TIL Sir Richard Branson once lost a bet with Tony Fernandes on the winner of the 2010 F1 Grand Prix. The loser had to work as a female flight attendant on the winner's airline. Branson shaved his legs, dressed in drag, and hosted passengers on a 5 hour Air Asia flight that raised 200k for charity.
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CNN
Richard Branson does drag after losing bet
Virgin Group chairman lost a wager and had to serve as a flight attendant on AirAsia X flight.
TIL Switzerland is 829 years old today. Happy birthday Switzerland!
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History of Switzerland
aspect of history
TIL: Trinity Southern University was sued for allegedly selling fake degree after investigators was able to obtain a fake college degree for their cat.
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msnbc.com
School that awarded MBA to cat sued
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office Monday sued an online university for allegedly selling bogus academic degrees — including an MBA awarded to a cat.
TIL that when Greek Runner Konstantinos Kenteris won gold at the 2000 Olympics for the 200-metre dash, he was the first Greek athlete to win an Olympic sprint since Dionysius of Alexandria in 269 AD.
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YouTube
Men's 200 Meters Final - 2000 Sydney Olympics Track & Field
2000 Sydney Olympics Track & Field - Men's 200 Meters Final
September 28, 2000
Sydney, Australia
1 Konstadínos KEDÉRIS GRE GRE 20.09 NR 0.163
2 Darren CAMPBELL GBR GBR 20.14 0.174
3 Ato BOLDON TTO TTO 20.20 0.163
4 Obadele THOMPSON BAR BAR 20.20 0.205
5 Christian…
September 28, 2000
Sydney, Australia
1 Konstadínos KEDÉRIS GRE GRE 20.09 NR 0.163
2 Darren CAMPBELL GBR GBR 20.14 0.174
3 Ato BOLDON TTO TTO 20.20 0.163
4 Obadele THOMPSON BAR BAR 20.20 0.205
5 Christian…
TIL During the Bosnian War, a former Danish Special Forces officer named Helge Meyer used his 1979 Camaro to go through the front lines during the Bosnian War to deliver humanitarian aid. The US Air Force helped modify the Camaro by adding kevlar panels, reconnaissance and stealth tech.
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DriveTribe
Ghost Car: a 1979 Camaro that was used in Bosnian war
Combining K.I.T.T. with Mad Max in order to save lives. Brilliant!
TIL According to Welsh legend, faeries would not only use Corgis for pulling their carts, but would also ride them into battle.
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Mentalfloss
The Ancient Connection Between Corgis and Fairies
The fluffy pooches had an important job to do.
TIL that the motto, "In God We Trust," is not the original motto of the United States. During the Cold War, it was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism.
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Wikipedia
United States national motto
The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is "In God we trust". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864.
TIL most Americans support eliminating the penny but attempts to do so have been stopped by Jarden Zinc Products, the sole provider of zinc penny blanks. Canada eliminated their penny in 2012.
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Penny debate in the United States
public policy debate
TIL that Louis Armstrong always wore a Star of David as an homage to a Jewish family that took him in when he was young and gave him his first horn
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HISTORY
9 Things You May Not Know About Louis Armstrong
Check out nine little-known facts about the jazz legend nicknamed “Satchmo.”
TIL Leonardo DiCaprio has never had a girlfriend over 25 years of age
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Insider
Someone on Reddit made a chart of Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriends — and it seems his cut-off age is 25
Leonardo DiCaprio may grow old, but his girlfriends will stay 22 forever.
TIL: Marge Simpson's hairstyle was originally designed to hide rabbit ears for an eventual reveal that she was secretly a rabbit from Matt Groening's comic strip "Life in Hell."
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CBR
TV Legends Revealed: Does Marge Simpson Have Rabbit Ears Under Her Hair?
Discover whether Marge Simpson's signature big blue beehive actually disguises a pair of rabbit ears.
TIl Norway only spend 3% of their oil fund a year. Because they are saving for the next generation
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Bloomberg
Norway Unexpectedly Withdraws Cash From Massive Wealth Fund
Norway unexpectedly took almost $400 million from its sovereign wealth fund in August, marking the first withdrawal in over a year as western Europe’s biggest petroleum producer takes advantage of its enormous piggy bank amid a decline in oil prices.
TIL During The Great Depression, crop prices dropped so much some farm families burnt corn instead of coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper. Sometimes the countryside smelled like popcorn from all the corn burning in the kitchen stoves.
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Iowa PBS
The Great Depression Hits Farms and Cities in the 1930s
Farmers struggled with low prices all through the 1920s, but after 1929 things began to be hard for city workers as well. After the stock market crash, many businesses started to close or to lay off workers. Many families did not have money to buy things…
TIL Mr Clean Magic Erasers are the same material people use for insulating and soundproofing. It's also easy to buy and cheap, you can by 100 Magic Eraser equivalent for $5.53.
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TIL a person traded his way from a red paperclip to a house in fourteen transactions.
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One red paperclip
website
TIL about Nikolai Vavilov who, obsessed with ending famine, created the world's largest collection of plant seeds, advancing the genetic study of cultivated plants. He faced anti-Mendelian forces during the Stalin era, leading to arrest in 1940. Ironically, he died in captivity, by starvation.
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Nikolai Vavilov
Russian botanist and geneticist
TIL November 2, 2000 was the last time all humans were on Earth together. Ever since then, at least one person has remained on the International Space Station.
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NASA
Humans in Space Overview
NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.
TIL that the lead singer of the California punk band The Offspring (Self Esteem, Come Out and Play, etc.) has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology and that his dissertation focused on HIV/AIDS research.
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Rolling Stone
Offspring’s Dexter Holland Finishes Ph.D, Thesis on HIV Research
The Offspring's Dexter Holland has completed the molecular biology Ph.D program he put on hold to focus on rock & roll.
TIL about the arrest of 16 y/o Daniel LaPlante, who, after a bad date, dug a burrow into the crawl space of the girl’s home & terrorized her for months as a spirit of her late mother then discovered dressed as a bride wielding a hatchet by her dad.
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Parkaman.com
The Strange Case of Daniel LaPlante - Real Night Horror Story
Daniel LaPlante (Danny LaPlante) holds a rare prestige in the annals of true crime. It is not the murders for which LaPlante was responsible for which provided him his infamy, but the nightmarish events which preceded them, despite no lives being lost in…
TIL The Offspring's Album 'Smash' had a small budget of $20,000, which limited studio time, the last four songs recorded for the album were worked through in just two nights. 'Smash' went on to be the best-selling album released by an independent record label with over 11 million sales.
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Wikipedia
Smash (The Offspring album)
Smash is the third studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring, released on April 8, 1994, by Epitaph Records. After touring in support of their previous album Ignition (1992), the band recorded their next album over two months at Track Record in…
TIL that many Union veterans saw it as insulting that Confederate monuments were being built to commemorate the very traitors they fought against. They saw it as an affront to their military service and an affront to their dead colleagues who died fighting the Confederacy.
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PA in the Civil War
The Pennsylvania veterans who opposed Gettysburg’s first Confederate monument
In the decades after the Civil War, Pennsylvania veterans sought to keep Confederate monuments and memorials off the Gettysburg battlefield.