TIL Many haunted houses have been investigated and found to contain high levels of carbon monoxide or other poisons, which can cause hallucinations. The carbon monoxide theory explains why haunted houses are mostly older houses, which are more likely to contain aging and defective appliances.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 11:43AM by HOLUPREDICTIONS
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Haunted house
house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased
TIL At a length of 130m and able to carry more than 7000 men (4000 being rowers) the Tessarakonteres was the largest ship built in antiquity. Built by order of Ptolemy IV Philopator in the 3rd century BCE she required an early dry dock to construct. Ultimately her great size made her impractical.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 01:58PM by jamescookenotthatone
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Tessarakonteres
Egyptian catamaran galley
TIL Belgium is the only country in the world that flies an unconstitutional flag. The flag should be red, yellow and black, but in practice the order is reversed. Nobody has bothered correcting the constitution.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:02PM by Muchestu
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My Country? Europe.
The Strange Case of Belgium's Unconstitutional Flag
it has always been tradition that colours were to be positioned on the flag pole in the same order as they are were presented in the denoscription. Thus, in theory, the flag of Belgium should be red, yellow and black starting from the pole.
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TIL Because their sense of smell is so great, some dogs can be trained to sniff out medical conditions. They are used to diagnose a particular condition or to alert their owners if they need more medication.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:15PM by TheQuietKid22
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10 amazing facts about dogs
Did you know some of the incredible things about our dogs?
TIL that the earth's mantle is predominantly solid due to extreme pressure, though it behaves as a "viscous fluid" on geologic time scales.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:13PM by parkesc
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Earth's mantle
part of the interior of the planet Earth
TIL that a money raising attempt by former Mexican President and General Santa Anna (responsible for losing the Texas Revolution) led to the invention of chewing gum in the United States.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 03:47PM by texasrigger
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Black Jack (gum)
chewing gum
TIL about the PXL2000 - a camcorder produced in 1987 that records video footage to standard audio cassettes.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:01PM by Kale_Brecht
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PXL2000
1987 toy video camera
TIL About Charles Smith. A former Pathologist in Toronto many of the convictions resulting from his testimony/autopsies were overturned when an inquiry revealed he had willingly allowed personal bias to influence his work and that he had knowingly lied on the stand.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:06PM by GentPc
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Charles Smith (pathologist)
pathologist
TIL that Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages until age 16 when, upon being faced with being returned to an orphanage, she chose to get married to her neighbour's 21 year old son, drop out of school, and become a housewife.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:37PM by Pinkcitrine
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Marilyn Monroe
American actress (1926–1962)
TIL that to protect bumblebees, the California Endangered Species Act (1984) classified bumblebees as fish, on the grounds that the definition of fish included the term "invertebrate", which bumblebees also are.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 04:43PM by jenesuispashariselon
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California Endangered Species Act
state-level species conservation law
TIL about 2,000 to 3,000 luxury cars are abandoned in Dubai every year
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 05:19PM by PM_ME_AYY_LMAOOS
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How Did Dubai Become A Graveyard For Supercars?
Dubai has become a graveyard for supercars. Luxury cars are just abandoned in parking lots. Read on to know more about why is this happening
TIL that the informal foot paths people create are called "desire paths". In Finland, planners wait until first snowfall and then plan their paved paths around where people's tracks appear.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 05:48PM by innergamedude
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99% Invisible
Least Resistance: How Desire Paths Can Lead to Better Design - 99% Invisible
Informal ‘desire paths‘ can form with as few as fifteen traversals of an unpaved route, creating spontaneous new trails shaped by pedestrians effectively voting with their feet. These paths frequently become self-reinforcing: others intuit the potential advantages…
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TIL Mercator maps were never intended as general-purpose world maps. The massive distortion of geographical geometry is a side-effect of the map's special feature: simple marine navigation. A course along any constant compass direction is represented on the map as a straight line.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 06:57PM by AuthenticationScheme
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Mercator projection
cylindrical map projection invented by Gerardus Mercator in 1569
TIL China uses cloud seeding for weather manipulation to create everything from blue skies during the 2008 Olympic games to rain intense during droughts.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 07:12PM by TheMadhopper
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CNN
China is seeding clouds to replenish its shrinking Yangtze River | CNN
The Yangtze had dried up in parts as swaths of China battle drought and the nation’s worst heat waves in more than 60 years.
TIL that Greece has the largest merchant navy in the world, beating even the US, UK, Japan, etc.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 06:12PM by LotusCobra
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Greek Merchant Marine
Hellenic Merchant naval Force
TIL that a former prostitute in Vietnam has adopted over 350 orphans who all use her surname
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 09:14PM by invisiblechaircover
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Vietmynewspaper
HUYNH TIEU HUONG – “THE FAIRY OF MISERABLE LIVES” | Viet My Magazine
TIL that Luc Havan, the nightclub employee who killed jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius in 1987, was sentenced to twenty-two months in prison and five years' probation, but only served four months in prison due to good behaviour.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 07:58PM by waitingforthesun92
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Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist (1951–1987)
TIL that Tsar Nicholas II and King Geroge V both had dragon tattoos and both of them got said tattoos while being in Japan.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 10:01PM by UnknownGhost-5
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Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II (Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer, was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland, ruling from…
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TIL in 2014, McDonald's revealed that Grimace, their purple monster mascot, is "the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud."
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 11:03PM by SilentWalrus92
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Peoplemag
What Is Grimace? All About McDonald's Beloved Purple Character Who’s Actually a Taste Bud
The lovable, spherical-shaped character Grimace has always been one of McDonald's most recognizable faces — even if fans never knew what he actually is
TIL of a man who, after being gifted a flight in a fighter jet by coworkers, accidentally ejected himself from the cockpit. He survived, though he later stated he had never previously expressed any interest in such a flight.
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 11:48PM by TheLeagueOfOwls
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the Guardian
Man accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight
Sixty-four-year-old lands in field after grabbing ejection handle to steady himself, French air investigators find
TIL The United States considered using 520 nuclear bombs to blast away an alternative to the Suez Canal through Israel in the 1960s
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Submitted June 14, 2023 at 10:54PM by AaronDotCom
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Project Plowshare
term for United States plan to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes