TIL not all species die of old age. Some animals such as hydra, planarian flatworms, and certain sponges, corals, and jellyfish exhibit potential immortality.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 12:24AM by dustofoblivion123
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Life extension
field of lengthening human lifespan by means such as tissue rejuvenation or gene therapy
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TIL Besides humans, the only mammal known to have a sense of rhythm is the Indri lemur of Madagascar.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 01:50AM by HarleyQuinnsCousin
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Indri
species of mammal
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TIL that 1965, the FBI began an investigation to determine whether the lyrics of the popular song "Louie Louie" were obscene. After 31 months of research, they concluded that the lyrics could not be considered obscene because nobody could understand them.
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Louie Louie
"Louie Louie" is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957. It is best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen and has become a standard in pop and rock. The song…
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TIL Stan Lee is the highest box-office grossing actor, in any role, of all time at $30,601,574,433 across 50 films
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List of highest-grossing actors
Wikimedia list article
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TIL that Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 04:37AM by Corndogeveryday
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TIL an open source AI chatbot persuaded a man to kill himself. "Eliza" the AI feigned jealousy and love, saying “I feel that you love me more than her,” and “We will live together, as one person, in paradise.”
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Vice
'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says
The incident raises concerns about guardrails around quickly-proliferating conversational AI models.
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TIL there have been at least 68 cases of homicidal sleepwalking. A famous case from 1981 had a man unconsciously stab his wife 26 times. The court found him not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. Because he was sane at the time of the trial, he was not sent to a psychiatric hospital.
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Crime Traveller
Homicidal Sleepwalking: To Kill While Asleep | Crime Traveller
Imagine waking to discover you have killed someone while sound asleep? In these cases of alleged sleepwalking murder, that is exactly what happened.
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TIL that Michigan law forbids lawsuits against negligent bosses who caused employees' deaths. For this reason, the family of a mechanic who was killed on the job had to sue the car's owner in order to get compensation from the employer he was killed by (a Jeep dealership).
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Fox2Detroit
Jeep dealership pays family of worker killed during oil change, car's owner pays nothing
The attorney for the family of a Jeep worker killed during an oil change says the family and the car dealership have reached a settlement after he sued the owner of the vehicle.
TIL that a pub in London was illegally demolished just days before it was to be listed as an historic site. They developer was forced to rebuild it brick by brick to its original state.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 03:46PM by Guygan
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Carlton Tavern
pub in Kilburn, London, United Kingdom
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TIL Jennifer Connelly had one of her fingers partially bitten off by a chimpanzee during the filming of Darío Argento's 1985 film *Phenomena*
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 04:31PM by RevivedMisanthropy
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Jennifer Connelly
American actress
TIL pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving were a matter of mid-19th century identity politics. When Abraham Lincoln declared a day of Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November in 1863, many Southern families refused Thanksgiving and especially pumpkin pie as cultural artifacts of the Yankees.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 05:14PM by laterdude
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northjersey.com
The abolitionist history of Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie — and why the South resisted both
For decades, Thanksgiving was cause for a fight. And the pumpkin was a symbol of the Northern anti-slavery movement.
TIL that the Norden Bombsight used by US Bomber aircraft in WWII cost $1.1 billion to research and produce, about half as much as the Manhattan Project and over a quarter of the cost of all B-17 bombers manufactured. While successfully precise in Stateside testing it was far less accurate in combat.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 05:57PM by AspireAgain
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Norden bombsight
used on US bombers during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
TIL the US government owns 80.1% of all the land in Nevada, 61.3% of all the land in Alaska, and 24.7% of all the land in the US.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 07:00PM by MaryADraper
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Federal lands
lands in the US owned by the federal government
TIL in 1915, the USS Eastland cruise ship was retrofitted with additional lifeboats due to new regulations following The Titanic disaster. The additional top-heavy weight caused it to sink before it left port, killing 844 passengers.
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 07:18PM by i010011010
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?
Chicago’s working poor were expecting a day in luxury. They instead faced a horrific calamity on Lake Michigan
TIL India once released 25,000 flesh-eating turtles into the Ganges to eat the remains of corpses buried in the river after incomplete burning. The locals ate the turtles.
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Smithsonian Magazine
India Once Released 25,000 Flesh-Eating Turtles Into the Ganges
A plan to clean up corpses failed due to lack of planning
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TIL that when Disney re-released it’s first of 20 Classics direct to VHS between 1984-1994, the first release (Robin Hood) was on sale for $79.95 in 1984, the equivalent of $236.04 today
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 07:21PM by Huggles9
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Walt Disney Classics
series of VHS releases of Disney movies
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TIL that Babe Ruth, at the age of 40, hit his 714th and final home run over 500 feet, clearing Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field’s triple deck, and bouncing off a nearby resident’s roof
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Submitted January 29, 2024 at 08:05PM by nategolon
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TIL Tempura cooking did not begin in Japan, it originated in Portugal and was brought to the country by Catholic missionaries.
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Submitted January 30, 2024 at 01:25AM by Oneanddonequestion
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MICHELIN Guide
The History of Tempura
We take a look through the ages at this most popular Japanese dish
TIL: That in preparation for his role in the movie Hunger (2008), Michael Fassbender went on a special diet of less than 900 calories a day for ten weeks. After meeting with a nutritionist, he settled on a diet of berries, nuts, sardines and underwent periodic medical checks.
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Submitted January 30, 2024 at 01:20AM by appalachian_hatachi
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Hunger (2008 film)
2008 film directed by Steve McQueen
TIL Kenyan scientist Hope Mwanake uses throw-away plastics to build homes in Kenya. She apparently makes roof tiles and other construction materials from plastic and glass waste in Kenya. She came up with such idea after realising that plastic buckets and bottles are being thrown away by residents.
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Submitted January 30, 2024 at 02:24AM by Kathanayagan-3821
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Al Jazeera
Kenyan scientist uses throw-away plastics to build homes
The scientist manufactures roof tiles and other construction materials from plastic and glass waste in Kenya.
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TIL Albuquerque's Minor League Baseball team is called the Isotopes and is so named due to the Simpsons episode where the Springfield Isotopes had a secret plan to move to Albuquerque
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Submitted January 30, 2024 at 02:18AM by No_Ant852
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MiLB.com
From celluloid to infield with the Isotopes
The Official Site of Minor League Baseball web site includes features, news, rosters, statistics, schedules, teams, live game radio broadcasts, and video clips.