TIL that Aunt Bethany, from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, is played by the famous actress Mae Questel. Mae is best known for voicing Betty Boop, Minnie Mouse, and Olive Oyl.
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Mae Questel
actress (1908-1998)
TIL Richard M. Daley authorized the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport in Chicago. This stranded 16 planes on the ground including several Fire Department helicopters. The FAA fined the city $33,000 for not giving 30 days notice ahead of an airport closure.
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Richard M. Daley
American politician
TIL that the popularity of Tom Yum and other Thai dishes led to the employment of 120,000 people in Malaysia
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 06:30PM by doyouhavetono
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Tom yum
hot and sour Thai soup
TIL In 1981, two walkways in a Hyatt Regency hotel collapsed during a party, killing 114 and injuring 216.
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 07:01PM by misterdonut11331
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Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
1981 structural collapse in Kansas City, Missouri
TIL during a tour of Germany in 1958, Jewish Comedian Groucho Marx climbed a pile of rubble that marked the site of Adolf Hitler's bunker, the site of Hitler's death, and performed a two-minute Charleston.
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Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
TIL that in 1979 tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis lost 16 times in a row to Jimmy Connors. He then won a game and said, "Let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row."
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ATP Tour
Vitas Gerulaitis: The Man Who Was More Than A Quote
Forty years on from Gerulaitis' famous quip after snapping a 16-match losing streak against Connors, ATPTour.com pays tribute to the legacy of the 'Lithuanian Lion' Vitas Gerulaitis.
TIL that the Cure's Robert Smith played lead guitar for Siouxsie and the Banshees on their '79 tour when they lost their guitarist. Siouxsie bassist Steven Severin believes Robert Smith learned how to be a better frontman by watching Siouxsie perform during this time.
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Robert Smith (musician)
English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
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TIL about Tommy Manville, the heir to the Johns-Manville fortune. The terms of his family trust granted him $250,000 "when he married." As a result he got married 13 times, giving the women a cut of the proceeds before quickly divorcing them.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 01:57AM by theHAREST
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Tommy Manville
American socialite
TIL that van Gogh's rendering of the stars in Café Terrace at Night is so precise that the painting can be dated within a day or two of its creation.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 05:08AM by doc17
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Café Terrace at Night
painting by Vincent van Gogh
TIL Squirrels can survive a fall from any height, at least hypothetically They’re small, they’re fluffy and they’re really good at not getting hurt when falling off of tall objects Squirrels.
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Office for Science and Society
Squirrels can survive a fall from any height, at least hypothetically
Squirrels, in theory, can survive a fall from an object of any height due to two factors: their size and their mass. A force (such as the force of gravity) is calculated by multiplying mass and
TIL Ted Kaczynski (aka the Unabomber) received an invitation in 2012 to the 50th reunion for Harvard’s 1962 undergraduate class while at ADX Florence prison. In his RSVP, he listed his occupation as ‘prisoner’.
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U.S.
Unabomber can't make Harvard reunion, sends update
The 50th reunion for Harvard's University's undergraduate class of 1962 took a strange turn when Ted Kaczynski, the year's most infamous graduate, sent in a status update that was published in the alumni book.
TIL that a lot of printers add nearly invisible yellow dots that can be used to track down where a printed file came from. MIC was originally created to prevent the use of laser printers to create counterfeit money.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 07:23AM by Glass-glasses
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Machine Identification Code
digital watermark which certain color laser printers and copiers leave on every single printed page, allowing to identify the device with which a document was printed and giving clues to the originator
TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, a small steamer who, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, was filled with so many lifeboats that it became unstable and eventually sank, leading to the deaths of 844 people.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 08:05AM by Sebastianlim
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?
Chicago’s working poor were expecting a day in luxury. They instead faced a horrific calamity on Lake Michigan
TIL Mars has two speeds of sound. Lower-pitched sounds travel more slowly on Mars than higher-pitched ones.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 02:49AM by perso_89
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Space.com
The speed of sound on Mars is different from Earth, Perseverance rover finds
Lower-pitched sounds travel more slowly on Mars than higher-pitched ones, according to new data from NASA's Perseverance rover.
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TIL the Guinness Book of World Records originated from an argument over the fastest game bird in Europe.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 02:53PM by larryhotdogs
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Guinness World Records
Why was the Guinness World Records book first published?
Why was Guinness World Records published? And when? Discover the story behind the iconic Guinness World Records book
TIL: Between approx 1.000.000 and 560.000 years ago there were hippopotamus roaming Europe. The Hippopotamus antiquus ranged from the Iberian Peninsula to the British Isles to the Rhine River to Greece.
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Hippopotamus antiquus
species of mammal (fossil)
Til Insurance companies buy insurance for themselves called reinsurance, which covers them for when they have to payout on an insurance policy they have issued.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 05:10PM by T-Rex-Hunter
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Investopedia
Reinsurance Definition, Types, and How It Works
Reinsurance is the practice of one or more insurers assuming another insurance company's risk portfolio in an effort to balance the insurance market.
TIL Trading Places was developed with the intent to cast comedy duo Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, but Pryor was severely injured after setting fire to himself while freebasing cocaine so it was cast with Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 05:00PM by Jd20001
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Trading Places
1983 comedy film directed by John Landis
TIL about the 100-Man Kumite, a martial arts challenge wherein a challenger endures 100 consecutive sparring matches against fighters of equal or higher rank. Since 1965 there have only been 30 total victors, the last being in 2020.
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 06:32PM by ThisPICAintFREE
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100-man kumite
in karate, an endurance test consisting of 100 rounds of kumite
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TIL Frederic John Walker known more popularly as Johnnie Walker because of the brand of whisky, was the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War. With 17 U-boats destroyed one aspect of his charismatic nature was to play the tune "A Hunting We Will Go"
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 05:42PM by befarked247
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Frederic John Walker
Royal Navy captain
TIL There's a board game called 'The Campaign for North Africa' which can take up to 1,500 hours to complete
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Submitted December 17, 2022 at 07:02PM by davetowers646
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The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game