TIL the "Tommy Gun" was the 1st weapon labelled a "submachine gun." It originally sold for $200 in 1921 and has since become a collector's item. Today a gun can fetch between $25K-$45K with a model believed to be owned by Bonnie & Clyde selling for $130K.
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Thompson submachine gun
American submachine gun
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TIL While the Confederacy used the strongest cipher available during the Civil War, the Vigenère cipher, the Union consistently cracked it. This was because the Confederates only ever used three key phrases: "Manchester Bluff", "Complete Victory" and, as the war came to a close, "Come Retribution".
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 12:33AM by UndyingCorn
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Vigenère cipher
simple type of polyalphabetic encryption system
TIL in 2003 rapper Pusha T wrote the McDonald’s Jingle “I’m lovin’ it” but doesn’t own publishing rights for it. Learning from this mistake, he owns 40% from the next jingle he wrote: Arby's “we have the meats”.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 02:12AM by woolsprout
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The Culture Crypt
How Pusha T Wrote McDonald's Infamous 'I’m Lovin' It' Jingle and No One Knew — The Culture Crypt
How McDonald's recruited Pusha T for their biggest marketing campaign yet.
TIL: Most Teabags contain plastics, and release micro plastics in large amounts when brewed
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Submitted April 04, 2024 at 11:35PM by Dickensmouth
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Health risks posed by microplastics in tea bags: microplastic pollution – a truly global problem
PMC Disclaimer
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TIL a 2020 study found evidence that arrows fired from medieval longbows could cause injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds. One example is the analysis of a skull that revealed an arrow had left devastating entry and exit wounds that are similar to injuries caused by modern bullets.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 05:11AM by tyrion2024
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Smithsonian Magazine
Medieval Arrows Inflicted Injuries That Mirror Damage Caused by Modern Bullets
New research demonstrates the immense power of the medieval English longbow
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TIL Emperor Keikō, the 12th Emperor of Japan, was according to tradition 10 feet 2 inches (310 cm) tall, had at least 80 children from multiple wives and lived 143 years.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 11:37AM by house_of_ghosts
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Emperor Keikō
Emperor Keikō (景行天皇, Keikō-tennō), also known as Ootarashihikooshirowake no Sumeramikoto (大足彦忍代別天皇) and Ōtarashihiko-oshirowake no Mikoto (大帯日子淤斯呂和氣天皇), was the 12th legendary Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Both the Kojiki…
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TIL that the UK has longer average commute times than the USA
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 07:19AM by BlueMagma212
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GITNUX
Statistics About The Average Commute Time • Gitnux
Commute time is a crucial aspect of daily life for many individuals. Whether you are heading to work, school, or running errands, the time it takes to travel
TIL Dr. Ozel Clifford Brazil helped 18,000 students get to college over a 15-year period by fudging the information on students' applications. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for financial aid fraud & ordered to pay nearly $750,000 in restitution. Although, he never rolled over on anyone.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 01:01PM by tyrion2024
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The Modern Rogue
5 Real Life Robin Hoods Who Made The World A Better Place — The Modern Rogue
Their actions may be morally questionable ... but isn't that what Robin Hood is all about?
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TIL that there is a high school in China where students study from 6.20am to 11pm to prepare for college admission exam (gaokao)
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 04:37PM by loneranger_26
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The World of Chinese
Gaokao Town
Meet the students of Maotanchang, a Chinese town that churns out top scorers on the grueling college entrance exams
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TIL Desiré Wilson is the only woman to win a Formula One race of any kind
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Desiré Wilson
South African racing driver
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TIL When former Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss was accused at his trial of murdering three and a half million people, he replied, "No. Only two and one half million—the rest died from disease and starvation."
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 08:01PM by EducationalCicada
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Rudolf Höss
German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz
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Today I learned the official HTTP error code 418 means the server is a teapot and it refuses to brew coffee.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 06:59PM by 4_horsemen
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Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
communications protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots
TIL When Little Richard saw the engine his plane on fire, he swore that if the plane landed he would give up "the devil's music" and become a minister. The plane landed. He kept his word... for five years.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 08:15PM by hamlet9000
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Little Richard
American musician (1932–2020)
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TIL that while Florida accounts for 9% of America’s insurance claims, it accounts for 79% of the nation’s home insurance lawsuits.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 09:05PM by 6DeliciousInches
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TIL that the Alyeska (Trans-Alaska) Pipeline was built 11 mi (~18 km) "too long" to account for the fact that yearly temperatures in Alaska have a ~150 F (~65 C) range, which causes the pipeline to grow and shrink in length by up to 5 mi (~8 km).
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Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
oil pipeline
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TIL that in the 80s, a reputable health publisher, The New England Journal of Medicine released a letter stating that a study was done showing that less than 0.0018% of patients prescribed opiates became addicted to them.
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 08:08PM by Ecstatic-Recipe-3019
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TIL that Muammar Gaddafi submitted a proposal to the UN that Switzerland be abolished as a state and merged into Italy, Germany, and France
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Submitted April 05, 2024 at 10:33PM by TheOSU87
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CNBC
Gaddafi Wants to Abolish Switzerland
Switzerland has also moved to freeze the assets of the Libyan regime. But it seems unlikely that Colonel Gaddafi and his cronies would be stashing their wealth in Zurich these days.
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TIL of Aldgate Pump, a historic water pump held as marking the start of London’s East End. Long famed for its “sparkling, agreeable” water, it was later found that this rich mineral taste came from the flesh and bones of nearby cemeteries leeching into the water. The tainted water killed hundreds.
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Aldgate Pump
historic water pump in London
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TIL In the 1960s, Washington D.C.'s poor areas were plagued by severe rat problems until Julius Hobson began catching them by trapping enormous rats, and attaching the cage to his car’s roof and drove to affluent districts where he warned of setting the rodents free, spurring rat control measures.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 02:16AM by Algrinder
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Boundary Stones
Julius Hobson Gets Out of the Rat Race
In 1964, when DC wouldn’t do anything about the rat problem in Shaw, Julius Hobson gave them an ultimatum: fix the problem, or have it in Georgetown.
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TIL that creator of Wonder Woman was in a thruple that involved his first wife and his student. They were heavily into bondage which inspired early iterations of the super heroine. Thruple lasted 22 years all the way to his death
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 03:36AM by HauntingArtichoke830
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Olive Byrne
american author (1904-1985)
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TIL that the final words of Terry Kath, founding guitarist for rock band Chicago, before dying from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound were “What do you think I'm gonna do? Blow my brains out?"
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 04:30AM by EndlessTrashposter
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Terry Kath
American guitarist and singer (1946–1978)
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