Today I learned Jimmy Carter has been in hospice for over 186 days.
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The Carter Center
Statement on President Carter’s Health
ATLANTA (Feb. 18, 2023) — After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. He has the full support…
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TIL that Canada's 8th largest National park, Wapusk National Park (11,475 square kilometres), doesn't allow tourists, and all researchers must carry a shotgun when visiting due to the risk of polar bear attacks.
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Wapusk National Park
Canadian national park in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay
TIL Daniel Radcliffe (aka the actor who plays Harry Potter) suffers from the debilitating condition 'Cluster Headaches'
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HuffPost UK
Daniel Radcliffe Suffers From Cluster Headaches - But What Are They?
TIL the city of New Bern, North Carolina uses almost the same flag as the city of Bern, Switzerland, except that its bear does not have a red penis.
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Coat of arms of Bern
flag
TIL in South Vietnam during the Buddhist crisis, a hugely oversized carp was found in a small pond. It was believed to be a reincarnation of one of Buddha's disciples, and the Catholic government ordered it mined and machine gunned, which it survived. This catapulted the fish's fame to new heights
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Ngô Đình Nhu
Vietnamese archivist and politician (1910–1963)
TIL about Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist and mathematician, and his groundbreaking creation of a vacuum. In 1643, he invented the barometer, an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure that led to his famous observation that, "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Evangelista Torricelli | Barometer inventor, Scientist, Mathematician
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer and whose work in geometry aided in the eventual development of integral calculus. Inspired by Galileo’s writings, he wrote a treatise on mechanics, De Motu (“Concerning…
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TIL: That during 1830 - 1900, there was a fad for women who wanted to lose weight, the Tapeworm diet.
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Submitted August 24, 2023 at 05:58PM by JohnnySasaki2
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Atlas Obscura
The Horrifying Legacy of the Victorian Tapeworm Diet
A beauty fad that continues to haunt us.
TIL originally Krusty the Clown was going to be revealed as Homer Simpson in disguise, which is why they were drawn so similarly. The concept was later dropped because it was deemed too complicated for the show.
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Submitted August 24, 2023 at 08:00PM by iamveryDerp
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EW.com
Talking about ''The Simpsons''
Talking about ''The Simpsons'' -- Conan O'Brien, Dan Castallaneta, Matt Groening and Al Jean reflect on working on the animated series
TIL that percent of women receiving computer science degrees in the United States has dropped by half since the 1980s.
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Why is Computer Science Unpopular Among Women? | Texas Tech Today | TTU
Kevin Harmon and Eric Walden examine theories behind the IT sector’s gender gap.
TIL in 1973, food manufacturer Mario Fabbrini held "The Great Michigan Pizza Burial" after 40,000 of his frozen pies were recalled due to botulism concerns. They were dumped in a grave in Ossineke during a service attended by hundreds, with the state governer even giving a eulogy of sorts.
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Great Michigan Pizza Funeral
Historical event
TIL Alfa Romeo's logo contains a snake eating a human
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MotorTrend
Alfa Romeo Badge and Emblem History: What's With the Snake?
Alfa Romeo's famous logo has undergone several revisions in the past 110 years—see them all and learn the symbol's meaning right here.
TIL about Dr. Chaos, a computer hacker who was caught storing drums of cyanide under Chicago's L-line for unknown reasons after going on the run for causing 28 power failures throughout Wisconsin
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Joseph Konopka
American terrorist
TIL about panbabylonism, the belief that all religions of civilization is ultimately derived from babylonian myths including the genesis creation narrative and the genesis flood narrative.
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Panbabylonism
discredited archaeological thesis that Middle Eastern cultures/religions all derive from Babylonian myths which in turn come from on Babylonian astronomy, often in hidden ways
TIL: Multimillionaire Maria Assunta, upon her death left her entire fortune of $13 million, all of her properties such as villas, homes, and land to her cat Tommaso, making the cat one of the world's richest felines. Just a few years prior, Tommaso was a stray cat she found in the streets of Rome.
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The World from PRX
Tommaso, the Italian cat, inherits $13 million from owner Maria
Tommaso, a cat, inherited $13 million from its late owner Maria Assunta
TIL that during the United States occupation of Haiti in 1914, the equivalent of over $14m in today’s money in gold assets, were seized from Haiti and transferred to National City Bank in New York.
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United States occupation of Haiti
The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the National City Bank of New York convinced the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, to take control of Haiti's political…
TIL in 2018, a Belgian priest received a one month sentence for failing to prevent a suicide. The victim had made it clear that he did not want his wife to be alerted, which the priest complied with. A court ruled he should've alerted his wife regardless.
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Prison sentence for priest invoking secret of confessional not to act on suicide threat
A Bruges judge has gone against Roman Catholic teaching ruling that the secret of the confessional isn't absolute.
TIL about 1 in 20 people sleep with their eyes open
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Submitted August 25, 2023 at 03:38AM by chocolatethunder1013
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Sleep Foundation
Signs You May Be Sleeping With Your Eyes Open | Sleep Foundation
Sleeping with your eyes open is a common medical condition called nocturnal lagophthalmos. Learn about the symptoms and treatments for this condition.
TIL That During Segregation, It Was Illegal In the State of Alabama For a Black Person And a White Person To Play Checkers Together.
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Submitted August 25, 2023 at 04:41AM by Henri_le_Chat
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TIL People recognize eyebrows more than they do actual eyes
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TIL that at the age of 56, Teddy Roosevelt Jr. was the oldest man and the only general to land by sea with the first wave of troops on D-Day.
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Submitted August 25, 2023 at 08:38AM by XJLIftedPNW
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Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Normandy, June 6, 1944: One of Only Two Generals on the Beach - Congressional Medal of Honor Society
On the morning of June 6, 1944, American, British and Canadian military forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. This would be the beginning of the end for Nazi […]
TIL that the Sahara Desert fertilizes the Amazon rainforest!
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Submitted August 25, 2023 at 06:40AM by Altruistic_Diet_9831
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NASA
NASA Satellite Reveals How Much Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon’s Plants
What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?