TIL that for centuries, British people considered cucumbers too vile to be eaten by humans. But their opinion changed when Queen Victoria’s family started eating them. Cucumbers became really popular. A British engineer even went as far as inventing a glass tube which straightened curvy cucumbers.
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Atlas Obscura
How England Got Its Curvy Cucumbers Straightened Out
The cucumber straightener was a marvel of British horticulture.
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TIL A dive watch bezel only turns counterclockwise as a life saving measure. If it is accidentally bumped it will subtract time from the dive and prompt the diver to surface early rather than stay under for too long.
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Submitted March 09, 2024 at 03:21PM by CECINS
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Bremont Watch Company (US)
Why do dive watches have rotating bezels?
Humans have always longed to explore air, land, and sea. The oceans have an extra special and enigmatic allure. Covering 71 percent of the Earth, it remains one of the most inhospitable environments to immerse ourselves in.
TIL that construction of a border fort in New York State was abandoned by the US after realizing that it was mistakenly built on the Canadian side of the border. The fort was quickly dubbed 'Fort Blunder'.
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Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain)
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TIL that e-bike use is increasing in Amish communities as an alternative to a horse and buggy
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Submitted March 09, 2024 at 05:24PM by Jojuj
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This E-Bike Life
E-Bikes Overtake Buggies for Some Amish - This E-Bike Life
In some Amish communities these days, e-bikes are beginning to outnumber buggies on the roads. Horse-drawn buggies, long a symbol of the Amish lifestyle, are finding less use as more people in Amish communities adopt electric-powered bicycles. In small Amish…
TIL There was a Nazi Summer camp in Long Island in the 1930 that introduced Americans to the Nazi ideology, along with swimming and crafts.
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Camp Siegfried
pro-Nazi summer camp in Long Island, New York
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TIL Lufthansa was losing approximately 500,000 euros per hour in 2021. Lufthansa admitted in 2022 that it operated over 18,000 empty flights during the pandemic simply to keep airport slots.
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Lufthansa
Deutsche Lufthansa AG / Lufthansa German Airlines (.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%}German…
TIL about Margaret Hamilton, famous for her role as the Wicked Witch of the West, was a former kindergarten teacher who used her celebrity status to advocate for children, animals, and public education throughout her life. She was known for her kindness and ability to connect with children.
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Margaret Hamilton (actress)
American film character actress (1902-1985)
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TIL that the Hollywood Walk of Fame has never removed a star, with each star placement becoming a registered historic landmark.
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Far Out Magazine
Why won't Hollywood remove the stars of disgraced figures?
The Walk of Fame was first started in the 1950s.
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TIL that a cat’s intelligence is comparable to a 2 year old human
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Submitted March 09, 2024 at 07:45PM by Brix001
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Bond Vet
How Smart Are Cats? | Bond Vet
How smart are cats? Let's explore how a cat's brain works, how to know if a cat is intelligent, and how cat intelligence compares to humans and other animals.
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TIL: a former Italian porn star, Carlo Massi, quit porn to do research in applied mathematics, got his PhD, taught real analysis, became a professor, and then got sacked for being a former porn star. He sued and won against the university.
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Carlo Masi
Italian mathematics lecturer and pornographic actor
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TIL Ethiopians eat raw meat at family and festive occasions despite the health risks. Eating raw meat started during times of war. Fighters hiding in the mountains would have exposed themselves by making fire & so ate their meat raw.
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Voice of America
Health Risks Fail to Deter Ethiopians from Eating Raw Meat
Tradition of eating raw meat dates back to times of war in Ethiopia
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TIL that your blood type impacts your health and longevity. Having a blood type other than O is associated with a higher chance of death, especially from heart disease.
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TIL cancer associated with the 9/11 attacks has impacted 11x more people than died in the attacks
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Pitta & Baione LLP
9/11 Cancer List
Pitta & Baione LLP represents individuals suffering from 9/11-related cancer. Find a list of 9/11 related cancers here.
TIL about a barbershop which promoted reading. Children got a discount if they read aloud during a haircut.
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NPR
Choose A Book And Read To Your Barber, He'll Take A Little Money Off The Top
A great way for kids to brush up on reading skills? Why, reading to the barber, of course. That's the idea at one barbershop in Ypsilanti, Mich. Oh, and in Houston, Dubuque, Iowa, and Columbus, Ohio.
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TIL in 2014 a Florida mom started a petition asking Toys R Us to stop selling Breaking Bad action figures. In response, Bryan Cranston, the actor who played Walter White, tweeted "I'm so mad. I am burning my Florida mom action figure in protest." The Breaking Bad action figures ended up being pulled
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NBC News
Toys 'R Us Pulls 'Breaking Bad' Action Figures After Petition
Toys 'R Us will no longer sell a line of action figures based on the characters in the ultra-violent cable series "Breaking Bad" after complaints.
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TIL Segregation academies are private, mostly Christian, schools founded after Brown v. Board of Education to prevent white children from having to go to school with black children. Many remain open today.
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Segregation academy
segregationist private schools
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TIL In Iceland, you cannot name your child whatever you want. You can only use a name that appears on an official list of approved Icelandic names. But it is possible to apply to a committee for permission to use a name which is not yet listed.
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TIL: Henriette d'Angeville was the first woman who climbed the MontBlanc unaided. She had to design her own climbing clothes. She took with her 18 bottles of wine and 26 roasted chickens. At the top she was lifted by her guides so that she 'had gone higher than any man before her'.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 11:56AM by Chiepmate
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Henriette d'Angeville
French female mountain climber (1794-1871)
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TIL Marie Curie gave away most of her Nobel Prize money, repaid the scholarship she received as a student as soon as she began working, and refrained from patenting the radiation-isolation process so that the scientific community would not have any trouble with continuing research.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 10:17AM by SnarkySheep
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Marie Curie
Polish and French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
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TIL about the pop-star Aaliyah who died in a plane crash in 2001. Aaliyah refused to get on the plane, as she was worried about how safe it was, so one of her entourage slipped her a sedative and carried her onboard unconscious.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 02:56PM by AllTheLads420
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2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash
2001 aviation accident
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TIL postal codes in Ireland are so specific that every single house has their own individual postcode, or Eircode (air-code)
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www.eircode.ie
FAQs - Eircode - Location Codes for Irish Addresses
frequently asked questions for more information about Eircode.