TIL that The Netherlands is the only country in Europe where life imprisonment actually means life imprisonment. Parole can only be granted by Royal decree.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 06:01AM by whynot42-
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Life imprisonment in the Netherlands
overview of life imprisonment in the Netherlands
TIL going to the beach and swimming in the ocean for leisure is a relatively modern practice in the western world. Prior to the 17th century, Europeans historically viewed beaches as frightening places, and "only peasants sought refuge from the heat in the cool seawater".
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Beachgoing
leisure activity and cultural phenomenon
TIL the current head of the Tokugawa samurai family, which ruled Japan for over 250 years as an isolationist shogunate, grew up in the US and married a Vietnamese woman
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 07:55AM by ChooChoo9321
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The Asahi Shimbun
Tokugawa clan’s place in history assured, says new family head | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.
TIL There were several mishaps on the way to bomb Nagasaki,1945. In the rush to launch before bad weather, shortcuts were taken that imperiled the mission, and the plane nearly ran out of gas.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The harrowing story of the Nagasaki bombing mission
A typhoon was coming, the fuel pump failed, they had to switch planes, things were wired incorrectly, they missed their rendezvous, they couldn't see the primary target, they ran out of gas on the way home, and they had to crash-land. But the worst part was…
TIL that the UK ran a fake German radio station in WW2. The announcer of "Gustav Siegfried Eins" was "Der Chef", supposedly a patriotic traditional German officer who denounced corrupt Nazi officials. When "Der Chef" was killed by the Gestapo, the station accidentally broadcast his death twice.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 01:51PM by TMWNN
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Gustav Siegfried Eins
British black propaganda radio station during World War II
TIL that it's legal for 5 to 17 years old to consume alcohol at home in the UK.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 04:55PM by fiLthyAFK
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NSPCC
Underage drinking
How to talk to children and teens about alcohol and make sure they know the risks.
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TIL Flamma, one of the most successful gladiators in his time under the Roman Empire, through great skill & bravery was awarded his freedom four times but refused each time & instead chose to remain a gladiator. He fought 34 times, won 21 of them, fought to a draw 9 times, & won reprieve 4 times.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 03:24AM by tyrion2024
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Flamma
Syrian gladiator
TIL Japanese and Korean people refer to staplers as the "Hotchkiss" (ho-chi-ki-s[e]u) because staplers were first imported to the region in the early 20th century by the E.H. Hotchkiss Company
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 02:36PM by admiralturtleship
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Stapler Exchange
History of Vintage Fasteners.
TIL that in medieval Europe, there existed a sport known as "rat-baiting." Spectators would gather in public squares to watch as trained dogs competed to catch and kill rats released into the arena. Betting on the outcome of these gruesome contests was commonplace.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 04:07PM by StrategyTop7612
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Rat-baiting
blood sport
TIL there is a yearly celebration of male genitalia in Greece, happening during the Greek orthodox carnival season.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 01:24PM by xpanta
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Balkazaar | Explore Balkans
Bourani – The Phallus Celebration
Every year, in Tyrnavos, a small town in the centre of Greece, a tradition is revived, which comes from the ancient Dionysian rituals, the “Bourani” or the phallus festival! Thousands of visitors from all over Greece but also from abroad come to participate…
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TIL that Jerry Seinfeld turned down $5 million per episode (almost $10 million in today's money) to make a 10th season of ''Seinfeld''
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 10:07PM by friendlystranger4u
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Fox News
Jerry Seinfeld explains why he turned down $5 million offer
Even $5 million wasn't enough to entice Jerry Seinfeld to return to TV.
TIL that the oldest known writing in the world, Sumerian Cuneiform, is over 5000 years old and only 5-10% of all recovered tablets have been translated.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 09:44PM by BruteForceOpinion
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www.ox.ac.uk
Can we crack the world's oldest writing? | University of Oxford
We might finally be able to read clay tablets from the birth of written language.
TIL that autocomplete for keyboards was first developed in the 1950s for Chinese typewriters, which required users to navigate through thousands of logographic characters, thus helping people type faster without the need to search for each character.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 09:14PM by Algrinder
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Autocomplete
computing feature predicting ending to a word a user is typing
TIL Pope Leo XIII awarded a Vatican gold medal to the creator of his favourite brand of cocaine-infused wine and also appeared on a poster endorsing it.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 11:20PM by gullydon
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Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the oldest pope holding…
TIL there have been multiple "AI winters" which are periods of reduced funding and interest in the field following a period of hype in overstated AI capabilities.
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Submitted March 18, 2024 at 10:10PM by Temp89
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AI winter
period of reduced funding and interest in AI
TIL 1 out of 3 Americans live in just four states. California, Texas, Florida, and New York.
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Submitted March 19, 2024 at 01:27AM by PaulOshanter
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List of U.S. states and territories by population
Wikimedia list article
TIL left-handed men are more likely to be homosexual than their right-handed counterparts
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Submitted March 19, 2024 at 02:17AM by JeezThatsBright
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Handedness and sexual orientation
Research hypothesis
TIL Actor Gerard Butler paid for bee venom injections twice and ended up in hospital both times.
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Submitted March 19, 2024 at 03:02AM by Unleashtheducks
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the Guardian
Gerard Butler: I injected myself with bee venom and ended up in hospital
Scottish actor went into anaphylactic shock after using the traditional remedy after a 12-hour day of performing stunts
TIL that in the year 2000, Norm MacDonald nearly won a million dollars for Paul Newman’s charity for children, but host Regis Philbin talked him out of answering the question so he only won $500,000
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Submitted March 19, 2024 at 12:34AM by BASSA_NOVA
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YouTube
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Norm MacDonald's Run
Just a re-upload that somebody else provided back in the day. Definitely one of the most memorable Celebrity Millionaire contestants.
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TIL about the loneliest whale in the world. Dubbed "The 52-hertz whale", it appears to be the only individual emitting a whale call at this frequency in the whole world. The whale itself has never been sighted.
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Submitted March 19, 2024 at 02:26AM by No_Idea_Guy
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52-hertz whale
individual whale which has been detected calling at 52 Hz, far above the normal whale vocal range
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TIL Danny DeVito's short stature is the result of Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia (Fairbank's disease), a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth. He met Rhea Perlman when she went to see a friend in the play The Shrinking Bride, which featured DeVito, and they moved in together 2 weeks later.
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Submitted March 19, 2024 at 05:35AM by CleaTorris
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Danny DeVito
American actor, director, and producer