TIL about an edible fungal infection, considered a delicacy by many, which affects corn called Corn Smut
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Submitted September 12, 2023 at 09:49PM by WLH7M
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Submitted September 12, 2023 at 09:49PM by WLH7M
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Wikipedia
Corn smut
species of edible fungus
TIL of the Broken-backed war theory. A form of conflict that could happen after a *massive* nuclear exchange. Assuming no side has been annihilated, one or all of the parties continue fighting entirely with munitions on hand at the start of the war.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 01:04AM by ArgentScourge
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Wikipedia
Broken-backed war theory
form of conflict that could happen after a massive nuclear exchange
Til that Tobey McGuire was briefly fired as Spider-Man for faking an injury. Jake Gyllenhaal was already in place.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 03:51AM by lemmegetadab
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The Indian Express
When Tobey Maguire was almost fired as Spider-Man after trying to secure bigger salary, Jake Gyllenhaal almost became Spidey
Did you know that Tobey Maguire's run as Spider-Man could have ended after one movie, when he reportedly tried to scheme his way to a heftier payday for Spider-Man 2?
TIL following the 1945 Empire State Building crash. Betty Lou Oliver plunged 75 storeys down an elevator shaft. This remains the world record for the longest survived elevator fall.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 02:52AM by Lost_Attitude3462
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1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash
aviation accident
TIL: Due to widespread unemployment and car ownership in the US in the 1910s, an Uber-like taxi service started called Jitney where individuals used their person cars to drive people to their destination for money
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 02:20AM by SilentWalrus92
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 02:20AM by SilentWalrus92
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Wikipedia
Share taxi
mode of transport which falls between both taxicabs and buses
TIL: Jimmy Carter created the "Mental Health Systems Act of 1980" to establish Mental Health facilities in communities across America. It was promptly repealed in 1981 by incoming president Reagan.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 06:17AM by extremekc
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Mental Health Systems Act of 1980
US law
TIL: Pokémon Red and Blue from 1998 was originally going to have over 65,000 versions of the game, all slightly different so the chances of finding someone with the same game as you were nearly impossible.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 05:33AM by SilentWalrus92
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ScreenRant
Pokémon Red & Blue Nearly Had 65k Different Versions, Report Finds
Red and Blue almost had over 65,000 versions.
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TIL Yao Tongbin, one of China's foremost missile scientists, died after a young engineer overthrew the leadership of the research institution where he worked at, resulting in a literal armed conflict between administrative staff/workers with scientists/engineers, during which Yao was beaten to death
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 03:43AM by zhuquanzhong
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Yao Tongbin
Chinese scientist (1922-1968)
TIL about Qian Xuesen, an early scientist at Jet Propulsion Lab who was later accused of being a communist and was deported to China where he helped start that country's satellite and rocket industries, a move a US Secretary of Navy later said was "the stupidest thing this country ever did"
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 10:02AM by mankls3
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BBC News
The man the US deported, who then helped China into space - BBC News
A Chinese rocket scientist helped two superpowers reach the moon, but his story is remembered in only one of them.
TIL Rwanda, East Africa, leads the entire world for the most women in government. In 2008 it became the first nation on earth to have a female majority government - and, since then, the country has maintained the figure at an approximately 60% majority...
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 09:35AM by TheAfternoonStandard
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www.context.news
Women in parliament: Which countries are making progress? | Context
From Malta to Colombia, women have significantly boosted their share of seats in parliament, but global progress towards gender equality has slowed
TIL That The 3 Fingered Alien Is A Hoax Debunked In 2017
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 12:51PM by Ecocrexis
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Snopes
Did Researchers Find a Mummified, Three-Fingered Alien in Nazca, Peru?
The purported discovery is backed by individuals with a history of making false, pseudoscientific claims.
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TIL Stephen Hawking's wife Jane offered free room-and-board at their home to students who would help care for her husband. Stephen needed fulltime help with dressing, bathing, and did not want help from anyone other than Jane
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:00AM by ubcstaffer123
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HistoryvsHollywood.com
Theory of Everything vs. True Story of Stephen and Jane Hawking
The Theory of Everything movie vs. the true story of Stephen Hawking. Also meet the real Jane Hawking, Jonathan Hellyer Jones and Elaine Mason.
TIL that in 1963, the British army tested how long a WWI Vickers Machine Gun could fire. It fired 5 Million Rounds, Firing Continously for Seven Days, an Average of 500 Rounds Per Minute for 10 000 Minutes.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 03:16PM by filwi
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Wikipedia
Vickers machine gun
7.7 mm medium machine gun
TiL that the stock trading shenanigsns in the 1983 film TRADING PLACES actually helped change financial trading laws in 2010 with what became known as 'The Eddie Murphy Rule'.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 04:52PM by HooliganBear316
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NPR
What Actually Happens At The End Of 'Trading Places'?
A definitive answer to one of the most important questions in the history of finance.
TIL that a Portuguese fraudster managed to convince a legitimate British printing company to produce so many banknotes that it impacted the Portuguese economy and thus also contributed to the military dictatorship from 1926 to 1974. The head of the printing house later became Lord Mayor of London.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 01:32PM by Bart-MS
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Wikipedia
Alves dos Reis
Portuguese fraudster
TIL that Male otters will hold their pups for ransom to force the mother to give up their food
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 05:34PM by Dark_Wolf04
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 05:34PM by Dark_Wolf04
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TIL Mexico's official legal name is "United Mexican States"
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:45PM by SauloJr
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:45PM by SauloJr
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TIL the Unicode standard officially supports the penis symbol as an Egyptian hieroglyph
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:08PM by SCP_radiantpoison
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symbl.cc
𓂺 - Egyptian Hieroglyph D053 or Fuck, Unicode Number: U+130BA, D. Parts of the human body in Block Egyptian Hieroglyphs 📖 Symbol…
Symbol: 𓂺, Name of the character: egyptian hieroglyph d053, Unicode number for the sign: U+130BA, the icon is included in the block: Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
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TIL That Abraham Lincoln once pranked his mom by holding a couple negihborhood kids upside down and having them walk across the ceiling leaving muddy footprints.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:53PM by myvotedoesntmatter
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TIL: The King Cobra is not actually a Cobra and its name comes from it's propensity to eat other snakes, including Cobra
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 08:00PM by NonCorporealEntity
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Wikipedia
King cobra
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake endemic to Asia. The sole member of the genus Ophiophagus, it is not taxonomically a true cobra, despite its common name and some resemblance. With an average length of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft)…
TIL that those who systematically take naps had a 37% lower coronary mortality.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:38PM by ReviewNecessary6521
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 07:38PM by ReviewNecessary6521
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PubMed
Siesta in healthy adults and coronary mortality in the general population - PubMed
After controlling for potential confounders, siesta in apparently healthy individuals is inversely associated with coronary mortality, and the association was particularly evident among working men.
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