TIL that Tame Impala is only a band when it plays live. All of their studio material is written, recorded, produced and performed by a single man, Kevin Parker. When performing live, however, there are up to 6 members in varying positions.
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Wikipedia
Tame Impala
Australian psychedelic rock musical proyect
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TIL there is an entire college athletic conference composed entirely of Penn State satellite campuses.
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Submitted September 13, 2023 at 11:05PM by tomveiltomveil
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TIL a californian lady called Denise Rossi won $1.3 million in lottery, divorced her husband of 25 years without telling him about her win. He later found out and sued her for not disclosing her assets. The judge awarded him every cent of her prize.
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the Guardian
Lottery winner loses big payout to ex-husband
A court has ordered a woman to give her lottery jackpot of $1.3m (£800,000) to her former husband because she kept it secret during their divorce.
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TIL that in 1992, the United States Department of Commerce prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipping of toy guns unless they have an orange tip or are entirely brightly colored.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 03:44AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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Wikipedia
Toy gun
images and copies of real weapons made for playing
TIL more women than men have contributed to out gene pool due to the fact pre-historic men had children with between 1.5 and 3.3 women on average
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 02:21AM by syzygetic_reality
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the Guardian
More women than men have added their DNA to the human gene pool
Counterintuitive effect may be the result of relatively few men mating with multiple women
TIL Bin Laden wrote his last and final will shortly after 9/11 and in it he urged his children to not join al-Qaeda and to not continue Jihad.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 05:56AM by kikistiel
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Killing of Osama bin Laden
On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was shot and killed at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad by United States Navy SEALs of SEAL Team Six (also known as DEVGRU). The operation…
TIL lobsters never stop growing, which eventually can kill them. The increasingly large exoskeleton takes too much energy to shed, and they die of exhaustion.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 03:46AM by PianoCharged
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www.nhm.ac.uk
Are lobsters immortal?
Is there any truth to the memes that claim lobsters can live forever?
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TIL a San Jose couple won in an auction a parcel of land in the most expensive part of San Francisco for $90K. They discovered the parcel was a private road and sidewalk to the homes of San Francisco's elite and it was up for auction because the neigborhood's HOA didn't pay taxes on it for 17 years.
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Yahoo Finance
The couple that paid $90,000 for a private street in San Francisco and were forced to return it by the rich neighbors said they…
When a couple bought one of the most exclusive streets in San Francisco for $90,000 in 2015, outraged residents sued the couple and the city. Michael Cheng, the buyer, tells Business Insider that he and his wife lost Presidio Terrace because the wealthy get…
TIL that 40,000 people gathered in Texas in 1896 to watch 2 trains intentionally collide, which unexpectedly exploded, killing and injuring multiple attendees
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 07:47AM by LaPetitFleuret
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Crash at Crush
1896 rail crash publicity stunt in Texas, USA
TIL that in many states, possession of fentanyl test strips and other test strips is considered a felony.
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Submitted September 14, 2023 at 09:20AM by 69Jew420
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TIL of the Golden Gate Bridge Bolt, a concept for a roller coaster that would scale the Golden Gate Bridge at a height of over 700 feet and a top speed of over 200 miles an hour. City officials rejected this concept in fear of drivers being too distracted by the coaster.
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TIL Frank Zappa told Alice Cooper to come audition for his record label at 7:00. Alice Cooper misunderstood and showed up at 7:00AM, which impressed Frank Zappa enough to sign them two three album deal.
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Alice Cooper (band)
American rock band
TIL that in September 1752 in Britain and the British Empire, 11 days were wiped off the calendar. The 3rd of September became the 14th, sparking street demonstrations with chants "give us our 11 days". This was due to switching to the Gregorian calendar with the leap year.
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Historic UK
Give Us Our Eleven Days | The English Calendar Riots of 1752
The Calendar Riots of 1752, when Britain lost 11 days on changeover from the Julian to Gregorian calendar
TIL Sam Walton founder of Wal-mart was an avid pilot. He flew his small aluminum plane around to scout new store locations and keep tabs on his stores. One time he dropped in on a Wal-Mart because he noticed from the sky that its parking lot was empty.
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The Tuscaloosa News
Wal-Mart's flight in air followed retailer's rise in prominence
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. | Sam Walton laid the groundwork for Wal-Mart from the air. Walton owned a set of variety stores in the 1950s before christening the first store in what would become Wal-Mart Store…
TIL that on the weekend of Friday June 22nd Professional Wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy, then his son and the next day himself. But 14 hours before anyone knew what happened a wiki user edited a wiki article to say that Nancy was dead, later claiming it was a "terrible coincidence".
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en.wikinews.org
Death of Nancy Benoit rumour posted on Wikipedia hours prior to body being found - Wikinews, the free news source
TIL the first use in print of the term 'heavy metal' to describe a genre of music was in the review of Sir Lord Baltimore's 1970 debut album, Kingdom Come, in Creem magazine.
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louder
Sir Lord Baltimore: the forgotten story of America’s original heavy metal band
Sir Lord Baltimore toured with Sabbath and were a core influence on the stoner rock movement. Singer/drummer John Garner looks back at the drugs, dysfunction and dirty deeds that doomed them
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TIL that Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, typed 313 books word for word to distribute them online free of cost. Today, the project has over 70.000 free eBooks.
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the Guardian
Michael Hart obituary
He invented ebooks and made them freely available through Project Gutenberg
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TIL that after his presidency, George Washington opened a whisky distillery
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Smithsonian Magazine
Long Before Jack Daniels, George Washington Was a Whiskey Tycoon
The Founding Father spent his post-presidency years presiding over a booming alcohol business
TIL a man had purchased a $2 tintype photograph at an antique shop, only to uncover its astonishing secret – it was an exceedingly rare image of Billy the Kid, making it just the second known photograph in existence of the iconic outlaw. The tintype photograph has since been appraised at $5 million.
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NPR
$2 Photo Found At Junk Store Has Billy The Kid In It, Could Be Worth $5M
The 4-inch-by-5-inch tintype depicts Billy the Kid playing croquet in the summer of 1878. The only other known photo of the outlaw was taken in 1880 and sold for $2.3 million in 2010.
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TIL despite being one of the best selling rappers ever, Tupac had an estimated net worth of only $200,000 at the time of his death
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:42AM by MaybeDBCooper
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International Business Times
Tupac's Huge Debt Before Death Revealed
Tupac Shakur was in serious debt before his death in 1996.
TIL: Early wireless TV remote controls (1956), commonly known as "clickers", didn't have batteries or electronics. When you clicked the button, an ultrasonic sound was emitted by the button striking the bar. This sound was picked up by the TV to operate it.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:32AM by Astromachine
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Wikipedia
Remote control
system or device used to control other device remotely (or wirelessly)
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