TIL half of American adults can't read a book written at an 8th grade level
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Wylie Communications, Inc.
What’s the latest U.S. literacy rate?
Can they read you now? Half of Americans have basic or below-basic skills.
TIL that no babies are born with freckles because they haven't been in the sun long enough for specks to develop.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 01:27AM by Thin_Host
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Why Babies Don't Have Freckles
Learn about why babies don't have freckles, when they develop, and what they mean for your child's health and well-being.
TIL that a pod of beluga whales adopted a lost narwhal and have accepted him as one of their own
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 02:35AM by PunkSpaceAutist
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A pod of beluga whales adopted a lost narwhal, and it's too wholesome
A narwhal has been adopted by a pod of beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River, according to CBC, and please be warned, the wholesomeness of this story may be completely overwhelming. The narwhal has been spotted in the same area for the past three years…
TIL that serial killer Richard Cottingham aka “The New York Ripper” who murdered 12 people shared an office with fellow murderer “The Dating Game Killer”, Rodney Alcala who took 8 lives.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 02:45AM by TerrifyingTime
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Richard Cottingham
American serial killer
TIl Wozniak has credited watching Star Trek and attending Star Trek conventions while in his youth as a source of inspiration for his starting Apple Inc.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 03:19AM by mankls3
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Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
TIL: Sperm whales are so named because of a waxy substance known as spermaceti found in their heads. This substance was used in oil lamps, lubricants, and candles in olden days leading to these whales being the primary target of the whaling industry
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Sperm Whale
Sperm whales are the largest of the toothed whales and have one of the widest global distributions of any marine mammal species. They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the pack ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
TIL That China's one child law involved a 'Family Planning Team' that hunted down pregnant women in hiding because they already had one child. That teams enforcement included inducing labor, then drowning or strangling the infant.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 06:12AM by JDnotsalinger
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TIL Often truncated, Oppenheimer's fuller quote was "I remembered the line from the Hindu noscripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'"
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 07:20AM by DoomGoober
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb"
TIL baby owls sleep facedown because their heads are too heavy
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 06:25AM by o0angie0o
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TimesNowNews.com
Netizens surprised to learn baby owls sleep face down as their heads are too heavy
Adult owls are able to support the weight of their heads as they gain strength after a few months. But younger owls struggle to do so and have to lie down while napping.
TIL the paintings of Washington crossing the Delaware were by a German artist, and the original was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1942.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 07:19AM by Hybrid351
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Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)
painting by Emanuel Leutze, Metropolitan Museum of Art
TIL the UK was the number 1 European recipient of aid from the Marshall Plan, receiving $2.7 billion
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 03:57AM by Sahmbahdeh
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BBC - History -
British History in depth: The Wasting of Britain's Marshall Aid
British History in depth: The Wasting of Britain's Marshall Aid
A lost opportunity, by Correlli Barnett
TIL Andromachi Papanicolaou, the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 10:57AM by nekkototoro
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Andromachi Papanikolaou
Bolivian laboratory technician and the wife of Georgios Papanikolaou
TIL in 2006, a mother and son were convicted of trying to extort money from Cracker Barrel by claiming they found a dead mouse in her soup. Charges were filed after a necropsy showed the mouse had no soup in its lungs and had not been cooked, signs that it was dropped into the soup after its death.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 02:54PM by Str33twise84
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Mother, son convicted for mouse-in-soup scam
A woman and her adult son have been convicted of trying to extort money from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain by claiming they found a dead mouse in a bowl of soup while celebrating Mother’s Day in 2004.
TIL Air Conditioning was Invented in 1902 to Dry Ink, but Became Popular After Installation in a Movie Theater in New York 20 years Later.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 02:47PM by sonic_silence
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99% Invisible
Thermal Delight - 99% Invisible
In the summer of 1902, the Sackett and Wilhelms Lithography & Printing Company in Brooklyn, New York had a problem. They were trying to print an issue of the popular humor magazine Judge, but the humidity was preventing the inks from setting properly on the…
TIL that oceanic life benefits by dumping iron into it. Not only in artificial reef habitat in but also as a food source to phytoplankton. Phytoplankton can drastically reduce our carbon levels and restore species numbers up the food chain.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 03:29PM by rj8899
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Complicated Role of Iron in Ocean Health and Climate Change
Iron dust may have played a significant role in the last ice age, and it could be an important factor in mitigating future global temperature increases
TIL that the ancient Greek poet, Hipponax (late 6th c BC), in a viciously satirical poem about a sculptor, called him "metrokoites" -- a motherfucker. It is the first known use of the term.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 03:55PM by brother_p
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TIL Charles Darwin's personal pet tortoise (Harriet) didn't die until recently at an estimated age of 175 years.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 05:19PM by AffectionateWillow57
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Harriet (tortoise)
1830-2006 female Galápagos tortoise
TIL that members of Black Sabbath almost killed their drummer Bill Ward, by painting him in gold paint and lacquer when he passed out after a night of drinking.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 05:23PM by benp242
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Far Out Magazine
A catalogue of mayhem: The horrendous pranks Black Sabbath played on Bill Ward
Besieged Bill Ward.
TIL The famous Kirk and Uhura kiss wasn't the first interracial kiss on television. It was preceded by several others, including one in 1958 in which William Shatner was also a participant.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 06:48PM by lordpond
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First interracial kiss on television
first televised depiction of a kiss between people of different races
TIL that there’s no evidence sugar causes hyperactivity.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 07:11PM by everythingcoveredff
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Does Sugar Really Make Children Hyper? – Yale Scientific Magazine
TIL flea circuses would sometimes glue tiny musical instruments to fleas, then glue the fleas to the floor and heat it. The fleas trying to escape the heat then made them "play" the instruments.
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Submitted July 22, 2022 at 08:03PM by tommymars
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Flea circus
A flea circus is a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing.