TIL that wallabies, high on opium are responsible for creating crop circles in Tasmania.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 04:21PM by Fitz_cuniculus
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Wallabies damaging crops in Tasmania poppy fields after getting high
State official talks of problem for suppliers of legally grown opium
TIL that in 2017 Steve Whitmire, who had voiced Kermit the Frog for 27 years was fired for being disrespectful; he spoke up against changes being made to the character he felt were against what creator Jim Henson would have wanted such as Kermit lying to his nephew.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 05:56PM by Paint_Her
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BBC News
Kermit actor fired over 'unacceptable business conduct'
The Muppets Studio and Steve Whitmire give their accounts of why he was fired as the voice of Kermit.
TIL people really do have a "type" when it comes to romantic attraction. According to a study, 50% of people’s preferences for faces is unique to them, and who we find attractive is most strongly influenced by our life experiences.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 05:04PM by put_the_d_in_bdsm
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TIL that the frontal lobes atrophy as we age. This doesn’t hurt intelligence, but it is responsible for inhibiting inappropriate thoughts. This is why older adults have greater difficulty in thinking and start voicing ideas they would have previously suppressed.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 06:30PM by put_the_d_in_bdsm
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BBC News
Do people become more prejudiced as they grow older?
It is not unusual for people to become more prejudiced as they get older, argues professor of psychology William von Hippel.
TIL in many countries, instead of leaving milk and cookies for Santa, kids leave out beer, sherry, and other alcohol drinks.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 05:41PM by VY99
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Insider
10 snacks children around the world leave for Santa
Kids in the US leave out milk and cookies for Santa, but that's not the norm around the world. From beer to rice pudding, see what others feed him.
TIL the Titanic did not have insufficient lifeboats because it was "unsinkable". Regulations at the time only required a small amount because they thought there would be enough time to ferry passengers back and forth to waiting rescue ships.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 05:56PM by thenewyorkgod
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Titanic
British transatlantic passenger liner, launched and foundered in 1912
TIL that on May 26, 1947, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a memo on the film It's a Wonderful Life. The memo stated that the film represented rather obvious attempts to malign bankers and the upper class with the character of Mr. Potter, and accused the film of promoting communism.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 09:16PM by TrashClear483
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It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loosely based on the 1843…
TIL that hunter-gatherer culture was the norm for 90 percent of human history.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 09:29PM by Knob42069
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Hunter-gatherer
human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals)
TIL - Queen Elizabeth II ordered the guest rooms of her palace to be stripped of valuables before the President of Romania visited in 1978 because she feared he and his wife would steal from her.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 10:03PM by ChickenTikkaMasala69
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Dictator With Deep Suitcases Had Queen Hiding the Silver
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II ordered guest rooms stripped of valuables before a state visit by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1978, a British newspaper said Sunday.
TIL that outside of the US, when an English speaking government "tables" a proposal, it means they are putting it up for consideration. In the US it means the exact opposite: putting it away, no longer considering it.
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Submitted December 24, 2021 at 08:03PM by AssaultedCracker
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Table (parliamentary procedure)
parliamentary procedure
TIL that traditionally, a bachelor party was a farewell dinner - hosted, organized and paid for entirely by the groom. It was seen as his last chance to entertain his friends as a single man, because once married, dinner parties at his home would always then be presided over by his wife
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 01:54AM by Sansabina
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Groomsman
member of the groom's party in a wedding
TIL People with Blue eyes show the strongest association with alcohol dependency
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 12:20AM by meowroarhiss
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Health.com
The Strange Link Between Blue Eyes and Alcohol Addiction Risk
Your eye color may tell you something about your risk for alcohol addiction, according to a surprising new study from researchers at the University of Vermont.
TIL that crowds who watched the first execution by guillotine were unsatisfied with how quick and effective it was and stated that it didn't provide them with "proper entertainment"
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 02:55AM by moondog151
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Wikipedia
Nicolas Jacques Pelletier
French highwayman
TIL HBO Max did not choose its name to be denoscriptive. Rather, it's a portmanteau of HBO and Cinemax, which are owned by the same company
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 01:24AM by JonGilbony
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HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subnoscription-based video on demand service owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia, through its WarnerMedia Direct subsidiary. The service was launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, in Latin America and the Caribbean on June 29, 2021, and…
TIL the James Webb Space Telescope is so sensitive it could theoretically detect the heat signature of a bumble bee at the distance of the moon.
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 05:48AM by tretuttle
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Webb's Launch GSFC/NASA
NASA's Webb Space Telescope Launch: From arrival at the ESA launch Facility in Kourou French Guiana, through launch and deployment, this is your starting point for exploring Webb's launch and commissioning. The James Webb Space Telescope's revolutionary…
TIL Japan's execution system is done only by hanging, with prisoners in "detention centers" being taken to an execution chamber and dropped to their death using a trapdoor.
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Tokyo Detention House
building in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, Japan
TIL the only person to die playing baseball is Ray Chapman in 1920 at age 29; he was hit by a pitch and died 12 hours later. His death helped lead to the ban on spitballs after the season and requiring umpires to replace dirty balls. It helped lead to the use of batting helmets albeit 30 years later
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Ray Chapman
American baseball player
TIL the German peasents war (1524-1525) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe. It failed because of intense opposition from the aristocracy, who slaughtered up to 100,000 of the 300,000 poorly armed peasants and farmers
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German Peasants' War
The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt (German: Deutscher Bauernkrieg) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. It failed because of intense opposition from the aristocracy…
TIL that James Webb ran NASA in the 1960’s and pushed for a balance between space flight and science. He wrote in 1965 that a major space telescope should be pursued.
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 03:40PM by Velinarae
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Who Is James Webb - Webb/NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in…
TIL it used to be thought that the deepest depths of the ocean were a lifeless desert, but research carried out since the mid-1980s finds that the ocean floor is teeming with life and may rival tropical rainforests for biodiversity.
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 03:33PM by janmayeno
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Wikipedia
Wreck of the Titanic
The Titanic was a ship wreck that took place in 1912.
TIL Infection with a particular parasite (T. gondii) reduces general anxiety and risk aversion in rodents while increasing exploratory behaviour, causing them to not only no longer avoid areas with cat scents, but even to be attracted to them.
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Submitted December 25, 2021 at 11:04AM by HintOfMalice
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EurekAlert!
Cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predators
The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause infected rodents to lose their fear of feline predators, which makes them easier to catch. Predators then spread the parasites through their feces. But this so-called fatal feline attraction theory is flawed…