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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Submitted March 26, 2024 at 07:24PM by haloarh
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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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Submitted March 26, 2024 at 11:03PM by Imogen-Emehe1985
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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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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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Water speed record
officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle
TIL about Plastivores. Bacteria, Fungi and even some insects that can break down and de-polymerize all kinds of plastics. Once thought to be rare in nature, Plastivorous activity is being increasingly found in a wide variety of places including sea-water and the Amazon.
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Plastivore
organism capable of degrading and metabolising plastic
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TIL a victim of the SS Atlantic wreck was found to be a woman disguised as a man.
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Submitted March 27, 2024 at 01:34PM by active_tendency
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SS Atlantic (1870)
transatlantic liner
TIL Jeffrey Hunter, the original Captain Christopher Pike, died in 1969 never knowing how popular Star Trek would become and how iconic he would be.
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Submitted March 27, 2024 at 04:45PM by yARIC009
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Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as The Searchers and King of Kings. On television, Hunter is known for his 1965 role…
TIL there's a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Known as "the highest court in the land," it's used by clerks, employees, and even justices for exercise and leisure.
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United States Supreme Court Building
seat of the Supreme Court of the United States of America
TIL that Henri, Count of Chambord, was offered the French throne in 1870. He refused it when the French National Assembly would not meet his demand that they change the flag, leading Pope Pius IX to remark, "All that for a napkin!"
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Henri, Count of Chambord
Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until…