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TIL 52% of the posts the make the front page of Reddit have been submitted at least once before.

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yQG5X TIL the Black Death was originally spread to Europe in the 14th century by Mongols catapulting infected corpses into an Italian trading outpost in Crimea, who fled and unwittingly carried the disease back to Sicily where it proceeded to wipe out up to 60% of Europe's population in four years
5R9k TIL that Kevin Smith’s Clerks (1994) was filmed in black and white because of budgetary limitations, and not for any artistic purposes or expression.
LQDoZ TIL Chris Farley spent his last night with a hooker named Heidi. She could hear his breathing trouble after he collapsed 10 feet from the door. He asked "Don't leave me." but she left after taking a photo of him (to sell likely)
WkLJL TIL of “Gay Bob”—one of the first homosexual dolls ever made. The anatomically-correct doll came out in the 1978 amid tons of controversy and was stored in a box made to look like a closet. Esquire awarded the toy the “Dubious Achievement Award” and the toy sold remarkably well throughout the year.
16Brd TIL bunnies don't actually love carrots as much as we say. Its actually a myth that came from Bugs Bunny and in the wild they don't normally eat carrots.