TIL that camouflage clothing is illegal for civilians in several countries
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 05:14PM by blankblank
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Wikipedia
List of countries that prohibit camouflage clothing
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TIL in Bram Stoker’s original book, Dracula is much less powerful in daylight and is only able to shift his form at dawn, noon, and dusk. The sun is not fatal to him, as sunlight does not burn and destroy him upon contact, though most of his abilities cease.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 02:12PM by comrade_batman
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Count Dracula
noscript character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula
TIL the world record for farthest long-range rifle shot was set in 2022 at 4.4 miles on the 69th shot, defeating the previous record of 4 miles in 2019, which was also on the 69th shot
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 08:03PM by N8CCRG
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Outdoor Life
New World Record Set for Farthest Long-Range Rifle Shot: 4.4 Miles
A team of shooters hit a steel target at 7,744 yards in the Wyoming desert, besting the previous world record shot by several hundred yards.
TIL of Alice Kober, who helped decipher an ancient noscript known as Linear B. Over 20 years, she meticulously recorded her research in a collection of 180,000 index cards. The noscript was deciphered in 1952, shortly after her death. It remains the only Bronze Age Aegean noscript that is readable now.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 05:25PM by EtOHMartini
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Wikipedia
Alice Kober
American classical scholar (1906-1950)
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TIL that following an Asiana airline crash in 2012, a summer intern working at the NTSB "confirmed" the names of the flight crew to a local TV news station as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow. The intern and 3 producers from the station were later fired
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 08:45PM by MrMojoFomo
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SFGATE
KTVU producers fired over Asiana pilots' fake names
KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over the on-air gaffe involving the...
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TIL a Harvard study found that hiring one highly productive ‘toxic worker’ does more damage to a company’s bottom line than employing several less productive, but more cooperative, workers.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 09:52PM by radcatzzz
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TLNT
Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High | TLNT
TIL that due to very poor consumer reviews and negative media attention in 2014, Haribo discontinued sugar free gummy bears. The gummy bears contained maltitol, a sugar alcohol that is not fully digestible and that ferments in the gut. It can cause increased flatulence, loose stools, and diarrhea.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 09:52PM by Sandstorm400
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Atlas Obscura
Six Banned Candies You Won’t Be Getting On Halloween
Treats have been part of the Halloween tradition for centuries, and in the U.S., candy has been an indelible part of the holiday since the 1940s. But over...
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TIL the longest recorded sniper kill was made last year by Ukrainian, Vyacheslav Kovalsky, taking out a Russian soldier from 2.36 miles away using a custom rifle called "Lord of the Horizon." This feat breaks the previous record held by a Canadian sniper at 2.2 miles in Iraq.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 09:36PM by DeepGreenDiver
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Wikipedia
Longest recorded sniper kills
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TIL that Titan’s surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth. Saturn’s moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to Cassini data.
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Submitted January 24, 2024 at 11:36PM by Bitsoffreshness
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science.nasa.gov
Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth - NASA Science
Titan’s Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth February 13, 2008 (Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory) An artist’s imagination of hydrocarbon pools, icy and rocky terrain on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon Titan. + Full image and caption Image…
TIL that a new record for the tallest and fastest rollercoaster is going to change hands in October 2024. Currently the Kingda Ka at Six Flags Jackson NJ is 456 feet tall. Falcons Flight will be 640 feet tall located in Saudi Arabia.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 03:48AM by PACShrinkSWFL
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Inside the Magic
Record-Breaking, High-Speed Roller Coaster Sends Riders off Cliff
Now this looks terrifying.
TIL that Grover Cleveland is the only US President to be elected on non-consecutive terms.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 06:30AM by crooked_chef
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Grover Cleveland | Biography & Facts
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States. The only president ever to serve two discontinuous terms, Cleveland was one of the few truly honest and principled politicians of the Gilded Age. He viewed the president’s function as primarily…
TIL that Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president, the longest-retired president, the first president to live forty years after their inauguration, and the first to reach the age of 95.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 10:17AM by reidy2010
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Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
TIL employees at the General Motor’s Fremont Assembly plant were considered excessively unruly in the 1980s and often left empty glass bottles inside the doors of unfinished cars to annoy the future owners
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 06:03AM by Wilsonsfence
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Wikipedia
NUMMI
former American automaker based in Fremont, California
TIL about Hilda Yolanda Mayol, a woman who survived the 9/11 attacks. 2 months later she boarded AA Flight 587 out of JFK, 5 minutes after take off the plane would crash and all 260 occupants perished - the 2nd deadliest aviation incident in US History.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 02:55PM by twisted-logic
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Snopes
WTC Survivor Dies on AA Flight 587
Did a woman who'd survived the destruction of the World Trade Center die on American Airlines Flight 587 just two months later?
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TIL sales of Sunny Delight declined in the UK after one of its commercials showing a snowman turning orange was released at about the same time as news reports of a four-year-old girl's skin color turning orange due to drinking 1.5 liters a day of the product, which contained beta-carotene.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 05:10PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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SunnyD
Orange-flavored beverage
TIL that 55% of YA readers are actually adults.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 06:01PM by laterdude
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the Guardian
Why are so many adults reading YA and teen fiction?
A survey in 2012 showed that 55% of YA readers are actually adults – why is this the case and is it a problem, asks site member BritishBiblioholic
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TIL about the death of Poltergeist actress Dominique Dunne. She was strangled into a coma by her ex-boyfriend and passed away 5 days later. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served just three and a half years in prison.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 04:51PM by jayblaylock
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Wikipedia
Dominique Dunne
American actress and murder victim (1959–1982)
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TIL that the longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years. His name was Charles Osborne and he began hiccuping in 1922 and didn't stop until 1990. He had 20 to 40 hiccups per minute
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 07:32PM by HallqPE03r4221
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Curious Case of Charles Osborne, Who Hiccupped for 68 Years Straight
A 1922 accident sparked the Iowa man’s intractable hiccups, which suddenly subsided in 1990
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TIL in the early 90s, when actor Anthony Hopkins's agent told him that a noscript was on his way noscriptd The Silence of the Lambs, Hopkins responded, "Is it a children's story?"
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 05:50PM by Kale_Brecht
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Wikipedia
The Silence of the Lambs (film)
1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme
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TIL that there are over two dozen universities in the U.S. that have their own nuclear reactors.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 05:41PM by l_hazlewoods
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TIL that WHAM-O's Slip N' Slide is not supposed to be used by persons over the age of 12. There have been rare instances (and lawsuits) of adults breaking their necks while using it and in 1993, the U.S. CPSC warned that the slide might cause permanent spinal cord injury to teens and adults.
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Submitted January 25, 2024 at 09:36PM by Sandstorm400
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Mental Floss
A Hazardous History of the Slip 'N Slide
The popular backyard toy has been a hit with kids since 1961. Unfortunately, it had catastrophic consequences for adults.