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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 07:42AM by Fireproof_Cheese
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MySA
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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 07:59AM by BehelBae
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Wikipedia
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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 07:36AM by Bluest_waters
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Wikipedia
List of highest-grossing concert tours
Wikimedia list article
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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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 01:29PM by Sansabina
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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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 12:23PM by Jscott1986
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World Tourism rankings
Wikimedia list article
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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 05:15AM by -AMARYANA-
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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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 04:08PM by RollingNightSky
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Los Angeles Times
'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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 03:40PM by bogartvee
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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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 06:27PM by st42nwpt
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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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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 08:05PM by softishviking
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Far Out Magazine
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
TIL before Ford discontinued the Fiesta, they made more profit from licensing LEGO than from the compact car.
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Submitted March 30, 2024 at 10:04PM by crazy_urn
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Motor Sport Magazine
Too good to survive? Ford's Fiesta had no hope in electric age
Ford's decision to axe its bestselling, highly acclaimed Fiesta was inevitable, in the face of rising costs, changing tastes and electric legislation writes Andrew Frankel
TIL a flight attendant saved a young girl who was being human trafficked and was accompanied by an older man who wouldn’t let her speak. Flight attendant left a note in the bathroom, the girl indicated she needed help. The pilot was informed, and authorities were waiting when the plane landed.
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Submitted March 31, 2024 at 04:55AM by Algrinder
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BBC News
Flight attendant shares story of saving trafficking victim
A US flight attendant shares the story of how she helped a trafficking victim on her plane.
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TIL the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975, and the song was recorded one month later
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Submitted March 31, 2024 at 01:57AM by pineconeconspiracy
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot…
TIL two Imperial Japanese soldiers competed to see who would be the first to decapitate 100 surrendered Chinese soldiers with a sword. (they were later executed for war crimes, having killed 106 and 105, respectively)
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Submitted March 31, 2024 at 06:15AM by JeezThatsBright
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Hundred man killing contest
Japanese war crime
TIL at least 3 Beatles fans committed suicide after Lennon was murdered
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Submitted March 31, 2024 at 04:35AM by mankls3
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Submitted March 31, 2024 at 04:35AM by mankls3
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Murder of John Lennon
murder taking place on 8 December 1980
TIL that when adjusted for 2022 inflation Gone With the Wind made over $4 billion at the Box Office, making it the highest grossing film in history.
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Submitted March 31, 2024 at 07:57AM by Toonami88
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List of highest-grossing films
Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising. However, theatrical box-office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success…