TIL that the makers of Donkey Kong Country wanted the Kongs to be voiced by actual gorillas and spent hours recording some at a zoo, only to realize that gorillas are actually very quiet. Finding themselves without sounds to work with, they had a programmer do gorilla impressions instead.
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is a reboot of Nintendo's Donkey Kong franchise and follows the gorilla Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong as…
TIL that jazz musicians shut off their dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, responsible for self-monitoring performance, and activate their medial prefrontal cortex, which helps with storytelling. This resembles our brain patterns while dreaming.
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Science 2.0
Study: Prefrontal Cortex In Jazz Musicians Winds Down When Improvising
Scientists funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) have found that, when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved…
TIL that boxer Max Schmeling who was branded a pawn of The Third Reich for defeating Joe Louis, actually sheltered Jewish children during Kristallnacht.
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Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling
Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (or Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis) refers to two separate fights between the men which are among boxing's most talked-about bouts. Schmeling took the first match in 1936 by a knockout in round 12 and Louis won the second bout in…
TIL Sweet Potatoes are not actually potatoes, but more closely related to Morning Glory
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Sweet potato
species of plant
TIL that Montana is the only U.S. state that has no statewide restrictions on cell phone use while driving.
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Submitted August 31, 2023 at 08:07PM by Sandstorm400
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Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United States
Various laws in the United States regulate the use of mobile phones and other electronics by motorists. Different states take different approaches. Some laws affect only novice drivers or commercial drivers, while some laws affect all drivers. Some laws…
TIL that one of Hayao Miyazaki's producers sent Harvey Weinstein a katana when Weinstein asked Princess Mononoke to be cut for its American Release
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Polygon
Did Hayao Miyazaki really send a katana to Harvey Weinstein as a threat?
‘No cuts’
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TIL in 2005, a sheep jumped off a cliff in Turkey and 1500 sheep followed one by one. 450 sheep died and the rest survived by landing on the soft big pile of sheep.
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Fox News
450 Turkish Sheep Leap to Their Deaths
One sheep jumped over the cliff, then nearly 1,500 others followed. Local familes are devastated.
TIL that among NYC attractions, Grant’s Tomb consistently drew more visitors than the Statue of Liberty in the 1890s and early 1900s.
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Submitted August 31, 2023 at 08:17PM by ChipIsOkay62
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Grant's Tomb
National Memorial to Ulysses Grant
TIL a narcissistic collapse happens when a narcissist believes that someone (or something) is threatening their ability to maintain their superficial inflated ego, and the 11 signs of this include impulsive behaviors, anger outbursts & rage, gaslighting, and reputation smearing
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Choosing Therapy
What Is Narcissistic Collapse?
Narcissistic collapse occurs when a narcissist’s ability to uphold their grandiose, confident image is threatened. As a result, they often become enraged, resulting in impulsivity, intense lashing out, or harm to others. While this reaction isn’t typically…
TIL An independent Northern counterfeiter named Samuel C. Upham made so much fake Southern money during the American Civil War that experts think it made up around 1-3% of the total currency supply of the Confederacy.
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Samuel C. Upham
American counterfeiter
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TIL that advance tickets to all three days of Woodstock cost $18, equivalent to only about $125 in 2019
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Bbc
50 facts about Woodstock at 50: Money
As part of our 50th anniversary of Woodstock celebrations, we look at the festival's finances, and who came off better and worse.
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TIL Jane Kaczmarek was nominated by the Emmys for her portrayal of Lois in Malcolm in the Middle seven consecutive years - the entire run of the show - and never won.
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Television Academy
Jane Kaczmarek | Television Academy
Jane Kaczmarek: bio, photos, awards, nominations and more at Emmys.com.
TIL that fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be
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National Geographic
Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be
Mounting evidence shows that many of today’s whole foods aren't as packed with vitamins and nutrients as they were 70 years ago, potentially putting people's...
TIL: Timothy Dexter was an eccentric businessman known for his improbably successful investments. He was fooled to send bed warmers to the West Indies (hot), but sold them as ladles, he exported stray cats to the Caribbean who used them to kill rats, etc. He also told people his wife was a ghost.
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Timothy Dexter
United States merchant (1747-1806)
Today I learned that albino redwood trees exist but they cannot produce their own food so they are considered parasites because they rely on nutrients from neighboring trees
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Albino redwood
Tree without chlorophyll
TIL Until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, it was nearly impossible for a single woman to get a credit card without a male cosigner.
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Equal Credit Opportunity Act
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq.), enacted 28 October 1974, that makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction…
TIL that actor Woody Harrelson's father was a convicted contract killer (hitman)
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Submitted September 01, 2023 at 01:25PM by MagmaTroop
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Charles Harrelson
American murderer and hitman, father of Woody Harrelson
TIL: Jamaican culture was influenced by Indian immigrants and that's where Rastafarianism comes from. Indians introduced curry, cannabis and even dreadlocks to Jamaica.
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Submitted September 01, 2023 at 09:32AM by Mayor_McCheese_420
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TIL that a blue moon happens when a full moon appears multiple times in a month and not when the moon becomes blue
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Space.com
Blue Moon: What is it and when is the next one?
Earth experienced a Blue Moon this year. Here we explore this phenomenon in more detail.
TIL one big obstacle standing in the way of clean energy in California is the lack of high tension power lines that can move the electricity. Developing the new grid to accommodate solar farms may take a decade.
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Ars Technica
California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines
Transmission is now a big tension point for clean energy developers across the US.
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TIL the first Got Milk? commercial, “Aaron Burr,” was directed by Michael Bay.
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Submitted September 01, 2023 at 04:09PM by Hanz_VonManstrom
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Aaron Burr (advertisement)
"Aaron Burr" is a television advertisement for milk, created in 1993. Directed by Michael Bay and starring Sean Whalen, it was the first commercial in the "Got Milk?" advertising campaign. The ad depicts a history buff, portrayed by Whalen, who is unable…