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TIL that before alarm clocks were invented, people would drink tons of water before they went to bed so that their over-full bladder would wake them up around the time they needed to be up

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v1pDL TIL that the scientific name of rice is Oryza sativa, and it is not related to Cannabis sativa. Sativa, sativus, and sativum are Latin botanical adjectives meaning cultivated often associated botanically with plants that promote good health and used to designate certain seed-grown domestic crops.
YpW9v TIL Yoda is supposed to speak in a weird way. I'm Hungarian, and I've always watched Star Wars dubbed until now. The Hungarian language is almost completely unrestricted about the order of words in a sentence, it only determines what the speaker wants to emphasize.
GYO9G TIL attorney Richard Luthmann, a Game of Thrones fan, asked a court for a trial by combat with sword and shield, arguing it had never been outlawed in the U.S. and that historically, people with debt collection disputes would settle them by beating each other with a bat. The court was not persuaded.
vdxB TIL “Oh Yeah! Cartoons” remains TV’s biggest animation development program ever, giving several dozen filmmakers the chance to create nearly 100 seven-minute cartoons. The series eventually yielded three dedicated half-hour spin-offs: The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone & My Life as a Teenage Robot.
91yX TIL the computers of Iran’s nuclear program were hacked, causing them to blare “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC.