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TIL in the 2003 SpongeBob episode "Mid-Life Crustacean", Mr. Krabs is invited to join a panty raid with SpongeBob and Patrick. The episode was removed from streaming services in 2018 by Nickelodeon, Paramount+, and Amazon.

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Submitted by AnthillOmbudsman t3_108n4wi on January 10, 2023 at 10:28 PM in todayilearned

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TIL Public toilet seats are U-shaped because the American Standard National Plumbing Code writes that they must have a gap at the front.

home.howstuffworks.com

Submitted by howstuffworks t3_108reqv on January 11, 2023 at 1:22 AM in todayilearned

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TIL Brian Patrick Carroll, the guitarist known professionally as "Buckethead", has recorded over 300 studio albums, four special releases, one EP, and has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by big_macaroons t3_109npu5 on January 12, 2023 at 2:29 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young feuded over Young's diss lyrics on 'Southern man" and "Alabama". They eventually squashed the beef before Ronnie Van Zandt's death. Young will still occasionally cover Sweet Home Alabama in live shows

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Submitted by LeftFieldBlue t3_10awpj5 on January 13, 2023 at 3:04 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that Canadians play a modified version of “American Football” with a 110-yard field that is wider and still has the fieldgoal post at the goal line (NFL moved in back in the 1970s)

nfl.com

Submitted by hamiltsd t3_10b2u2d on January 13, 2023 at 7:16 PM in todayilearned

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TIL of Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell, who, despite his skill, showed various unpredictable behaviours including leaving midgame to go fishing, and was also incredibly easily distracted by shiny objects, puppies (who he would leave the field to play with), and fire trucks, which he would chase.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by a3poify t3_10b4ak0 on January 13, 2023 at 8:15 PM in todayilearned

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TIL Americans were forbidden to travel to China until 1979, when President Jimmy Carter made the decision to normalize relations with China

cartercenter.org

Submitted by Ok_Copy5217 t3_10d16f7 on January 16, 2023 at 1:24 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that less than 1% of nuns in the US are under 40 and the average sister is 80 years old.

abcnews.go.com

Submitted by BizarroCullen t3_10fan7a on January 18, 2023 at 3:50 PM in todayilearned

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TIL There were 121 witnesses to the JFK assassination, and 51 of them believed shots came from the grassy knoll. A further study examined 64 witnesses, with over half putting gunshots from the knoll.

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Submitted by Standard-Assist-5793 t3_10gw4x7 on January 20, 2023 at 12:49 PM in todayilearned

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TIL: In 2012, Canadian Justin Williams assaulted and stabbed his neighbor for coming over tell him to stop yelling over a video game (World of Warcraft), he replied "it's not a game, it's my life" then grabbed and stabbed his neighbor. The neighbor lived, but now has a scar in his chest.

huffpost.com

Submitted by Flares117 t3_10iizja on January 22, 2023 at 12:51 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that the Irving Family is the single largest landowner in Maine with 1,267,792 million acres owned, and they've also planted more than 1 billion trees across the United States and Canada

madisontrust.com

Submitted by IrwinRSchyster1 t3_10k55gp on January 24, 2023 at 1:11 PM in todayilearned

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TIL 130 million American adults have low literacy skills with 54% of people 16-74 below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level

apmresearchlab.org

Submitted by LocalChamp t3_10k6vro on January 24, 2023 at 2:36 PM in todayilearned

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TIL restaurants can lose their Michelin star(s). If there is an inconsistency and things become less than satisfactory in an awarded restaurant, Michelin stars can be taken away. Gordon Ramsay once equated losing his Michelin stars in 2014 to breaking up with a girlfriend.

yahoo.com

Submitted by waitingforthesun92 t3_10kluwj on January 25, 2023 at 1:03 AM in todayilearned

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TIL the Cherokee writing system was made by one man, Sequoyah. It's one of the only times in history that someone in a non-literate group invented an official script from scratch. Within 25 years, nearly 100% of Cherokee were literate, and it inspired dozens of indigenous scripts around the world.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Pfeffer_Prinz t3_10l0ngz on January 25, 2023 at 3:02 PM in todayilearned

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TIL While filming Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975), Graham Chapman developed delirium tremens (DTs) from lack of alcohol on set. DTs can be fatal even with treatment and typically only affect habitual drinkers who consume 0.5L of liquor or 7-8 pints of beer daily for 10 years or more.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by smackedcheetah t3_10l2fcn on January 25, 2023 at 4:16 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the USA was supposed to adopt the metric system but the ship carrying the standardized meter and kilogram was hijacked by pirates in 1793 and the measurements never made it to the States

npr.org

Submitted by KTthemajicgoat t3_10lzicz on January 26, 2023 at 7:01 PM in todayilearned

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TIL Manuel Noriega was a real person, a former dictator who sued Activision over using him in the game Call of Duty Black Ops II without his knowing and as a villain. He lost the case.

cnn.com

Submitted by Lord_Zahkrosis t3_10m4y7x on January 26, 2023 at 10:46 PM in todayilearned

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TIL a school social worker noticed a young Jimi Hendrix's habit of emulating a guitar with a broom and attempted to get school funding to buy him a guitar. Her request was denied

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by drtrillphill t3_10mpal7 on January 27, 2023 at 4:38 PM in todayilearned

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TIL Monty Python reunited for Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) because they suddenly owed £800,000 pounds to Mark Forstater over Spamalot royalties. The ten shows were their first live ensemble performances in 34 years.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by jamescookenotthatone t3_10ngvmm on January 28, 2023 at 2:53 PM in todayilearned

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Farm-to-table type dinner for 25?

Submitted by BlueSparklesXx t3_103899l on January 4, 2023 at 4:45 PM in vermont

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planes?

Submitted by 802fizo t3_10634mn on January 7, 2023 at 11:29 PM in vermont

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Burlington Area Antenna Placement

Submitted by zombienutz1 t3_10ef4pd on January 17, 2023 at 3:34 PM in vermont

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Fly Fishing Session - Recs on Guides and Time of Year?

Submitted by Fudthebiker t3_10egmtp on January 17, 2023 at 4:36 PM in vermont

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Road trip from Boston - looking for family friendly restaurant

Submitted by Schnecken t3_10pkkqn on January 31, 2023 at 1:38 AM in vermont

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Let’s boycott Goodwill

Submitted by whaletacochamp t3_104e9i5 on January 5, 2023 at 11:43 PM in vermont

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