TIL darker coffee roasts have less caffeine.
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Caffeine
Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is mainly used recreationally, as a eugeroic (wakefulness promoter) or as a mild cognitive enhancer to increase alertness and attentional performance. Caffeine acts by blocking…
TIL the prominent scarring on Seal's face is the result of a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematosus, which affects the skin and leaves large scars.
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Submitted July 29, 2023 at 06:51PM by Paesano19
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Seal (musician)
British singer
TIL about the winterworm, people pay ALOT to eat the cordyceps fungus in Asia. Made famous by the recent TV drama The Last of Us, prices are as high as $18,000 per kg. Eaten for its herbal properties its known as the viagra of Tibet.
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Ophiocordyceps sinensis
Ophiocordyceps sinensis (formerly known as Cordyceps sinensis), known colloquially as caterpillar fungus, is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on insects) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is mainly found in the meadows above 3,500 metres…
TIL that on April 5, 1933, Roosevelt ordered all gold coins and gold certificates in denominations of more than $100 turned in for other money. It required all persons to deliver all gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates owned by them to the Federal Reserve by May 1 for the set price of $20.
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Submitted July 29, 2023 at 07:39PM by GetEdgeful
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HISTORY
FDR takes United States off gold standard | June 5, 1933 | HISTORY
The United States goes off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold, when Congress enacted a joint resolution nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.
TIL A man was convicted of exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl, the judge ordered that after he was released from prison, he had to wear a shirt reading "I am a registered sex offender" at his job for 22 months straight.
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Court Reporting
Judges Gone Wild! 14 Weird and Unusual Criminal Sentences
If you hang around courts long enough, regardless of which side of the law you're on (ahem), you're bound to see some crazy things. Usually, the craziness comes from the litigants in the court cases, but sometimes judges lend their own sense of loopiness…
TIL that there is restaurant in Beijing that specialises in preparing dishes from the genitals (penises and testicles) of male animals.
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Submitted July 29, 2023 at 09:43PM by Master_McKnowledge
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Time Travel Turtle
Really? A restaurant that only serves penis?
At this Chinese restaurant, there's only one thing on the menu... and it's probably the last part of the animal you would want to eat!
TIL Belgium recently went 652 days without a government (2018-2020)! They also had a previous record of 541 days without a government back in 2010-2011.
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U.S.
Finally, a government after 652 days: New Belgian PM debuts at EU summit
Belgium's new premier arrived for a European Union summit on Thursday fresh from his swearing-in ceremony, exultantly bumping elbows with fellow leaders as he told them his country finally had a proper government after 652 days.
TIL that a uranium mill operated from 1950-1984 in Moab Utah, leaving a large pile of contaminated waste on the banks of the Colorado River, endangering human, animal, and plant life all the way to Mexico. Clean-up is underway and will cost taxpayers as much as 1 billion dollars.
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Constructionequipmentguide
Cleaning Up Moab UMTRA Site Will Likely Top $1B : CEG
A massive undertaking to remove and relocate uranium-ore tailings from a Moab, Utah, site is in its eighth year with materials continuing to be extracted and carried by train to a site in Grand Junction, Utah.
TIL that humans have been wearing clothes for at least 40,000 years. We know this because human body lice can’t survive outside of clothes, and genetic evidence shows that they diverged from head lice 40,000-170,000 years ago.
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History of clothing and textiles
study of fashion and clothing by period in time
TIL : a man from colombia was diagnosed with tapeworm cancer
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Submitted July 30, 2023 at 02:03AM by Hixo_7
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sciencenorway.no
Is any part of our body cancer proof?
Who has ever heard of heart or spleen cancer? And what about the appendix?
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TIL that When Edward Safra was 16, he earned $40 million during arbitrage transactions between Italian and British gold sovereigns and used this money to obtain a financial house in Geneva which became his Trade Development Bank which used only ancient Arabic noscript for its bookkeeping.
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Edmond Safra
Syrian Brazilian Jewish banker
TIL in 2007, Jon Lovitz confronted Andy Dick at a restaurant, where Dick claimed he put the Phil Hartman hex on Lovitz, stating he was the next to die. Lovitz and Dick then had a heated encounter, resulting in Lovitz demanding an apology and eventually; smashing Dick's head into the bar.
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Jon Lovitz
American actor and comedian
TIL that 2500 years ago, an explorer named Hanno found a tribe of ‘hairy and savage’ people. He captured three women, but they were so ferocious that he had them killed and skinned. It’s speculated that he actually discovered gorillas. Gorillas were named after his name for the tribe.
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Hanno the Navigator
5th century BC Carthaginian explorer
TIL that dung beetles use the Milky Way as a compass to help them roll out dung balls in organized routes. They take "snapshots" of the stars to create a mental map while "dancing" on top of dung balls.
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NPR
Dung Beetles Navigate Poop-Pile Getaways Using Celestial 'Snapshots'
The tiny waste harvesters use the Milky Way as a guide to roll their dung meals away to safety. Now researchers say the beetles take "snapshots" of the constellation and store them in their brains.
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TIL Hitler was a vegetarian and used gruesome denoscriptions of animal suffering at the dinner table to try to dissuade his colleagues from eating meat
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Adolf Hitler and vegetarianism
Adolf Hitler's abstention from the consumption of meat
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TIL contrary to popular belief, Chanel No. 5 wasn’t Marilyn Monroe’s favourite perfume. Monroe also had a secret adoration for "Floris Rose Geranium" perfume, which was delivered in bulk to her at the Beverly Hills Hotel under a cloak and dagger alias during the filming of "Some Like It Hot".
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Maison
8 Famous Women and the Perfumes They Wore - Maison
From Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe to Elizabeth Taylor, here are 8 style icons and their signature scents. 1. Marilyn Monroe: Floris Rose Geranium Like millions of other women, Monroe was a fan of Chanel No 5. However, in 2002, it was revealed that she also…
TIL the biggest bank robbery in history was Saddam Hussein's son just walking inside the Central Bank of Iraq the night before US invasion, with a note handwritten by his father, loaded almost $1 billion into three tractor-trailers in span of two hours and left. $350 million of that was never found.
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the Guardian
Saddam's son took $1bn from bank on eve of war
One of Saddam Hussein's sons took almost $1bn (£640m) in cash from Iraq's central bank only hours before the Americans started bombing, the US state department said last night.
TIL about Preserved Fish, who was a Famous New York Merchant in the 1800's. He's also Featured in Terry Pratchett's "Real People".
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Preserved Fish
New York City shipping merchant (1766-1846)
TIL Bungie recalled 200,000 copies of their 1998 strategy game "Myth 2: Soulblighter" as it was being shipped to retailers after a major bug was found in the uninstaller program that could cause most of a computers hard drive to be erased along with the game.
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Myth II: Soulblighter
1998 video game
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TIL 'That 70s Show' aired the first kiss between two men on network TV in the US
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Submitted July 30, 2023 at 04:38PM by StupidMastiff
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ScreenRant
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's That '70s Show Cameo Made TV History
Joseph Gordon-Levitt appeared in a brief cameo on That '70s Show season 1, but it was part of a historic episode due to a scene with Topher Grace.
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TIL humans are the longest living land mammals
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Submitted July 30, 2023 at 04:27PM by therealjohnfreeman
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Discover Wildlife
Which mammal lives the longest?
How long does the longest living mammal live, and how does the human lifespan compare to other mammals?
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