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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Submitted April 22, 2021 at 06:03PM by huxley75
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Canary Islands
autonomous community of Spain
TIL that in 1959 Robert Hunter of The Grateful Dead and Ken Kesey who wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest signed up to be CIA test subjects and we're given LSD. They enjoyed it so much they would take it from the facility and give it to their friends for recreation.
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TIL 'Carmilla' by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is thought to be the earliest work of vampire fiction written originally in 1871 and pre-dates the more well-known 'Dracula' by 26 years
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Submitted April 22, 2021 at 06:22PM by MarineKingPrime_
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Carmilla
gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu
TIL that Nördlingen was build on top of a 15 million year's old meteorite crater. Stone buildings in the town contain millions of tiny diamonds, all less than 0.2 millimetres across.
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Submitted April 22, 2021 at 11:28PM by agarriberri33
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Nördlingen
town in Bavaria, Germany
TIL April 22nd 1778 was the day America raided England. As captain John Paul Jones attacked, it is said in some accounts that his men landed a boat at the Old Quay slip in Whitehaven and headed straight to the local pub to make merry with an abundance of the local tipple. The attack failed.
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HeritageDaily
April 22nd 1778 - The day America raided England - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
On April 22nd, 1778, a lone USS Naval ship carried out a daring raid during the American Revolutionary War on the town of Whitehaven in England. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
TIL During the "cash for clunkers" program of 2009, the government provided CARFAX vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the 700,000 clunkers that consumers turned in at dealerships. By law, these cars must have their engines taken out and destroyed, and the rest of the metal scrapped.
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HowStuffWorks
How CARFAX Works
The history of CARFAX is quite interesting. Visit HowStuffWorks to learn the history of CARFAX.
TIL that Walter Breuning stopped smoking cigars at age 103 because they became too expensive. At age 108, he began smoking cigars again after receiving a lot of gifts of cigars. He ultimately ended up living to age 114.5 and was the second-last verified surviving man born in the 1800s.
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Walter Breuning
World's oldest man
TIL about the Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis. In 2002 40 Chechens armed with explosives took 850 people hostage in a theater. The Russian military pumped an "undisclosed gas" into the theater, killing all 40 - plus 130 hostages.
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Moscow theater hostage crisis
seizure of a crowded Dubrovka Theater in Russia that happened in 2002
TIL that "ye", as in "ye olde whatever", is pronounced 'the'. It comes from typesetters using y instead of the Old English letter þ which is a th sound.
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Ye olde
"Ye olde" is a pseudo–Early Modern English phrase originally used to suggest a connection between a place or business and Merry England (or the medieval period). The term dates to the 1850s or earlier; it continues to be used today, albeit now more frequently…
Today i learned Gadaffi invited 500 Italian models to a party, only to give them an hour lecture on Islam and a copy of the Qur'an each.
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Submitted April 23, 2021 at 11:24AM by FuzzyIntroduction
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The Independent
Gaddafi's night in with '500 attractive girls' - and the Koran
Mini-skirts and plunging necklines forbidden as Libyan leader tries to convert Roman 'hostesses' to Islam
TIL that each year, 22,000 pounds of dust from the Sahara Desert is carried by air currents to the Amazon Rainforest where it is an important source of phosphorus for tropical plants
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Submitted April 23, 2021 at 12:55PM by EtOHMartini
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NASA
NASA Satellite Reveals How Much Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon’s Plants
What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?
TIL About a Nez Percè women named Watkuweis. In 1805, she convinced her tribe not to kill a weakened Lewis and Clark Expedition, and help them instead. Her altruism saved one of the most important expeditions in history. (U.S. National Park Service)
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Watkuweis and the Lewis and Clark Expediton (U.S. National Park Service)
TIL that treatment resistant depression in adults is related to previously undetected ADHD.
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Low hedonic tone and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: risk factors for treatment resistance in depressed adults
The burdens imposed by treatment-resistant depression (TRD) necessitate the identification of predictive factors that may improve patient treatment and outcomes. Because depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are frequently comorbid…
TIL that the worlds rarest tree, Kaikōmako native to New Zealand, has been rescued from extinction after 40 years of trying to get the very last female tree in the world to fruit again
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Submitted April 23, 2021 at 04:41PM by Thyriel81
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Manaaki Whenua
Kaikōmako manawa tāwhi (Pennantia baylisiana) returned to iwi
One of the world’s rarest trees has potentially been saved from extinction and returned to its rohe.
TIL that in 2005 a Russian private was forced to squat for four hours as part of a brutal army hazing ritual and the lack of blood flow resulted in his genitals and legs requiring amputation sparking public outcry in Russia
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Andrey Sychyov
Russian soldier
TIL about Australian drug smuggler David McMillan who is the only Westerner to have successfully escaped Bangkok's notorious Klong Prem prison. He cut his cell bars with hacksaws, scaled seven inner walls, then mounting the outer wall using a bamboo ladder.
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David McMillan (smuggler)
British-Australian drug smuggler
TIL that Gaddafi had a serious obsession with Condoleezza Rice, showering her with over $200,000 in gifts and having a famous local composer write a song for her called “Black Flower in the White House”
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CNN
Condoleezza Rice says Gadhafi crush was 'weird and a bit creepy' - CNN
Condoleezza Rice described Moammar Gadhafi's crush on her as "weird and a bit creepy," saying she was relieved that a video he made of her was not raunchy.
TIL that Vietnam War medics formed the core of early EMS. Their training and experience were needed, as many first responders in the 60s were undertrained funeral home workers. So, those wounded in combat actually had a better chance of survival than those getting into car accidents in the US.
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Submitted April 23, 2021 at 06:52PM by SomeGuy671
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Time
Emergency Medical Workers Are Integral to Fighting COVID-19. Just a Few Decades Ago, the EMS System Didn’t Exist in the U.S.
A 1966 report found that seriously wounded Americans had better chances of survival in combat zones than the average city street
TIL A Swedish company has created a "Mollii" suit that helps people with Parkinson's disease and stroke get rid of tremors using electrical stimulation.
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YouTube
Mollii helps Kevin who suffers Parkinsonism/idiopathic tremor
Thanks to Mollii, Kevin makes quick visit at his old working place; for the first time in years, and puts a smile on Inventor Fredrik Lundqvist face.
Kevin has sufferered from severe shaking attacks for five years due to Parkinsonism/idiopathic tremor, with…
Kevin has sufferered from severe shaking attacks for five years due to Parkinsonism/idiopathic tremor, with…
TIL some apartment complexes are requiring dog owners to submit their pets’ DNA in order to catch and fine tenants who do not pick up their dog’s poop
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Submitted April 23, 2021 at 11:10PM by theirmomlovesthem
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