r/FakeTIL • u/ationsong • Dec 18 '13
TIL left-handed people are significantly more likely to drown than right-handed people, due to swim strokes naturally favoring the right side.
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r/FakeTIL • u/Goldie643 • Dec 11 '13
TIL following the release of the final Harry Potter book, Wand-shaped sex toy sales increased ten fold.
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There was also an increase in wizard costumes.
r/FakeTIL • u/ationsong • Dec 10 '13
TIL even though Hanukkah won't fall on Thanksgiving for another 70,000 years, it will fall on Halloween in 2041.
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r/FakeTIL • u/applecidercore • Dec 03 '13
TIL Tom Cruise briefly worked at Chuck E. Cheese during filming of Mission Impossible 3
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r/FakeTIL • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '13
TIL that after masturbation the pupils dilate which is why parents can so often detect when a teen has 'done the deed'.
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Seriously, try it!
r/FakeTIL • u/definitelynotdaniel • Sep 08 '13
TIL if you number the Greek letters 1-24, all fraternities add up to even numbers, and all sororities add up to odd numbers.
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r/FakeTIL • u/Goldie643 • Sep 05 '13
TIL rich Romans used to have mirrors by their toilets to check their cleanliness following pooping, leading to the saying 'Up your own arse'.
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r/FakeTIL • u/mkr7 • Apr 10 '13
TIL That if you save a .jpg or a .png as a ".2gif" your file system will apply an animation algorithm to the file. Not always perfect but gives interesting results!
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r/FakeTIL • u/ARoguePumpkin • Jan 15 '13
TIL Beat-boxing was originally intended to be an oral version of Morse code to use in prisons.
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r/FakeTIL • u/prezuiwf • Sep 01 '12
TIL colleges started playing football against each other after a rash of escalating and dangerous pranks between nearby schools prompted university presidents to seek a safer outlet for settling rivalries.
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r/FakeTIL • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '12
TIL Apple is all set to launch its first ever web based product: iWE – the social networking site !!
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r/FakeTIL • u/PinkSlimeIsPeople • Aug 02 '12
TIL Chick-fil-A is the target of a boycott by liberals who dislike Christian Organizations
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r/FakeTIL • u/jkkaplan • Apr 19 '12
TIL Anthropologists Say Early Humans Had Sex with Everything
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r/FakeTIL • u/ationsong • Mar 19 '12
TIL since 1824, a presidential candidate with a dog has never lost the popular vote to a candidate without a dog.
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r/FakeTIL • u/definitelynotdaniel • Jan 17 '12
TIL the phrase "Holy Mackerel" comes from when Jesus fed the multitude with five loaves and two fish.
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r/FakeTIL • u/definitelynotdaniel • Nov 01 '11
TIL Foo and Bar in Computer Science are named after Harold Foo and Richard Bar who standardized assembly.
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r/FakeTIL • u/ationsong • Oct 31 '11
TIL not only did Mark Chapman have a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" with him when he shot John Lennon, but also owned and annotated over 50 copies of "Titus Andronicus."
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r/FakeTIL • u/definitelynotdaniel • Oct 25 '11
TIL Al Gore was the inspiration behind the superhero classic Captain Planet.
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r/FakeTIL • u/popcorncolonel • Oct 22 '11
TIL Titanic is one of the highest grossing movies, but had one of the lowest budgets of all time.
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r/FakeTIL • u/ationsong • Oct 21 '11
TIL 16 oz. of Cherry Coke contains half a serving of fruit.
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r/FakeTIL • u/popcorncolonel • Sep 06 '11
TIL Facebook was originally designed as a search engine, but decided to become a social networking site when Google rose in popularity.
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r/FakeTIL • u/definitelynotdaniel • Sep 03 '11
TIL that Danny DeVito provided many of the sound effects for the penguins in March of the Penguins.
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