TIL that in Morrocco, it is traditionally held that if you fart inside a mosque, you will blind or kill any angels who happen to be hanging about in there.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Anthropologists Are Afraid to Ask About Farting
Why are farts so universally reviled?
TIL that a Peppa Pig episode was pulled off air in Australia as "inappropriate for Australian audiences" - in it a scared Peppa was told that spiders were "very, very small" and "can't hurt you". In 2016, a huntsman spider was videoed in Australia carrying a mouse up a fridge.
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the Guardian
Peppa Pig 'spiders can't hurt you' episode pulled off air in Australia – again
Episode aired on pay TV after earlier being deemed inappropriate for audiences in Australia, home to dangerous spiders
TIL about L-8, a Navy blimp whose crew mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific in 1942, before crashing into a suburb of San Francisco. L-8 was repaired and later became the Goodyear blimp.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 06:43AM by buck54321
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L-8
L class blimp of the US Navy that turned up without its crew over Daly City, California in 1942
TIL Orson Welles once accidentally pelted his audience with arrows. Welles was doing Henry the Fifth in Boston and had set the archers to shoot offstage, but it was a rotating stage. Welles had noticed the problem but expected the Harvard students to not foolishly shoot into the crowd, he was wrong.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 01:41PM by jamescookenotthatone
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Orson Welles Sketchbook - Episode 2: Critics
This is the second episode of "Orson Welles' Sketchbook" in which he discusses the potential hazards involved with being a critic. Originally Aired: May 08, 1955.
TIL boxer Jack Johnson was once pulled over for a $50 speeding ticket and gave the officer a $100 bill. When the officer said he couldn't provide change, Johnson told him to keep it as he was going to make his return trip at the same speed.
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Jack Johnson (boxer)
American boxer
TIL Mike Tyson has tattoos of Mao Zedong and Che Guevara
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 12:52PM by Yuvithegod
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Diario AS
Mike Tyson Mao tattoo: what does it mean and why did he get it?
The world-famous boxer has ink markings across several areas of his anatomy, but many people are asking about the significance of the image of Chinese leader Mao Zedong.
TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, also founded another company: Chuck E. Cheese
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 01:30PM by PresidentWeevil
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Chuck E. Cheese
American pizza restaurant chain
TIL Robert Reed, the actor who played the dad on The Brady Bunch, was ultimately fired from the series and written out of the final episode
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 11:25AM by fastattaq
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List of The Brady Bunch episodes
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TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 04:55PM by chapstickninja
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Philo Farnsworth
American inventor
TIL the USPS strike of 1970 was one of the largest wildcat strikes in US history. The workers got true collective bargaining rights, better working conditions, and fair pay after only 8 days striking
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U.S. postal strike of 1970
The U.S. postal strike of 1970 was an eight-day strike by federal postal workers in March 1970. The strike began in New York City and spread to some other cities in the following two weeks. This strike against the federal government, regarded as illegal,…
TIL that during World War II, Mexico contributed a squadron of P-47 fighters to the war against Japan - and they were the only military unit to ever fight outside of Mexico's borders.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 08:21PM by p38-lightning
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The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Curator’s Choice: Aztec Eagles Over the Pacific | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
A single squadron of Mexican flyers completed over nearly 800 sorties—individual aircraft combat missions—in the waning days of World War II.
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TIL that one of the oldest national anthems, the Spanish National Anthem Marcha Real, has no official lyrics at all. It's just the music. And while it is played people just hum "na na na" to the music.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 07:00PM by Front-Insurance9577
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Marcha Real
The Marcha Real (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾtʃa reˈal]; "Royal March") is the national anthem of Spain. It is one of only four national anthems in the world – along with those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, San Marino and Kosovo – that have no official lyrics.…
TIL that due to The Beatles retiring from live performances in 1966, some of their most iconic albums, including Sgt Pepper and the White Album, were never played live
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 09:21PM by New_Blacksmith_115
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The Beatles' 1966 US tour
1966 concert tour by The Beatles
TIL that in 1977 Bob Marley was diagnosed with melanoma under a toenail. He rejected his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated, citing his religious beliefs. The cancer subsequently spread and he died of metastatic melanoma 4 years later, at the age of 36.
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Bob Marley
Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)
TIL in 2016 Police in Texas used a robot armed with a bomb to kill a sniper.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 10:37PM by BluThunderboltz
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The Texas Tribune
Police Use of Robot to Kill Dallas Suspect Unprecedented, Experts Say
The death of a suspect in the Dallas police shootings marks the first time U.S. police officers have used a robot to kill someone, according to Texas and national experts.
TIL that the 90s Christian pop-rock band Creed performed their first show under the name of Naked Toddler. The name was changed immediately after this performance after the members realizing how bad it was.
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Submitted November 30, 2022 at 09:05PM by dutchovencobbler
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Stereogum
The Number Ones: Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.
TIL Anti-Video Game Activist Jack Thompson wrote an open letter noscriptd "A Modest Video Game Proposal" in 2005, in which he offered a $10,000 charity donation if someone made a game that allowed the players to kill video game developers. He was unaware Postal 2 already did this two years before.
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Wikipedia
A Modest Video Game Proposal
2005 open letter by Jack Thompson promising a reward for a violent video game based on his noscript
TIL that Little Richard’s only Grammy was a lifetime achievement award in 1993. The Architect of Rock and Roll didn’t win one competitive Grammy.
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Submitted December 01, 2022 at 01:27AM by grainsofglass
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Billboard
Little Richard Never Won a Grammy, But He Brought Down the House at the 1988 Grammy Awards
Little Richard never won a Grammy in competition, but he provided one of the most memorable moments at the 30th annual Grammy Awards, held on March 2, 1988 at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
TIL: Rutherford B. Hayes was the first U.S. President to talk on the telephone. While attending a clambake in Rhode Island in 1877, Hayes took a call from Alexander Graham Bell. After Bell spoke, Hayes said the first words by a US President on the phone: "Please speak a little more slowly."
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Submitted December 01, 2022 at 04:36AM by theotherbogart
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TIL after a Night trick or treating, 8 year old child was given one last sweet by his own Father. later the kid dies because the candy was poisonous and the father tried to claim his son's life insurance.
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Submitted December 01, 2022 at 06:08AM by itsHaMaaa
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TIL Papa John’s infamous use of the N-word came during a conference call with a PR company that was trying to teach him how to keep from damaging his reputation any further.
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Louisville Courier Journal
John Schnatter releases audio of infamous 'N-word' call, says it proves he was set up
Papa John's founder says recording reveals \