TIL that the residents of Glasgow, Scotland, donated more money to the UK's WW1 tank program than any other city. A year later, tanks were sent into Glasgow to help suppress a strike of workers demanding higher post-war wages. (The photo in this article is from the fundraising, not the strike)
https://ift.tt/3ujYLP3
Submitted May 04, 2021 at 06:52PM by mean11while
via reddit https://ift.tt/3xEP3sG
https://ift.tt/3ujYLP3
Submitted May 04, 2021 at 06:52PM by mean11while
via reddit https://ift.tt/3xEP3sG
HeraldScotland
How Scotland created the tank ... and how the tank was turned on Scotland
One hundred years ago this week tanks made their first appearance on the battlefield and the face of modern warfare was changed for ever. They were…
TIL that having a credit card balance greater than 30% of your credit limit will negatively affect your credit score.
https://ift.tt/3nNDZ81
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 03:05AM by GeezusKreist
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eSod7N
https://ift.tt/3nNDZ81
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 03:05AM by GeezusKreist
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eSod7N
The Balance
The Big Reason You Should Keep Credit Card Balances Low
Your credit card balance affects your credit score, in a good or bad way. Learn the ideal credit card balance for a good score and how to get there.
TIL That American Idol Judge Randy Jackson is the current bassist for the band Journey and played with them in the 80s
https://ift.tt/3uwGs9L
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 12:29AM by matttheshack69
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ujwXKF
https://ift.tt/3uwGs9L
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 12:29AM by matttheshack69
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ujwXKF
guitarworld
The Big Dawg is back: American Idol’s Randy Jackson rejoins Journey as bassist
The Rock Hall of Famers also announced new drummer, jazz-fusion legend Narada Michael Walden
TIL one of the deadliest genocides in history, the Taranaki Maori invasion of New Zealand's Chatham islands. The islands were inhabited by the pacifist Moriori, who refused to retaliate in order uphold their principles, as a result saw 95% of their population killed in 20 years
https://ift.tt/3dXRX4n
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:26AM by its_samaclause
via reddit https://ift.tt/3gWOLHQ
https://ift.tt/3dXRX4n
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:26AM by its_samaclause
via reddit https://ift.tt/3gWOLHQ
Wikipedia
Moriori Genocide
The Moriori Genocide was the systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, enslavement, and cultural annihilation of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of the mainland New Zealand iwi of Ngāti Mutunga and to a lesser…
TIL JFK had an affair with the wife of a CIA operative up until his death. It’s likely that they did drugs together in the White House when Jackie left town. The CIA wiretapped her phone and broke into her studio. She was mysteriously murdered a year after JFK’s death.
https://ift.tt/3d8yRWc
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:45AM by run-dnc
via reddit https://ift.tt/3nUUak3
https://ift.tt/3d8yRWc
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:45AM by run-dnc
via reddit https://ift.tt/3nUUak3
Town & Country
Inside the Unsolved Murder of JFK's Mistress Mary Pinchot Meyer
A new true crime podcast revisits the mysterious 1964 murder of the Washington, D.C. socialite.
Today I learned wooly mammoths are in fact the same size as African bush elephants, contrary to the popular belief that they are much larger.
https://ift.tt/1whzfJh
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:27AM by Super_ACF
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ujIKc9
https://ift.tt/1whzfJh
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:27AM by Super_ACF
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ujIKc9
Wikipedia
Woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is a species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning with Mammuthus subplanifrons in the early Pliocene.…
TIL: 'Breakfast is the most important meal of the day' was marketing slogan
https://ift.tt/3ufggjD
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 06:32AM by Ok_Influence9398
via reddit https://ift.tt/3un0a7z
https://ift.tt/3ufggjD
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 06:32AM by Ok_Influence9398
via reddit https://ift.tt/3un0a7z
Mashed.com
The Secret History Of Breakfast
Why do we eat cornflakes? Why are pancakes a breakfast food? What did we drink at breakfast before we had coffee? Discover the truth about your morning meal.
TIL in 2006, a man hired a hitman to kill his wife. His wife strangled the hitman.
https://ift.tt/2RofW3t
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 06:59AM by hfish001
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ufk3NT
https://ift.tt/2RofW3t
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 06:59AM by hfish001
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ufk3NT
oregonlive
Woman who fatally strangled hitman in 2006 grows anxious as ex-husband nears prison release date
Susan Walters, the ex-wife of Michael Kuhnhausen Sr., is busy preparing to do everything she can to protect herself once he is released from prison later this year.
TIL "Korean Air Lines Flight 007", with 269 passengers and crew, accidentally strayed into Soviet Prohibited Airspace, leading to the plane being shot down by a SU-15. To prevent such a tragedy, US President Ronald Reagan declassified a critical military tech, "GPS", and allowed for worldwide use.
https://ift.tt/15uEJOb
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 12:02PM by quackycoder
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eh6ZSu
https://ift.tt/15uEJOb
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 12:02PM by quackycoder
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eh6ZSu
Wikipedia
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
1983 shoot-down of a civilian airliner
TIL 17% of Poland's population was killed during WW2
https://ift.tt/2cKRuV0
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:31AM by daddymateriial
via reddit https://ift.tt/3vGK8FR
https://ift.tt/2cKRuV0
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:31AM by daddymateriial
via reddit https://ift.tt/3vGK8FR
Wikipedia
World War II casualties
World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion). Deaths directly caused by the war (including military and civilians fatalities)…
TIL that birds aren't just descendent from dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs. They evolved specifically from small, carnivorous theropods
https://ift.tt/2SjFIX0
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 01:18PM by Charity896
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ejsiD2
https://ift.tt/2SjFIX0
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 01:18PM by Charity896
via reddit https://ift.tt/3ejsiD2
ZME Science
Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?
