TIL that there is an art installation in Burlington, Vermont that is called the world's tallest filing cabinet. It's name is "File Under So. Co., Waiting for". It was built in 2002 in response to years of delays building the Interstate 189 bypass into downtown Burlington
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TIL about the Davy Crockett - a tripod mounted gun developed by the US during the Cold War. It fired a tactical nuclear warhead with a range of up to 4 miles and a yield that caused fatal radiation within a radius of a quarter of mile
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Davy Crockett (nuclear device)
nuclear-armed recoilless gun of American origin
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TIL In 2012, a solar Coronal Mass Ejection that might have taken the world 4 to 10 years to recover from missed Earth by about 9 days
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July 2012 solar storm
unusually large and strong coronal mass ejection
TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”.
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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 04:19AM by krisalyssa
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Tularemia
primary bacterial infectious disease that has material basis in Francisella tularensis, which is transmitted by dog tick bite (Dermacentor variabilis), transmitted by deer flies (Chrysops sp) or transmitted by contact with infected animal tissues.
TIL that just a few days after surviving the sinking of the Titanic, actress Dorothy Gibson starred in a silent motion picture short about the disaster called "Saved from the Titanic". Gibson even wore the same clothes she wore the night of the sinking to add to the films authenticity.
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Saved from the Titanic
1912 film
TIL Margaret Knight (1838-1914) invented a machine to mass produce flat-bottomed paper bags and, after winning a lawsuit against a fraudster who copied her design, the patent was issued in 1871. Her first invention was when she was 12 years old (and began working in a factory). She had 87 patents.
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National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Pneumatic Sheet-Feed Apparatus
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a sheet-feed apparatus which was granted patent number 109224. The patent details a sheet feeder using two suction tubes to lift and carry each sheet from the paper bank to the cylinder.
TIL that Joe Jackson would hit his kids with belts, cords of electric kettles or anything he could reach. Michael Jackson recalled that he was too fast for his father to catch most of the time, but when he did "...it was bad. He would throw you and hit you as hard as he can"
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Michael Jackson was 'chemically castrated' by his late dad, claims singer's ex doctor
Michael Jackson was chemically castrated as a child by his recently deceased father Joe Jackson, according to the King of Pop’s former doctor, Conrad Murray.
TIL that William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeney on "Boy Meets World," has been married to to actress and fellow Emmy Award winner Bonnie Bartlett since June 30, 1951; at more than 71 years, it is the longest active Hollywood marriage as of today.
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William Daniels
American actor
TIL a special law in the UK was created to ensure that the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will forever be able to collect royalties from stage performances, audiobooks, book releases, etc. of Peter Pan in the UK. This is the only work with an 'exception' to copyright laws.
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GOSH Charity
Peter Pan copyright
Great Ormond Street Hospital
TIL in 1996, a 21-year-old man burst into a New Zealand radio station, took the manager hostage and demanded that Kermit the Frog's rendition of Rainbow Connection be played.
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Rainbow Connection
song originally appearing in the Muppet Movie
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TIL William Bligh was not only overthrown as Governor of New South Wales in Australia’s only military coup but was previously overthrown as Captain in the famous mutiny on the HMS Bounty.
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William Bligh
officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)
TIL about the Phoebus Cartel, an oligopoly that carved up the early light bulb market for profit and to reduce the operating life of light bulbs from about 2,500 hours to under 1,000 hours to force people to buy more bulbs. It’s an early example of planned obsolescence to drive profits.
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Phoebus cartel
cartel to control the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs
TIL that when former White House press secretary James Brady died in 2014, his death was ruled a homicide because it was ultimately caused by a gunshot wound he sustained in 1981, during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
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Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
1981 shooting of US President Ronald Reagan and murder of then White House Press Secretary James Brady
TIL about William Duell, a criminal, who was hanged in 1740. His body was sent to be dissected for medical purposes. However, he started breathing and was revived by the staff. His sentence was commuted, and he was exiled to North America where he died at an old age.
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William Duell (criminal)
English murderer
TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes.
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Walt Disney World
The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, the resort is operated…
TIL Willie Nelson smoked weed at the White House with Jimmy Carter’s son
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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 06:42PM by ComfortableTrash5372
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Willie Nelson Definitely Smoked Weed on the Roof of the White House with Jimmy Carter's Son
Both Nelson and James Earl Carter III confirmed their illicit doobie-smoking in a new interview.
TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars...
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Milk of Hera
Greek mythological event
TIL Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by macaroni and cheese during a visit to Paris that he wrote down the recipe and instructions on pasta extrusion, imported a pasta maker, macaroni, Parmesan, and made it at his home. He served it at a state dinner in 1802.
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Macaroni and cheese
pasta dish
TIL - The miscarriage rate is higher than people perceive. On average 12.5% of women who know the are pregnant have a miscarriage within the first 23 weeks of pregnancy.
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Miscarriage
A miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy during the first 23 weeks. The main signs of a miscarriage include vaginal bleeding, followed by cramping and pain.
TIL that Edgar Allan Poe at age 27 married his 13-year old cousin, whom he loved more as a sister. (By then she was already a widow, and apparently they got married so he could provide for her).
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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 11:31PM by Ajayu
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The Eccentric and Not-So-Eccentric Life of Edgar Allan Poe
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A parrot was first considered to be the titular bird, rather than The Raven. Source: The Eccentric and Not-So-Eccentric Life of Edgar Allan Poe
TIL Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States as an independent sovereign nation
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 03:24AM by nowuff
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United States Department of State
U.S. Relations With Morocco
More information about Morocco is available on the Morocco Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. U.S.-MOROCCO RELATIONS Morocco was one of the first countries to recognize the newly independent…