TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies.
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Igor (character)
traditional cliché hunch-backed assistant or butler to many types of villain
TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect.
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HISTORY
G.I.s’ Drug Use in Vietnam Soared—With Their Commanders’ Help
Substance abuse in the Vietnam War wasn’t just limited to the marijuana and heroin enlistees could buy on the black market. Military commanders also heavily prescribed pills to help improve soldiers' performance.
TIL Although it is lauded as an excellent psychological tool by Government Agencies, Businesses, and even some schools, the Myers-Briggs Personality Test has been deemed useless by modern psychological experts.
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Vox
Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
It's no more scientifically valid than a BuzzFeed quiz.
TIL Johnson & Johnson lost thousands of lawsuits costing billions in damages over their talcum-based baby powder, and then created a subsidiary to dump on that liability onto before declaring the subsidiary went bankrupt, shielding them from the lawsuit claims
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NPR
J&J is using a bankruptcy maneuver to block lawsuits over baby powder cancer claims
Johnson & Johnson spun off liabilities — including roughly 38,000 lawsuits — linked to claims of asbestos contamination in its baby powder to a new firm, which then declared bankruptcy.
TIL about Don Arrigo Beccari, a WW2 Catholic Priest, who was responsible for smuggling 120 Jewish children to safety, despite intense Nazi surveillance. When the Nazis captured him and tortured him for months, he still kept quiet. He was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.
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Arrigo Beccari
Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator
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TIL that when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, journalist Giovanna Chirri was the first to break the news as she was the only one to understand Latin. She recalls: "He said it in Latin and I was panicking. I was short of breath, my legs were trembling, it was a reaction to shock."
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Catholic News Agency
Journalist who broke news of resignation recalls her 'panic'
Vatican journalist Giovanna Chirri remembers her shock at Benedict XVI's resignation last year, and how she broke the news before he finished his announcement because she could understand Latin.
TIL when the pope dies it is a tradition to hit him on the head with a hammer to make sure he’s dead.
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Weird Catholic
Are Dead Popes Still Hit on the Head With a Hammer?
The camerlengo verifies the passing of the pope after the doctor has pronounced his death.
TIL Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest Saves Christmas et al.) & Vern were originally created by advertising company Carden & Cherry to promote various local and national brands. Due to the commercials popularity, an Ernest television show and ten movies were made, knowwhatimean?
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Ernest P. Worrell
fictional character portrayed by Jim Varney
TIL At the surrender of the Army of North Virginia General Lee wore a brand new officer uniform and carried a ceremonial sword. In contrast the victorious General Grant carried no sword and wore the uniform of a private with straps of a lieutenant-general.
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TIL Matthew Perry was such a big fan of Fallout 3 that he gifted Ellen DeGeneres a signed copy of it on her show and had to go to a "hand doctor" because he was playing it too much. This led to him becoming the voice actor for the main antagonist of its sequel, Fallout: New Vegas, as Benny.
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Matthew Perry on Ellen
Airdate: April 24, 2009
Matthew appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote 17 Again.
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Matthew appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote 17 Again.
I do not own anything. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED
TIL there is a Starbucks at the CIA known as "Stealthy Starbucks" that does not show up on GPS. Employees must go through extensive background checks and names cannot be written on cups, even aliases.
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Tasting Table
The Special Starbucks That's Only For CIA Employees
Unless you are a CIA employee (or otherwise have the security clearance), you won't be able to order a Frappuccino, or anything else, from that store.
TIL the pope hasn’t watched TV in 32 years.
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Submitted December 31, 2022 at 08:00PM by Ramachandrann
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Nbcnews
Pope Francis Hasn't Watched TV Since 1990, Misses Going Out for Pizza
Pope Francis told an Argentinian newspaper that he hasn't watched television since 1990, and what he misses most of his old life is walking out for a good pizza.
TIL there are people in France who have actually done time in jail for stealing garden gnomes in the name of The Garden Gnome Liberation Front
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Wikipedia
Travelling gnome
Practical joke
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TIL that Walmart was sued for intentionally hiring elderly people, taking out life insurance policies, and collecting on them when their elderly employee died, which generated billions of dollars in revenue for the company.
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WFSU News
Walmart Sued For Collecting Life Insurance on Employees
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TIL Stalin personally arranged several assassination attempts on Josip Broz Tito, all of which failed. Tito then wrote to Stalin, "Stop sending people to kill me. We've already captured five of them [...] If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second."
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Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Јосип Броз, pronounced [jǒsip brôːz]; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (/ˈtiːtoʊ/; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Тито, pronounced [tîto]), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various…
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TIL Dennis Wilson of the The Beach Boys and Charles Manson spent the summer of 1968 living together at Wilson's home. At the time Manson was angling for a record contract, and Wilson, who took to calling him "the Wizard," introduced him to friends and industry executive.
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So Much Great Music
Dennis Wilson “River Song”
With his lost masterpiece "Pacific Ocean Blue" Dennis Wilson fulfilled his destiny as the one true Beach Boy. While hanging out with Charles Manson. Learn more about their relationship.
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TIL the US Life Expectancy has been in continual decline after 2019
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Council on Foreign Relations
U.S. Life Expectancy Is in Decline. Why Aren’t Other Countries Suffering the Same Problem?
COVID-19 is contributing to a dramatic decline in the average lifespan of Americans. The drop-off is canceling out decades of public health gains and stretching the gap between the United States and …
TIL barbers in medieval Europe were the only people with access to sharp tools, so they were also dentists and surgeons. The red represents cutting patients and blood, the white represents teeth, and the blue represents shaving hair.
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Barber's pole
type of sign used by barbers
TIL service dogs in the US do not have to be identified with a vest or harness.
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ADA.gov
Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA
This document provides guidance and answers about the ADA’s service animal provisions.
TIL, after U.S. President Garfield was shot, his doctors were so negligent and gave him such a bad infection that his assassin openly confessed at trial to the shooting, but argued that Garfield’s doctors had actually done the killing
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blogs.loc.gov
Garfield Shooting: July 2, 1881, and the Medical Disaster That Ensued | Library of Congress Blog
This story is adapted from an upcoming story in the Library of Congress Magazine. It recounts the day of July 2, 1881 — 138 years ago — when President James A. Garfield was shot at a train station in Washington and the national drama that ensued. Something…
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TIL When Ashlee Simpson got caught lip-syncing on SNL, she did an impromptu hoedown
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primetimer.com
Beat by Beat: Ashlee Simpson’s SNL Lip-Sync Fiasco
Breaking down one of the most infamous moments in live TV history.