It's remarkable what evolution can do in millions of years.
TIL avocados evolved alongside extinct megafauna like giant ground sloths whose digestive system could pass the intact pit. Human cultivation saved the avocado.
https://ift.tt/1PYXmXf
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 02:52PM by gedaliyah
via reddit https://ift.tt/3vFPb9C
https://ift.tt/1PYXmXf
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 02:52PM by gedaliyah
via reddit https://ift.tt/3vFPb9C
TIL Madame Nhu, Catholic first lady of South Vietnam (sister-in-law of unmarried President Diem), publicly responded to monk Thich Quang Duc's self immolation with "Let them burn & we shall clap our hands," insulting many among the Buddhist majority. Her father, ambassador to the US, disowned her.
https://ift.tt/2bRsEx4
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 03:30PM by nehala
via reddit https://ift.tt/3b3SfED
https://ift.tt/2bRsEx4
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 03:30PM by nehala
via reddit https://ift.tt/3b3SfED
Wikipedia
Madame Nhu
First lady of South Vietnam (1924-2011)
TIL, dogs can laugh. It's a specific kind of panting. If you play this sound to dogs in shelters, it can initiate play and decrease stress levels.
https://ift.tt/2oAXvc8
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 03:05PM by liarandathief
via reddit https://ift.tt/3elrSw8
https://ift.tt/2oAXvc8
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 03:05PM by liarandathief
via reddit https://ift.tt/3elrSw8
Wikipedia
Laughter in animals
overview of laughter in animals
TIL of Gnosticism, a early form of Christianity that viewed Yahweh as a evil, lesser god who created the material universe (which was purposely flawed) . They believed Jesus saved them from Yahweh to meet the one, true God who was shrouded in mystery. This was condemned as heresy by the early church
https://ift.tt/VgPfuL
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:02PM by Yabadoo_scoob
via reddit https://ift.tt/3uoaCfd
https://ift.tt/VgPfuL
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:02PM by Yabadoo_scoob
via reddit https://ift.tt/3uoaCfd
Wikipedia
Gnosticism
variety of religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish Christian milieux
TIL that Keith Flint (of The Prodigy) became a popular pub owner in Essex following his music career. Flint eventually brought in a jar to collect one-pound fines from customers who referenced the song "Firestarter" as he tended to the pub's fireplace.
https://ift.tt/2lPbBED
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 07:10PM by HitlerNorthDakota
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eUwwjJ
https://ift.tt/2lPbBED
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 07:10PM by HitlerNorthDakota
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eUwwjJ
Wikipedia
Keith Flint
English dancer and vocalist
TIL in the 1700s, King Louis XIV and other males began wearing high heels as a sign of status. But soon their popularity and a race for increasingly higher heels required regulation; ½ inch for commoners, 1 inch for the bourgeois, 1½ inches for knights, 2 inches for nobles and 2½ inches for princes.
https://ift.tt/3h4s2te
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:47PM by WhileFalseRepeat
via reddit https://ift.tt/3h33DEt
https://ift.tt/3h4s2te
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:47PM by WhileFalseRepeat
via reddit https://ift.tt/3h33DEt
Wikipedia
High-heeled shoe
footwear that raises the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes
TIL that England experiences large spikes in power demand during half-time at football games due to widespread use of electric kettles
https://ift.tt/2QURfvH
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:58PM by nitrokitty
via reddit https://ift.tt/3vHK1d3
https://ift.tt/2QURfvH
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 05:58PM by nitrokitty
via reddit https://ift.tt/3vHK1d3
U.S.
England brews up sufficient power for World Cup tea-time surge
Britain's electricity network operator National Grid is surveying football fans and analysing data to make sure it can respond to an expected surge in demand when UK viewers of the World Cup brew their traditional cup of half-time tea.
TIl that 46 BC was 445 days long and is the longest year in human history.
https://ift.tt/1McTOtu
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 04:36PM by littlepsychobrownkid
via reddit https://ift.tt/33kl77c
https://ift.tt/1McTOtu
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 04:36PM by littlepsychobrownkid
via reddit https://ift.tt/33kl77c
Wikipedia
46 BC
year
TIL that Cinco De Mayo's popularity as a holiday in the US is largely due to a marketing campaign launched by Corona's importer in 1989.
https://ift.tt/3b50joD
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 08:45PM by hotelNoiseComplaint
via reddit https://ift.tt/2QNcDmF
https://ift.tt/3b50joD
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 08:45PM by hotelNoiseComplaint
via reddit https://ift.tt/2QNcDmF
VinePair
How Corona Made Cinco De Mayo An American Holiday
Cinco De Mayo was originally intended to connect Mexican Americans to U.S. history, but it's evolved into a major drinking event. Here's how that happened.
TIL that college students scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory test (NPI) have been trending steadily upward since the mid to late 80s indicating that people are becoming more narcissistic.
https://ift.tt/3h4xT20
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 08:32PM by agreeingstorm9
via reddit https://ift.tt/3h3Uo7d
https://ift.tt/3h4xT20
Submitted May 05, 2021 at 08:32PM by agreeingstorm9
via reddit https://ift.tt/3h3Uo7d
ResearchGate
Figure 2: College students' Narcissistic Personality Inventory scores...
Download scientific diagram | College students' Narcissistic Personality Inventory scores by time period. Capped vertical bars denote ±1 SE. from publication: Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory…