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TIL, from March to July in 2018, an arctic fox was tracked walking 4,350 km across the sea ice from Norway to Greenway to Canada averaging 47 km per day, eventually settling on Ellesmere Island. It provided evidence on how arctic species remain connected even when scattered across islands.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 04:35AM by PianoCharged
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TIL a black slave soldier that fought in the revolutionary War lived to see the abolition of slavery, about 80 years after the war ended
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 05:55AM by zTRU5T
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TIL Alan Turing, way back in 1951, predicted AIs will one day overthrow humanity: “Once machine thinking started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits ... therefore, we should expect the machines to take control."
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 10:52AM by PsychoComet
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TIL Hewlett-Packard shipped USB keys to customers which contained malware that could allow an attacker to take over their system
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 01:42PM by gatzdon
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TIL the Old London Bridge was crowded with houses and shops, some of them reaching up to 6 storeys in height.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 03:26PM by Wooden_Potential_699
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TIL of Khaled al-Assad, a Syrian archaeologist who in 2015 gave his life to protect the ancient city of Palmyra from destruction by IS militants. Under torture and pain of death, he refused to reveal the location of priceless artifacts he’d hidden away.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 04:49PM by Chemical-Elk-1299
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TIL about a plant that can 'walk' up to 20 meters per year: The Socratea exorrhiza, or the "walking palm," can slowly move itself to better locations.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 03:30PM by Altreports
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TIL: DC Comics enraged “Fables” creator Bill Willingham so much that in 2023 he made the comic public domain and encouraged its use by creators, which effectively undermined the publisher's efforts to control the property. DC had published "Fables" for 20 years but Willingham retained copyright.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 05:47PM by smrad8
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TIL Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) appeared in a virtual graduation message for the 2020 graduates of San Dimas High School. Some quotes from the message included: "San Dimas High School football does rule", "be excellent to each other", "And party on".
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 04:56PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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TIL in 1856, the Xhosa people followed a prophecy from a 15yo girl telling them to destroy all their cattle and crops
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 07:54PM by phlummox
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Today I learned from the 1950s to 1970s, attempts were made at running bus services between London and India. The trip took about 50 days, cost about $100, and buses are said to have included private bunks and even a kitchen.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 06:31PM by charons-ferry
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TIL the name of Ishi, known as the 'last wild indian' is an adopted name. In the Yahi culture, he one cannot speak his own name until introduced by another Yahi. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me"
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 05:05PM by foobadoop
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TIL former NBA Star Dwight Howard Ate 5,500 Calories in Candy Every Day for a Decade. Howard was consuming the amount of sugar equivalent to 24 chocolate bars every day.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 10:05PM by laterdude
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TIL that a school principal once made a student who'd gotten into trouble sit in the basement & read the U.S. Constitution as punishment. That student (who committed the Constitution to memory as a result) was Thurgood Marshall, who went on to become the first Black Supreme Court justice.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 10:05PM by habipermis
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TIL that in the 1950s and 60s, people could buy plastic screens to colorize their black & white TVs
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 11:59PM by sfled
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TIL a 1991 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that a Camel cigarette ad campaign featuring the mascot Joe Camel was far more successful at advertising to children than adults. The campaign ended in 1997 after increased litigation & pressure from U.S. federal agencies.
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Submitted January 23, 2024 at 10:08PM by Sandstorm400
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TIL William Wrigley initially offered free baking powder as a gift for his soap but the powder turned out to be more popular. He switched to selling the powder and added sticks of gum as a gift. The gum became incredibly popular thus forcing him to switch and became the world's leading gum company.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 02:32AM by EqualPenalty5969
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