TIL The actor who played Random Task in Austin Powers was sentenced to 7 years for torture (SA) and a further 27 years for murdering his cell mate whilst incarcerated
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Submitted August 05, 2023 at 11:21PM by BoldManoeuvres
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Joe Son
American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and actor
TIL Disney/Disneyland formulated 2 specific colors (Go Away Green and Blending Blue) to help “erase” backstage buildings and camouflage parts of the park that are under construction.
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Submitted August 05, 2023 at 10:43PM by KOLDUT
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Inside the Magic
Disney Secretly Invented Two Colors (and They’re Everywhere!)
Two of the most used paint colors at Disney World are camouflaged to make your eyes ignore them so you can enjoy the scenery at the parks.
TIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession of the tooth of the great white shark that took his leg. (Full story in comments)
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BBC News
Shark attack survivor wins right to keep tooth left in surfboard
Surfer Chris Bowes lost his leg but authorities return a tooth the shark left wedged in his board.
TIL Throughout history, only 8 people received Honorary citizenship of the United States. Sir Winston Churchill and Saint Teresa of Calcutta were the only ones to receive the honor during their lifetimes.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 02:57AM by Hudma_Specks
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Honorary citizenship of the United States
Title of honor conferred by either the United States Congress or the President of the United States
TIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acre
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 06:37AM by genericdude999
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www.waldeneffect.org
Calories per acre for various foods
we could feed many more people with the same amount of land if we all became vegetarians, but only if we stuck to potatoes and corn.
TIL Canadian Physicians Can Now Prescribe Nature To Patients
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 07:08AM by Bitchaint1
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NPR
A new program in Canada gives doctors the option of prescribing national park visits
And the best part? The annual passes are free.
TIL “☪️OE✡️IS✝️” was designed by a Piotr Mlodozeniec for a contest held by an art museum in Jerusalem. The design gained popularity when Indians students trademarked it and sold it on shirts. Their legal team then reached out to Mlodozeniec for permission to use it so they could sue a competitor.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 03:28AM by MrJigglyBrown
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Vox
The big fight over Coexist
The Coexist logo is about getting along — but it started a legal war.
TIL About 1 in 9 people age 65 and older have Alzheimer's.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 08:53AM by PR1ZE0
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TIL the 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne was raised in an experiment by his parents to learn Latin as a first language. From birth, his tutor, servants and parents were only ever allowed to speak to him in Latin.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 10:18AM by CapnFancyPants
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Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
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TIL that on Jupiter's moon Io, tidal effects from Jupiter cause the ground itself to move up and down by 300 feet. Typical tidal range on earth is 3 feet in the open ocean.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 02:07PM by Holiday_Document4592
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spaceplace.nasa.gov
High Tide on IO! | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
What do you get when you cross an earthquake with a tidal wave?
TIL The first oranges weren’t orange. The original oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid, and they were actually green. In fact, oranges in warmer regions, such as Vietnam and Thailand, still stay green through maturity.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 09:54AM by TheQuietKid22
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HT School
Did you know that the first oranges weren’t actually orange? - HT School
Your Gateway To Fun Learning, Championing the cause of education through national-level initiatives.
TIL that Shampoo was first discovered in India
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 04:47PM by nyks7777
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Shampoo
hair care product
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TIL That people think in different ways. People who think in the verbaliser style have spoken word associations (ex: talk to themselves in their head) and people who think in the imager style think in images; and there are people who use both styles.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 05:41PM by Perma_Gum
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TIL that a moose will swim in water to eat the aquatic vegetation. Though they prefer shallow water, there was an eyewitness account of a moose diving at 18 feet of water to eat just the vegetation.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 07:18PM by devicto89
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Teton Science Schools
Can Moose Really Dive? | Teton Science Schools
“Did you know that moose can dive as deep as five meters?” This factoid is repeated by educators across the circumpolar range of Alces alces, and often is received amazement and maybe a few chuckles…
TIL it was Avi Arad's idea to make Stan Lee cameos a tradition, but Sam Raimi originally didn't want Lee to cameo in Spider-Man, saying, "imagine you’re a minor director in England doing Macbeth and you’re told, 'Put the writer in the play.' It sounds absurd."
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The Hollywood Reporter
Sam Raimi on Pitching a ‘Thor’ Movie With Stan Lee — and Getting Rejected
‘Spider-Man’ director Sam Raimi worried that putting Stan Lee in his movie was a bad idea.
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TIL that less than two weeks after the French surrender in WWII, the British attacked a French naval base to prevent Germany from using the ships. Over 1,200 died and multiple ships were destroyed or damaged. Vichy France retaliated by bombing Gibraltar and cutting off diplomatic relations.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 10:02PM by DemocrrrracyManifest
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Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main…
TIL there have been 256,000 unsolved homicides across the United States since 1980
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 07:46PM by mankls3
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www.murderdata.org
Why We Exist
America does a poor job tracking and accounting for its unsolved homicides. Every year, at least 5,000 killers get away with murder. The rat...
TIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the noscript theme for The Legend of Zelda, but had to change it because the song's copyright had not yet expired.
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 08:01PM by Running-Fridge
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geekcentrals
The Copyright Incident, which gave rise to the well-known Zelda theme -
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, and Koji Kondo all spoke about how the game's noscript music was created in an interview for The Legend of Zelda's 30th
TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville ever
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Submitted August 07, 2023 at 12:30AM by IrwinRSchyster1
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refactoid
6 Jaw-Dropping Facts About Jacksonville, Florida - refactoid
Jacksonville, Florida is the most populous city in both the state of Florida and the southeastern part of the United States. The city was founded …
TIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘢𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premium
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Submitted August 06, 2023 at 11:21PM by MeccIt
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Rubber B
The 1968 legendary Daytona Rolex owned by Paul Newman
The legendary Daytona Rolex owned by Paul Newman is considered a timeless relic amongst collectors and fans for decades. It appeals to people way beyond the watch world.
TIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one time
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Submitted August 07, 2023 at 02:19AM by dakp15
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Cuban medical internationalism
aspect of Cuban foreign policy
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