TIL that a football player lied to his team about being in graduate school. The Baltimore Ravens thought that John Urschel was taking classes at MIT part time. The team did not know that he was a full-time PhD math student. Urschel studied from the end of Sunday games until practice on Tuesday.
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Sportingnews
John Urschel didn't tell Ravens he was a full-time Ph.D. student at MIT while in the NFL
John Urschel was playing in the NFL while also getting a math Ph.D. at MIT.
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TIL that since its discovery Pluto has not made a full orbit around the sun, and still has 150 years until it does
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NBC News
When Will Pluto Complete Its First Orbit Since Its Discovery?
Today, Neptune turned 1 year old. Well, sort of. The eighth planet from our sun was discovered on September 23, 1846. Neptune takes a very long time to orbit the sun — 164.8 Earth years, in fact — and today Neptune completed its first orbit of the sun since…
TIL of Anthony Babington's recovery from brain damage. He was so badly wounded in WW2 that his girlfriend left him; he could not talk and was paralyzed on his right side. Babington learned to speak and write again, became a lawyer and judge, and wrote many books.
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the Guardian
Obituary: Anthony Babington
Judge who overcame formidable handicaps to reach the bench.
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TIL that Sleeping Bear Dunes is notorious for people getting stuck at the bottom, costing up to $3000 in rescue fees
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WPBN
Park rangers urge preparation to avoid rescue operations at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
More than 1 million people visit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore each year.
TIL The burglary tools used throughout in the film Thief (1981) were not props, but real tools which the actors were trained to use. The tools were supplied by real-life thieves who served as technical consultants on the film.
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Wikipedia
Thief (film)
1981 film by Michael Mann
TIL there is a skin graft derived from donated human neonate foreskin which is used to treat diabetic wounds
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Human foreskin-derived dermal stem/progenitor cell-conditioned medium combined with hyaluronic acid promotes extracellular matrix…
Diabetic wounds remain a challenging clinical problem, which requires further treatment development. Published data showed that dermis-derived stem/progenitor cells (DSPCs) display superior wound healing in vitro. The beneficial effects of DSPCs are mediated…
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TIL in 2023, a stolen van Gogh painting worth millions (€3-6mln), was returned to an art detective’s apartment bubble-wrapped inside an Ikea Bag
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Smithsonian Magazine
Stolen van Gogh Painting Worth Millions Returned in an Ikea Bag
Arthur Brand, the "Indiana Jones of the art world," negotiated the recovery of an 1884 canvas taken from a Dutch museum in March 2020
TIL that Gordon Ramsey never went to culinary school. He received his diploma in hotel management. He gained his experience from working in his family restaurants and the mentorship of renowned chefs in France.
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Save Our Schools March
Where Did Gordon Ramsay Go To Culinary School? - Save Our Schools March
Gordon Ramsay is one of the world’s most famous and successful celebrity chefs. His restaurants have been awarded a total of...
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TIL: As recently as the 1950’s around 50% of Americans age 65 and older lived in multigenerational households.
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TIL that in 1997, two artists held an opinion poll to determine what types of music the public loved or hated the most. They then released a 22-minute song designed to be as hated as possible, featuring bagpipes, opera singing, tubas, Walmart product placement, and a rap about Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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Wikipedia
The People's Choice: Music
1997 song composed by Dave Soldier performed by Komar and Melamid
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TIL that the University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire, having opened its doors to students in 1096
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Smithsonian Magazine
Oxford University Is Older Than the Aztecs
The historical timeline you keep in your head is all messed up
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TIL contrary to popular belief Romans didn't forfeit Germania after the battle of Teutoburg forest, they sent 8 legions to recover their eagles and punish the Germans, after committing a minor genocide the legions were re-called over political concerns about the growing popularity of their general.
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Germanicus
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch…
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TIL Danny DeVito, The Penguin in 1992's Batman Returns, wrote a comic book story that gives The Penguin the romantic partner he crushed on in that film: Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman. "Bird Cat Love" involves the pair ending the pandemic together. DeVito also checked with Pfeiffer before publishing.
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the Guardian
Unmasked: the Penguin saves world from Covid in Danny DeVito’s Batman story
The actor, who played him in Batman Returns, has written a storyline for an 80th anniversary edition of the DC comic which sees him vaccinate the planet
TIL that the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn't wear different colored masks, only red!
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Submitted February 10, 2024 at 02:37PM by SatansMoisture
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Mashable
The 'Ninja Turtles' all wore red masks in the original comic
And six other little-knowns about your fave pizza-eating, nunchuck-wielding reptiles.
TIL Sutton's law of medicine is to go with the obvious diagnosis first. The law is based on a supposed interview with bank robber Willie Sutton where he explained why he robbed banks by saying "because that's where the money is."
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Wikipedia
Sutton's law
"first consider the obvious"
TIL from 1969-72 Ford offered their cars in a color called "Anti-Establishment Mint"
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Colour Studies
Anti-Establishment Mint — Colour Studies
Green with envy.
TIL in 1931 a 15 year old went to a hospital in Chicago and was mistakenly given a transfusion of blood from a parrot because the physician misheard the doctor’s instruction to “use her parents’ blood.” The hospital staff frantically searched for a parrot and extracted its blood for injection
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TIL only one US President (Woodrow Wilson) has had a PhD
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Wilson Center
About Woodrow Wilson
TIL the Persian Gulf was once a very fertile and inhabited valley having flooded during the start of recorded history during the time of the Sumerians
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Zenodo
New Light on Human Prehistory in the Arabo-Persian Gulf Oasis
The emerging picture of prehistoric Arabia suggests that early modern humans were able to surviveperiodic hyperarid oscillations by contracting into environmental refugia around the coastal marginsof the peninsula. This paper reviews new paleoenvironmental…
TIL that during court proceedings, Oklahoma judge Donald D. Thompson often used a penis pump, and occasionally shaved his scrotum and urinated in a trash can. He was eventually disbarred, prosecuted, did prison time, and then sued the state to keep his $8,800 judicial pension. He lost.
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Casetext
Foster v. Thompson, Case No. 05-CV-305-TCK-FHM | Casetext Search + Citator
Read Foster v. Thompson, Case No. 05-CV-305-TCK-FHM, see flags on bad law, and search Casetext’s comprehensive legal database
TIL: heart disease was fairly uncommon until the 20th century. It is now the leading cause of death. The cause of the increase was smoking and diet
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PubMed
The epidemic of the 20(th) century: coronary heart disease - PubMed
Heart disease was an uncommon cause of death in the US at the beginning of the 20th century. By mid-century it had become the commonest cause. After peaking in the mid-1960s, the number of heart disease deaths began a marked decline that has persisted to…