TIL about mammoth hunters, people in Russia's far north who hunt for and sell "ice ivory": the tusks of mammoths. Some will illegally utilise firefighting equipment to melt ice and dig huge tunnels into the ground in search of remains.
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WIRED UK
The climate crisis has sparked a Siberian mammoth tusk gold rush
The Arctic permafrost is thawing, revealing millions of buried mammoth skeletons. But the rush for mammoth ivory could put elephants in danger all over again
TIL that in 1942, Manhattan Project needed 5000 tons of copper, which was in short supply; to avoid delays, it borrowed 430 million troy ounces of silver from US Treasury to be used in magnets. The silver was fully returned by 1970 as the equipment was decommisioned.
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Calutron
mass spectrometer
TIL fish need sleep, too, but when parrotfish sleep they wrap a cocoon of mucus around themselves – essentially, making their own sleeping bag every night that protects the parrotfish not just from predators, but from parasites.
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Submitted July 31, 2023 at 06:45PM by fiureddit
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The Conversation
Sleeping fish? From sharks to salmon, guppies to groupers, here's how they grab a snooze
Just about every creature on Earth needs to grab some Zs from time to time. Imagine trying to doze while dodging great whites and killer whales.
TIL about Pelorus Jack who was a dolphin that was famous for escorting ships through a stretch of water in Cook Strait, New Zealand. The animal was reported from 1888 until his disappearance after 1912. Pelorus Jack was usually spotted in a notoriously dangerous channel.
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Wikipedia
Pelorus Jack
dolphin famous for meeting and escorting ships
TIL North Korea has a water park in Pyongyang
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Submitted July 31, 2023 at 03:29PM by GMD3S1GNS
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Tripadvisor
MUNSU WATER PARK: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)
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TIL that Vlad the Impaler had a brother called Radu the Handsome.
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Submitted July 31, 2023 at 09:53PM by stayslow
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Radu the Handsome
Son of Vlad II Dracul
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TIL NHL player Tim Horton (co-founder of the Canadian coffeehouse/restaurant chain) died at the age of 44 when he crashed his car while driving home after an NHL game in Toronto. His BAC was twice the legal limit, he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and he had barbiturates in his system.
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Tim Horton
Canadian ice hockey player and businessman
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TIL that Match Day for medical residents exists in which a single organization chooses all medical residencies in a single day. This organization serves to keep the number of residencies low, causing the infamous 80-100 hour resident workweek, and congress passed laws to keep this practice legal.
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Jung v. Association of American Medical Colleges
Jung v. Association of American Medical Colleges was an antitrust class-action lawsuit that alleged collusion to prevent American trainee doctors from negotiating for better working conditions. The working conditions of medical residents often involved 80…
TIL former US President John Tyler joined the Confederates in the American Civil War. Tyler's death was the only one in presidential history not to be officially recognized in Washington, because of his allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
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John Tyler
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President…
TIL the flying insect population has decreased ~60% since the year 2000
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Decline in insect populations
ecological trend
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TIL Richard Nixon is the only President to forgo his life-long secret service protection in order to save the taxpayers money.
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Former Presidents Act
1958 U.S. law providing benefits to former presidents of the United States
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TIL US soldiers are four times as likely to die by suicide than in combat
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Submitted August 01, 2023 at 04:29AM by konnectthedotz
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NBC News
Since 9/11, military suicides dwarf the number of soldiers killed in combat
The majority of the suicides are among veterans, according to a Brown University report.
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TIL that Russ Gremel turned $1,000 into $2 million by buying $1,000 worth of Walgreens stock in the 1940s. He figured people would always need medicine and women would always buy makeup.
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CNBC
Warren Buffett's investing strategy helped one man turn $1,000 into $2 million
Chicago-based investor Russ Gremel, now 98 years old, did something truly worthwhile with his profits.
TIL about Edward Dando, notorious glutton and dine-and-dasher in 1800's Britain, who would eat dozens of oysters, not pay, go to jail, get released, and promptly do it again
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Edward Dando
Thief and glutton active around London (c.1803–1832)
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TIL Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.
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Snopes
Is Buzz Aldrin's Mother's Maiden Name 'Moon'?
Aldrin's 1969 trip to the Moon was, in some respects, a family visit.
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TIL Chinese women in the Ming and Qing dynasties would point out their medical issues on ivory dolls instead of being touched by, or discussing their problem with, a physician.
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Atlas Obscura
Chinese Women Once Had to Point Out Their Medical Troubles on Ivory Dolls
For centuries, miniature ivory women helped real women seek medical help.
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TIL that in 2011, Steve Whittaker, Researcher at IBM and Professor of Human Computer Interaction at UCSC, showed that Sorting Email into Folders is Mathematically Inferior to Searching and Scrolling.
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Submitted August 01, 2023 at 04:20PM by filwi
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TIL that the lowest recorded Gallup Poll presidential approval rating is from Harry Truman, who reached 22% during the Korean War. This was due in large part to Truman deciding to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of command due to his desire to use nuclear weapons to win the war.
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Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt…
TIL that Mike Love gets a third of the royalties for "Wouldn't It Be Nice" for writing just one line ("Good night baby, sleep tight baby"), while Tony Asher gets only a sixth for writing the rest of the lyrics
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Submitted August 01, 2023 at 04:15PM by huseddit
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
Episode 142: “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys
Episode one hundred and forty-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys, and the creation of the Pet Sounds album. Click the full post t…
TIL that Leo Fender, the founder of Fender Guitars, did not know how to play a guitar at all.
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Submitted August 01, 2023 at 05:24PM by iamsn00py
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Guitar.com | All Things Guitar
Leo Fender: The guitar genius who couldn’t play a note
We look back at the life of Leo Fender – the maverick inventor who would change guitar forever.
TIL Women’s shirt buttons are on the left-hand side because wealthy women used to be dressed by their maids and it was easier to access.
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Submitted August 01, 2023 at 06:00PM by DwightKSchrute007
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Today
Men's and women's button-up shirts are on opposite sides for this reason
If there's one piece of clothing present in nearly every wardrobe, it's the button-up shirt.