TIL Rabbits and hares are completely different species. Amongst other things Baby rabbits called kittens or bunnies are born hairless and blind totally dependent on their mothers. Baby hares called leverets are born with fur and sight and they can move on their own within an hour of their birth
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TIL NYC Transit sunk 2,500 retired subway cars along the eastern seaboard to create artificial reef habitats for marine life
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Submitted July 25, 2020 at 05:38AM by zimmythebard
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TIL The first recorded autopsy was performed in 44 B.C. on Julius Caesar to determine which of the 23 stab wounds he received had killed him. (It was a chest wound that severed his aorta.)
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Submitted July 25, 2020 at 06:48AM by expat_mel
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Popular Mechanics
The Entire History of the Autopsy
A deep look at how, after someone dies, we figure out why.
TIL Elephants are among the very few land mammals apart from humans to mourn the dead among them and visit their graves.
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The Cut
A New Video Shows How Elephants Pay Their Respects to the Dead
A mysterious mourning ritual.
TIL the "cookies" Sesame Street's Cookie Monster eats are NOT real cookies, as the oils from them would damage the puppet; he instead eats painted rice cakes disguised as cookies
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So Yummy
Cookie Monster Never Actually Ate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Everyone knows and loves Cookie Monster. But as it turns out, his ultimate favorite dessert on "Sesame Street" has been another food this entire time.
TIL that the RMS Carpathia only heard the Titanic's distress call because Carpathia's wireless operator, Harold Cottam, was listening to his telegraph while getting into his pajamas, several minutes after his shift had ended. Had he signed off when he was supposed to, there may have been no rescue.
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Wikipedia
Harold Cottam
Wireless operator on the RMS Carpathia
TIL sharks can expel the entire contents of their stomach by literally forcing the stomach inside-out all the way past its teeth. This is called 'stomach eversion' and it's a way to get rid of indigestible objects but occasionally the stomach is unable to retract, which can be fatal.
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The Verge
Sharks literally puke their guts out — here's why
On November 13th, 2010, marine biologist Austin Gallagher was out on a boat in the Florida Keys, when he and his team pulled an 8-foot-long tiger shark on board to tag it with a satellite tracker....
TIL that astronauts Mark Lee and Jan Davis married in secret 9 months before their joint flight to the ISS and didn't tell NASA until it was too late to train replacements. They are the only married couple to have ever flown in space together.
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Vice
Let's Talk About Sex in Space
While there has been a human presence in space since 1961, the topic of cosmic coitus continues to be woefully under-examined.
TIL that there's a farmer in South Africa who has bred ducks for many years. He uses the ducks instead of pesticides on his farm. Every morning he assembles over 1,000 ducks into a line to go and pluck the pests out of his vineyard.
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TIL: MIT awards degrees with a certificate credentialing the graduate as a "Pirate" if they complete Archery, Fencing, Pistol (or Rifle), and Sailing classes before graduating. Certified Pirates are inducted at an official ceremony each year.
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Interesting Engineering
MIT Actually Offers a Swashbuckling Pirate Certification
The course isn't how to be an internet pirate but a fun way to get students to complete physical education requirements for MIT scholars.
TIL Theodore Roosevelt survived an bullet to the chest (assassination attempt) due to his campaign speech noscriptd "Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual", folded over twice in Roosevelt's breast pocket. He declined medical attention and gave his speech with blood seeping from his shirt.
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Business Insider
US President Theodore Roosevelt once delivered an 84-minute speech after getting shot in the chest
Former US President Theodore Roosevelt didn't let a bullet get in the way of his campaign speech.
TIL engineers have been able to increase the damage resistance of an airplane's black box by 60 times thanks to studying the anatomy of a woodpecker's skull.
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Woodpecker
family of birds
TIL that actor, director, and producer Orson Welles refused admission into Harvard at age 16 so he could travel. When he landed in Dublin he convinced everyone that he was a famous Broadway star and began producing plays. When he grew bored of the farce, he went to North Africa to draw pictures.
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Orson Welles
American actor, director, writer and producer
TIL Cats often avoid consuming food or water from sides of their bowls to prevent 'whisker fatigue.' Whiskers brushing against a bowl can trigger sensory overload, causing them pain and stress whenever eating or drinking.
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Petmd
Whisker Fatigue in Cats: What it is and How to Help
Whisker fatigue is a condition that can affect cats, causing them a good deal of stress. Learn more about whisker fatigue, and how amazing your cat’s whiskers are, below.
TIL Singapore was a state of Malaysia, but due to racial and economic differences, Malaysia voted to expel it, making Singapore the first nation to unwillingly get Independence.
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Singapore in Malaysia
Singapore (officially, the State of Singapore) was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 by the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the former British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore.…
TIL about Brandon Green - 18 years old, tortured, mutilated beaten and injected with psychedelics over the course of 6 Days. To this day Krystal Cole has never been charged for this crime
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TIL Severus Alexander, a generally meek emperor who ascended the throne at the age of 14, used to entertain himself by watching puppies play with little piglets
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Severus Alexander
Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander; c. 208 – 19 March 235) was Roman emperor from 222 to 235, and the last from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his cousin Elagabalus upon the latter's assassination in 222. His own assassination marked…
TIL that researchers have found that doctors who played video games for more than 3 hours a week, made around 37% less mistakes in surgery and did it 27% faster than those who did not play video games.
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Reuters
Surgeons who play video games more skilled: study
CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games appears to help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they operate using a precise technique, a study said on Monday.
TIL that the longest stretch of highway in the United States without a gas station is I-70 in Utah. There are no services, no exits, no towns and no legal way to turn around for 106 miles between Green River and Salina
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Deseret News
About Utah: No bull, no service for 106 miles
There is no stretch of blacktop in the entire American Interstate highway system with a longer gap between services than the 106 miles on I-70 in Utah between the towns of Salina and Green River.
TIL musician Gram Parsons wanted his body cremated and scattered at Joshua Tree, but his family arranged for him to be buried in Louisiana for financial reasons. His friends, drunk and assisted by an unwitting police officer, stole his body from the airport and burned the casket themselves.
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Death of Gram Parsons
The death of Gram Parsons occurred on September 18, 1973, in room eight of the Joshua Tree Inn, near Joshua Tree National Park. Encouraged by his road manager Phil Kaufman, Parsons again visited the park after completing his latest recording sessions. Earlier…
TIL the bishop of Orlando is also bishop of the moon, due to a canon law that says "any newly discovered territory would fall under the bishopric from whence the discovering expedition departed." His is therefore the largest Catholic diocese, at over 14,000,000 square miles.
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aleteia.org
Yes, the moon has it's own Catholic Bishop
Thanks to a 1917 Canon law and the success of Apollo 11, the moon is a part of the Diocese of Orlando, FL.