TIL Military linguists are selected for intensive foreign language training by taking a test in a fake language to see how quickly they recognize common grammatical patterns without being influenced by prior experience in any particular language. (see ~minute 5:00 in the video)
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How U.S. Military Linguists Learn Languages Fast
Learn a language faster with my FREE StoryLearning Fluency Blueprint 👉🏼 https://l.storylearning.com/free_SL_fluency-blueprint
United States Military Linguists are known for being among the fastest language learners in the world. But speed is certainly not…
United States Military Linguists are known for being among the fastest language learners in the world. But speed is certainly not…
TIL that despite the popular depiction in films and television, Manhattan has almost no alleys. The Commissioners Plan of 1811 designed the city's grid layout without alleyways to maximize the limited space. The few alleys that remain mostly predate that plan.
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99% Invisible
Mini Stories: Volume 6 - 99% Invisible
99% Invisible is starting the year off with the sixth installment of our staff mini stories. Kicking off 2019 are a set of tales about a perpetual lie about New York City, karaoke, a 50-foot-tall burning puppet, the result of a Canada-U.S. border dispute…
TIL in 2010 George Michael crashed into a wall while driving under the influence. The wall remained standing but dented, onto which someone graffitied “Wham!”
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The Washington Times
George Michael pleads guilty to drug offenses
It was a slow-motion car crash _ a handy metaphor for George Michael’s career.
TIL why sun makes hair light & skin dark The sun bleaches and destroys the melanin in your hair giving you lighter hair Since hair is dead the hair will stay that color On skin it destroys the melanin as well But since your skin is alive your skin cells make more melanin and your skin becomes darker
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Understanding Genetics
-A curious adult from Brazil
June 29, 2006
June 29, 2006
TIL about the diabolical ironclad beetle (Nosoderma diabolicum), a species of beetle which has one of the toughest exoskeletons of all insects, which lets it endure forces up to 39,000 times its body weight and makes it impossible to put a insect pin through without drilling a hole first
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Nosoderma diabolicum
Species of beetle
TIL the concept of the Grim Reaper appeared in Europe in the 14th century during the Black Death. The skeletal figure is a symbol of death, and the hooded robes are reminiscent of the ones worn by religious figures at the time when conducting funeral services.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Where Does the Concept of a “Grim Reaper” Come From?
Harvester of souls since when?
TIL Coca Cola contains a secret ingredient known as "Merchandise 7X" and it has remained a secret since its invention in 1886 by John Pemberton. The denoscription of the ingredient is kept in a vault at the Trust Co. Bank in Atlanta.
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Secret ingredient
Business practice to maintain competitive or advertising advantage
TIL about Ismail al-jazari wrote the “Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices” where he described 50 mechanical devices along with instructions on creating them. He has been described as the father of robotics and modern day engineering.
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Ismail al-Jazari
Muslim kurdish mathematician and engineer
TIL that in 2020, a french man was awarded €40,000 by a court because they determined his job was so boring it had damaged his mental health
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Personnel Today
French worker awarded €40,000 because his job was boring
An employee of a luxury perfumes manufacturer has been awarded €40,000 in compensation by a French court after it was found to have inflicted extreme boredom on him, which amounted…
TIL George Patton led a sabers-drawn charge against U.S. WWI veterans and their families who were seeking promised bonuses, known as the “Bonus Army”.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Marching on History
When a "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans converged on Washington, MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton were there to meet them
TIL that the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth's surface within 1.5 hours has enough energy to satisfy the world's energy consumption for an entire year.
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solarpower.guide
How Do Solar Panels Work? - SolarPower.guide Solar Energy Insights - Infographic
Here is a step-by-step breakdown of solar energy, how it works, and additional resources.
TIL Chris Kattan broke his neck in 2001 while doing a sketch on Saturday Night Live
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Chris Kattan
American actor and comedian
TIL Coca Cola's secret ingredients were revealed to a rabbi in 1935 so he could certify it as kosher.
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Mentalfloss
How Was the Top-Secret Coke Formula Determined to Be Kosher?
Few products in civilized history can match the mythology and ubiquity of Coca-Cola. In the 1930s, Coke’s inscrutability found itself at odds with a niche, but rapidly growing consumer base: Orthodox Jewish immigrants whose dietary restrictions prevented…
TIL The building that held the patent to the fire hydrant burned down in 1836, meaning we don't know who invented the fire hydrant.
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The Patent Shoppe
Is it true that nobody really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because the patent on it was destroyed in a fire?
Yes. Although there was a U.S. Patent 909 issued to John Jorden on September 8, 1838--which describes an improved fire hydrant--all prior patents on fire hydrants were destroyed when the U.S....
TIL Walgreens grew dramatically (from 20 to 525 stores) during prohibition in the 1920s because they sold "prenoscription" alcohol (and milkshakes)
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HowStuffWorks
Ridiculous History: When Doctors 'Prescribed' Alcohol During Prohibition
Getting a prenoscription for alcohol back was once kind of like getting a prenoscription for medical marijuana today.
TIL The owner of a $169 Million condo in NYC in Billionaire's Row has never stepped foot in the building, considers it an investment. The super slim skyscrapers that make up Billionaire's Row sit empty most of the time as many of the owners of the units have 7 or 8 other houses they rotate living in
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Theb1M
Why New York’s Billionaires’ Row Is Half Empty
TIL that a middle school football coach in Oregon was fired for trying to take his team to Hooters to celebrate the end of the season.
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CBS Sports
Middle school football coach fired after trying to have Hooters banquet
An Oregon middle school football coach wanted to have his team's season-ending banquet at Hooters and refused to back down on his venue choice. In-not-so-surprising news, he got fired.
TIL that the Rosetta Stone was inscribed with 3 different noscripts: Egyptian hieroglyphics, Ancient Greek, and Egyptian demotic, all of identical meaning. Because researchers understood Ancient Greek, they were able to finally translate, and determine the meaning of, Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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HISTORY
Rosetta Stone found
Although there is some debate about the exact date, on what was likely July 19, 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers
TIL: Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, was killed during WWI, in aerial combat over France, on Bastille Day in 1918. The Germans gave him a state funeral because his father was Theodore Roosevelt. Quentin is also the only child of a US President to be killed in combat.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt I (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service where he became a pursuit pilot…
TIL that the Basque language is a "language isolate" - it seems to have no genetic relation to any other known language. It is thought to be the last surviving remnant of an ancient language family that existed in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages from the East.
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History of the Basque language
aspect of history
TIL that the Nazi Germany Parliament was derisively referred to by Germans as the "the most expensive singing club in Germany", since it couldn't do much other than sing the National Anthem during its sessions.
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Reichstag (Nazi Germany)
parliament of the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945