TIL Italian artist Salvatore Garau created and put up for auction in 2021 an invisible sculpture called "Io sono", which means "I am". The sculpture was purchased by a private collector for 15,000 euros.
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Submitted May 23, 2023 at 06:26PM by volossaveroniki
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Salvatore Garau
Italian artist
TIL the US has the most volcanoes of any country, with 162 volcanos, 40 of which have been active since 1960, BUT 55 of Indonesia's 120 volcanos have been active since 1960.
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Submitted May 23, 2023 at 05:46PM by SecretTimeTrash
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Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program
Global Volcanism Program | Countries with Holocene Volcanoes
List of volcanoes by Country.
TIL That there is a tiny island called “Just Room Enough Island” in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence What makes it unique is that the island is so small that it only has enough space for a single house and a tree.
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Submitted May 23, 2023 at 08:41PM by DepressedNYC-5667
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Just Room Enough Island
island in Jefferson County, New York, United States of America
TIL the cookies that Cookie Monster eats are just painted rice cakes. Real cookies would damage the puppet because of the grease.
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Submitted May 23, 2023 at 11:36PM by justsomerandomchick2
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Mashed
The Cookie Monster's Cookies Aren't What You Think
You may think you know Cookie Monster, but you have no idea. For instance: Those cookies the Sesame Street resident eats? They aren't what you think.
TIL A Japanese YouTuber sparked outrage from viewers in 2021 after he apparently cooked and ate a piglet that he had raised on camera for 100 days. This despite the fact that the channel's name is called “Eating Pig After 100 Days“ in Japanese.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 12:22AM by delano1998
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Vice
Millions Watched This YouTuber Raise a Pet Pig. Then He Shared His Dinner.
The heartwarming videos took a dark turn. Or so we thought.
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TIL J.J. Thomson, Nobel prize winning physicist, had 6 of his students win a Nobel prize in physics, and 2 of his students win a Nobel prize in chemistry. Additionally, his son also won a Nobel prize in physics.
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Submitted May 23, 2023 at 11:29PM by firstpc13
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J. J. Thomson
British physicist, 1856
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TIL writer, anarchist, and environmentalist Edward Abbey was secretly buried in the Arizona desert as per his wishes. It took his friends 5 cases of beer, some whiskey, and 2 attempts to fulfill his wish.
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Submitted May 23, 2023 at 09:29PM by Night_Runner
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azcentral
Burying Edward Abbey: The last act of defiance
On the day he died, Edward Abbey had already become a prominent voice in the American West. What his friends did next would help seal his legacy.
TIL some reenactment actors on America's Most Wanted were accidentally arrested based on viewer tips
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 03:00AM by Sensitive_Deal_6363
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San Diego Reader
When you star on "Americas Most Wanted," you get a paycheck and a rap sheet
TIL Trinity College Dublin's oldest PhD graduated at 84 with her thesis "Harry Potter and the Unconscious Dimension" She wondered, why are the Harry Potter books, which are written for children, so popular with adults?
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 03:03AM by einstein_bern
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The Irish Times
Trinity’s oldest PhD graduate (84) tackles Harry Potter’s popularity with adults
Mary Jerram Pyle received her doctorate at a ceremony on Friday
TIL that Alzheimer's disease is currently ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and that the financial burden on the world at large is estimated annually at US$1 trillion.
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Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances…
TIL the USA produces Humanitarian Daily Rations designed to "provide the widest possible acceptance from the variety of potential consumers with diverse religious and dietary restrictions from around the world" and includes fruit paste suitable for infants.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 05:23AM by jokes_on_you
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Humanitarian daily ration
Humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) are food rations manufactured in the United States intended to be supplied to civilians and other non-military personnel in humanitarian crises.
Each is intended to serve as a single person's full daily food supply, and contains…
Each is intended to serve as a single person's full daily food supply, and contains…
TIL Taco bell has been cutting the amount of sodium in their food for over a decade without making it known.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 08:39AM by murpalim
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USAToday
USA TODAY
Yum! Brands CEO Greg Creed says Taco Bell cut sodium by 15 percent on average since 2009.
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TIL that in 34 U.S. states, women are legally allowed to go topless anywhere a man can. The practice is only explicitly illegal in two states, with the remaining 14 having ambiguous legal situations.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 06:54AM by UralIveGotTonight
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Topfreedom in the United States
Laws regarding female shirt wearing
TIL after the Tenerife disaster, KLM looked for their most senior pilot to lead the investigation, only to learn that he was the pilot responsible for the crash
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 05:06AM by j_shor
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Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Dutch pilot (1927-1977)
TIL An engineer named Walter "Taffy" Holden accidentally took off in a military jet without knowing how to fly it
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 01:57PM by superanth
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Holden's Lightning flight
unintended aircraft takeoff
TIL that 5 of the Top 10 wealthiest counties in the USA are MD/VA suburbs of Washington D.C. where the median income is roughly $134,000
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 04:51PM by alphabetikalmarmoset
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List of highest-income counties in the United States
Wikimedia list article
TIL that the Dragon Ball Z villain Frieza, a galactic tyrant who destroys all life on planets so he can resell them at a profit, was inspired by real estate speculators during the Japanese asset price bubble in the 1980s. Series author Akira Toriyama called them "the worst kind of people".
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 05:56PM by derstherower
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Frieza
Character from Dragon Ball
TIL one of P.T. Barnum’s promotions featured a “6 Foot-Tall Man Eating Chicken,” which was actually a 6-foot-tall man munching on a chicken leg.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 05:27PM by Night_Runner
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The Motley Fool
A 6-Foot-Tall Man Eating Chicken @themotleyfool #stocks $AAPL $AMZN $EBAY $KO $CSCO $DELL.DL $MSI
Six tips to help you look beyond the hype and find the real winners.
TIL that there is a rare parasitic disease called Guinea Worm Disease that causes blisters so painful that people seek cool water to alleviate the pain, also allowing the worm to release larvae. The painful blisters led to this worm's nickname of "fiery serpent."
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 05:04PM by JurassicPark9265
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NPR
The Last Days Of Guinea Worm
The world has wiped out only one human disease: smallpox. Guinea worm disease looks like it's on the verge of being the second.
TIL that northwestern Africa had a river running from the Atlas Mountains to the western coast of the continent. The river dried up sometime around 5000 bc.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 03:00PM by Super_C_Complex
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Tamanrasset River
ancient, inactive river in Algeria
TIL Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors performing laparoscopic surgery.
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Submitted May 24, 2023 at 10:34PM by MckennaRay
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PubMed
The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century - PubMed
Video game skill correlates with laparoscopic surgical skills. Training curricula that include video games may help thin the technical interface between surgeons and screen-mediated applications, such as laparoscopic surgery. Video games may be a practical…