TIL There is a Chinese poem ennoscriptd "Shī-shì shí shī shǐ", with 92 words - all of which are "shi". The poem becomes comprehensible because Chinese is a tonal language - where the same word can be pronounced with many different tones. Supposedly, the poem is more sensible in Cantonese than Mandarin
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Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
"Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" (Chinese: 施氏食獅史; pinyin: Shī-shì shí shī shǐ) is a short narrative poem written in Classical Chinese that is composed of about 94 characters (depending on the specific version) in which every word is pronounced shi ([ʂɻ̩])…
TIL that the last soldier of the British Empire to die in WW1 was the Canadian George Lawerence Price who died two minutes before the end of the war.
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George Lawrence Price
Canadian soldier (1892-1918)
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TIL when Alexander Kerensky died in New York City in 1970, local Russian orthodox church refused to grant him burial rites for being a Freemason and seeing him as responsible for the Bolsheviks taking power. He was flown to London and buried in a non-denominational cemetery.
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Alexander Kerensky
Russian politician (1881–1970)
TIL That Mary Shelly finished writing her masterpiece Frankenstein at the age of 19.
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‘Frankenstein’ Was Born During a Ghastly Vacation
As rain poured down, conflicts between Mary Shelley and her fellow vacationers reached a boiling point.
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TIL The First Lady of the United States, Lou Henry Hoover, became the first woman to receive a degree in geology from Stanford University.
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Lou Henry Hoover
First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933
TIL In 1902, Lionel Walter Rothschild brought 6 Edible Dormice (Glis glis) back to Tring, England from Hungary. Some of the 6 escaped, breeding and growing to an estimated 10,000 mice in a 200 mile radius around Tring that are both an invasive species and protected species.
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European edible dormouse
species of mammal
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TIL in 1993 election, Canada's Progressvie Conservative Party lost 154 out of 156 seats. It was the worst election defeat in any Western democratic world.
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1993 Canadian federal election
The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history. Two…
TIL the B-52D Stratofortress is the largest aircraft in history to score an air-to-air kill. Two North Vietnamese MiG-21s were shot down by B-52 tail gunners during Operation Linebacker II in December 1972.
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The Tactical Air Network
Gunfight: The B-52 MiG Kills of Linebacker II.
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TIL the United States once voted on a treaty that would have annexed the Dominican Republic, with the eventual goal of making it a state
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Annexation of Santo Domingo
The annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex "The Spanish province of Santo Domingo" (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as…
TIL the slogan for Kazakhstan's tourism board is "Very nice!"
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Kazakhstan adopts Borat phrase for tourism campaign
The film initially caused outrage - but now the tourism board sees it as the perfect marketing tool.
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TIL A Chippewa Indian Named John Smith Who Lived In The Woods Near Cass Lake, Minnesota Claimed To Be 137 Years Old Before He Died In 1922.
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John Smith (Chippewa Indian)
Chippewa claimed to be over 100 years old
TIL there is a club for people who have been ejected from an airplane seat. When you become a member they give you a commemorative tie, currently there are over 6,000 members.
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Tie Club
TIL Former U.S. President John Tyler took the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War, was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives, but died in 1862 before he could serve. At his burial, his coffin was draped in the Confederate flag, despite requesting a simple burial.
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John Tyler
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was an American politician who served as the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840…
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TIL a baseball stadium organ player was ejected from a game after playing "3 Blind Mice" in response to what he thought was a bad call by the umpire
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Wilbur Snapp
American organist
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TIL that Queen Elizabeth II visited the filming set of the series Game of Thrones, the production offered her to sit on the Iron Throne and she refused.
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From the Archives: Queen Elizabeth II visits the 'Game of Thrones' set
Queen Elizabeth II's reign over England has been a walk in the park compared to past rulers or the fictional would-be rulers of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
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TIL that during WWII, the U.S. Army designed a grenade to be the same size and weight as a baseball, making it easier for American soldiers to throw.
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BEANO T-13 grenade
T13 Beano Grenade
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TIL that Ramon Artagaveytia survived the fire and sinking of the ship "America" in 1871. This incident left him emotionally scarred. 41 years later, he visited the US and boarded “The Titanic”. He didn't survive.
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Ramon Artagaveytia : First Class Passenger and Titanic Victim
Biography of wealthy Uruguayan farmer Ramon Artagaveytia who had already survived a previous shipwreck before boarding the Titanic...
TIL Kevin Costner turned down starring in Air Force One (1997) so he can star in The Postman (1997), a movie he also directed. Air Force One was a critical and commercial success while The Postman was a box office bomb with Costner "winning" two Razzie awards for worst actor and director.
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Kevin Costner
American actor
TIL That after Phil Collins developed an interest in the Alamo he amassed the largest private collection of artifacts related to the battle. He donated them back to the Alamo and was named an honorary Texan.
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Phil Collins made an 'honorary Texan' by the state legislature
As he walked off the House floor, state Rep. Joe Pickett smiled as he toyed with a gift...
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TIL that the Hoover dam is still curing and will take 15 - 20 years to finally be complete
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TIL: Chuck Feeney, a billionaire, secretly gave away his wealth, seeking no acclaim, while living modestly—preferring economy flights, a $15 watch, and owning neither homes nor cars.
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Chuck Feeney
American businessman
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