TIL: of Star Jelly, a translucent jelly-like substance that has been found for centuries. Scientists have no idea what it is. According to folklore, it is deposited on the Earth during meteor showers.
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Star jelly
gelatinous substance sometimes found on the ground
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TIL according to a public health researcher from the University of Arizona, there's a high risk of cross contamination from using "reusable toilet paper" (aka "family cloth"), the germs can result in illness, and that the majority of people who use the cloth wipes are not washing them correctly.
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USA TODAY
The Internet discovered reusable toilet paper. What you should know about it, according to a germ expert
It's like reusable diapers. But in strips. For adults.
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TIL Laurence Fishburne was only 14 when filming Apocalypse Now, as he had lied about his age to get the role. Production took so long, he was 18 by the time of its release.
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Apocalypse Now
1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
TIL about garden path sentences which is a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect
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Submitted March 05, 2024 at 10:01PM by dawitfikadu3
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Garden-path sentence
grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect
TIL about Labadee, a Royal Caribbean owned private beach resort in Haiti complete with a 30 foot wall and armed guards on each side isolating it from the rest of the country. Tourists arrive at a port connected to the resort and never go beyond the boundaries of the resort.
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Labadee
village in Haiti
TIL that after Salvador Dali expressed support for Spanish dictator Franco's regime, Pablo Picasso refused to mention Dali's name or acknowledge his existence for the rest of his life
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Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist (1904-1989)
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TIL: Many states allows your dog to be a witness at your wedding. Some states allow the dog to also officiate your wedding with a paw print.
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Yahoo Sports
Yes, It's True: Your Dog Can Be Your Official Wedding Witness
A paw print on your marriage license? Sign us up!
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TIL Ice-T made up a gang to keep real gang members off his back in high school. “We actually created a fake gang. We told people we were part of the Hillside Crips. We had them thinking there was hundreds of us. I never had any trouble.”
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AV Club
Ice-T revists his O.G. roots in the documentary Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap
An audio version of this interview originally appeared on Bullseye, a weekly radio show and podcast hosted by Jesse Thorn. You can listen to it on select public radio stations, at the Maximum Fun website, and via iTunes.
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TIL that children in ancient China learned to write from "Thousand Character Text", a 1000-word poem where the characters do not repeat and cover everything from philisophy to astrology.
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Thousand Character Classic
The Thousand Character Classic (Chinese: 千字文; pinyin: Qiānzì Wén), also known as the Thousand Character Text, is a Chinese poem that has been used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children from the sixth century onward. It contains exactly one…
TIL A study of more than 500 patients has shown that too many cough drops – especially those containing menthol – can actually make coughs more severe. Reported duration of cough at time of clinic visit was greater in cough-drop users (12.5 days) compared with non-users
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UW Family Medicine & Community Health
WREN Study: Excessive Use of Menthol Cough Drops Could Actually Increase Coughs
Wisconsin Research and Education Network Senior Scientist David Hahn, MD, led a study showing that too many cough drops - especially those containing menthol - may actually make coughs more severe.
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TIL that the closing song, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", from the movie Dirty Dancing, has been listed as the "third most popular song played at funerals" in the UK
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BBC NEWS | Magazine | The time of your life?
Since its release in 1987, Dirty Dancing has become a slow-burning Hollywood classic for those who like their romance danced out. As it opens on London's West End stage, with advance ticket sales nudging a quarter of a million, what's its enduring appeal?
TIL Research suggests that working irregular shifts for a decade ages the brain an extra six and a half years.
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the Guardian
Working irregular shifts can age the brain by extra 6.5 years, study finds
Research suggests working outside normal hours for decade or more may ‘chronically’ reduce cognition and damage health
TIL The US TV show Dallas is alleged to have helped partially hasten the downfall of communist Romania. The regime allowed airings of the show in the 1980s believing that the show would be seen as anti-capitalistic. This backfired as citizens desired the luxurious lifestyle portrayed in the show.
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Dallas (1978 TV series)
American television soap opera (1978–1991)
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TIL when the emperor of Japan announced the surrender at the end of WW2 he did it in extremely formal and archaic words, the equivalent of an English speaker using Shakespearean language
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Hirohito surrender broadcast
The Hirohito surrender broadcast, also known as the Jewel Voice Broadcast (Japanese: 玉音放送, romanized: Gyokuon-hōsō, lit. 'Jade Voice Broadcast'), was a radio broadcast of surrender given by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, on 15 August 1945.
TIL The F-104 Starfighter jet had such an abysmal safety record it was called the Widowmaker in West Germany. 292 of 916 units were lost to accidents there. Other countries reported similar rates
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
1954 fighter aircraft family by Lockheed
TIL that hair will sometimes grow back differently after chemotherapy. People who have straight hair may find that they now have curly hair or vice versa. It can even grow back a different colour 😮
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Cancer Council NSW
After your treatment
Hair loss is usually temporary. Talk to your doctor about what to expect after your treatment. Learn more about: When chemotherapy finishes When radiation
TIL that at one point the sales of vodka accounted for 1/3rd of the Russian national budget.
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War on the Rocks
Little Water: Vodka and the Russian Sociopolitical Realm
Let’s get one thing straight. The Russian love affair with vodka is not a joke. It is not hyperbole foisted upon popular culture by rank amateur drinkers,
TIL that despite selling 500k copies in its first two hours and going 7x Platinum, Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II albums were considered to have "underperformed" sales expectations.
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Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II. It was the band's first album to feature drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven…
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TIL Analtech, the name of a U.S. based manufacturer of glass plates and other accessories, became a liability with the rise of the internet as YouTube videos promoting their products directed viewers to less than wholesome videos and clients reported being blocked by their own security protocols.
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Submitted March 06, 2024 at 08:12PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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Delaware Online
New owner vows to keep Analtech in Newark
Sale of 54-year-old lab equipment maker contingent on company staying in place
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TIL of Chief Tuskaloosa, the giant Paramount Chieftain of modern day Alabama, who was killed in combat with the forces of Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1540. The modern city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is named in his honor.
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Tuskaloosa
Native American paramount chief
TIL that George Lucas' wife, Marcia Lucas, won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1977 for Star Wars. George Lucas has won zero Academy Awards.
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Submitted March 06, 2024 at 09:28PM by FancyInvestment397
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Marcia Lucas
American film editor