TIL Big Bird was nearly a passenger on the doomed Challenger
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HISTORY
Big Bird Nearly Rode on the Disastrous Challenger Mission
Caroll Spinney—the puppeteer in the yellow suit—was in talks to go to space.
TIL that the oldest surviving creation myth (the Sumerian Eridu Genesis) written in 1600 BCE tells of a massive flood. There is also archaeological evidence that a ‘continuity disrupting’ flood occurred at around 2900 BCE.
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Submitted February 01, 2024 at 12:47AM by pawnografik
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Sumerian creation myth
creation myth
TIL: Rope can be threaded left or right handed, commonly know as S and Z laid, with each way giving different properties to the rope
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Rope
linear collection of plies, yarns or strands which are twisted or braided together
TIL that the modern three-point safety belt was perfected by Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin in 1959 – and its patent given for free to the world. The invention has been credited with saving at least a million lives worldwide.
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Volvogroup
The three-point safety belt - over 1 million lives saved
In 1959 Volvo revealed the three-point safety belt and made its patent available to all who wished to use it. It remains one of the most effective safety systems ever developed, having saved more than 1 million lives.
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TIL American English and Chinese use different strategies of politeness. If complimented, most Americans will agree with commenter and thank them to be polite but if complimented many Chinese will express it via rejecting the compliment and denigrating themselves to avoid appearing conceitful
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TIL that in 1997, Julie Andrews underwent surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules from her throat, but emerged from the surgery with permanent damage that destroyed the purity of her singing and made her speaking voice raspy.
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Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
TIL depression can cause blindness
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Conversion disorder
physical illness or symptoms caused by serious emotional stress
TIL about Parícutin, a volcano in Mexico that suddenly burst out of a farmer’s field in 1943, growing to a height of 200 metres in just 4 months.
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Parícutin
dormant scoria-cone volcano in Mexico
TIL the median pay for dental hygienists in the U.S. was $77,810 per year as of 2021 (for a job that requires just a two-year degree)
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KCC Daily
Application deadline for KCC Dental Hygiene Program is March 1 - KCC Daily
The deadline to apply for Kellogg Community College’s Dental Hygiene Program beginning the Fall 2023 semester is Wednesday, March 1. KCC’s two-year Dental Hygiene Program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation and prepares graduates for licensure…
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TIL that bodies do not decompose in Lake Superior, due to the freezing temperatures, relative lifelessness, and lack of oxygen in its depths. The bodies of many sailors from its hundreds of shipwrecks still sit eerily preserved on the lake bottom.
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Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
TIL the vast majority of people are unable to control their goosebumps.
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Northeastern Global News
The curious case of the people who can control their goosebumps
Researcher James Heathers found that people who can control their goosebumps share the personality trait of being extremely open.
TIL a colony of wild chicken have been living under the Hollywood Freeway for over 50 years
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Hollywood Freeway chickens
Colony of feral chickens
TIL that the largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume and is believed to be from a Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Sciencefocus
Does fossilised dinosaur poo exist?
Dino dung can provide direct evidence about what these prehistoric reptiles ate.
TIL In Japan, by law, a workday becomes an additional holiday, also known as a "citizen's holiday," if the workday falls between two holidays.
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Public holidays in Japan
holiday designated by law in Japan
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TIL Sir Francis Drake was celebrated as a naval commander by the British, but known as a pirate by the Spanish. Spanish mothers would warn children that "El Draco" would come and take them away if they didn't behave
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Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and third circumnavigation overall.…
TIL only 6,800 Americans were killed in action over the course of the entire 8 years of the Revolutionary War
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American Battlefield Trust
American Revolution Facts
This article provides answers to frequently asked questions about the American Revolution which began in earnest on April 19, 1775 with the battles of Lexington and Concord. We include a timeline, major battle information, key players, and more.
TIL there has only been one fatal attack on a person by a Kodiak bear since 1921 and a bear injuring a person occurs about once every other year.
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Kodiak bear
Subspecies of brown bear
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TIL Attalus III of Pergamon had little interest in ruling his kingdom and instead he was devoted to his hobbies, like gardening and botany. In his will he left his entire kingdom to the romans, thinking they'd conquer it anyway, he wanted to avoid all the bloodshed
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Attalus III
Attalid King of Pergamon
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TIL that the 1961 game show "You're in the Picture" was so poorly received that it was cancelled after only two episodes. The second episode consisted entirely of the host apologizing to the audience for how bad the first episode had been.
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You're in the Picture
television series
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TIL Hanson's hit "MMMBop" was originally recorded as a slower, gloomier doo-wop influenced song. It was only after producer Steve Greenberg heard Beck’s album "Odelay", he enlisted The Dust Brothers to rework the song as we know it.
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the Guardian
Hanson: how we made MMMBop
‘Taylor’s voice was breaking as we were recording. We got a vocal coach in and tried to catch him on a good day. But in the end, we cheated and slowed the tape down’
TIL A couple bought a home in an Edmonton suburb in 1974 after hearing talk about a potential train line from their realtor. The 13km light rail connecting their community to downtown in 30 minutes finally opened in 2023
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CBC
Long-awaited Valley Line Southeast LRT officially opens to passengers | CBC News
Nearly three years behind schedule, the first trains rolled before dawn on Saturday morning, with excited residents and city officials on board.
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