TIL that Bolaji Badejo, a 6 foot 10 Nigerian visual artist, played the original Alien (1979)’s xenomorph. His height and slender body convinced Ridley Scott that he was a perfect choice for the villain. He also died from sickle cell disease at age 39.
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 04:33PM by JurassicPark9265
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CNN
Bolaji Badejo: The Nigerian giant who played ‘Alien’
Dripping with menace, the alien in Ridley Scott’s 1979 space horror classic was quite literally its break-out star. Meet the man who brought it to life.
TIL Stanford engineers made a folding origami microscope that costs less than $1 to make. 50,000 microscopes were shipped to 130 countries in 2014 to see what people will do with it
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 06:44PM by einstein_bern
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NPR
A $1 Microscope Folds From Paper With A Drop Of Glue
Engineers at Stanford University have designed a microscope that fits in your pocket and costs less than a dollar to make. Here's the best part: You put the microscope together yourself.
TIL that the Mormon (LDS) church is the largest landowner in the states of Florida and Illinois.
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 08:03PM by PM_Girl_Cock
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TIL that in 67 C.E, Emperor Nero found a Boy named Sporus Who looked Like his deceased Wife, so he had him Castrated, Put in female attire, and made his entire Court play along with the act
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 08:20PM by JohnAdams4621
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Wikipedia
Sporus
Freedman of the Roman emperor Nero
TIL Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfingers commercial before actually appearing on "The Simpsons"
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 09:38PM by Rich_Suspect_4910
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Milhouse Van Houten
fictional character from The Simpsons franchise
TIL: A million more babies are born every year in just Nigeria than all of Europe combined
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 04:30PM by randompwerson
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Africasacountry
Nigeria’s baby boom
Each year more babies are born in Nigeria than in the entire continent of Europe.
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TIL That Harrison Ford was once a roadie for The Doors
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 11:40PM by haloarh
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Far Out Magazine
When Harrison Ford worked as a roadie for The Doors
Who knew!?
TIL about America's Marine Highway, a United States Department of Transportation initiative aiming to use the United States' 29,000 miles of navigable waterways to alleviate traffic and wear to the nation's highways caused by tractor trailer traffic.
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America's Marine Highway
network of navigable waterways in the United States
TIL of the Jim twins, separated at birth and reunited at 39: both had married and divorced someone named Linda, were currently married to a Betty, had sons named James Allan, had dogs named Toy, drove the same car, had jobs in security, and regularly vacationed at the same beach in Florida
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 02:30AM by imaginexus
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Ripley's Believe It or Not!
The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives
The Jim Twins of Ohio were reunited at age 39, after being separated at birth. When they got to talking, they found that they had lived identical lives!
TIL that living within 500 meters of an airport increases lead exposure risks in children
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Submitted May 28, 2023 at 09:16PM by Mr_McGuggins
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OUP Academic
Leaded aviation gasoline exposure risk and child blood lead levels
Abstract. Lead-formulated aviation gasoline (avgas) is the primary source of lead emissions in the United States today, consumed by over 170,000 piston-engine a
TIL That Pliny the Younger, although primarily known as an author and lawyer in ancient Rome, is perhaps best known for two letters he wrote which intricately detailed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the subsequent destruction of Pompeii both of which he witnessed.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 02:23AM by GentPc
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Pliny the Younger
Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)
TIL Scott Joplin, the groundbreaking "King of Ragtime", died penniless of syphilitic dementia in 1917 in a sanitarium at just 48 and was buried in an unmarked grave, largely forgotten until a revival of interest in ragtime in the 70s led to him winning a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 03:59AM by Skeleton_Pilots
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Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
TIL that there is a form of moonshine popular in the slums of Nairobi called chang'aa which is intentionally cut with chemicals like embalming fluid and jet fuel to make it more potent. Chang'aa literally means "kill me quick."
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 12:53AM by JosiahWillardPibbs
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Changaa
distilled alcoholic beverage
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TIL Mark Hamill visited a dying fan and answered every question as Luke Skywalker because the fan couldn't tell reality from fiction anymore.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 01:04AM by thebigmerman
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The Hollywood Reporter
Family Reveals “Beautiful Experience” of Mark Hamill Visiting Terminally Ill Boy as Luke Skywalker
“In the midst of struggle and tragedy, it was those points of connection that makes you feel loved and less isolated,” says Joe Sikorra, whose son, John, succumbed to juvenile Batten…
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TIL Monty Python reunion shows typically included an urn said to contain the ashes of Graham Chapman. During one such show in 1998, the urn was "accidentally" knocked over by Terry Gilliam, spilling the ashes on stage, which were then vacuumed up with a DustBuster.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 11:48AM by evilclownattack
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Graham Chapman
English comedian, writer and actor (1941-1989)
TIL that on the 13th of September, 1985, Major Doug Pearson became the only pilot to destroy a satellite with a missile, launched from his F-15.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 01:46PM by CYBORG303
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Smithsonian Magazine
The First Space Ace
F-15 vs. Satellite
TIL in 1959, John Howard Griffin passed himself as a Black man and travelled around the Deep South to witness segregation and Jim Crow, afterward writing about his experience in "Black Like Me"
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 04:42PM by Johannes_P
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Black Like Me
book by John Howard Griffin
TIL The Philippines is an archipelago which consists of 7,641 Islands. That figure does not include the thousands of sandbars and other landforms that emerge during low tide.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 10:06AM by TaciturnComicUncle
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Geography of the Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi). It is the world's fifth largest island country. The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area. The largest…
TIL that Shakespeare's last residence in Stratford-upon-Avon was demolished in 1759 by its owner, Francis Gastrell, because he was tired of tourists.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 04:41PM by Matuko
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BBC News
The man who demolished Shakespeare's house
The shocking act that helped shape the way Britain's heritage is now loved and protected.
TIL that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind had a different English dub back in the 80s called "Warriors of the Wind" and it was incredibly shortened. It was apparently so bad that Hayao Miyazaki adopted a "no cuts" clause for future English releases of Studio Ghibli films.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 06:46PM by SharkiBee
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 06:46PM by SharkiBee
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TIL that in the original Star Wars trilogy - Episode V - Palpatine was portrayed by Marjorie Eaton in heavy makeup as stand-in, chimpanzee eyes were superimposed into her darkened eye sockets during post-production and was voiced by musical stage actor Clive Revill.
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Submitted May 29, 2023 at 06:11PM by Phrozenstein
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Palpatine
Sheev Palpatine, also known by his Sith name Darth Sidious, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Initially credited as the Emperor in the original trilogy films, he serves as the main antagonist of the nine-film Skywalker…
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