TIL Spike Lee negotiated with a Brazilian drug lord to allow him to film Michael Jackson's 96 music video 'They Don’t Care About Us' in a Rio de Janeiro slum. The drug kingpin replied “With Michael Jackson here, this will be the safest place in the world.”
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Stars Insider
Spike Lee negotiated with a Brazilian drug lord for Michael Jackson video
The behind-the-scenes look
TIL that leeches have 32 brains, 18 testicles, 10 stomachs, 5 pairs of eyes, 2 hearts and 300 teeth in it's three jawed mouth.
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Atlas Obscura
The Leech’s Journey, From Welsh Lab to American Hospitals
The toothy, parasitic worms are invaluable in post-surgical wards.
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TIL: The last surviving widow of the American Civil War passed away in 2021. In 1936, 17 year old Helen Jackson secretly married 93 year old Civil War veteran James Bolin. He passed away just three years later. Helen would live to the age of 101.
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Veterans Breakfast Club
Last Civil War Widow Dies at Age 101
She never took her $73.13-a-month Veteran’s Pension.
Helen Jackson sits with portrait of her husband, a Civil War Veteran. Image from cherryblossomfest.com
Until three years ago, no one knew that
Helen Jackson sits with portrait of her husband, a Civil War Veteran. Image from cherryblossomfest.com
Until three years ago, no one knew that
TIL in 1964, a General Mills employee chopped pieces of Circus Peanuts (banana flavoured-marshmallow candy) into a bowl of cheerios, thus leading to the invention of Lucky Charms cereal.
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Circus peanut
candy
TIL that in 2011, astronomers discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water on Earth, surrounds a huge black hole more than 12 billion light-years away.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water
Astronomers, including a team led by Matt Bradford of JPL, found a feeding black hole soaking in water vapor.
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TIL in 1910 the American Hippo Bill (resolution 23261) was introduced in congress. It had the goal of authorizing the importation and release of hippos in the bayous of america. Both to control an invasive species and as a meat source. It had support strong support, including Roosevelt and the USDA
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American Hippo bill
US congress bill
TIL The Secret Service that protects the U.S. President used to be part of the Department of the the Treasury. Their original mission was to stop the spread of counterfeit money, a function which they still serve today.
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United States Secret Service
U.S. Federal Law Enforncement Agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security
TIL Roald Dahl wrote a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Willy Wonka goes to space, fights aliens, and overdoses Charlie's parents on age rejuvenation pills
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
1972 children's novel written by Roald Dahl
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TIL they transferred a pig heart into a human successfully last year
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PubMed Central (PMC)
First pig-to-human heart transplantation
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TIL in 1804, a Haitian force comprised mostly of former slaves went house-to-house torturing and killing most of the remaining European population. Between 3,000 and 5,000 were killed.
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1804 Haitian massacre
genocide in 1804 in Haiti carried out against the remaining white French colonist under orders from J.-J. Dessalines
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TIL the US enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time in 1973. It was repealed within a year when public support for it plummeted after the following winter.
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Washingtonian
The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It
The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning…
TIL the only difference between white and yellow cheddar is the color
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Allrecipes
Yellow Cheese vs. White Cheese: Why the Different Colors?
When it comes to cheese varieties like American or Cheddar, a yellow or orange hue generally indicates the presence of natural dye, most often annatto. This coloring is completely natural and does not impact the quality or flavor of the cheese.
TIL of engineer and chemist Thomas Midgley Jr., who contracted polio at 51. He devised a system of ropes and pulleys for his bed, but became entangled and died of strangulation. He also invented chlorofluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, and leaded gasoline.
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Thomas Midgley Jr.
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
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TIL A Japanese researcher took his own life after his research revealed the presence of Fireblight in native pear trees, resulting in a government cover-up and him being blamed by farmers for their lost revenue
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Los Angeles Times
Caught in Cross-Fire of Pacific Apple War
A Japanese scientist takes own life after his collaboration with U.S. counterparts makes him a target for angry farmers and Tokyo bureaucrats.
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TIL When Emma Stone registered for the Screen Actors Guild, her real name "Emily Stone" was already taken, so she decided on the name "Emma" in honor of Emma Bunton, AKA Baby Spice of the Spice Girls.
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Emma Stone
American actress
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TIL "grain engulfment" is a real hazard for farmers working with grain silos, with around 20 deaths a year attributed, many of which involve children helping their family work the farm.
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Grain entrapment
being submerged in grain
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TIL Julie Moss was a surprise front runner of the 1982 Ironman Triathlon but collapsed several times and lost bowel control near the end as millions watched on TV. She was surpassed by a rival and crawled to the finish line. Her "agony of defeat" moment caused a surge in popularity for the sport.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Ironman vet Julie Moss recounts her 1982 'Crawl of Fame' in new memoir
Thirty-six years ago, surprise front-runner Julie Moss collapsed just 15 feet shy of the finish line at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
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TIL that Markus Persson, the billionaire creator of Minecraft, never finished high school
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Markus Persson
Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang
TIL Cotton candy is called "old lady's hair" in India and Greece.
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Slurrp
The Story Our Most Beloved Cotton Candy
From the times when vendors visited neighbourhoods with huge, transparent cases carrying cotton candy and ringing a bell, cotton candy has evolved to a more modern affair.
TIL that bones can't be found in the Titanic wreckage because the deep sea water is undersaturated in calcium carbonate, which causes the bones to dissolve
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NPR
Robert Ballard: 50 Years Exploring Deep Waters
Deep-sea voyager Robert Ballard has discovered everything from 10-foot-tall tube worms to the Titanic on his ocean expeditions around the world. Ballard discusses his underwater finds and how new robotic technology allows scientists to explore the sea from…
TIL approximately 98% of all mammalian species do not menstruate. These "oestrous" species reabsorb endometrial tissue at the end of the infertile cycle. Making many aspects of menstruation poorly understood and development of treatments for menstrual disorders limited.
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Monkeys, mice and menses: the bloody anomaly of the spiny mouse
The common spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) is the only known rodent to demonstrate a myriad of physiological processes unseen in their murid relatives. The most recently discovered of these uncharacteristic traits: spontaneous decidual transformation of ...