TIL that Grandma Gatewood was the first woman to hike the 2,000+ mile Appalachian Trail solo and in one season, using only Converse shoes, an army blanket and a plastic shower curtain after reading about it in a magazine and telling her children she was going for a walk.
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Grandma Gatewood
American walker
TIL about Jim Thorpe, the first Native American to win a gold medal in the United States. On the morning of his decathlon event, his running shoes were stolen. Using two mismatched shoes (including one taken from the garbage), he won the gold.
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Jim Thorpe
James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a…
TIL that U.S. presidential candidates used to not campaign for themselves and feigned disinterest for the position because of the belief that the presidency of the United States should neither be sought nor declined and that political campaigns were beneath the dignity of men suited for governance.
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TIL earwax analysis shows WWII was stressful for whales
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Baleen whale cortisol levels reveal a physiological response to 20th century whaling
One of the most important challenges researchers and managers confront in conservation ecology is predicting a population’s response to sub-lethal stressors. Such predictions have been particularly elusive when assessing responses of large marine ...
TIL that despite being widely publicized, the Hindenburg disaster was only the 4th worst airship disaster.
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R101
British airship
TIL When the Eagles broke up in 1980, Don Henley said in an interview that they would play again together “when Hell freezes over.” 14 years later, the Eagles released their comeback album, Hell Freezes Over.
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Hell Freezes Over
Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the Eagles, released in 1994. The album is the first to be released after the Eagles had reformed following a fourteen-year-long break up. The band's lineup was that of the Long Run era: Glenn Frey, Don Henley…
TIL of Doug Hegdahl, who was captured during the Vietnam War, who remembered the names of about 256 fellow POWs to the tune of "Old Macdonald Had A Farm" and revealed the conditions of the POW camp to the world
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Doug Hegdahl
US navy sailor
TIL: When chicago radio station “the loop” was replaced by a Christian music station. They signed off with highway to hell!
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iHorror
Rock Radio Station Replaced by Christian Music, Signs Off with "Highway to Hell"
Horror News, Movie Reviews, Movie Interviews, and Movie Previews iHorror Music Radio Station Signs off with Highway to Hell
TIL about two boys from Dublin who travelled to New York via London on their own while evading authorities at only 8 and 10 years of age. They told their mother they wouldn’t go far as she had the dinner on.
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JOE.ie
EXCLUSIVE: The young Dublin stowaways who went to New York will have their incredible story made into a Hollywood movie | JOE.ie
TIL that Alan Alda met his wife of over 60 years at a dinner party when they were the only two guests who ate the rum cake after it fell on the kitchen floor.
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Alan Alda
American actor, director, and writer
TIL The Vietnam war in Vietnam is called, the American War, or the, Resistance War Against America.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from…
TIL Daryl Hall and John Oates, from 80s band Hall & Oates, first met when gunfire from rival gangs broke out at a music competition they were attending and they ran into the same service elevator to escape
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Hall & Oates
American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates
TIL in 2008 the Mayor of Belleville Illinois banned anyone over 12 from trick-or-treating, with violators receiving fines or even jail time.
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Slate Magazine
“Children Have to Know They Can’t Run Amok”: Meet the Mayor Who Banned Trick-or-Treating for Anyone Over 12
“My father told us, ‘You’re too old to go trick or treating.’ Parents made those decisions then, Ruth.”
TIL in pre-industrial times (before electricity) it was normal to get up for a couple of hours in the middle of the night, resume normal activities and then return back to sleep until morning.
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WebMD
What Is Segmented Sleep and Is It Healthy?
Find out whether it's a good idea to break up your nighttime slumber into two shifts.
TIL Michael Jones, one of the all-time greatest rugby players, was a devout Christian, and didn't play on Sundays (which made him miss many World Cup matches). When asked how a religious person can be such a fierce tackler, he replied with a quote from the Bible: "It's better to give than receive"
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Michael Jones (rugby union)
Sir Michael Niko Jones KNZM (born 8 April 1965) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach. He was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick.John Hart, who first selected…
TIL the grandmother of Drew Barrymore, Dolores Costello, spoke with a lisp which affected her transition from silent to talking movies. Her granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, also has a lisp.
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MONOVISIONS
Vintage: Portraits of Dolores Costello – Silent Movie Star
Dolores Costello (1903 - 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She had a younger sister, Hele
TIL Johnny cash got the tempo to "I Walk the Line" from his heartbeat when he wrote the song. His heart beat was pretty fast that day, he felt his pulse and put the music on beat with it.
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Johnny Cash interview with Bobby Bare 1984 - Pt.1
TIL: British pub names are derived from the picture chosen for the pub. Back in the old days most of their customers were illiterate and could only recognise a pub by its picture.
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Pub names
identification method of public houses
TIL Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle, and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great
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TIL that the speed of light was first estimated in 1676 by a Danish Astronomer who was timing the eclipses of Io caused by Jupiter. He noticed the period between eclipses increased with Earth's distance from Jupiter and guessed it was because light had to travel a longer distance.
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Rømer's determination of the speed of light - Wikipedia
TIL that the computer chips that are put into spacecraft are not state of the art, but are so old as to be obsolete. Their known reliability makes up for it.
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Submitted November 01, 2020 at 12:22PM by Axolotlist
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Ars Technica
Space-grade CPUs: How do you send more computing power into space?
Figuring out radiation was a huge "turning point in the history of space electronics."