TIL that after John Lennon's murder, Keith Richards, who was a few miles south of the Dakota at the time, got his own gun and was searching through the streets for the killer
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Deseret News
STONES' GUITARIST SAYS HE WENT GUNNING FOR KILLER
When Keith Richards heard someone had shot his good friend John Lennon, he got his gun and went looking for the killer.
``I was just down the road when he got blown away, man,'' the Rolling Stones guitarist said in this week's New Musical Express, a British…
``I was just down the road when he got blown away, man,'' the Rolling Stones guitarist said in this week's New Musical Express, a British…
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TIL that when JFK was serving in the Navy during WW2, his patrol boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy led his men to safety with an injured crew member to a nearby island and survived there by drinking coconut milk until they eventually got rescued
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HISTORY
The Navy Disaster That Earned JFK Two Medals for Heroism
In a harrowing ordeal, JFK helped ensure the survival of his men, taking actions that would earn him a Navy and Marine Corps Medal and a Purple Heart in World War II.
TIL 31 out of the 46 US presidents served in the military
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Wikipedia
List of presidents of the United States by military service
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TIL For thousands of years, syilx people and other Canadian First Nations have been visiting a sacred medicine lake with 365 naturally formed “spots”. A non-Indigenous man once wanted to convert it into a spa but First Nations took back possession of the lake and permission is required to visit
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Vancouver Sun
syilx people work to protect B.C. lake known for its healing ‘spots'
Leon Louis of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band unlocks the gate that keeps trespassers away from kłlilx’w, also known as Spotted Lake, then cautiously descends down a winding, brush-covered dirt path.
TIL in 1989 the Super Bowl XXIII halftime show was headlined by an Elvis impersonator named Elvis Presto, and not a single actual Elvis song was performed.
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Super Bowl XXIII halftime show
The Super Bowl XXIII halftime show took place on January 22, 1989 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida. It was ennoscriptd "BeBop Bamboozled in 3-D". It featured a 1950s theme, an Elvis impersonator, 3D effects (for the broadcast audience), and a magic trick.
TIL that in Barcelona, exist a public fountain that pump liquid mercury instead of water and is protected by a glass
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Submitted February 07, 2024 at 11:28PM by Bearly-Dragon18
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Atlas Obscura
Calder Mercury Fountain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
TIL matt damon and ben affleck wrote a gay oral scene in the good will hunting noscript to see which executives actually read the noscript, harvey winstein loved the noscript but hated the scene which lead them to give him the rights
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CINEMABLEND
Good Will Hunting’s Original Script Contained A Pretty Aggressive Gay Sex Scene
It’s no secret that some of our favorite movie classics looked drastically different in the early stages, but would anyone have guessed that a pretty intense gay sex scene figured into the original draft of Good Will Hunting? Harvey Weinstein hit up the Tribeca…
TIL that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are fraternal twins, and not identical
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 02:03AM by nayaya
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E! Online
33 Surprising Facts You Might Not Know About Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
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TIL Yi Sun-Sin, the legedary Korean Admiral who who never lost a battle against Japanese, often defeating them against all odds, had never once commanded a naval battle before the beginning of that war. He was a cavalry officer who had only been in the navy for 2 years
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Wikipedia
Yi Sun-sin
Korean (Joseon) naval commander (1545 – 1598)
TIL: The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop cancer as you have more cells according to the Million Women study which indicates that 15/17 cancer sites, height was statistically significant. In comparison, socioeconomic status has little correlation with cancer
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height…
Epidemiological studies have shown that taller people are at increased risk of cancer, but it is unclear if height-associated risks vary by cancer site, or by other factors such as smoking and socioeconomic status. Our aim was to investigate these associations…
TIL that soldiers in Vietnam would sometimes claim "conscientious objector status" and resign from the military
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TIL that in 2011, the country of Norway ran out of butter. As a result, prices soared and butter was smuggled illegally into the country.
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Wikipedia
Norwegian butter crisis
Late 2011 shortage of butter in Norway
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TIL Mark Mcgwire’s 70th home run was caught by fan Phil Ozersky. After the Cardinals offered him a signed bat, ball, and jersey for the baseball. Ozersky asked to be able to meet McGwire too in this exchange, but McGwire said no. Ozersky to keep the baseball ,which he sold for over $3million.
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Redbird Rants
Cardinals: Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball once sold for $3 million
In light of Albert Pujols and Aaron Judge, Cardinals legend Mark McGwire's historic 70th home run ball in 1998 once sold for $3 million
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TIL that The Bounty which served as the pirate ship in The SpongeBob movie sank during Hurricane Sandy resulting in the deaths of two crew members
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Bounty (1960 ship)
1960 reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship
TIL that Samuel Jackson asked for his character (Mace Windu) to have a purple light saber. Although he initially rejected it, George Lucas later caved in, making Mace the first character to break the basic colour rule of the light sabers.
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CBR
How Samuel L. Jackson Broke Star Wars With a Purple Lightsaber
George Lucas had a specific set of rules for the colors of lightsabers in Star Wars -- that was until Samuel L. Jackson decided to just ignore them!
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TIL in 1960 Tom and James Monaghan bought DomiNick's, a small pizzeria, for $1400. Not wanting to quit his full-time job as a postman, James traded his half of the business to Tom for the VW Beetle they used for deliveries. Tom would later buy two more pizzerias and found Domino's Pizza.
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Wikipedia
Domino's
American pizza restaurant chain
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TIL that Mount Kosciuszko, recognized as the tallest mountain in Australia, was actually mislabeled and was shorter than the actual tallest mountain (Mount Townsend). To correct the error, the names of the mountains were simply swapped.
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WorldAtlas
The Tallest Mountains In Australia
Led by Kosciuszko, Townsend, and Twynam, Australia's greatest heights are reached in the Snowy Mountains range.
TIL that The Beatles last commercial concert was left with 7,000 unsold tickets and was a financial bust for the production company.
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 09:34PM by BarronMind
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The Beatles' 1966 US tour
1966 concert tour by The Beatles
TIL Roman culture used pins in foreskins for a variety of reasons, including preserving a man's voice and sexual abstinence
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 07:19PM by FlattopMaker
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Fibula (penile)
A penile fibula is foremost a ring, attached with a pin through the foreskin to fasten it above the glans penis. It was mainly used by ancient Roman culture, though it may have originated earlier. This ring type of fibula has been described akin to a "large…
TIL: Nintendo owns the rights to two pornographic movies.
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Super Hornio Brothers
1993 film by Buck Adams
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TIL that back in 1994, Chinese arms smugglers with ties to major manufacturers tried to sell AK-47s and even heavier weaponry to U.S. street gangs
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 10:50PM by calebs_dad
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. Agents Say Chinese Tanks, Rockets Offered
A key middleman arrested in an alleged arms smuggling ring was negotiating with U.S. undercover agents--including one he believed represented the Mafia--to sell them Chinese-made munitions ranging from hand-held rocket launchers to tanks to surface-to-air…