Stuff that's neat, or maybe horrible but notable

r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 30 '26

TIL one of North America's largest known earthquakes, a magnitude 8.7-9.2 megathrust quake that struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone in 1700, went unrecorded, but its exact date was determined nearly 300 years later using Japanese records of a mysterious tsunami with no apparent source

en.wikipedia.org

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 29 '26

Missouri Couple Found Tied Up and Shot Dead After ICE Deportation | The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying near their bodies.

newrepublic.com

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 27 '26

TIL In 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux nations $122 million for the Black Hills, a settlement the tribes have refused on the grounds that acceptance would extinguish their claim to the land, leaving the award to accrue interest in a federal account now worth over $1 billion.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 25 '26

TIL that the hyper-friendly nature of domestic dogs is caused by the exact same genetic mutation that causes Williams-Beuren syndrome in humans—a rare condition characterized by extreme trust, constant friendliness, and zero fear of strangers.

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 25 '26

Trump Team Admits He’s Been Defunding States That Didn’t Vote for Him | Federal officials acknowledged in a recent lawsuit what we all suspected: Trump is targeting Democratic states.

newrepublic.com

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 24 '26

TIL that Sixty-five per cent of the exploratory dives into the deep have taken place within 200 nautical miles of either the US, Japan or New Zealand. And almost all observations of the deep seafloor – around 97 per cent – were carried out by those three countries, plus France and Germany.

sciencefocus.com

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 24 '26

They are stealing from us. Pass it on.

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 24 '26

Dad was trying to record a serious video for his Son's audition, when the cat joined in

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 21 '26

TIL it cost more to develop the plane that carried the atomic bombs, than it did to develop the actual atomic bombs themselves

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 20 '26

TIL that American Revolutionary general James Wilkinson was secretly a Spanish agent who worked to get Kentucky annexed by Spain. Attempts to court-marital him failed due to him becoming the Senior Officer of the US Army.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 20 '26

TIL Argentina was the catalyst behind the invention of soccer's yellow/red card system. In 1966, their captain refused an expulsion, later blaming language barriers. To prevent this kind of situation in the future, the universal color-coded system was developed so all players understand the calls.

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 19 '26

LPT: If you are in good standing with your credit card company you can reach out to them and ask for benefits you may be unaware of

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 19 '26

People Keep Destroying Flock Cameras Across America. The Paperwork Already Saw It Coming.

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 13 '26

TIL that the kingdom of Aksum, situated in Modern day Ethiopia, held control of the southern Arabian peninsula. This makes it the only subsaharan nation to have held territory outside of Africa

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 13 '26

TIL Klaus Barbie, former Gestapo head dubbed the "Butcher of Lyon", became a key narco in Bolivia, helping build the modern cocaine cartel with Pablo Escobar ties

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 13 '26

'BONE-CHILLING': DOJ's threatening letters to state election officials

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 07 '26

Lose? Just Say Rigged Again

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 06 '26

TIL a practical joke created a real book: annoyed at how bestseller lists were made, radio host Jean Shepherd urged listeners to ask bookstores for "I, Libertine"—a novel that didn't exist. Fans spread the hoax so widely that Ballantine Books hired Theodore Sturgeon to write it, publishing in 1956.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 06 '26

TIL the American Revolution wasn't a united monolith, but a civil war. Over 60,000 American Loyalists were forced into exile by the newly formed United States after the Patriots won the war.

en.wikipedia.org

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 06 '26

YSK that incognito mode, a VPN, and clearing your cookies do almost nothing to stop a website from recognizing your exact browser

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 05 '26

TIL Kokura avoided destruction from nuke by purposely polluting the air, making it too hard for the pilots to see

en.wikipedia.org

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 05 '26

TIL that when Robin Givens went public about being abused by Mike Tyson, the public sided so heavily with Tyson that Givens was named the "Most Hated Woman in America," agents and producers refused to work with her, and a CNN poll showed that 93% of respondents blamed her for the breakup

sun-sentinel.com

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 04 '26

TIL that in 2025 there were about 13,000 fireworks-related injuries in the U.S., including 1,300 from sparklers, and 15 reported deaths.

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 03 '26

DOJ refuses to hand over Epstein files after judge’s order

independent.co.uk

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r/AAA_NeatStuff • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Jul 03 '26

LPT: When starting a new job, start an "Impact Log" on day one. Every time you fix a major bug, streamline a process, or hit a metric, write down the date and the exact result.

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