogs Are Squirrels

1 upvotes • Akinokaze96

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Are Your Job Gains at Risk? What the Tight Market Means Now

1 upvotes • Boring_Candle_7162

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TIL that when you click and hold a YouTube video it will fast forward 2x... how have I missed this for 15+ years?

1 upvotes • XzaltedEmpire

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TIL that Mattress Firm executives accepted bribes from brokers in exchange for opening up so many new stores that it led to a conspiracy theory they were fronts for money laundering.

1 upvotes • sgrams04

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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."

1 upvotes • PM_ME_YOUR_NOC

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.	1	Dontbelievethehype0
TIL A river's S curve is always 6x the width of its channel (the narrow body of water on the land's surface where a river flows). They follow the self-similarity characteristic of fractals, which is why: 1) Small rivers look like big rivers; 2) Rivers look the same all over the world.	1	Coffee_Lipsticks
Today I learned that snoop dogg murdered atleast one person and raped hundreds if not thousands of women over the course of his career as a human trafficker.	1	Fancy-Excitement-724
TIL US series “Cold Case”(2003-2010) was embroiled in a legal dispute against Canadian Series “Cold Squad” (1998-2005) over a suspected stolen concept	1	Razorthemad
TIL Grace Kelly retired from acting at age 26 then moved to Monaco to marry the prince there. When she was 52, she died in a car accident. Her daughter was in the car at the time but was unable to regain control of the car or attend the funeral of her mother due to injuries sustained in the accident	1	mankls3
TIL Prairie Dogs Are Squirrels	1	Akinokaze96
Are Your Job Gains at Risk? What the Tight Market Means Now	1	Boring_Candle_7162
TIL that when you click and hold a YouTube video it will fast forward 2x... how have I missed this for 15+ years?	1	XzaltedEmpire
TIL that Mattress Firm executives accepted bribes from brokers in exchange for opening up so many new stores that it led to a conspiracy theory they were fronts for money laundering.	1	sgrams04
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."	1	PM_ME_YOUR_NOC