TIL Traditionalist Catholic Priest Richard Williamson was consecrated as a Bishop in 1988, immediately excommunicated by Pope John Paul II, un-excommunicated in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI, and then re-excommunicated in 2015 by Pope Francis.
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Richard Williamson (bishop)
Richard Nelson Williamson (born 8 March 1940) is an English Traditionalist bishop formerly in communion with the Catholic Church who opposes the changes in the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. He was originally a member of the Society of…
TIL that the Holocaust in Eastern Europe was initial carried out by shooting. Gassing began when the mass shootings proved too stressful for the death squads, whose members developed high rates of mental illness and alcoholism
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Einsatzgruppen
Einsatzgruppen (German: [ˈaɪnzatsˌɡʁʊpm̩], lit. 'deployment groups'; also 'task forces') were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass-murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German…
TIL the reason Premier League footballer Adama Traore slaps baby oil onto his arms before a match is to prevent defenders from grabbing hold of him as he outpaces them. Prior to the baby oil solution, he had dislocated his shoulder four times in one season due to this.
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Why Adama Traore rubs baby oil on his arms before games | SportsJOE.ie
Wolverhampton Wanderer's manager Nuno Espírito Santo has revealed why midfielder Adama Traore always rubs baby oil on his arms.
TIL: In 1808 the United Kingdom's navy formed the West Africa Squadron, who placed a blockade around Africa to intercept and free slaves being transported to America. Around 2,000 British sailors died on their mission of freeing slaves within the West Africa Squadron.
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Blockade of Africa
The Blockade of Africa began in 1808 after the United Kingdom outlawed the Atlantic slave trade, making it illegal for British ships to transport slaves. The Royal Navy immediately established a presence off Africa to enforce the ban, called the West Africa…
TIL that Louis Chevrolet, a Swiss immigrant in America, co-founded the famous car company and later sold off his stake in his company. After failed business ventures and the 1929 crash, the impoverished Chevrolet then got work as a simple mechanic at his own namesake company and died penniless.
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Louis Chevrolet
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (French: [ʃəvʁɔlɛ]; December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss race car driver, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911, and a founder in 1916 of the Frontenac Motor Corporation.
TIL Saturday Night Live still uses cue cards instead of teleprompters, and Wally Feresten has been doing it for over 30 years.
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What Seth Meyers says about Fall River's Wally Feresten, 'SNL,' 'Late Night' cue card guy
Fall River-born Wally Feresten has made it to the top of the cue card world with jobs at SNL and Late Night with Seth Meyers.
TIL: Radio host Jean Shepherd urged listeners to enter bookstores and ask for a book noscriptd "I, Libertine" that didn’t exist. So many people took part in this hoax that the book was soon on The New York Times Best Seller list.
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I, Libertine
novel by Theodore Sturgeon
TIL Bulla Felix was a Roman bandit leader active around 205–207 AD. Bulla is known for not killing his victims, stealing only some of their money, employing artists, disguising himself as Roman officials, and leading a 600 man regiment of runaway slaves and free men.
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Bulla Felix
Early 3rd century Roman bandit leader
TIL of gastrodiplomacy: government efforts that usually look to expand the number of international restaurants featuring their cuisines to gain more global influence. It’s a large reason why Thai food became so popular in the early 2000s.
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Culinary diplomacy
type of cultural diplomacy
TIL that despite being common in the Middle East at the time, domesticated cats are not mentioned in the Bible even once
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Newman Research Centre for the Bible and its Reception
Why are there no cats in the Bible?
Of the hundreds of different animals named in the Bible, the cat lovers among us might be disturbed to find that there is no mention of their beloved companion/house-guest in the Bible. Were there …
TIL that Steve Irwin and his father discovered a species of turtles that can breathe through their cloaca in 1990. It's named after them: Irwin's turtle.
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Irwin's turtle
species of reptile
TIL of Adolf Hitler’s Madagascar Plan. The plan was to relocate all the Jews to Madagascar. This idea later was shelved in favor for the mass genocide of the population.
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The World from PRX
The Nazi plan to relocate Jews to Madagascar, one of World War II's
Germany's Madagascar Plan is one of the lesser-known ‘what ifs’ of World War II history.
TIL in 1997, Lottie Williams of Tulsa Oklahoma, was struck harmlessly in the shoulder by a 15cm piece of metallic material which was determined to be a piece of a Delta II rocket that had been launched eight months earlier. Williams is the only known person to have been struck by space debris.
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Midcourse Space Experiment
space observatory
TIL Rats can learn to drive, and seem to enjoy it
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Rats love driving tiny cars, even when they don’t get treats
It was for a study on how enriched environments can affect stress response.
TIL Microsoft's iconic Solitaire game for Windows was developed in 1988 by then intern Wes Cherry out of boredom. He received no royalties.
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Meet the Intern Who Wrote Solitaire for Microsoft
In 1988, Wes Cherry was an intern at Microsoft when he created a game that would change the lives of office workers forever. That game was Solitaire. At the time there weren't many desktop computer games and most households still didn't have personal computers.…
TIL the movie Kung Pow: Enter the Fist was written, directed, and starred by the same person (Steve Oedekerk). He used footage from a 1976 Hong Kong film and filmed new scenes to create a new plot. He re-dubbed all characters himself (except for the character Whoa).
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Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
2002 film by Steve Oedekerk
TIL that because Peru's Machu Picchu is in a hidden location, invisible from below, the Spanish conquistadors never came across the site, and thus were not able to destroy it. Local communities knew about it, but because the Spanish had a reputation of destroying temples, they did not speak of it.
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Machu Picchu 101 | National Geographic
Machu Picchu is a testament to the power and ingenuity of the Inca empire. Built without the use of mortar, metal tools, or the wheel, Machu Picchu stands as an archaeological wonder of the ancient world. But why was it built—and deserted?
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TIL that showman P.T. Barnum got his start by purchasing an enslaved woman named Joice Heth. She was in her 70’s but he claimed she was 161 years old and had been the nanny of George Washington. He exhibited her until her death, and then allowed the public to view her autopsy for 50 cents each
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TIL that 3 of the 5 longest recorded sniper kills were by Canadian soldiers using the McMillan TAC-50 rifle.
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McMillan TAC-50
sniper rifle and anti-materiel rifle
TIL IBM donated an International Translator System for use at the Nuremberg Trials, which brought the trial to life through simultaneous interpretation of English, Russian, French, and German delivered to 600 headsets with five audio channels. Later, IBM sold the proven system to the United Nations.
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The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Translating and Interpreting the Nuremberg Trials | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Interpreters and translators were the unspoken heroes of the Nuremberg Trials. Their work at Nuremberg was a groundbreaking development in simultaneous interpretation.
TIL Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in an NBA game in 1962 but it was not televised and no video footage of the game has since been recovered. NBA wasnt recognized as being a major sports league and struggled to compete against college basketball. No members of the New York press were at the game
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Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.…