TIL that the 2022 DC superhero “Batgirl” was the most expensive ‘abandoned’ movie in history. Warner Bros. already spent over $90M finishing it, and the film was in post- production, when they decided not to release it.
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List of abandoned and unfinished films
Wikimedia list article
TIL that the Canadian preschool show Wimzie's House got sued by The Jim Henson Company for copyright and trademark infringement.
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Wimzie's House
television series
TIL That in 1974, the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act allowed women to open bank accounts, apply for credit and commit to a mortgage without needing a male co-signer.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 04:01AM by Technical_Carpet5874
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JSTOR Daily
A Bank of Her Own
The first US bank for women was opened by a fraudster in 1879. It took 40 years for a reputable women’s bank to be founded in Tennessee.
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TIL George McGovern accidentally bombed an Austrian farm during WWII. He was haunted for 40 years until after a TV interview, when the farmer called the station to reassure him that he and his family got out in time and that it was worth it if it helped bring down Hitler in any way.
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Newspapers.com
Article clipped from The Bismarck Tribune
Clipping found in The Bismarck Tribune published in Bismarck, North Dakota on 5/19/1989.
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TIL "Burning Platform" means the necessity of change despite the fear of the unknown consequences. This metaphor was derived from the fatal explosion of an oil drilling platform in which one survivor had to choose to jump into a sea of burning oil rather than burn on the platform
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Fairygodboss
A burning platform is a powerful tool for change. Here's what a burning platform is, and how it can help you.
TIL that in the 1840s, people would say 'Prunes' instead of 'Cheese' when getting a picture taken.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 04:59AM by InternetPopular3679
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Peta Pixel
Say ‘Prunes’, Not ‘Cheese’: The History of Smiling in Photographs
"Say cheese." It's an expression that has become so much a part of our culture that everyone understands it to simply mean, "Smile," rather than a command
TIL in 1984 Leonard Bernstein once conducted the Vienna Philharmonic without the need of a baton or even his hands and instead only used his brow & facial expressions to communicate to the orchestra all the information they needed.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 09:51AM by tyrion2024
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Classic FM
When Leonard Bernstein needed only his eyebrows to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic
An orchestra and its conductor converse in mysterious ways…
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TIL that in 4 billion years, when the Milky Way galaxy collides with the Andromeda Galaxy, the distance between the stars will be so vast that none of the 1.3 trillion stars are expected to collide.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 11:29AM by NobleWhiteLotus
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Astronomy Magazine
The Andromeda and Milky Way collision, explained
The Andromeda and Milky Way collision is going to happen 4 billion or so years from now when they merge to become Milkomeda.
TIL that when Larry Ellison divorced his wife Nancy in 1978, she gave up any claim on his new company for $500. That company, Oracle (the database company), made Ellison the world's eighth-richest person ($130 billion as of today).
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Larry Ellison
American internet entrepreneur and businessman
TIL James Buchanan is the only American president who was never married.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 11:09AM by Adreamskoll
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Potus
Length of Marriage | Presidents of the United States (POTUS)
Length of time the Presidents of the United States were married.
TIL that A. A. Milne stopped writing Winnie the Pooh books partially because he was worried about the fame it brought his son, Christopher Robin Milne. They later became estranged because his son resented the books and the fame they brought him.
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A. A. Milne
British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh
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TIL Romans wiped their butts with a sea sponge on a stick that they kept in a bucket of salt water or vinegar.
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Cottonelle
What Did People Use Before Toilet Paper? | Cottonelle® Canada
What did we use to wipe our bums before we had the luxury of toilet paper and wipes? Turns out, just about everything. See details inside.
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TIL that Roman emperors were considered pharaohs in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians viewed their pharaohs as god-kings. When Rome conquered Egypt, its emperors became the new pharaohs because Egyptian religion needed a god-king to work. Roman emperors only called themselves pharaohs while visiting Egypt.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 02:13PM by TMWNN
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Roman pharaoh
role of Roman emperors in Egypt
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TIL some churches have a hagioscope (or squint), a hole in a wall which allowed segregated worshippers to view the altar, one London church had to admonish nuns who got into the habit of kissing ‘secular persons’ via the squint
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Hagioscope
architectural term
TIL the woman in the iconic Great Depression "Migrant Mother" photo was only 32 years old when the photo was taken.
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Florence Owens Thompson
Native-American farm worker, subject of Dorothea Lange's famous photo Migrant Mother (1903-1983)
TIL Muhammad is the most popular name in the world, by 2014 it was estimated to have been given to 150 million men and boys.
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Muhammad
Muhammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized: Muḥammad; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}English:…
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TIL in 2014, a girl named Charlotte wrote a letter to Lego, expressing her concern about the lack of female Lego characters. In response, Lego released a new collection called the 'Research Institute', which featured female scientists. The collection was a huge success and sold out within a week.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 10:59PM by Nadeem1738
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The Lego Group
Danish toy manufacturer best known for interlocking-brick construction toys
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TIL a study found that George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire contains over 2,000 named characters with over 41,000 interactions b/w them. Yet the most prominent characters avg out to have only 150 others to keep track of, which is the same number the avg human brain has evolved to deal with.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 06:43PM by tyrion2024
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CNET
Your Game of Thrones obsession, decoded by data science
There's a secret sauce to George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and it has to do with the 2,000 named characters.
TIL Girolamo Segato was an Italian archeologist who invented a technique to artificially petrify, or mineralize, human corpses. He destroyed all his notes before his death and his technique has never been replicated.
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Submitted March 07, 2024 at 10:17PM by bnrshrnkr
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Girolamo Segato
Italian naturalist
TIL a Piet Mondrian painting was hung upside-down for 75 years before its inversion was noticed
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BBC News
Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years
Despite the find Piet Mondrian's painting will continue to be shown as it is to avoid any damage.
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TIL Heineken spent $45 million on a 5 second placement of James Bond drinking a bottle on the beach. This paid for half of Skyfall's entire movie budget.
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Heineken
pale lager beer by the Dutch brewing company Heineken International