TIL that the UK has 5x more giant redwoods than California, mostly thanks to Victorians importing the seeds. 200 years later, the redwoods are beginning to dwarf native British trees, despite still being in their “sapling” stage.
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the Guardian
Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade
Researchers found that the Victorians brought so many seeds and saplings to Britain that experts say the giant redwoods now outnumber those in their US homeland
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TIL that Boris Yeltsin lost 2.5 fingers on his left hand when trying to open up a grenade as a teenager
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Boris Yeltsin
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
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TIL that Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) was nicknamed "Dr. Rendezvous" by other NASA astronauts. Aldrin—with an MIT PhD—knew that it was not a compliment.
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Submitted March 26, 2024 at 01:08PM by TMWNN
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Air & Space Forces Magazine
Buzz
Airman and tireless space exploration advocate Buzz Aldrin was also the second man to walk on the moon
TIL New York mobster, Joe Gallo was a diagnosed schizophrenic, watercolor painter, and avid reader of classic literature, who paraded his pet lion around the city. He kidnapped his own bosses, sparked two gang wars, and was killed on his birthday, in 1972. And Bob Dylan wrote a song about him.
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Joe Gallo
American mobster of Italian descent
TIL the lowest grossing film ever made $30 on a $2 million budget
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ScreenRant
"$30?!" The Lowest Grossing Movie Of All Time Explained & Why It Bombed At The Box Office
There has yet to be one lower!
TIL that Lensey Namioka, born in China, has a name that cannot be written in Chinese. Her linguist father found two Chinese syllables, "len" and "sey", that aren't used in words so don't have Chinese characters. He named his next daughter "Lensey"; she is the only known person with the name.
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Lensey Namioka
Chinese-born American children's writer
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TIL that to lessen the immediate financial burden of Terminator 2: Judgment Day’s production costs, Carolco Pictures paid most of Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary with a financed $12.75 million Gulfstream III jet.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 film by James Cameron
TIL That Dreamworks owns the "film rights" to Martin Luther King Jr.'s quotes
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Vice
The Bizarre Reason You Rarely Hear Martin Luther King Quotes in Movies
Steven Spielberg has received criticism for buying the film rights to MLK's speeches, and further controversy stems from King's estate.
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TIL The plane crash in Breaking Bad mirrors the real-life 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, and the junior air traffic controller involved was actually named Walter White.
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Aeroméxico Flight 498
mid-air collision
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TIL Priss Fotheringham, famed for popularising 'chucking', an act dating back to ancient Rome. She'd stand on her head naked, legs apart, allowing patrons to toss coins into her "commodity". Legend has it she could fit 16 half-crowns, a notable achievement per modern commentators.
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Priss Fotheringham
17th century sex worker and madam in London
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TIL that one man (Chris Clark) bought the domain "pizza.com" in 1994 and sold it for $2.6 million at auction.
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NZ Herald
Pizza.com domain makes huge pile of dough - NZ Herald
Latest breaking news articles, photos, video, blogs, reviews, analysis, opinion and reader comment from New Zealand and around the World - NZ Herald
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TIL that after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was destroyed in a collision with a freighter, the replacement bridge was designed with protective bumpers to prevent it from happening again. When a ship collided with the new bridge in 1987, the bridge was unaffected but the vessel took on water and sank.
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Sunshine Skyway Bridge
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, sometimes referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the Sunshine Skyway, or simply "the Skyway", is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge that spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas…
TIL that one man has the largest video game collection in the world with over 24,000 video games. It has an estimated value of about 2.1 million dollars.
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Guinness World Records
Man with over 24,000 videogames has largest collection ever
Avid video game enthusiast Antonio Romero Monteiro from Richmond, Texas, USA, has taken his videogame collection to another level with a collection spanning over 23,000 games!
TIL Harrison Ford and Sylvester Stallone are the only two actors in history to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades.
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Sylvester Stallone
American actor and film director
TIL In 2012, while incarcerated at ADX Florence, Ted Kaczynski (better known as the Unabomber) received an invitation to the 50th anniversary reunion of his Harvard graduating class. He responded, listing his occupation as " prisoner " and his eight life sentences as " awards.
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Ted Kaczynski
American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)
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TIL when asked by Alexander how he wished to be treated, defeated Indian king Porus replied "Treat me as a king would treat another king". Impressed, Alexander indeed treated him as a king, returning his lands, making him a satrap of his empire and giving him additional territories.
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Battle of the Hydaspes
The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum, or First Battle of Jhelum, was fought between Alexander the Great and Porus in May of 326 BC. It took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River in Punjab, as part of Alexander's Indian campaign. In…
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TIL Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart went on a spacewalk and was told to stay there and don't move when a movie camera jammed. In those five minutes, he saw the Earth and experienced a moment filled with existential questions
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B612
50 Years Ago Rusty Schweickart Had 5 Minutes Alone - B612
Fifty years ago today, astronaut Rusty Schweickart had 5 minutes alone above the Earth. 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission, crewed by Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott, and B612 co-founder Rusty Schweickart. There will be many celebrations of the…
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TIL Will Wright created the game "The Sims" after losing his home during the Oakland firestorm of 1991. Replacing his home and his other possessions made him think about adapting that life experience into a game.
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The Sims
video game series
TIL: Pier Donia was a farmer turned rebel leader after his wife was killed and his village sacked. He started a guerilla campaign, slaughtering many towns. His main weapon was a great sword. One on display weighed 14.6lbs and is 7 ft long. His sword was featured on "Forged in Fire" season 9.
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Pier Gerlofs Donia
Frisian warrior, pirate, and rebel
TIL that the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event is what lead to the dinosaurs dominating earth
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Submitted March 27, 2024 at 02:40AM by Pinker34
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University of Oxford
Volcanic eruptions triggered dawn of the dinosaurs
Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end-Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene for the rise and age of the dinosaurs, new Oxford University
TIL The current water speed record for the fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle was achieved 46 years ago and is considered one of the sporting world's most hazardous competitions.
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Submitted March 27, 2024 at 12:46PM by TerminatorsEvilTwin
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Water speed record
officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle