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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Wikipedia
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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News-Medical.net
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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Wikipedia
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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news.bbc.co.uk
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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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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Far Out Magazine
The story of how Kurt Cobain worked as a janitor to finance Nirvana’s first demo
A true legend.
TIL that after many tragedies in Frida Kahlo's life, such as a bus accident in which a metal rail entered her hip and exited through her vagina leaving her with pain her entire life, and having half her leg amputated, her last written words were "I joyfully await the exit and I hope never to return"
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TIL actor Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek) had a clause in his contract requiring that he be home for dinner by six every night, for the sake of not being an absentee father or husband.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 06:13PM by HagbardCelineHere
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Looper.com
The Untold Truth Of Scott Bakula
Is Scott Bakula really one of the nicest people in Hollywood? Did he once audition for "SNL"? Can he play piano? We get to the bottom of these and other truths.
TIL Sammy Davis Jr. disliked "The Candy Man" so much, he rushed through recording his vocals in two takes, convinced "the song is going straight to the toilet, pulling his career down with it". It ended up being his only Number One Hit, spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Top 100.
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Stereogum
The Number Ones: Sammy Davis Jr.’s “The Candy Man”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. *** Sammy Davis Jr. – “The Candy Man” HIT #1: June 10, 1972 STAYED AT #1:…
TIL Mississippi, the poorest state, has 33,792 millionaires and 12 billionaires.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 06:20PM by BeingKindToAnimals
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Morton Law Firm
Mississippi Ranks Last in Total Number of Millionaires - Morton Law Firm
Leslie Lampton and Dickie Scruggs are the two main contenders for the richest people in the state of Mississippi. The Barksdales have considerable wealth.
TIL: Dr. Werner Forssmann fed a catheter into an artery in his arm and on into his heart without knowing what the consequences would be. He then made an X-ray as proof. This procedure eventually revolutionised heart surgery. In 1956 he was awarded with the Nobel Price for Physiology or Medicine.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 08:26PM by Leoz_13
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NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956 was awarded jointly to André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards "for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system".
TIL it is estimated that as a result of VW’s fraudulent diesel software, 45 thousand disability-adjusted life years will be lost, and a value of life lost of at least 39 billion US dollars
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 03:09PM by RipplingSyrup
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Wikipedia
Volkswagen emissions scandal
The Volkswagen emissions scandal, sometimes known as Dieselgate or Emissionsgate, began in September 2015, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group.…
TIL the Amish celebrate Christmas twice. Once on December 25th, and once one January 6th for "Old Christmas"
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 09:22PM by corp_code_slinger
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BOAC
What is Old Christmas and why do The Amish celebrate it?
Christmas season is here, and for most of the world, the holiday is celebrated on December 25. However, the Amish celebrate what’s called ‘Epiphany’ or ‘Old Christmas’ on January 6 — but why?
TIL Herbert Sobel, as portrayed by David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers, tried to kill himself and ended up blind and living in the VA until his death.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 06:11PM by Deatheturtle
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Herbert Sobel
American military personnel, salesperson and paratrooper