TIL when Jesse Owens broke the world record in the 200m dash in 1936, the second place runner—Mack Robinson, brother of baseball legend Jackie Robinson—also broke the previous world record. He worked as a middle school janitor the rest of his life afterward.
https://ift.tt/1lm4ZTd
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 04:51AM by Slateratic
via reddit https://ift.tt/2vY4SiG
https://ift.tt/1lm4ZTd
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 04:51AM by Slateratic
via reddit https://ift.tt/2vY4SiG
Wikipedia
Mack Robinson (athlete)
Matthew MacKenzie "Mack" Robinson (July 18, 1914 – March 12, 2000) was an American track and field athlete. He is best known for winning a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he broke the Olympic record in the 200 meter but still finished behind…
TIL Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. Banting's co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for $1
https://ift.tt/2K7rXX0
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 01:42PM by MonoDun
via reddit https://ift.tt/2T982s4
https://ift.tt/2K7rXX0
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 01:42PM by MonoDun
via reddit https://ift.tt/2T982s4
Vox
The absurdly high cost of insulin, explained
Why Americans ration a drug discovered in the 1920s.
TIL that Spirited Away is the only anime ever to have won an Oscar.
https://ift.tt/1KlNmEY
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 12:53PM by HooPyDood
via reddit https://ift.tt/32l8FD0
https://ift.tt/1KlNmEY
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 12:53PM by HooPyDood
via reddit https://ift.tt/32l8FD0
Wikipedia
Spirited Away
2001 Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
TIL that the Apollo astronauts couldn't get life insurance for their unique, dangerous jobs...so they signed hundreds of autographs, which their families would have been able to sell if they didn't make it home.
https://ift.tt/2VfYWw4
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 02:46PM by TwoTheVictor
via reddit https://ift.tt/39WBh87
https://ift.tt/2VfYWw4
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 02:46PM by TwoTheVictor
via reddit https://ift.tt/39WBh87
TIL that in the 1600s, some monks in Germany only drank beer and water during their 40-day fast for lent. They concocted an “unusually strong” brew, full of carbohydrates and nutrients. In 2011, a journalist attempted to re-create their fast. He lost 25 pounds during the ordeal.
https://ift.tt/2HML58H
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 03:41PM by Tokyono
via reddit https://ift.tt/39YH9Om
https://ift.tt/2HML58H
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 03:41PM by Tokyono
via reddit https://ift.tt/39YH9Om
Catholic News Agency
These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent
With the Lenten season fully in swing, Catholics are immersing themselves in 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries.
TIL Microfilm, a way to store documents by photographing them and reducing the size of the photograph up to 99% of the original. Is surprisingly robust, being difficult to destroy and can apparently last up to 900 years.
https://ift.tt/2HMceZg
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 12:22PM by OgdruJahad
via reddit https://ift.tt/32j15c1
https://ift.tt/2HMceZg
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 12:22PM by OgdruJahad
via reddit https://ift.tt/32j15c1
TIL Agatha Christie essentially invented the standard modern crime fiction formula that most TV shows follow: A murder is committed, multiple suspects (all concealing secrets), the detective gradually uncovers the secrets, discovering the most shocking twists towards the end and solving the crime.
https://ift.tt/2Tc6RIt
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 04:56PM by Bluest_waters
via reddit https://ift.tt/2TlsqGD
https://ift.tt/2Tc6RIt
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 04:56PM by Bluest_waters
via reddit https://ift.tt/2TlsqGD
Wikipedia
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer
TIL Aaron Burr was the only Founding Father who believed wholeheartedly in women's rights
https://ift.tt/2SR5tf5
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 04:53PM by grahamlester
via reddit https://ift.tt/32jZDWM
https://ift.tt/2SR5tf5
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 04:53PM by grahamlester
via reddit https://ift.tt/32jZDWM
Time
Forget Hamilton, Burr Is the Real Hero
We can learn more from him in today's political world
TIL that Greenland Sharks born around the time of the American Civil War are still juveniles. The maximum lifespan of a Greenland Shark is ~400-500 years old.
https://ift.tt/2KL87QR
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 06:42PM by Oldmanofthemountian
via reddit https://ift.tt/32oSnsH
https://ift.tt/2KL87QR
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 06:42PM by Oldmanofthemountian
via reddit https://ift.tt/32oSnsH
The New Yorker
The Strange and Gruesome Story of the Greenland Shark, the Longest-Living Vertebrate on Earth
How a triple infanticide in Germany shed light on an elusive cold-water predator.
TIL that the year 1816 is known as the "year without summer" due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, a global temperature drop of up to 3 degrees Celsius and unusually cold and wet conditions sweeping across Europe and North America.
https://ift.tt/2T6Vmlr
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 06:18PM by Stonewalled89
via reddit https://ift.tt/2PhS8dw
https://ift.tt/2T6Vmlr
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 06:18PM by Stonewalled89
via reddit https://ift.tt/2PhS8dw
TIL that Bob Barker, who hosted "The Price is Right," trained as a Navy fighter pilot in WW2, but wasn't sent to the fleet in time to fight. He once said: "I was all ready to go, and when the enemy heard that I was headed for the Pacific, they surrendered. That was the end of World War II."
https://ift.tt/2fV4ZDW
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 07:07PM by ZugZugWorkWorkDabu
via reddit https://ift.tt/37TWxtP
https://ift.tt/2fV4ZDW
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 07:07PM by ZugZugWorkWorkDabu
via reddit https://ift.tt/37TWxtP
Togetherweserved
Shadow box
Navy.Togetherweserved.com - Shadow Box Profile of Robert William Barker, LTJG
TIL when deaf people with schizophrenia 'hear voices', they hallucinate hands communicating using sign language
https://ift.tt/39ZuP0k
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 09:53PM by Honesty_Addict
via reddit https://ift.tt/2v0jrCz
https://ift.tt/39ZuP0k
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 09:53PM by Honesty_Addict
via reddit https://ift.tt/2v0jrCz
UCL News
Exploring how deaf people 'hear' voice-hallucinations
A new UCL study, published in the July 2007 issue of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, systematically explores the perceptual characteristics of voice hallucinations in deaf people with schizophrenia for the first time.
