TIL New York's Paramount theater would reek of urine after Frank Sinatra shows because the bobby-soxers would come for the first show at 9:15 a.m. and stay for show after show, determined never to relinquish a precious seat even if it meant soaking in it.
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James Kaplan
Excerpt from Frank: The Voice - James Kaplan
Excerpted from FRANK: The Voice by James Kaplan Copyright © 2010 by James Kaplan. Excerpted by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing…
TIL Chess games are banned at Russian Antarctic Stations because in 1959 one researcher attacked another with an axe out of anger after losing a game.
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Submitted January 13, 2024 at 11:13PM by HucklecatDontCare
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canadiangeographic.ca
How Antarctic isolation affects the mind
Canadian psychologist Peter Suedfeld is studying stress in the world's harshest environment
TIL In 1979 a rabbit, hissing and baring its teeth, swam up to Jimmy Carter’s boat while he was fishing. He shooed it away with a paddle, but the incident damaged his reputation
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Submitted January 13, 2024 at 09:50PM by kiwi_manbearpig
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Wikipedia
Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
1979 incident in which Jimmy Carter was attacked by a swamp rabbit
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TIL Bermuda has no indigenous population, and has only been permanently settled since 1609.
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History of Bermuda
aspect of history
TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea
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List of countries by obesity rate
Wikimedia list article
TIL in 2001 Snoop Dogg was in a hardcore porn mixing 6 music videos & 5 porn scenes. It was such a success it topped charts for adult sales two weeks & became first hardcore porn on Billboard's music video sales chart. Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle set a trend where Hip-Hop artists advertised through porn
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The Movie Database
Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle merges hip-hop and hardcore in a way no one has ever dared. With 6 original music videos and 5 scenes of raw, uncut and unbelievable backyard fucking, this video satisfies strokers and hip-hop fans alike. Featuring songs from Snoop's…
TIL David Bowie was born David Jones. When starting out, Davy Jones of The Monkees was already famous and so he had to choose a different stage name. His first choice was Tom Jones.
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Far Out Magazine
The reason why David Bowie changed his name - Far Out Magazine
The story behind David Bowie's stage name and why he changed it so many times. The singer found himself in a bit of hot water
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TIL during WWII, RAF bomber command suffered a casualty rate of 59.1% and a fatality rate of 44.4%
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RAF Bomber Command
controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968
TIL Radium-Nutex Condoms from 1927 were marketed using the contemporary popular belief that radium, thought to cure ailments and boost energy and could enhance sexual performance. However, these condoms contained no radium.
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Submitted January 14, 2024 at 01:31PM by BezugssystemCH1903
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Museum of Radium
"Radium" Nutex Condoms - Museum of Radium
A brief history of "Radium" Nutex Condoms. These were not radioactive condoms and didn't contain radium but instead played on associations with health, virality and quality.
TIL: Mauritanian girls are force fed up to 16,000 calories a day to make them more attractive to men
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Submitted January 14, 2024 at 03:24PM by Strange-Iron-4859
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Harvard International Review
Force-Feeding and Drug Abuse: The Steep Price of Beauty in Mauritania
"Mauritania’s beauty standards—manifesting in the force-feeding of young girls, child marriage, and the abuse of weight gain medications—are centuries-old. However, they are not immune to change."
TIL There was a concentration camp on British soil in Alderney. It is known as "The Island of Silence" as not much is known about the exact atrocities that took place.
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Christians United for Israel
The Island of Silence: Uncovering the Nazi concentration camp on British soil
TIL about the Crazy Horse Memorial, the World’s Largest Mountain Carving which has been actively under construction since 1948 in South Dakota
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Submitted January 14, 2024 at 08:45AM by RossSheingold
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crazyhorsememorial.org
The Mountain : Crazy Horse Memorial®
6,532 ft and ranks 27th highest mountain in South Dakota
TIL about a batman, an individual assigned to a commissioned military officer as a personal servant. An officer's batman was also responsible for the officer's "bat-horse" that carried his kit during campaigns before cars were invented. The term also predates the superhero Batman's appearance.
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Batman (military)
soldier or airman assigned to an officer as a personal servant
TIL Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, AKA ‘Butcher of Lyon’ for his torture of Jews and French resistance, was smuggled by the US to Bolivia for anticommunist work. For 30 years he also aided multiple dictatorial regimes, paramilitary groups, and even Pablo Escobar with security and torture services
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Klaus Barbie
German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)
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TIL that Bobby Driscoll, the voice of Disney's Peter Pan, lost his film contract due to puberty related acne, turned to drugs, went to prison, hung out with Andy Warhol, and died penniless and alone in an abandoned building in the East Village.
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Bobby Driscoll
American actor (1937–1968)
TIL the first President of the U.S. to die in office, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), still hasn't yet been assigned a definitive, proven cause of death by medical science; only likely ones
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Submitted January 14, 2024 at 06:09PM by Borneo_Holmes
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William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency…
TIL that Adolph Hitler's half nephew - William Patrick Hitler - served in the american navy during WW2, fighting against his uncle and receiving a purple heart. He only changed his name to William Patrick Stuart-Houston after the war.
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Submitted January 15, 2024 at 03:03AM by lemelisk42
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William Stuart-Houston
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler (1911-1987)
TIL the IRS cannot cash single checks (including cashier's checks) for $100 million dollars or more.
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Submitted January 15, 2024 at 04:55AM by mankls3
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TIL the Babylonians used base 60 instead of base 10 for their mathematical calculations. This is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.
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Submitted January 15, 2024 at 07:30AM by Abdullah733
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Babylonian cuneiform numerals
numeral system used in ancient Babylonia
TIL that because of the US Airways aircraft incident on the Hudson River (portrayed in the movie "Sully") 70,000 Canada geese have been intentionally killed in 17 different locations around New York City to prevent further complications with flights.
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Submitted January 15, 2024 at 08:35AM by Ministash
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US Airways Flight 1549
2009 aircraft accident in New York, USA
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TIL NASA has their own SWAT team
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Submitted January 15, 2024 at 09:42AM by LOSERS_ONLY
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NASA
Emergency Response Team Places in Top 10 at Annual SWAT Round-Up International Competition - NASA
NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) members finished in the top 10 overall during the 37th Annual SWAT Round-Up International at the