TIL that the Great Irish Potato Famine had caused such a profound population decline in the country that it took the population 170 years to rebound. In 2021, Ireland’s population exceeded 5 million for the first time since 1851, and it has still yet to fully recover.
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 04:52PM by Chemical-Elk-1299
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BBC News
Census 2022: Ireland's population hits record levels
It is the first time the Republic of Ireland's population has exceeded five million in a census.
TIL that the author of the thriller The Four Just Men offered a £500 prize to whoever guessed the killer's name, but forgot to state there would only be one winner. The book became a bestseller but bankrupted him, as he was legally bound to pay every reader who answered correctly.
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 03:59PM by ShabtaiBenOron
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The Four Just Men (novel)
book by Edgar Wallace
TIL that the oldest verified supercentenarian lived to 122 and regularly smoked cigarettes up until the age of 117
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 04:50PM by Olshansk
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Jeanne Calment
French supercentenarian, oldest human
TIL that Austrian police once locked a suspect in a basement interrogation room and forgot him there, accidentally making him the reigning world record holder for "longest survival without either food or water" (18 days).
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 06:22PM by NA_DeltaWarDog
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TIL Bob Seger forgot to credit himself for the lyrics on “old time rock and roll” because he didn’t think anybody would like it and was disgusted to see it used in a Hardee’s commercial years later
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 05:51PM by stewartdecimal
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Old Time Rock and Roll
"Old Time Rock and Roll" is a song written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, with uncredited lyrics by Bob Seger. It was recorded by Seger for his tenth studio album Stranger in Town. It was also released as a single in 1979. It is a sentimentalized…
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TIL Cormac McCarthy was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship Grant (colloquially referred to as the 'genius' grant) in 1981 and used the money to write Blood Meridian.
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 06:55PM by BDough
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Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
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TIL Baby Aspirin should not be given to babies as it can cause Reyes Syndrome
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 09:27PM by ThisGuyIRLv2
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Arnoldpalmerhospital
Why You Shouldn't Give Aspirin to Your Child
Children who are given aspirin during the course of a viral illness can develop a rare but serious illness called Reye syndrome. Courtney Schmidt, PharmD, explains why you shouldn’t give aspirin to your child.
TIL Canada’s GDP per capita has only grown 4% the past 10 years (2012-2022). For reference, USA’s has grown 47% in that same time
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 07:01PM by Ice_Lychee
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World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data
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TIL that for forty years (1893-1934) there were no deer living in Indiana as they had been extirpated from the state.
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 11:03PM by Creagrus
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The Nature Conservancy
Indiana Nature Notes for January
An Indiana without white-tailed deer? Impossible! Yet it's true. Learn more in this month's Nature Notes from Kankakee Sands.
TIL tunicates are the only animals capable of producing cellulose. They can do this thanks to a gene they got from a bacterium.
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Submitted January 08, 2024 at 11:08PM by Cavalo_Bebado
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Tunicate
A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata (/ˌtjuːnɪˈkeɪtə/ TEW-nih-KAY-tə). It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum…
TIL that Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's charity, which was worth $187,000, got dissolved by the State of Indiana in 2012 for repeatedly failing to pay a $5 charity registration fee
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 01:08AM by beansandrice96
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NonProfit PRO
Jared Fogle's Foundation Hasn't Issued a Single Grant
A USA Today investigation into the Jared Foundation found that the organization, founded by Jared Fogle in 2008, has not issued a single grant.
TIL the USA has the 2nd oldest constitution in the world (San Marino is #1)
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 01:37AM by mcaffrey
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WorldAtlas
Oldest Constitutions Still Being Used Today
These nations have the longest standing, codified, legal, national constitutions that are still effective as of March, 2016.
TIL Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time, with more revenue than Star Wars and the MCU combined.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 01:03AM by shanereid1
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List of highest-grossing media franchises
This is a list of media franchises that have grossed $2 billion and more.
TIL people who smoke about 1 cig/day have about 40-50% of the excess risk associated with smoking 20/day (heart attack and stroke)
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 02:50AM by Trama-D
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TIL that in 1991, singer Reba McEntire's band left San Diego in two private planes, with McEntire, her husband and her stylist intending to follow in a separate aircraft the next day. One of the planes crashed, killing 8 members of McEntire's band.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 04:23AM by SnarkySheep
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Reba McEntire
American country singer
TIL I learned that the the town of Boring (Oregon, US) established relationship with village of Dull (Scotland, UK) in 2012; the following year they were joined with the Shire of Bland (New South Wales, AU) to form the League of Extraordinary Communities.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 03:26AM by Fun-Calligrapher-745
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Bland Dull and Boring Sign
In 2012, the towns of Boring in Oregon, US, and Dull in Scotland teamed up to form 'a pair for the ages'. Bland was accepted into the alliance in 2013 and the League of Extraordinary Communities was formed.
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TIL: Researchers found in 2021 after an experiment with red haired mice given the MC1R gene that redheads experience pain differently having higher pain tolerances. The MC1R gene produces more pheomelanin which causes freckles, heat sensitivity, red hair, and suppresses pain receptors.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 04:47AM by Flares117
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Study finds link between red hair and pain threshold
A study in mice revealed the mechanisms that may link red hair with greater pain tolerance.
TIL Pope Francis worked as a nightclub bouncer in Buenos Aires to support himself before turning to the church.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 06:19AM by Apophis1492
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the Pope and head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member…
TIL that when testing a topical patch version of a blood pressure medication, it was found that people grew hair under the patch. The drug was then rebranded as Rogaine. The mechanism by which it promotes hair growth is still not fully understood.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 06:49AM by GetYerHandOffMyPenis
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Minoxidil
chemical compound
TIL The "mayday" procedure word was conceived as a distress call in the early 1920s by Frederick Stanley Mockford, officer-in-charge of radio at Croydon Airport, England. He had been asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood over the radio.
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 04:46AM by PACShrinkSWFL
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Mayday
emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal
TIL about Pandanus Language which is only ever used by some New Guinea peoples when collecting Pandanus nuts
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Submitted January 09, 2024 at 10:18AM by czuk
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Pandanus language
special language used in Papua New Guinea to avoid using mundane speech in the presence of the staple food plants in the genus Pandanus