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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Submitted March 09, 2024 at 08:22PM by laterdude
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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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Submitted March 09, 2024 at 11:05PM by JillyBean4ev
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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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Submitted March 09, 2024 at 10:02PM by PacMook_Bro
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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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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 06:00AM by Forward-Answer-4407
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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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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 02:44PM by tuxedokittyb
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FAQs - Eircode - Location Codes for Irish Addresses
frequently asked questions for more information about Eircode.
TIL that in 1992, the Giant Gold Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Canada was victim to an explosion done by an angry miner in retaliation of co-workers crossing the picket line as the mine was on strike.
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Giant Mine
gold mine
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TIL Akira Toriyama's biggest reason for Goku's hair going blond when he went Super Saiyan was to save work for his assistant whose time was always taken up by filling in Goku's black hair.
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Kanzenshuu
Translations | SEG: Story Volume - Truth About Dragon Ball
A Q&A with creator Akira Toriyama on how he came up with the story elements of Dragon Ball.
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TIL Voice of the Martyrs sends approximately 30,000 Bibles to North Korea by balloon every year
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TIL that in 1986, a group of metal singers did an event called "hear 'n aid" to raise funds for Africa. It was organized by Ronnie James Dio and his band. This happened apparently because nobody of the metal scene was invited to the more mainstream fun rising event called "We Are the World".
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 06:42PM by G_HostEd
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Hear 'n Aid
1986 benefit compilation album by Hear 'n Aid
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TIL that the subject of the new movie 'Cabrini' was chopped up after her death, with her body divided between Chicago, NYC, Rome, and Codogno, Italy.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 05:20PM by Traveledfarwestward
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Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian-American Catholic nun, misionary and saint (1850-1917)
TIL Athletic wheelchairs have slanting wheels because their wider footprint makes them more stable and quick to take tighter turns. They also have better ergonomics and accelerate faster than regular wheelchairs.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 08:41PM by sirabai
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Science ABC
Why Do Athletic Wheelchairs Have Slanting Wheels?
Athletic wheelchairs have slanting or 'cambered' wheels that help compete by improving stability and acceleration
TIL: In the 80s, DC created Hemo - Goblin, a villain that last one issue who give AIDS/HIV if he bites you and he operated in South Africa. He infected several superheroes.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 09:53PM by Flares117
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ScreenRant
DC's Most Offensive Villain Only Lasted One Issue (For Good Reason)
A DC villain who can't possibly return.
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TIL that long before Cherry Coke was officially introduced by Coca-Cola in 1985, many diners, drugstore soda fountains and movie theaters dispensed an unofficial version by adding cherry-flavored syrup to Coca-Cola.
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Submitted March 10, 2024 at 09:35PM by waitingforthesun92
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Coca-Cola Cherry
cherry-flavored cola from The Coca-Cola Company
TIL that the Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated, can be found in a story from ancient Egyptian religion noscriptd 'The Eloquent Peasant' dating back to Egypt's Middle Kingdom (2040–1650 BC).
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Golden Rule
principle of treating others as one wants to be treated
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