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TIL Luke Helder, who in 2002 planted pipe bombs in various places to draw a smiley face across America, is still being held indefinitely at a federal mental health facility after being declared incompetent to stand trial
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 03:42AM by starkeffect
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Luke Helder
American musician and pipe bomber
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TIL in the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an 'epidemic' affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease' called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.'
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 05:17AM by Rreknhojekul
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PubMed
The 'Werther Effect' of Goethe's Werther: Anecdotal Evidence in Historical News Reports - PubMed
Anecdotal evidence suggests a spike in suicides occurred after the publication of Goethe's <i>The Sorrows of Young Werther</i> in 1774. Imitation suicides elicited by media portrayals of suicide have since been termed the "Werther effect." However, evidence…
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TIL In 2022 "Seven" was the 754th most popular boys name.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 06:17AM by iiLove_Soda
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TIL that there has not been a video game released with an Adults Only ESRB rating in 8 years, and there have only been 26 released AO games in history
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 07:41AM by Radiant_Gap_2868
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Wikipedia
List of AO-rated video games
Wikimedia list article
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TIL A Minnesota burglar was caught after he used the victim’s computer to check his Facebook account and forgot to log out, leaving his profile on the screen for the victim to see.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 06:37AM by Algrinder
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ABC News
Minnesota Man Faces Burglary Charges After Logging Into Facebook on Victim's Computer
Minnesota man Nick Wig was arrested Thursday on a count of felony after allegedly breaking into a Dakota County home and logging into his Facebook account on the homeowner James Wood’s computer.
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TIL that when Germans move house it is very common for them to take the entire kitchen with them, cabinets and all!
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:51PM by Jenny_O_theWoods
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the expatrist
Why Don't German Apartments Have Kitchens?
If you have been looking for an apartment in Germany, you might have noticed that they often rented without furniture and sometimes without a kitchen. It can be a perfect apartment, with beautiful windows, floors, bathroom but what about the kitchen? So why…
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TIL: In ~19 B.C, an Indian monk traveled to Ancient Rome, then proceeded to burn himself alive in front of the Emperor
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 06:28AM by stand_to
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Zarmanochegas
1st century BC Indian philosopher and monk
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TIL that in 2004, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary purchased a taxi license plate for his Mercedes-Benz under the name O'Leary Cabs, enabling it to be classified as a taxi so that he could legally make use of Dublin's bus lanes to speed up his car journeys.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 11:27AM by Schnauser
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Michael O'Leary (businessman)
Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Group
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TIL cancer cells are immortal by activation of an enzyme called telomerase, which is developmentally switched off in normal cells. Cell immortalization is a step that appears to govern the development of all human cancer.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 12:02PM by MD-trading-NQ
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Immortality of cancers
Immortality is a common characteristic of cancers, but its origin and purpose are still unclear. Here we advance a karyotypic theory of immortality based on the theory that carcinogenesis is a form of speciation. Accordingly, cancers are generated from ...
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TIL Peter Davidson who played the fifth Dr Who, and Sandra Dickinson who played Trillian in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy have a daughter, Georgia Tennant, who portrayed the daughter of the tenth Doctor Who, and later married the actor who played him.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 01:19PM by Roy4Pris
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Georgia Tennant
English actress
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TIL about the movie 'Zyzzyx Road' (2006) which is the lowest grossing film in American history, it made only $30 due to its limited release.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 03:16PM by starkfr
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Zyzzyx Road
2006 film by John Penney
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TIL Amy Adams was born in Italy and raised Mormon in Colorado until her parents got divorced—after which time her mother became a professional bodybuilder.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 01:32PM by lynsiel
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Amy Adams
American actress
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TIL that in Home Alone, the picture of Kevin’s brother Buzz's girlfriend was actually a picture of the art director's son wearing a wig.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 06:56PM by NebulaNomad640
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ScreenRant
What's Up With Buzz's Girlfriend In Home Alone?
Buzz’s girlfriend’s cameo is not what it seems.
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TIL Many of the dinosaurs featured in Jurassic Park, such as Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, did not evolve until after the Jurassic Period was over
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 05:04PM by karelkarelkarels
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TIL that women are twice as likely than men to be Constipated. This finding is consistent across 11 different studies.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 08:17PM by Purple_Bumblebee5
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TIL in the sitcom "The King of Queens", Carrie Heffernan had a sister named Sara that was in five of the first six episodes in Season 1 and then disappeared. She was mentioned in Season 3, but later plot lines and dialogue suggested that the sister never existed, and that Carrie is an only child.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 08:44PM by Sandstorm400
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The King of Queens
American sitcom for CBS (1998–2007)
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TIL the USA has given out almost $4 trillion USD in foreign aid.
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Submitted September 16, 2023 at 01:21AM by ProRuWeeds
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USAFacts
Which countries receive the most foreign aid from the US? - USAFacts
In 2021, the US spent over $50 billion in foreign aid to nearly 200 countries, territories, and geographic regions. This was less than 0.01% of the year’s total federal budget.
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TIL there is a Civil War Diorama museum in Gettysburg that depicts the battle scenes fought by cats.
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 07:20PM by lukin187250
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Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum - Gettysburg miniatures
Visit the post for more.
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TIL that Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel, which translates as such: ‘I’ve already grown a goiter from this torture, hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy (or anywhere else where the stagnant water’s poison).’
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Submitted September 15, 2023 at 07:04PM by NebulaNomad640
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Poetry Foundation
Michaelangelo: To Giovanni Da Pistoia When the Author Was Painting the Vault of the Sistine Chapel
I've already grown a goiter from this torture,
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TIL The SR-71 Blackbird was made of titanium purchased from the Soviet Union through third world countries as they were the only supplier large enough. The SR-71 was used to spy on the Soviet Union for the rest of the cold war.
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Submitted September 16, 2023 at 03:39AM by Mattau93
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Bbc
SR-71 Blackbird: The Cold War's ultimate spy plane
Colonel Rich Graham spent 15 years as a Blackbird pilot and wing commander. Here some of his incredible stories about the world's fastest plane.
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TIL that a pear is one of the few fruits that does not ripen on the tree. The pear is harvested when it is mature, but not yet ripe, and, if left at room temperature, it slowly reaches a sweet and succulent maturity as it ripens from the inside out.
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Submitted September 16, 2023 at 03:21AM by iRep707beeZY
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USA Pears
Ripening and Handling -
A Ripe Pear is a Sweet Pear A little known fact about the pear is that it is one of […]
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