TIL that around 109 billion humans have lived and died over the last 192,000 years, according to demographers from the Population Reference Bureau
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PRB
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?
The global population milestone of 8 billion people represents nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived on Earth.
TIL of the metaphor of the "missing stair", where a problematic person in a community is discretely worked around and warned about, rather than openly addressed
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 01:40AM by innergamedude
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Wikipedia
Missing stair
metaphor for a person within a social group
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TIL the physical virginity of Jesus' mother was so important in the Middle Ages, paintings depicted Mary getting pregnant through her ear with a beam of light from the Holy Ghost.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 03:22AM by sanandrios
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Johnsanidopoulos
The Conception of Christ Through the Ear of the Virgin Mary
In both Eastern and Western art of the Annunciation, we often find that the trajectory of the descent of the Holy Spirit is not to the womb...
TIL that Kmart still exists, with three locations on the East Coast of the U.S.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 03:08AM by Dr_CatGranola
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Kmart
American big box department store chain
TIL New Mexico is the only state with an official State Question: "Red or green?". "Red or green?" refers to the choices of chile sauce typically offered at local restaurants and is usually asked as quoted.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 04:17AM by Lakefargo
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New Mexico chile
group of peppers originating in New Mexico, typically green and ripening to red
TIL the founder of Utilitarianism had his body preserved & displayed in a British college. He's currently chillin' in the student center.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 01:07AM by leahfelicity
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Londonist
Jeremy Bentham's Body At UCL | Londonist
How to see the body of the famous philanthropist, on display at a central London university.
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TIL If you can voluntarily control your middle ear (tensor tympani) muscles to create a rumbling noise inside your head, you are extremely rare.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 10:34AM by professorwormb0g
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PubMed
Voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle and its audiometric effects - PubMed
The importance of the tensor tympani muscle in middle-ear physiology remains unclear. It has been related to the attenuation of sounds produced during the mastication process. Voluntary control over the tensor tympani muscle is an extremely rare event. However…
TIL there is a Hindu Patron God of Transgenders
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 07:44AM by muchdoge-verysweq
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Iravan
minor character from the Hindu epic Mahabharata
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TIL liquid nitrogen is not poisonous but can expand up to 695 times in volume when it vaporizes and has no warning properties such as odor or color. If this happens, it can displace oxygen and cause unconsciousness or even death.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 05:51AM by mankls3
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Liquid Nitrogen Handling | Environmental Health and Safety
Purpose and Applicability
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TIL Tennis Legend Andre Agassi Admitted in His Autobiography That He Hated Tennis but Continued to Play Due to Family Pressure and Talent
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 08:19AM by zlo2
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NPR
A Tennis Star Who Hates Tennis?
Widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Andre Agassi admits in a new autobiography that he hates tennis, "with a dark and secret passion." Always has. He's here to talk with host Terry Gross about what he calls the "contradictions"…
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TIL of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university in 1869. The university discriminated them with charging higher fees. As they arrived at their anatomy exam, several hundred male students pelted them with mud and other objects and shoved a sheep into the exam hall.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 03:22PM by deafhuman
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The University of Edinburgh
Sophia Jex-Blake and the Edinburgh Seven
Sophia Jex-Blake led the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university, in the fight to allow women to qualify as doctors in Britain.
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TIL that the final Boeing 707 in service crashed in 2019, resulting in a sole survivor
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 02:43PM by RADICCHI0
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2019 Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crash
On 14 January 2019, a Boeing 707 operated by Saha Airlines on a cargo flight crashed at Fath Air Base, near Karaj, Alborz Province in Iran. Fifteen of the sixteen people on board were killed. This aircraft was the last civil Boeing 707 in operation.
TIL that a retired print technician from Yorkshire David Smith in 2023 discovered the Einstein tile, a single tile that is capable of tiling the plane aperiodically thereby solving a long standing open problem in mathematics.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 02:34PM by Reginaferguson
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Einstein problem
problem in geometry
TIL that 40% of the population of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was kidnapped in 1704, mostly women and children.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 04:17PM by LissyVee
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The French-Canadian Genealogist
1704 Deerfield Captives Abigail Nims, Josiah Rising/Raizenne and Sarah Allen — The French-Canadian Genealogist
Read the fascinating story about how 3 children from Deerfield, Massachusetts, were kidnapped and taken to Quebec in 1704 by French troops and their indigenous allies. Abigail Nims, Josiah Rising (who became Raizenne) and Sarah Allen remained in New France…
TIL that Marie Antoinette adopted Jean Amilcar, an enslaved Senegalese child. She released him from slavery and sent him to a boarding school, paying his fees until her execution.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 03:58PM by Matuko
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Jean Amilcar
foster son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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TIL Joey Ramone was born with a parasitic twin growing out of his back.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 08:04PM by have_course_you_of
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Joey Ramone
American punk rock singer (1946–2001)
TIL that author J.K. Rowling often relied on the fan-made Harry Potter Lexicon while writing the 'Harry Potter' books: "I have been known to sneak into an Internet café while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy of 'Harry Potter', which is embarrassing."
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 08:55PM by Obversa
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The Harry Potter Lexicon
online encyclopedia of the Harry Potter series
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TIL Abraham Lincoln was attending a performance of the comedy "Our American Cousin" when John Wilkes Booth killed him. Booth timed the shooting with the show's funniest moment so that the crowd's laughter would drown out the sound of the shooting.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 09:33PM by res30stupid
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Our American Cousin
Play by Tom Taylor
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TIL that "heat lightning" is just regular lightning that has been observed from far away, and thus able to be seen but not heard. It is not a different type of lightning.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 05:46PM by AlwaysTheNoob
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 05:46PM by AlwaysTheNoob
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TIL about Popcorn Lung, a disease caused by a chemical in artificial butter flavoring. In 2012 a microwavable popcorn consumer was awarded US$7.27 million in damages after contracting the disease.
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 11:33PM by Durian_Queef
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Submitted September 08, 2023 at 11:33PM by Durian_Queef
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Artificial butter flavoring
culinary liquid mimicking flavor of butter
TIL that medical students disproportionately come from affluent backgrounds
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Submitted September 09, 2023 at 12:26AM by Snoo0Dall
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MPR News
Study finds medical students disproportionately come from affluent backgrounds
A new study conducted by medical school students and faculty at the University of Minnesota found that medical students of all racial backgrounds disproportionately come from affluent backgrounds. The study raises questions about the importance of socioeconomic…