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TIL about Kessler Syndrome, which describes the exponential growth of space debris, as collisions between space junk create smaller and difficult-to-track pieces of debris that contaminate our orbital real estate.
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 12:11PM by unsw
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TIL that Liza Minelli, daughter of Judy Garland, the actress who played Dorothy in the 1939 MGM film, “Wizard of Oz,” was once married to Jack Haley, Jr., son of Jack Haley, the actor who played the Tin Man in the same film. He was Minnelli’s 2nd husband.
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 03:36PM by TheMadIrishman327
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TIL: Shia LeBeouf blatantly plagiarized an authors work, never credited him, and never apologized, for his short film HowardCantour.com
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 04:15PM by dinozombiesaur
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TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community.
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 02:39PM by jdward01
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TIL: Actor Tony Danza (peak fame in the 80s) was briefly a professional boxer. He went 9-3 with 7 KOs (5 in the 1st round).
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 04:41PM by It_Matters_More
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TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 03:21PM by gnomageddon7
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TIL the UK tradition of Fish and Chips was introduced by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants in the 16th century. It was created to allow Jews to safely eat fish cooked for Friday night dinner the following day on the sabbath, the day Judaism forbids cooking with fire or electricity.
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 04:45PM by gabek333
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TIL that in 1996, a single wasp caused a commercial passenger plane to crash, resulting in the death of over 180 people
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 06:05PM by rattler843
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TIL: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drained Niagra Falls in 1969. It ended up attracting more visitors than any other feat attempted at the falls. The engineers wanted to find a way to remove the unseemly boulders that had piled up at its base since 1931, cutting the height of the falls in half...
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Submitted March 24, 2023 at 06:39PM by floof_mcgenius
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TIL There were 15 Prime Ministers during Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The first was Winston Curchill, born 1874, the last was Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975.
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 01:40AM by RareRoastBeef
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TIL The first person clinically diagnosed with Autism is still alive. Donald Grey Triplett who is 89 years old.
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 03:37AM by Unleashtheducks
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TIL the phrase "pulling out all the stops" is derived from pipe organs, which have many levers called 'stops' which allow the organist to control the volume and timbre of different pipes. Pulling out all the stops would result in the loudest, most comprehensive sound.
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 03:30AM by TenF
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TIL the popular Halloween song "Monster Mash" is a parody of "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, released months earlier
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 02:32AM by samx3i
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger tricked Sylvester Stallone into making "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" by pretending that he was interested in making the movie. Schwarzenegger knew the movie would flop and wanted to set up his rival to fail.
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 06:26AM by griefofwant
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TIL that it was a federal crime in the United States for Native Americans to practice their religions, until 1978
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 07:12AM by AeonReign
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TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside.
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Submitted March 25, 2023 at 10:01AM by OvidPerl
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