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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 09:28AM by TheHorrorJunkie
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 01:24PM by tom275bo
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 01:37PM by autumn-knight
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 03:14PM by Esc_ape_artist
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 11:45AM by IAmTiborius
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 12:51PM by racc15
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 03:58PM by jdward01
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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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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 02:59PM by Themakia
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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…
TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered.
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Submitted March 30, 2023 at 07:48PM by Pfeffer_Prinz
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Sun tanning
the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light
TIL Shel Silverstein wrote extensively for Playboy, frequented the Playboy mansion and slept with "hundreds, perhaps thousands of women".
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 05:56AM by incockneato
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Shel Silverstein
American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930-1999)
TIL Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
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Vox
Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
In the wake of the killing in Uvalde, here’s what America can learn from Australia’s response to tragedy.
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TIL that Neil Degrasse Tyson recorded the WTC attacks on 9/11. He caught the second plane strike, and both collapses.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 07:08AM by D1omazus
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[Text] Neil deGrasse Tyson Remembers 'the Horror' of 9/11 | Witnify
Share on Facebook Tweet Add My Story “I will never be the same after yesterday, in ways that I cannot foresee…” THE HORROR, THE HORROR From: Neil deGrasse Tyson VIA E-MAIL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001, 10:00 AM Firsthand account of the WTC attacks and subsequent…
TIL: an Italian former porn star, Carlo Masi, quit porn to do research in applied mathematics, got his PhD, taught real analysis, became a professor, and then got sacked for being a former porn star. He sued and won against the university.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 11:54AM by fromnighttilldawn
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Carlo Masi
Italian mathematics lecturer and pornographic actor
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TIL of Cáin Adomnáin, dubbed "Europe's first human rights treaty". Created in the year 697, was a set of laws - which kings across Ireland and parts of Scotland mutually agreed to follow - that guaranteed the safety of non-combatants in warfare.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 04:20AM by Madbrad200
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Cáin Adomnáin
697 prohibition against war crimes in Ireland
TIL: The 62 books in the mainline Goosebumps series were published in only 53 months. RL Stine published more than a book a month for almost five years.
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Submitted March 31, 2023 at 03:14PM by The_Good_Count
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List of Goosebumps books
Wikimedia list article