TIL that in 1729, Jonathan Swift published a satirical essay in which suggested that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes of the British towards the poor and Irish in general
https://ift.tt/145nt9e
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 08:41PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
via reddit https://ift.tt/32vhI4x
https://ift.tt/145nt9e
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 08:41PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
via reddit https://ift.tt/32vhI4x
Wikipedia
A Modest Proposal
satirical essay by Jonathan Swift
TIL: Spanish Flu is called "Spanish" because Europe was at war and no other country publicly reported their own cases. Spain was a neutral country, publicly reported their cases and took the fame. The real epicenter was a war camp on France.
https://ift.tt/2w3hHs6
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 11:38PM by gckanedo
via reddit https://ift.tt/32vx0WZ
https://ift.tt/2w3hHs6
Submitted February 23, 2020 at 11:38PM by gckanedo
via reddit https://ift.tt/32vx0WZ
HISTORY
Why Was the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Called the ‘Spanish Flu’?
In World War I, neutral Spain was the first to report flu deaths in its newspapers, so commentators soon nicknamed the pandemic ‘Spanish flu.’
TIL USPS Delivery Vehicles are 30 years old + they use engines designed in the 70's that get 10 MPG
https://ift.tt/1Lq6oI0
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 03:41AM by afrojaalam0
via reddit https://ift.tt/37RjiPc
https://ift.tt/1Lq6oI0
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 03:41AM by afrojaalam0
via reddit https://ift.tt/37RjiPc
Wikipedia
Grumman LLV
Long life light transport truck
TIL that the two sides in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire to watch Pelé when he and his team came to visit Nigeria in 1967.
https://ift.tt/2cUJ6T7
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 02:25AM by QuixoticDino
via reddit https://ift.tt/3c7y9bF
https://ift.tt/2cUJ6T7
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 02:25AM by QuixoticDino
via reddit https://ift.tt/3c7y9bF
Encyclopedia Britannica
Pele | Biography, World Cups, & Facts
Pele, Brazilian football (soccer) player, in his time probably the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete in the world. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup championships (1958, 1962, and 1970). Learn more about Pele’s…
TIL during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the Hungarian Army, officially fighting on the German side, secretly assisted the Polish resistance, launching "ambushes" on the Poles and then "retreating" immediately, leaving behind massive amounts of weapons and supplies for the Poles to "capture."
https://ift.tt/3aa3GYH
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 02:40AM by should-stop-posting
via reddit https://ift.tt/2Pfvlza
https://ift.tt/3aa3GYH
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 02:40AM by should-stop-posting
via reddit https://ift.tt/2Pfvlza
Wikipedia
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (Polish: Powstanie Warszawskie; German: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation, in the summer of 1944, by the Polish underground resistance, led by the Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa), to liberate Warsaw from German…
TIL Spain's newest submarine was 75+ tons heavier than expected because someone put a decimal point in the wrong place. It could go down, but might not come up again.
https://ift.tt/2uQJjMV
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 12:19AM by no1name
via reddit https://ift.tt/2VbBKiK
https://ift.tt/2uQJjMV
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 12:19AM by no1name
via reddit https://ift.tt/2VbBKiK
Popular Mechanics
Spain’s Newest Submarine is Too Big For Port
The Isaac Peral was redesigned to solve buoyancy problems and is now too large to fit in its own port.
TIL of Philippa Fawcett, an English mathematician and the first woman to have topped the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos, but who despite scoring 13% higher than the second top scorer did not receive the honorary noscript of Senior Wrangler.
https://ift.tt/2nz9YZa
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 01:20AM by Silicon-Based
via reddit https://ift.tt/2unmB2H
https://ift.tt/2nz9YZa
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 01:20AM by Silicon-Based
via reddit https://ift.tt/2unmB2H
Wikipedia
Philippa Fawcett
English mathematician
TIL about "Cherophobia". It's a belief that when you become happy, something bad will happen right after.
https://ift.tt/39WeOIn
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 08:44AM by shampoo_and_dick
via reddit https://ift.tt/2VcF90N
https://ift.tt/39WeOIn
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 08:44AM by shampoo_and_dick
via reddit https://ift.tt/2VcF90N
Wikipedia
Aversion to happiness
Aversion to happiness, also called cherophobia or fear of happiness, is an attitude towards happiness in which individuals may deliberately avoid experiences that invoke positive emotions or happiness.
TIL that Joss Whedon wrote the Buffy episode "Hush" after hearing people say that the show was only successful because of the dialogue. Hush, with only 17 minutes of dialogue, became the only episode nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing and is considered to be one of the show's greatest.
https://ift.tt/2Vlt1KP
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 02:17PM by derstherower
via reddit https://ift.tt/3c1hWVb
https://ift.tt/2Vlt1KP
Submitted February 24, 2020 at 02:17PM by derstherower
via reddit https://ift.tt/3c1hWVb
Wikipedia
Hush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
"Hush" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003). It was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon and originally aired in the United States on December 14, 1999 on…