TIL that Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America, was personally opposed to slavery and doubted the Confederacy could ever succeed. After her husband’s death, she moved to New York City and wrote that “the right side had won the Civil War.”
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Varina Davis
Second wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate States
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TIL that when a Roman legion was pulled out of Caledonia ~90AD, they were ordered to destroy the entire garrison and leave nothing of use. They broke every ceramic jar, burned everything flammable, and took great care to hide 7 tons of handmade nails. The nails were not discovered until 1961.
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Glasgowsteelnail
The story of Inchtuthil
Information on cut nails manufactured by Glasgow Steel Nail Co.
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TIL: that babies are not born with the bacteria that causes cavities (S. mutans) and that the bacteria is transferred from someone else through saliva exchange. Parents who share food, cups, kisses, & lick pacifiers can transfer their bacteria and increase the baby’s chances of developing cavities.
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Oral Health Group
Drop Those Pacifiers! ADA Says Saliva Harbors Cavity-Causing Bacteria that Can Be Transmitted to Babies - Oral Health Group
Parents should be aware that bacteria that cause dental decay can be transmitted from adult to child by sharing eating utensils, or by the parent ... more
TIL The statue of young David was made from a flawed piece of marble that had been ruined by two artists, and no one was willing to work on it. Despite the flaws in the marble, Michelangelo accepted the challenge and created this masterpiece.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
How a Rejected Block of Marble Became the World’s Most Famous Statue
Michelangelo turned an unfinished statue into an iconic piece of Renaissance art.
TIL Elton John has frequently said that without songwriter Bernie Taupin there would be no Elton John. The have been collaborating on music for 56 years, since Elton was 20 and Bernie was 17. A few songs of Taupin’s: Crocodile Rock, Candle in the Wind and Rocket Man.
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Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
TIL During the American Revolution the British captured Penobscot Bay and the Colonies sent an armada to take it back. All 44 of ships of the American Armada and hundreds of men were lost in the attack, making it the largest naval defeat in American history until Pearl Harbor, 162 years later.
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Penobscot Expedition
The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval armada during the Revolutionary War assembled by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The flotilla of 19 warships and 25 support vessels sailed from Boston on July 19, 1779, for…
TIL Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor cleared 6 feet when he was 14. He cleared 7 feet when he was 16, and is the only human in history to jump 8 feet. His best jump of 8 feet 1/4 inch (2.45 m) has been the world record since 1993.
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Javier Sotomayor
Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born 13 October 1967) is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant…
TIL that The Winstons, the soul group who created the most sampled music track in history, received no royalties for their famous drum sample (used by groups such as Oasis). Gregory Coleman, the drummer who performed in the sample, died homeless and destitute in 2006
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Amen break
widely sampled drum break
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TIL that the last Great Auk egg ever was accidentally cracked in the struggle to strangle its parents
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Eldey
island in Iceland
TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.
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RSB
Eating gamma radiation for breakfast
Tom Ireland explores the exciting possibilities of fungi that appear to use deadly radiation for energy and growth
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TIL Upon returning to Earth, Apollo 11 astronauts went on a 38-day around the world goodwill tour, visiting 29 cities in 24 countries, at the request of President Nixon. They wanted to emphasize that the Moon landing was done for humanity, not just for Americans
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NASA
50 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Astronauts Return from World Tour
50 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Astronauts Return from Around the World Goodwill Tour
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TIL the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) is an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction in order to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind.
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Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
environmental movement that calls for people to abstain from reproduction to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind
TIL Robin Williams was given a role by Star Trek: The Next Generation writers as a man named Berlinghoff Rasmussen for the episode "A Matter of Time" where he would play a fast-talking car salesman type time traveler who turns out to be a con man. Williams had to decline in order to film 'Hook'
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The Star Trek Role That Was Actually Written For Robin Williams
The late, great Robin Williams could've appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Today I learned that during the renovation of the USA Library of Congress in the 1990s, it was discovered that the metallic ornamentation of the ceiling, once thought to be silver leaf, is actually aluminum leaf. When the building was constructed in the 1890s, aluminum was more precious than silver.
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The Library of Congress
[Great Hall. View of ceiling and cove, showcasing the aluminum plating, stained glass windows, sculpture and murals. Library of…
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TIL Researchers have found that if you leave a running wheel out in the wild, wild mice will choose to run on the wheel for their own enjoyment
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Wild mice actually enjoy running on exercise wheels
GrrlScientist: Findings dispel the idea that wheel running is a product of captivity, indicative of a neurotic or repetitive stereotyped behaviour that may be associated with poor welfare
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TIL about Ratatoskr a squirrel in Old Norse mythology who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages (mostly insults) between the eagles perched atop Yggdrasil, and the serpent Níðhöggr.
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Ratatoskr
In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr (Old Norse, generally considered to mean "drill-tooth" or "bore-tooth") is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagles perched atop Yggdrasil, and the serpent Níðhöggr, who dwells…
TIL when the UK did a trial of rationing right at the beginning of WW2 – the only negative effects were a "remarkable increase in flatulence" and a 250% increase in fecal volume
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Fighting fit: how dietitians tested if Britain would be starved into defeat
Laura Dawes: As the second world war took hold, Cambridge physiologists took part in a crucial experiment to assess the threat of malnutrition
TIL when St. Peter’s Basilica was remodeled in the 1600’s, the tombs of nearly a thousand years of Catholic Popes were destroyed.
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Papal tombs in Old St. Peter's Basilica
Listing of tombs
TIL that The Great Gatsby was largely considered forgettable and a commercial failure when it was published in 1925. It was only after WWII, during which free copies of novels were sent to US soldiers overseas, that the book was re-examined and became a core part of American high school curriculums.
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The Great Gatsby
1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald