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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 02:30AM by CardLifeh
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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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 12:36PM by imfatandihavenolife
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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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TIL In the list of the top 20 highest grossing musical tours of all time only U2 appears 3 times, grossing $736M in 2009, $390M in 2017, and $389M in 2005. Taylor Swift is no. 1 on the list with the only tour to ever gross over a billion dollars.
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List of highest-grossing concert tours
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TIL that key aircraft controls are required to be shape coded - the flap handle is shaped like an airfoil, the propeller condition levers have ridged knobs, the thrust levers are smooth and cylindrical, and the landing gear handle is shaped like a wheel
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LII / Legal Information Institute
14 CFR § 25.781 - Cockpit control knob shape.
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TIL that more international tourists visited Turkey than Italy in 2022
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World Tourism rankings
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TIL prevailing local lore credits the Shaka to Hamana Kalili who lost the three middle fingers of his right hand while working at a sugar mill. Kalili was then shifted to guarding the sugar train, and his all-clear wave is said to have evolved into the shaka as children imitated the gesture.
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Shaka sign
hand gesture associated with Hawaii and surf culture
TIL American TV show Bait Car unintentionally helped a car thief dismiss his charges. Cameras caught the arresting officer say "You watch TV. You know your rights and all that?” instead of properly reading the thief's Miranda rights, leading to evidence becoming unusable.
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'Bait Car' sting turns tables on detective
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TIL there's no legit professional wrestling (at least in the US)
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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 03:49PM by undiscoveredgirl
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Professional wrestling
martial arts events with professional athletes who are allowed the use of throws, jumps, grappling, and striking techniques
TIL that The Sound of Music’s original theatrical release lasted for 4 and a half years.
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The Sound of Music (film)
1965 film by Robert Wise
TIL that after the radio station KARW held a large Beatles bonfire to protest John Lennon's "We're more popular than Jesus" comment, only for a lightning bolt to strike its transmission tower the following day and send the station temporarily off-air.
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KARW (Texas)
former radio station in Longview, Texas
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TIL that the father of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, was a vice president at Enron
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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 07:19PM by Brix001
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Elizabeth Holmes
American biotechnology entrepreneur convicted of fraud
TIL Anthony Hopkins once looked throughout the whole London for the book "The girl from Petrovka". Unable to find it he headed home, only to find a manunoscript off the book on a bench. It later turned out to be the authors copy, which had been in a stolen car and dumped by the theif.
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Anthony Hopkins' ties to the quantum theory of coincidence
How Anthony Hopkins became the centre of the quantum theory of coincidence due to a bizarre incident ahead of the film 'The Girl from Petrovka'.
TIL Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story in 1838 about a shipwrecked crew that cannibalized their own cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Then in 1884. a real life ship sank and the surviving crew drifting in a lifeboat, cannibalized their cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker
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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 06:52PM by heyhowsitgoinOCE
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R v Dudley and Stephens
leading English criminal case
TIL Kennedy half dollar coins have been back in general circulation since 2021.
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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 06:55PM by brevity-soul-wit
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Kennedy half dollar
50-cent piece depicting John F Kennedy minted after his assassination in 1963