TIL NASA's longest serving female employee since January 1958, Sue Finley, has been an engineer and programmer for space missions since Explorer 1, for missions to the Moon, Sun, all the planets and many other solar system bodies, and recipient of NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal.
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Susan G. Finley
software engineer
TIL In the 20's a freak show saved over 6500 premature babies' lives. Hospitals would leave them to die; but a "fake" Dr by the name of Martin Couney would display the babies in an experimental glass case called an incubator. He used the proceeds to pay for the show, seeing an 85% survival rate.
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Man Who Ran a Carnival Attraction That Saved Thousands of Premature Babies Wasn't a Doctor at All
Martin Couney carried a secret with him, but the results are unimpeachable
TIL cannabis is invasive in North America, referred to as 'feral cannabis,' 'wild marijuana,' and 'ditch weed' when it grows in the wild. Seeds can lie dormant for 7-10 years and the wild plant can damage farm equipment. Feral cannabis is cultivated in North Korea.
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Feral cannabis
Wild-growing cannabis descended from cultivated hemp plants
TIL that not everyone can unfocus their eyes whenever they want to. It's accomplished by having the ability to relax the ciliary muscles in your eyes, which causes them to lose their focusing powers.
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Submitted April 22, 2021 at 02:12AM by nekosakomako
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Healthline
Can Everyone Unfocus Their Eyes? Answers and More
Focusing and unfocusing your eyes is typically an automatic function, but there are some conditions that may make it difficult.
TIL that Bernie Madoff’s wife was allowed to keep $2.5M of stolen money
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CNBC
Bernie Madoff's wife Ruth settles with court-appointed trustee
Ruth Madoff, the wife of imprisoned swindler Bernie Madoff, agreed to pay $594,000 and surrender her remaining assets when she dies to settle claims by the court-appointed trustee liquidating her husband's firm.
TIL Unabomber Ted Kaczynski said, in a letter, that he would stop the killing if his manifesto were printed. The Washington Post printed the 35,000 word essay, at which point Kaczynski's brother recognized the writing style and turned him in.
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HISTORY
Unabomber arrested
At his small wilderness cabin near Lincoln, Montana, Theodore John Kaczynski is arrested by FBI agents and accused of being the Unabomber, the elusive terrorist
TIL that there are parts of the US in which adult illiteracy is over 30%
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Library Journal
How Serious Is America's Literacy Problem?
The first step in solving a problem is seeing it clearly. This article, part one of an ongoing series, defines the broad scope and depth of the literacy crisis in the United States, among both children and adults. Future installments will address the complex…
TIL gorillas are mostly peaceful giants, preferring acts of intimidation and diplomacy over full on violence even with rivals. There have only been a handful of human attacks, and an even smaller number of fatal attacks, mostly when they perceived humans as a threat and warnings were ignored.
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Bbc
Are gorillas a danger to people?
What's the actual evidence for whether these apes will hurt humans?
TIL that Henry VIII was sometimes called "Old Coppernose." He issued debased coins to fund wars and one coin was mostly copper with a thin layer of silver on top. The coin had a portrait of Henry and his projecting nose caused the silver to wear off first exposing the copper underneath.
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The Great Debasement
16th Century English currency policy
TIL of the man in the iron mask, a mysterious person arrested in 1669 who died captive in the Bastille after 34 years. The prisoner had got their noscript from the mask that they had to wear at all times, making the identity of the person wearing the mask forever unknown even after their death.
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Man in the Iron Mask
historically prominent French prisoner
TIL scientists "hacked" the genetic code of brewer's yeast to produce cannabis compounds. They inserted genes from cannabis plants into the yeast's genetic code which allowed it to produce CBD and THC. Their end goal is to allow large scale cannabinoid production without cultivation.
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Nature
Scientists brew cannabis using hacked beer yeast
Researchers modify microbe to manufacture cannabis compounds including the psychoactive chemical THC.
TIL the King's doctor Johann Struensee seized power for over a year in 18th century Denmark. He managed to abolish slavery, abolish censorship of the press, and have an affair with the Queen before being ousted and executed in 1772
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Johann Friedrich Struensee
De facto regent of Denmark (1737-1772)
TIL that as the Bangladesh liberation war neared its end, a final effort was made by Pakistan to kill as many intellectuals as possible, to eliminate the future leaders of the new nation of Bangladesh.
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Martyred Intellectuals Day
Martyred Intellectuals Day is observed on 14 December in Bangladesh
TIL primatologist Jane Goodall, actor Brad Pitt and Apple Inc. founder Steve Wozniak all suffer from prosopagnosia or face blindness.
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Category:People with prosopagnosia
People with prosopagnosia, or "face blindness."
TIL a study found that Ellen DeGeneres and Kim Kardashian rank among the highest for fake followers on social media, nearly 50%.
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Rolling Out
Report: Nearly half of Kim Kardashian's Instagram followers are fake - Rolling Out
Reality TV queen Kim Kardashian boasts an Instagram following of well over 100 million people a recent report states about half of them are fake.
TIL that prior to penicillin, giving a patient malaria was used as a cure for syphilis. Julius Wagner-Jauregg actually the Nobel prize for discovering that the fevers caused by malaria kills off the syphilis and then later you can cure the malaria with quinine.
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History of syphilis
aspect of history
TIL the idea that female fertility dramatically drops at 35 is inaccurate and based on a 19th century study. Modern studies show women over 45 still have an up to 50% chance of getting pregnant.
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Age and female fertility
Female fertility is affected by age. Age is thus a major fertility factor for women. Menarche, the first menstrual period, usually occurs around 12–13, although it may happen earlier or later, depending on each girl. After puberty, female fertility increases…
TIL author Ian Fleming was so horrified at the prospect of his impending marriage that he wrote a book to distract himself. In 2 months he finished CASINO ROYALE, the first in a series about a spy named James Bond.
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Bring Ambition
12 Writing Lessons from Ian Fleming, Creator of James Bond
How Ian Fleming's unique writing approach helped create a billion-dollar franchise, an immortal character, and the world's greatest spy stories "My daily occupation in Jamaica is spearfishing and underwater exploring," wrote Ian Fleming, the now-legendary…
TIL The actor who played Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazard went to Columbia and Yale, spoke 5 languages, and was a counterintelligence officer during the Korean War
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Sorrell Booke
American actor
TIL USSR banned lobotomies in 1950. Doctors there: "contrary to the principles of humanity" and "'through lobotomy' an insane person is changed into an idiot". Used in US until 1977.
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Lobotomy
neurosurgical operation
TIL I learned the Canary Islands are named after the Latin word for dog (canis) and canary birds are named for the Islands
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Canary Islands
autonomous community of Spain