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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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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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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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TIL: Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He is thought to have been the first known European to have set foot on continental North America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 03:34PM by Lioness_139
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HISTORY
The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America
Leif Eriksson Day commemorates the Norse explorer believed to have led the first European expedition to North America.
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TIL diamonds are formed 90-125 miles below earth’s surface. Thats roughly the equivalent height of 23 mount everests. Then they make their way to the surface through volcanic eruptions or meteor strikes.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 04:15PM by Sorry-Lynx-7287
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1215Diamonds
How Are Diamonds Formed? | 12FIFTEEN Diamonds
Did you know that diamonds are not made from coal? Read on to learn about how diamonds are formed.
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TIL that after being excommunicated by the Pope and threatened by the invasion of England by King Phillipe II of France, King John was in negotiations with the Almohad Caliph to convert to Islam in exchange for assistance against his enemies
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 04:02PM by Tariq-ibn-Ziyad
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Wikipedia
Muhammad al-Nasir
Caliph of the Almohads from 1199 to 1213
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TIL about Toivi Blatt and the 1943 Jewish uprising at the Sobibor death camp in Poland, one of three camps built for Operation Reinhardt. During the armed revolt by the Jewish prisoners, the Nazis were overpowered allowing several hundred to escape to freedom. The camp was never opened again.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 05:32PM by spacew0man
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sobibor.net
Sobibor - The Forgotten Revolt, by Thomas Toivi Blatt
Historical research and first-hand account of Holocaust survivor Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt, who escaped from the Nazi death camp Sobibor during the prisoner-led Revolt on October 14, 1943
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TIL Qatar has the world's highest gender ratio with 300 males per 100 females.
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Submitted November 13, 2022 at 06:11PM by cdnrtrt
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Wikipedia
Demographics of Qatar
study of the population of Qatar and how it changes
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