TIL of Hatuey, a Taíno chieftain who, while tied to the stake by Spaniards and waiting to be burned alive, chose not to convert to Christianity in order to avoid meeting his Spanish oppressors in heaven
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Hatuey
Dominican Cacique
TIL in 1989, many major airlines showed edited versions of the film Rain Man, omitting a scene involving a character's refusal to fly (while mentioning several prominent airliner crashes). However, the scene was shown intact on Qantas—the only airline mentioned as having planes that "never crashed."
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Rain Man
1988 film directed by Barry Levinson
TIL Charles Darwin believed the reason the human menstrual cycle is the same length as the lunar cycle is because humans evolved on the seashore and needed to be in sync with lunar tides.
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BBC Science Focus Magazine
Is it coincidental that the human menstrual cycle is about the same length as the Moon cycle?
The human menstrual cycle is only the about same length as the lunar month – it isn’t synchronised with a particular phase.
TIL that the state of Massachusetts tried to nullify the Vietnam War by passing a law that its citizens could not be connoscripted in an undeclared war. The Supreme Court declined to hear their case
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Submitted November 09, 2022 at 09:01PM by TimelyConcern
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Massachusetts v. Laird
1970 US Supreme Court case on connoscription and the Vietnam War
TIL of the "world's rudest waiter," Edsel Ford Fong, who greeted visitors with an admonition to "Sit down and shut up!" He was known for calling patrons "retarded" and "fat", criticizing people's menu choices and then telling them what they should order, amongst others.
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Edsel Ford Fong
World's rudest waiter (1927-1984)
TIL Epidemiologist Corrine Miller knew of the contamination of water in Flint, Michigan but told no one, causing 12 deaths and 12,000 cases of lead poisoning in children. She was sentenced to 12 months parole and a $1,200 fine.
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Michigan Radio
Former state epidemiologist sentenced in Flint water crisis criminal probe
A former state health department official has been sentenced for her role in the Flint water crisis.Monday, retired state epidemiologist Corrine Miller…
TIL the first copy of Rolling Stone magazine came with a free roach clip to hold your joints.
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WKSU
Shuffle: Rolling Stone Magazine's 50 Years On Display At The Rock Hall
[Editor's note: This previously aired on WKSU on May 4, 2017] The iconic music and pop culture magazine Rolling Stone turned 50 last year. Next month, the…
TIL Kane Hodder appeared in character as Jason Voorhees on the Arsenio Hall show in 1989 to promote "Jason Takes Manhattan", being interviewed as if Jason was a real killer. He remained silent throughout the interview.
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Kane Hodder/Jason on The Arsenio Hall Show 1989
TIL nearly 50% of all Native Hawaiians live outside of Hawaii. California hosts the largest Hawaiian diaspora community. The main reason for this exodus has been the increased cost of living and struggling economy.
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Hawaiian diaspora
The Hawaiian diaspora or Native Hawaiian diaspora (Hawaiian: Kānaka maoli i nā ʻāina ʻē) are people of full or partial Hawaiian descent living outside of Hawaii. The vast majority of them live in the contiguous United States, though smaller communities are…
TIL HPV infection is not only related to cervical cancer, but is responsible for a great number of mouth and throat cancers as well due to oral sex
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Mayo Clinic Health System
HPV infection and mouth, throat cancer
Did you know that HPV infection increases risk of throat and mouth cancer? Learn about prevention, symptoms and treatment options.
TIL about the uncanny valley. The concepts suggests that humanoid objects that imperfectly resemble actual human beings provoke uncanny feelings of uneasiness and revulsion in observers.
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Submitted November 10, 2022 at 03:21AM by dustofoblivion123
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IEEE Spectrum
The Uncanny Valley: The Original Essay by Masahiro Mori
“The Uncanny Valley” by Masahiro Mori is an influential essay in robotics. This is the first English translation authorized by Mori.
TIL The longest walk ever taken place was by George Meegan. He walked from the bottom of South America to the top of North America. He took 41 million steps, wore out 12.5 pairs of shoes, and collected 8 world records!
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George Meegan
British explorer and educational activist
TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer.
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USA TODAY
A microburst of wind could have crashed Air Force One in 1983.
TIL That the majority of Purple Hearts issued to the US military over the last seventy five years were produced in 1945. In anticipation of high casualties for the unrealized invasion of Japan high production of the medal resulted in an end of war surplus of almost 500 000.
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historynewsnetwork.org
75 Years Later, Purple Hearts Made for an Invasion of Japan are Still Being Awarded
<p>There has been much debate about how close the United States was to victory in the Pacific before the atomic bombs were dropped 75 years ago this week. But in 1945, the military ordered so many Purple Heart medals in anticipation of an invasion of Japan…
TIL as of March 2022, the most sampled hip hop track (a hip hop song sampled by another hip hop song) of all time is “La Di Da Di” (1985) by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. It's been sampled over 1000 times by such artists as Naughty by Nature, The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, Mos Def.
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Beats, Rhymes & Lists
The 29 Most Sampled Hip Hop Tracks of All Time - Beats, Rhymes & Lists
From Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di" to Rakim's "I Know You Got Soul" to Wu-Tang's "C.R.E.A.M.", here are the 29 most sampled hip hop tracks of all time.
TIL Panasonic software developed a computer program 'Secret Writer's Society' to teach kids to write. Due to a bug in the code, double clicking 'Read' instead of reading back what you wrote, would instead read back the swear filter.
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The Obscuritory
Secret Writer's Society and the worst bug ever | The Obscuritory
This rote educational writing game has a huge problem that causes the text-to-speech voice to read a list of obscenities. After the game has been lost for 20 years, I got a copy, and now you can play it too!
TIL that NATO translated and distributed 50,000 copies of “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss during the Bosnian War to encourage tolerance to children.
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The Sneetches and Other Stories
book by Dr. Seuss
TIL that The fate of the Mayflower remains unknown. However, some historians argue that it was scrapped for its timber, then used to construct a barn in Jordans, England.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Mayflower | History, Voyage, Landing, & Facts
Mayflower, in American colonial history, the ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they established the first permanent New England colony in 1620. Although no detailed denoscription of the original vessel exists, marine…
TIL that during the French Revolution France established a state-sponsored atheistic religion called the Cult of Reason to replace Catholicism. It only lasted about a year and was later banned by Napoleon
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Submitted November 10, 2022 at 05:41PM by TimelyConcern
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Cult of Reason
state religion during the French Revolution
TIL There are microchips (RFID tags) in NFL footballs and uniforms that are used to measure, among many other things, how fast a ball or player moves.
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Popular Mechanics
How RFID Chips Are Bringing Next-Gen NFL Stats Right to Your Couch
“There’s going to be a day when you can watch the game and pull up all this data in real time on your phone.”
TIL the baby from 'Labyrinth' is now a successful puppeteer
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HuffPost UK
The Baby From 'Labyrinth' Is Now A Real-Life Goblin King
You remind me of the babe.