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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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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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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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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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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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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Wikipedia
Herbert Sobel
American military personnel, salesperson and paratrooper
TIL that the filmmakers of The Jungle Book (1967) originally considered Louis Armstrong for the voice of King Louie, but were worried that choosing a black actor to voice an ape would cause controversy.
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King Louie
fictional character in The Jungle Book films
TIL that during WWII, the US provided training and equipment for a Vietnamese group called the Viet Minh that was resisting Japanese occupation. The Viet Minh became the foundation of the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong that the US fought during the Vietnam War.
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Submitted January 08, 2022 at 12:15AM by a2soup
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Wikipedia
Archimedes Patti
American intelligence officer
TIL That the Mamluke Sultanate of Delhi was ruled by a woman from 1236 to 1240 and the sultana was actually chosen to rule by her father (a slave soldier that rose to become sultan) over her brothers because her qualities surpassed theirs.
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Submitted January 07, 2022 at 11:26PM by BeneficialTwist749
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Medievalists.net
Sultana Raziya of Delhi: Pillar of Women and Queen of the Eras
In the medieval world it was rare for a woman to hold power. It seems incredible to read the story of Raziya of Delhi, not only because she was chosen to lead a realm, but the way she fought to keep it.
TIL Michael Jackson's brothers Randy & Jermaine had children with the same woman, meaning their kids are simultaneously siblings and cousins.
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Submitted January 08, 2022 at 01:00AM by berzio
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BCK Online
BROTHERS, SISTER, AND COUSINS FROM ONE MOTHER: MEET RANDY AND JERMAINE JACKSON'S KIDS
Jackson 5 brothers Randy and Jermaine Jackson have one thing in common besides their last names: they have children by one woman named Alejandra.