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TIL About a mysterious sonar ping discovered near the titanic and that has been recently discovered to be a volcanic reef abundant in life
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 02:50PM by Alexdoh
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Yourweather.co.uk | Meteored
Scientists solve decades-long mystery of Titanic sonar 'ping'
Discover what the strange noise coming from the Titanic is. The mysterious sonar "beep" was discovered in 1998. Now the origin has been found.
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TIL Henry Winkler (The Fonz) turned down the role of Danny Zuko in the movie Grease, hoping not to be typecast. The role went to John Travolta, who had played the character Doody in the stage production of Grease.
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 04:05PM by OccludedFug
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Wikipedia
Grease (film)
1978 romantic musical film directed by Randal Kleiser
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TIL the seemingly out of place lyric in Paul Simon's 'Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes' about 'she makes the sign of the teaspoon, he makes the sign of the wave' is actually a reference to South African taxi hand signals, indicating going to a rich district and a poor district, respectively.
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 06:19PM by Handsome_McAwesome
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TIL the Miami zombie attack had no actual evidence of bath salt use despite it still being brought up in most conversations bath salts are mentioned in
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 07:23PM by Wutsalane
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Cbsnews
Medical Examiner: Causeway Cannibal Not High On Bath Salts
Rudy Eugene, the Causeway Cannibal who ate the face off a homeless man he attacked along the MacArthur Causeway, was apparently not high on bath salts or any other exotic street drug at the time of the attack, according to a report released Wednesday by…
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TIL of the Diderot Effect, where acquiring a new thing leads you to want to upgrade and acquire other things.
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 08:03PM by deepsea333
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Thin. Rich. Happy.
The Diderot Effect & Why Buying New Things (Might) Make You Sad. - Thin. Rich. Happy.
There is a curious thing called the Diderot Effect, which may explain why we can buy loads of stuff and still feel a bit, well....sad.
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TIL That the Congo River is the deepest in the world at 729ft (220m) and it’s basin is half the size of the US. (1.5mil sq miles or 4mil sq km.)
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 06:31PM by WLThrasher
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Condé Nast Traveler
The Odd Thing About the World's Deepest River
Africa's Congo River claims many noscripts, including being home to the highest number of unique species in the world.
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Today I learned that Princess Diana’s Boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed was the first cousin of the late Washington Post Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He was the romantic partner of Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris, France
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 06:39PM by zack_pizazz
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TIL that the first kiss captured on camera was between two women in 1887 by Eadweard Muybridge (contrary to Edison’s ‘The Kiss’ film, widely accredited to being the first kiss on camera - 9 years later)
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 09:54PM by sheeniebeanie1
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Flashbak
The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder - Flashbak
Eadweard Muybridge was not into smut and eroticism. His photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement.
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TIL about the remarkable life of journalist Martha Gellhorn. She reported from 100’s of war zones and was the only woman to land at Normandy on June 6, 1944 where she interviewed the wounded and dying. Her famous husband accused her of loving war more than their bed.
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 10:32PM by triviafrenzy
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The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Martha Gellhorn: Eyewitness to War | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
As one of the first female wartime correspondents, Martha Gellhorn witnessed and covered many pivotal moments of World War II and the rest of the twentieth century.
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TIL that contrary to popular belief, sitting "straight" is bad for the back as it puts pressure on the spine, the position with the least pressure was found to be leaning 135 degrees backwards
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 11:42PM by 4november2022
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Ergonomic Trends
Back and Disc Pressure in Different Positions Chart
Did you know that pressure on your spine varies greatly among the most common postures we all assume daily? Sitting upright for example exerts up to 40% more pressure on the lumbar spine compared to
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TIL in 2018 an influencer bought an entire ghost town in California, he still lives there alone and says he's ready to die there
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 12:50AM by That-Situation-4262
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SFGATE
An influencer who bought a ghost town is ready to die there
This is a story about the history and future of an evil town.
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TIL that all four of the beatles contracted gonorrhea while the they were in Hamburg.
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 09:51PM by MightGuy420x
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Thecrimson
The Beatles | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
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TIL that a bald eagle sounds more like a seagull, and the sound it makes in movies is actually the cry of the much smaller red-tailed hawk.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 01:19AM by DreadedChalupacabra
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Wikipedia
Bald eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), which occupies the same niche as the bald eagle in the…
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TIL excavations near the city of Nazareth unearthed 100,000 year old human remains. The human skeletons were associated with red ochre which was found only alongside the bones, suggesting that the burials were symbolic in nature. This is the earliest evidence of symbolic burial ever discovered.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 02:43AM by dustofoblivion123
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Wikipedia
Mount Precipice
mountain south of Nazareth in Israel
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TIL about Li Xouying, who lived through the Massacre of Nanking. While 7 months pregnant, she fought off three Japanese soldiers who stabbed her 37 times; she survived and went on to advocate for the victims.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 03:11AM by kelenach
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academic.mu.edu
nanking
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TIL while a Cat’s purring mostly remains a mystery; researchers have observed that the tonal frequency of their inhale/exhale patterns are unchanged, & have been observed to be a cat’s attempt to heal itself or another bonded creature
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Submitted November 12, 2022 at 10:46PM by justconfusedinCO
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TIL In the mid to late 1800s arsenic was used to make green dye in clothing, wallpaper, and drapes. Combined with the mercury that was used in hats, fashion was deadly indeed!
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 07:54AM by Geek_Nan
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Maryland Center for History and Culture
An Update on Arsenic Green: When the World was Dying for Color – Maryland Center for History and Culture
In my second blog post of the summer, I discussed the copper arsenic green pigments that I suspected had been used to color at least a few of the garments in the MdHS collection.  Since then I've done a lot more research and finally tested those garments…
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TIL “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was created by department store Montgomery Ward in 1939 to create a Christmas story the store could give away to shoppers as a promotional gimmick.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 10:49AM by IllMakeYouSkinny
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Smithsonian Institution
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Smithsonian Institution
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TIL there is a 5,614km long fence in Australia to separate dingos from other animals in the country. It is called the dingo-fence and was built in the 1880s.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 11:50AM by DuskyTrack
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Wikipedia
Dingo Fence
Large pest-exclusion fence in Australia
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TIL: When the Titanic rammed an iceberg, William Murdoch, the officer in charge, was portrayed in the film as shooting a passenger and then committing suicide. In reality, he was last seen trying to fill as many lifeboats as possible and heroically went down with the ship.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 01:05PM by Lioness_139
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www.williammurdoch.net
An Honest Hero | William Murdoch
Investigates the life and the mystery surrounding Titanic's First Officer, William McMaster Murdoch with regularly updated research.
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TIL that the band Manic Street Preachers still put 25% of their royalty earnings into an account for missing guitarist Richey Edwards (disappeared in 1995). Even continuing to do so after he was legally declared "presumed dead" in 2008.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 01:59PM by Raphs_sai
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Enfield Independent
Manic Street Preachers still put money aside for Richey reveals new documentary
She is the Manic Street Preachers fan who lived the ultimate dream. More than a decade ago American movie maker Elizabeth Marcus began travelling…
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