TIL a four-year-old murder was solved when detectives noticed a gang member's tattoo that depicted the entire crime scene
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California Gang Member Anthony Garcia's Tattoo of Murder Scene Leads to Crime Conviction
Authorities relied on a chest tattoo that depicted the murder scene to apprehend and convict a California gang member for a deadly shooting. Anthony Garcia's tattoo captured the night of the shooting, from the Christmas lights outside the liquor store to…
TIL in 2010, officials in Tokyo went to congratulate the oldest man in the city, Sogen Kato, on his 111th birthday, but instead found his skeletal remains on his bed. He’d been dead for 30 years but his family had kept it secret to continue collecting his pension money.
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BBC News
Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 years
The skeleton of a man previously thought to be Tokyo's oldest living male resident has been discovered in his family home.
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TIL There is a a parasite that can infect the human brain and alter our behaviour. It can cause road rage, increase chances of dying in a road accident and much more.
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PubMed
Toxoplasmosis and behavioural changes - PubMed
Nearly one-third of the planet's population is affected by Toxoplasma gondii infection. In ophthalmology, toxoplasmosis is even considered to be the most common cause of posterior uveitis of infectious origin. Humans are only an intermediate host and T. gondii…
TIL: A US Air Force cadet was reading about WWII when he stumbled upon the name of a janitor that worked at his USAF Academy. That’s how it was discovered at the academy that that janitor was a Medal of Honor recipient.
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William J. Crawford
William John Crawford (May 19, 1918 – March 15, 2000) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II. The Medal of Honor award was believed to be posthumous, even though he was a prisoner of war at the…
TIL in 2015, Billy Mitchell filed a lawsuit against Cartoon Network, saying in the series Regular Show, a character who cheats at video games infringed on his likeness. Years later, the legitimacy of a number of his records was called into question, leading to them being stripped
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Submitted January 11, 2024 at 08:02AM by 9oRo
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Billy Mitchell (gamer)
American video game player
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TIL that when the first rail bridge over the Mississippi River was being planned, riverboat operators pushed for rigid standards in hopes of making the bridge impossible. Instead, the bridge pioneered multiple engineering techniques and still carries road and rail traffic 150 years later.
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Eads Bridge
bridge spanning the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri
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TIL that the singer of Toto is the son of John Williams (composer for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, etc)
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Submitted January 11, 2024 at 02:23PM by megustcizer
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Joseph Williams (musician)
American singer, songwriter, and film score composer, best known for his work in the rock band Toto (born 1960)
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TIL the only state in the U.S. that requires shoes while driving is Alabama -- and that's only for motorcycle riders.
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TIL that in 1973, two brothers, an 18-year-old and a 10-year-old stayed in Tom Sawyer's River at Disneyland past closing time. When they tried to swim to leave, the older brother carried his younger brother, who didn't know how to swim, on his back and drowned. The younger survived.
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Rivers of America (Disney)
artificial waterway inside multiple Disney Parks
TIL many of the fundamental elements of modern computers, including windows, hypertext, graphics, video conferencing, the computer mouse and word processors were unveiled for the first time in a single presentation.
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The Mother of All Demos
computer demonstration by Douglas Engelbart
TIL that the world's second most expensive building is The Clock Towers complex in Mecca, which had a total construction cost of 15 billion USD. It was built by the Saudi Binladin Group, whose founder is the father of Osama Bin Laden. Construction began in 2002, and opened in 2012
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The Clock Towers
The Clock Towers (Arabic: أبراج الساعة, romanized: Abrāj al-Sāʿa, lit. 'Towers of the Clock', formerly known as Abraj Al Bait), is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz…
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TIL of the antimony pill, aka the everlasting pill, used in the 18th and early 19th century for stomach relief. It was reusable after pooping it out, making it very cost effective. Entire families used the same pill, which some times went through multiple generations
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Antimony pill
An antimony pill is a pill made from metallic antimony. It was a popular remedy in the nineteenth century, and it was used to purge and revitalise the bowels. In use, it is swallowed and allowed to pass through the body, after which it is customarily recovered…
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TIL that Santa Anna, the Mexican general and politician best known in the US for besieging the Alamo, later lived in exile in the US where his attempts at selling a rubber substitute inadvertently helped introduce chewing gum to the country.
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Antonio López de Santa Anna
Mexican politician and military leader (1794-1876)
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TIL over the past 30 years, selective breeding has improved the flavor of Brussels sprouts, resulting in less bitter tasting varieties. Brussels sprouts really did taste different back in the day.
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iowafarmbureau.com
It’s not your imagination, brussels sprouts do taste better. How gene editing is changing how we grow and eat food
As a kid, I refused to eat vegetables.
TIL The Green Bay Packers (NFL) is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States
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Submitted January 12, 2024 at 12:08AM by anon210202
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the Guardian
The Green Bay Packers: where fans rather than a billionaire are the owners
US sports teams often leverage the threat of relocation to access taxpayers’ money. But the Packers have thrived under a community driven model
TIL that in the twenties, the Weimar Republic tried to cancel the nazis in Germany. They shut down more than 99 nazi newspapers, and even Hitler was banned from speaking in several german states from 1925-27.
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Submitted January 12, 2024 at 02:06AM by Wooden_Potential_699
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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Would censorship have stopped the rise of the Nazis? Part 16 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and…
Greg Lukianoff and former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discuss whether censorship would have stopped the rise of the Nazis.
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TIL Figures in the Sistine Chapel had fig leaves covering them for over 300 years
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blog.johncabot.edu
Test Your Knowledge: 5 Little Known Facts About the Sistine Chapel
From footprints to fig leaves, there’s much more to Michelangelo’s spectacular Sistine Chapel than meets the eye. Test your knowledge of these 5 little-known facts!
TIL that the leader of the Crips, Stanley Williams, lived a double life where during the day, he was an anti-gang youth counselor, and at night acted as the overboss of the Crips, committing violent gang crimes against the Bloods
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Stanley Williams
American murderer (1953–2005)
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TIL Freud smoked about 20 cigars a day and was not convinced that cigars were linked to his heart problems. He eventually got oral cancer, suffered attacks of “tobacco angina”, or heart palpitations, whenever he smoked, and died with removed jaw
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Oral Cancer Foundation | Information and Resources about Oral Head and Neck Cancer
Famous historical - Oral Cancer Foundation | Information and Resources about Oral Head and Neck Cancer
Sigmund Freud Tobacco use is linked to the powerful addictive effect that nicotine can have on the body, causing oral, […]
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TIL that dental cavities are usually filled with a mercury-based alloy. Dental offices typically disposed of the excess by pouring it down the drain, a practice that was only outlawed in the United States in 2017.
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Amalgam (dentistry)
material used in dentistry for direct restorative procedures in the tooth
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TIL that sharks do not produce sounds. Out of the 400-500 species, no organ capable of producing sound has ever been found.
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Submitted January 12, 2024 at 12:20PM by marituci
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Atlas Obscura
The Ocean’s Largest Shark Has a Little Something to Say
An online video raised a strange question: Do whale sharks make sounds? And would it matter if they did?