TIL that after Rocky Marciano knocked one of his opponents Carmine Vingo into a coma, he stopped boxing until Vingo had recovered.
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Submitted May 02, 2023 at 02:44PM by VengefulMight
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Carmine Vingo
American boxer (1929-2015)
TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd the band who had a massive hit with their song 'Sweet Home Alabama' are actually from Jacksonville, Florida
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Submitted May 02, 2023 at 10:01PM by mintwolves
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
American rock band
TIL that in 2017, several Maryland college students consumed so much alcohol at a house party, that the air in the house registered a reading of 0.01 on a breathalyzer.
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Submitted May 02, 2023 at 11:43PM by ciph_3r
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Cbsnews
So Much Alcohol At College House Party In Md. That Air Tests Positive For Booze
Six college students are facing numerous criminal charges after a massive house party in Bethesda.
TIL that there is a stereotype about Circassian women being the ideal standard of attractiveness for a woman to reach, the illusion being particularly strong in the 18th century with cosmetic companies going as far as to sell products that they claimed were used by Circassian women.
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Submitted May 02, 2023 at 06:58PM by Sepehr360
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Circassian beauty
Stereotypical belief
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TIL that some US states, such as Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina, still have laws that prohibit blasphemy to varying degrees. However, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech, rendering these laws obsolete and unenforceable.
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Blasphemy law in the United States
In the 20th century, the United States began to invalidate laws against blasphemy which had been on the books since before the founding of the nation, or prosecutions on that ground, as it was decided that they violated the American Constitution. The First…
TIL The town of Dish, Texas was renamed in 2000 as part of an agreement with the cable company and provided residents free TV service and a DVR
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Submitted May 02, 2023 at 10:04PM by maxbuckeye
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Dish, Texas
town in Denton County, Texas, United States
TIL that 13% of people who receive CPR outside of a hospital are still alive a year later.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 02:56AM by hopefulmonstr
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BioMed Central
The global survival rate among adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a systematic…
Background To quantitatively summarize the available epidemiological evidence on the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Methods We systematically searched the PubMed, Embase, and…
TIL that a McDonald's in the Netherlands once fired an employee for selling a coworker a hamburger and then separately giving them a piece of cheese, arguing that she should've charged more for a cheeseburger. Courts ruled in the employee's favor, ordering the rest of her contract paid out in full.
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BBC News - McDonald's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice
A Dutch branch of McDonald's was wrong to fire an employee for giving a colleague a piece of cheese on a burger, a court rules.
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TIL that the Komusō were Japanese monks who symbolized their absence of ego by always wearing baskets on their heads.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 12:37AM by ShabtaiBenOron
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Komusō
monks and formerly spies
TIL that “Stars and Stripes Forever” is an emergency alert at the circus. When it is played by the band it usually means there is a fire and that the performers and circus hands should go to their emergency stations and start evacuating people
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The Generalist Academy
Red alert at the circus
If you’re at a circus and you hear the band play “The Stars and Stripes Forever” – you better run.
TIL while most people only know of Solid, Liquid and Gas there are around 2 dozen other states of matter, including Plasma, Time Crystals, Degenerate Matter, Superfluids, Supersolids, and the Rydberg Polaron - a state where atoms exist within other atoms.
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List of states of matter
Wikimedia list article
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TIL in 2017, a man of the Fipa tribe disrespected his mother, and was disciplined by his tribe in the "traditional" way: Whipped, immersed in cow manure, mocked with song, and fined 1 goat and some cornmeal
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TIL the Tower Bridge in London is a relatively modern bridge that was designed to look medieval. It's so modern in fact that there are pictures of it being built
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 03:10PM by Tornookthetooka
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Evening Standard
Stunning vintage photos show Tower Bridge through the decades
Spectacular vintage photographs show how Tower Bridge has endured over the years as its surroundings on the River Thames and its banks have changed through time.
TIL that Salisbury Steak originated in the United States, as a meal to fit the tastes of European immigrants, named after Dr. James Salisbury, who promoted a meat-centered diet to promote health. The term Salisbury Steak has been used to identify a ground beef patty as the main course since 1897.
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Salisbury steak
meat patty
TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED began showing through, giving off a purplish glow.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 05:44PM by dyrak
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Knowledge Stew
Why Are Some Streetlights Turning Purple? - Knowledge Stew
Some of the streetlights in cities have been turning purple. Why is that, and what is going on?
TIL A 'munchy box' is a popular take away food item in Scotland typically consisting of kebab meat, fried chicken, pizza, chicken tikka, samosas, onion rings, chow mein noodles, pakora, naan bread, garlic bread, coleslaw, other fast foods and sauces such as curry sauce.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 05:57PM by Bluest_waters
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Munchy box
fast food product
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TIL: In 1982, Rodney Mullen became the first person to use a skateboard to perform an ollie on flat ground. An ollie is simply where the skateboard and the skateboarder leap into the air simultaneously.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 06:24PM by SilentWalrus92
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Ollie (skateboarding)
skateboarding trick
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TIL famed physicist Richard Feynman donated "93 boxes" of papers and writings to Caltech, which has never digitized any of it and will only provide access physically in the reading room of the Caltech Archives to qualified researchers. Caltech holds no copyright on the work.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 09:25PM by MustacheEmperor
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TIL an elephant trampled a woman to death then returned days later to her funeral to trample the body again
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Submitted May 04, 2023 at 12:16AM by OhSweetGerald
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Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH)
Report: Elephant kills woman, then returns to funeral to trample her
Climate change and human settlements are eroding the natural habits of elephants causing the wildlife to come into more contact with humans.
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TIL after the fires that followed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many insurance companies tried to avoid covering the losses, except for Lloyd's of London: "Pay all of our policyholders in full, irrespective of the terms of their policies." This cemented Lloyd's reputation in the U.S.
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 11:26PM by A-dab
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Cuthbert Heath
British insurance manager
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TIL: 100 Americans a year choke to death on pen caps, but that the number used to be higher before manufacturers put a hole in the cap
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Submitted May 03, 2023 at 10:25PM by IndependentPair3088
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CNET
Pen caps have holes because we filthy humans will gnaw on anything
In today's edition of Saturday science. we bring you this: holes in pen caps help prevent choking deaths by creating a small passageway for air to slip through.