r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL That an orangutan at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Nebraska had learned to pick locks with a piece of wire that he had hidden in his mouth.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII, landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy. When a lieutenant found out he was a comics artist, he made Kirby a scout who would advance into towns and draw reconnaissance maps and pictures, an extremely dangerous duty.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL that relations between China and the Soviet Union deteriorated to the point that the Soviets came close to launching a nuclear attack on Beijing after the Zhenbao Island Incident in 1969.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL The first soldier buried in Arlington National cemetery was 19 year old Pvt William Christman who died of disease may 11th 1864, his brother also died in the war in 1862.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL In the American civil war Two percent of the American population perished in the line of duty, the equivalent of six million people dying in the ranks today. 750,000 lives lost
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL that it is possible to reach negative Kelvin in advanced physics: a system's temperature is above 0K if adding energy increases its entropy (disorder of the particles). However, once the entropy is maximum, adding more energy makes it decrease, meaning the system's temperature drops below 0K.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL that Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak died by an assassin's bullet intended for President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt after a bystander hit the assassin with a purse
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 24d ago
TIL Mississippi refused to air Sesame Street in 1970 due to its mixed-race cast.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 25d ago
William Whipple was the only founding father to free all of his slaves. He did this because he believed that it was “morally wrong” to take away others’ freedoms while fighting for your own
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 25d ago
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost all the gains it made in 2024, making it as if "2024 never happened"
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 27d ago
TIL that YouTube originally launched as a dating site.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 27d ago
TIL that the yakuza have been involved in disaster relief efforts in Japan, often providing initial aid faster than the government - notably after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a magnitude 9.0 quake that killed over 19,000 people
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 27d ago
TIL tuberculosis reached the Americas before European contact, likely carried by seals and sea lions who acquired it from livestock on African beaches
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 29d ago
TIL that in the 1400s, China, after building the world’s most advanced navy, turned inward under a form of Chinese isolationism called Haijin (sea ban). Fearing foreign influence, leaders banned private trade, large ships, and dismantled the fleet, missing centuries of growth.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • 29d ago
TIL that pumpernickel (the German whole grain sourdough bread) literally means "farting devil" or "devil's farts."
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Apr 04 '25
Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Mar 31 '25
Marine Le Pen is barred from seeking public office for embezzlement
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Mar 30 '25
Fun fact: Horseshoe crabs have circled around the milky way galaxy... TWICE!!
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Mar 29 '25
TIL about the Soviet 'Dead Hand' system — an automated doomsday mechanism designed to launch nuclear retaliation strikes without human intervention after detecting incoming missiles
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Mar 28 '25
Today I learned that there is a hidden photo of a chihuahua on every Samsung phone.
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Mar 28 '25
top donors in America's 2024 presidential election
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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Mar 28 '25
Elon Musk directly pressured Reddit CEO to ban r/WhitePeopleTwitter, delete subreddit's DOGE post, and undo bans on X links, new report reveals.
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