TIL about Project 100k, where LBJ and Sec of Def Robert MacNamara decided to lower the mental and medical standards to recruit more soldiers to fight in Vietnam. These soldiers died at ~3x the normal rate.
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Submitted January 06, 2022 at 07:09PM by _Tactleneck_
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Wikipedia
Project 100,000
1960s program by the United States Department of Defense to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards
TIL in 1943 three Italian POWs escaped a British camp and climbed Mount Kenya with improvised equipment. After an eventful 18-day period on the mountain, they broke back into camp. They received 28 days in solitary confinement, commuted to 7 days by the camp's commandant for their "sporting effort"
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Submitted January 06, 2022 at 06:54PM by Brutal_Deluxe_
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No Picnic on Mount Kenya
1947 book by Felice Benuzzi
TIL: it’s so common and customary to have American style tacos on Fridays in Norway, they have a name for it: Fredagstacos
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Submitted January 06, 2022 at 08:04PM by Tinaszombie
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Sons of Norway |
In Norway, it’s Taco Friday | Sons of Norway
TIL that one of Rowan Atkinson's first appearances as Mr. Bean was at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival in 1987. There, Atkinson insisted on being on the French-speaking bill to see how Bean's act would work on a non-English-speaking audience. At the time, organizers were confused but accepted.
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Submitted January 06, 2022 at 08:51PM by sexpressed
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Mr. Bean
British comedy television series
TIL about Room 39, a secret organization tasked with earning foreign money for the North Korean government. They are estimated to earn up to $1 Billion annually, allegedly being involved in drug trade, counterfeiting money, insurance fraud and workers exploitation. They also run a restaurant chain.
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Submitted January 06, 2022 at 10:26PM by weissergspritzter
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Room 39
alleged slush fund operated by the North Korean government
TIL Richie Havens created the song "Freedom" spontaneously at the Woodstock festival as he had nothing else to play, but needed to continue performing as the other acts were delayed. It became his most famous song. He then had to watch the Woodstock movie to learn how to play it.
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Submitted January 06, 2022 at 10:57PM by omnificunderachiever
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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Richie Havens: 50 Years of Peace & Music
Richie Havens was the opening act at Woodstock, even though he wasn't scheduled to be. Learn more about his iconic opening performance and music career here.
TIL that octopuses have copper-based blood rather than iron-based blood…which makes their blood blue in color. (Incidentally, they also have three hearts to pump that blood.)
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 12:32AM by Willie_Everlearn
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Today I learned that Ringo Starr suggested that the Beatles album that would eventually be noscriptd Revolver should be noscriptd After Geography, in reference to the recently-released Rolling Stones album Aftermath.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 01:23AM by wimpykidfan37
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Revolver (Beatles album)
Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 5 August 1966, accompanied by the double A-side single "Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine". The album was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement…
TIL that leap years are not EVERY 4 years; every century we skip a leap year unless that year is also a multiple of 400, so there was no leap year in 1700, 1800, or 1900, but there was in 2000. Nobody alive today has experienced a skipped leap year.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 03:25AM by ShitpostMcPoopypants
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TIL about the Heikegani, or "Samurai Crab". Their shell bears resemblance to an angry samurai, and are commonly thrown back by Japanese fishermen out of respect for Heike warriors defeated in the Battle of Dan-no-ura in the year 1185.
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Heikegani
species of crustacean
TIL: In the UK more than 7,000 people still watch TV in black and white more than half a century after color broadcasts began.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 12:30AM by LimeSugar
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BBC News
Thousands still watch TV in black and white
More than 7,000 people stick with monochrome viewing half a century after colour broadcasts began.
TIL that in 2016, TNT rejected a TV Pilot called ‘Civil’ about a disputed election that slides into civil unrest and eventually war, because they thought it was too close to home for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 07:02AM by Derpy_Kirby
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Deadline
Modern-Day Civil War Drama Pilot ‘Civil’ Not Going Forward At TNT
TNT has opted not to proceed with its pilot Civil. The political and social drama was a hot prospect when it was picked up to pilot in May, as its plot sounded ominously close to real-life current …
TIL that the Seinfeld TV show finale was the first prime time, non-sports broadcast to command $1 million for a 30-second commercial spot, a price previously only attained by Super Bowl broadcasts.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 04:12AM by Paracortex
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The Finale (Seinfeld)
"The Finale" is an episode of the American television sitcom Seinfeld. As the two-part series finale, it is the 179th and 180th episodes of the show and the 23rd and 24th episodes of the ninth season. It aired on NBC on May 14, 1998, to an audience of 76…
TIL Chinese street vendors will often use a cheap 'cooking oil' called gutter oil. While it can be just recycled from normal sources, a major source is from fatbergs in sewers.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 08:52AM by brucekeller
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Gutter oil
oil drainage
TIL that until the 19th century the dominant sleep pattern in western societies was biphasic. After 3-4 hours of sleep, people would be awake for about an hour doing whatever before they sleep again until dawn.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 09:38AM by Wichtel_Lotte
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History of sleep: what was normal?
We used to sleep in two phases, with a first sleep and then a second sleep. Arguably from time immemorial to the nineteenth century, the dominant pattern of sleep in Western societies was biphasic, whereby most preindustrial households retired between 9 and…
TIL that the Soviet Union was in talks with Nazi Germany to become a fourth Axis Power
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 04:32AM by PoignantBullshit
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German–Soviet Axis talks
Talks concerning the Soviet Union's potential entry as a fourth Axis Power in World War II
TIL about Boarding School Syndrome - a proposed group of psychological issues experienced by children who had attended boarding school from a young age which include abandonment issues, difficulty maintaining relationships, depression, substance abuse, anxiety and anger management issues.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 10:51AM by astarisaslave
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the Guardian
Boarding School Syndrome review – education and the pain of separation
A gripping academic study of the mental wounds inflicted by classic British institutions
TIL that in 2013 the Vatican had to pull 6000 papal medals from sale because the innoscription said “Lesus“ instead of “Jesus”.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 12:36PM by grinnemhaol
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BBC News
Vatican pulls papal medal which misspelt name of Jesus
The Vatican withdraws from sale 6,000 copies of a new papal medal which misspells the name of Jesus - but not before collectors snap up a handful.
TIL the British Hedgehog Preservation Society won a campaign in 2006 to force McDonalds to redesign their McFlurry cups due to hedgehogs repeatedly getting stuck in them and dying.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 02:52PM by fatboyslick
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BBC NEWS | England | Shropshire | McDonald's aids hedgehogs' safety
A hedgehog group gets McDonald's to change the design of a cup to stop the animals getting trapped.
TIL Blondie’s ‘Rapture’ (1981) is credited as the first rap song to ever top the US charts
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 12:44PM by fatboyslick
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Far Out Magazine
The Story Behind The Song: Blondie’s ‘Rapture’, the first rap song to ever top the charts
Always one to take a risk
TIL that Kurt Cobain worked as a janitor at his old school to finance Nirvana’s first demo.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 03:04PM by ___And_Memes_For_All
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Far Out Magazine
The story of how Kurt Cobain worked as a janitor to finance Nirvana’s first demo
A true legend.