TIL about "The Pearl": An underground pornographic magazine issued monthly between 1879 and 1880. Its contents were three serial erotic tales simultaneously, devoted to sex in high society, incest, and flagellation. It was shut down by the British authorities for violating standards of obscenity.
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Wikipedia
The Pearl (magazine)
pornographic monthly magazine issued in London during the mid-Victorian period
TIL that an anonymous medieval textbook on female anatomy, De secretis mulierumm, warned that if a cat ejaculated on some sage, and a man ate some of this sage, he would gestate kittens in his stomach and have to give birth to them by vomiting.
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TIL that average cumulus cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds or 500,000 kilograms. That's about the same as 40 school buses.
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Science Notes and Projects
How Much Does a Cloud Weigh?
Find out how much a cloud weighs, why clouds don't fall even though they are heavy, and how to calculated the weight of a cloud.
TIL Tim Sweeney, Epic Games CEO originally wrote 90% of the code for the first Unreal Game Engine and has since used his fortune to protect more than 50,000 acres of forests for conservation purposes
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The Epic World of Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney ('93, mechanical engineering) is building the new frontier of gaming.
TIL that in 1518, in the small French town of Strasbourg, a young woman named Frau Troffea started dancing uncontrollably in the street. Her dancing continued for days & on the 3rd day, her shoes were soaked with blood. She attracted 30+ people to join her, which catalyzed the Dancing Plague of 1518
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Wikipedia
Dancing plague of 1518
16th century mass dancing mania in Strasbourg
TIL that in fall when some tree leaves change color, the brown-red-yellow is actually their real color. The green was the chlorophyll used to absorb sunlight that is now broken down and reabsorbed into the trunk to save energy and reuse for next year's new leaves
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Why do leaves change color in the fall season?
In some areas of the world, the weather changes in the fall, making the air turn cold. During this time, many leaves also change colors. Why does this happen?[caption caption="Deciduous trees drop
TIL In 1943, a Luftwaffe pilot came across a crippled B-17 trying to make it home after a bomb run. Instead of shooting it down, the German pilot escorted it home. The pilots met up 50 years later and became friends, and both died within a few months of each other
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Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident
World War II air incident
TIL we don't know where Point Nemo is. The coordinates of the most remote spot in the ocean have only been calculated using published coastline datasets. No one has ever taken GPS readings at the three closest land points to Point Nemo which is what it would take to calculate it precisely.
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TIL British Airways Flight 9 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash causing all four engines to stop. Captain Eric Moody told the passengers that, “We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
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The Aviation Geek Club
The story of British Airways Flight 9, the Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash (yet it landed safely) - The…
TIL Manuel Noriega, the former military leader of Panama sued Activision-Blizzard in 2014 because they used his likeness in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 without his consent.
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Noriega sues over Call of Duty - BBC News
The former military dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, is suing Activision after a character based on him featured in a Call of Duty game.
TIL that two women are known to have had sex with both Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington: the actress Marguerite Georges and the opera singer Giuseppina Grassini. According to Georges, the Duke was the better lover.
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Wikipedia
Marguerite Georges
French actress (1787-1867)
TIL about the Iowa Cow War, a series of violent disputes over the testing of cows for bovine tuberculosis in 1931 after a radio station spread misinformation saying that the tests gave the cows tuberculosis. It lead to the deployment of 31 Iowa National Guard units to protect the testers.
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Iowa Cow War
1931 dispute in Iowa over testing cows for bovine tuberculosis.
TIL A Lot of the movie "Elf" Was Actually Shot in Closed Down Mental Institution
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Comicbook.com
A Lot of Elf Was Actually Shot in Closed Down Mental Institution
Elf has become a beloved holiday classic in the 17 years since its release in 2003, but it turns [...]
TIL in 1903 Japan operated "human zoos" of their colonies. These lasted until they mistakenly put a schoolteacher on exhibit who confused spectators by making eloquent speeches & fundraising for his school while wearing traditional dress, embarrassing the organizers
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Human zoo
public exhibits of humans
TIL: This year the NFL has banned gene doping, players cannot modify their DNA to enhance performances
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TIL During the Korean war, 600 British Soldiers were forced to hold off 30,000 Chinese troops for four days without reinforcement due to understating their situation to the American general in charge. Only 39 escaped with 500 taken prisoner.
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the Guardian
Needless battle caused by uncommon language
How a misunderstanding between a British brigadier and US general led to disaster on a Korean battlefield
TIL that a 'broken heart' can actually be fatal. "Acute emotional stress can cause the left ventricle of the heart to be 'stunned' or paralyzed, causing heart attack-like symptoms including strong chest, arm or shoulder pains, shortness of breath, loss of consciousness, nausea and vomiting."
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www.health.qld.gov.au
The science behind a broken heart
TIL Utah law requires the state to maintain a White Collar Criminal registry to protect its citizens against affinity fraud.
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The Atlantic
Why Is Utah the First State to Have a White-Collar Crime Registry?
The state’s large Mormon community is particularly vulnerable to various financial schemes.
TIL Mezzanine by Massive Attack’s was the first album to be recorded on synthetic DNA. It was then compressed into DNA molecules, bottled and sold in aerosol cans. Each spray containing a million copies of the album.
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WIRED UK
Massive Attack are releasing an album in a new format: DNA
For Mezzanine's 20th anniversary, the band have encoded the album in strands of synthetic DNA. One spray can contains around one million copies
TIL we've had electric cars since the late 1800s. Some early electric cars could go as fast as 25mph and lasted 50 miles without needing a recharge.
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Energy.gov
Timeline: History of the Electric Car
Travel back in time with us as we explore the history of the electric car.
TIL A study in the UK found that the number of CEOs of top companies with red hair was four times higher than the percentage of persons with red hair in the general population.
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Wikipedia
Discrimination against people with red hair
Discrimination against people with red hair is the prejudice, stereotyping and dehumanization of people with naturally red hair, which can be the result of a genetic mutation. In contemporary form, it often involves a cultural discrimination against people…