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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TIL On average, a person passes gas around 14 times a day. That’s roughly once every 1.5 hours!
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 03:50AM by athornton
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WebMD
Does Flatulence Increase As You Age?
Find out what you need to know about flatulence as an adult over 50, and discover the pros, cons, risks, and benefits.
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TIL that in January 2023 the F-35 fighter aircraft still had 821 remaining problems. which is an improvement to the 826 problems it had April 2022. (page 73)
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 01:51AM by ButterscotchJunior44
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TIL Nearly 2 out of every 100 Swedish fathers are unknowingly raising children that are not theirs
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 07:57AM by WembyCommas
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Wiley Online Library
The frequency of misattributed paternity in Sweden is low and decreasing: A nationwide cohort study
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TIL actor Joe Pesci hated the early unit call times in “Home Alone” since they prevented him from starting his day with nine holes of golf as he liked to do. After Pesci took the Assistant Dir. by the collar one day to complain about it, the call times were moved back from 7 to 9 A.M. just for him.
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Golf
Joe Pesci demanded call time change to play golf while filming Home Alone
Joe Pesci made sure changes were made to the Home Alone schedule to accommodate his daily morning golf routine.
TIL in early 2000 when Eminem submitted The Marshall Mathers LP to label boss Jimmy Iovine, he was unsatisfied & said that it didn't have a hit single. In direct response to this, Em created the album's second single "The Way I Am" with the track's piano rhythm even coming to him on the plane home.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 08:09AM by tyrion2024
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Pitchfork
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we explore Eminem’s monumental album The Marshall Mathers LP.
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TIL the CEO of AMD (Lisa Su) is the cousin of Nvidia CEO and Co-Founder (Jensen Huang).
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 01:29PM by PoJenkins
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Lisa Su
Lisa Su (simplified Chinese: 苏姿丰; traditional Chinese: 蘇姿丰; pinyin: Su Zifeng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Chu-hong; born 7 November 1969) is an American business executive and electrical engineer who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of AMD. Early…
TIL that despite over 30 witnesses to the 1955 murder of Lamar Smith, veteran and Civil Rights activist, in broad daylight outside the courthouse of Brookhaven, Mississippi, no witness - who included the local sheriff - would testify in the case, and so the crime went unpunished
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 02:27PM by robinperching
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Lamar Smith (activist)
American activist
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TIL that men having sex 2 times a week, will help reduce your risk of heart attack by 50%. This is based according to a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Cardiology conducted over a 16-year period with men aged 40 to 70.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 04:24PM by Meettoday
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WorldHealth
For Men, Sex Twice a Week Slashes Risk of Heart Disease
Data from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study (US) suggests that men who have sex at least two times a week may cut their risks of heart disease by 50%.
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TIL there’s a Criminal Defense of Necessity, where the defendant argues the crime was necessary to commit a greater harm from happening.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 04:22PM by sonofabutch
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Justia
The Necessity Defense in Criminal Law Cases
Read about the criminal defense of necessity, which may apply when there is no alternative to prevent a greater harm than the crime charged.
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TIL in 1988 a U.S. Marine was abandoned and died in the Mojave Desert. Search only started when his weapon wasn't returned.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 06:48PM by new22003
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Jason Rother incident
American Marine
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TIL that since the invention of the automobile, cars have killed an estimated 60-80 million people and injured over 2 billion.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 07:02PM by Generalaverage89
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TIL during the development of Star Trek, it was initially planned for Spock to be from Mars. However, due to concerns that a Martian landing might occur before the end of the series, his home planet was changed.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 07:25PM by Intelligent-Bee-704
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Spock
fictional character in Star Trek
TIL of the Jevons paradox, which states that increasing efficiency in resource usage causes higher demand - sometimes *increasing* usage instead of reducing it.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 08:16PM by JOWWLLL
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Jevons paradox
Economical paradox
TIL that people are hired to mourn at funerals. These guys are known as professional mourners, as they possess the skill to cry and scream, portraying a deep sense of grief as if they were personally affected by the loss.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 10:34PM by Kai4Muche1951
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Professional mourning
mourning in exchange for money
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TIL, Montana law states that if a student rides a horse to school, the principal is responsible for feeding and walking the horse. Six seniors discovered the law and rode their horses on the last day of school. Their principal did his duties.
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Submitted April 07, 2024 at 12:19AM by Lvexr
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Idaho Statesman
Students ride horses to school, and Montana ‘law’ means principal has to care for them
Consider this one of the more harmless senior pranks of 2022.
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TIL that lightsaber fights have become an official sport in France. As of 2019, it was the first country in the world to recognize it as such.
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Submitted April 06, 2024 at 10:02PM by Farehe_788
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the Guardian
Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France
Emulating Star Wars combatants will encourage young people to engage in regular exercise, says French Fencing Federation
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TIL that in ancient Greece, men had to go to the gym completely naked. These spaces were exclusively for men, and exercising in the nude was meant to promote the appreciation of the male physique as a tribute to the gods.
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Submitted April 07, 2024 at 12:48AM by OrvilleVigilLDgu
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Gymnasium (ancient Greece)
ancient Greek training facility
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TIL that the original Bambi novel was actually an allegory about antisemitism
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Submitted April 07, 2024 at 12:41AM by silverdust29
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the Guardian
Bambi: cute, lovable, vulnerable ... or a dark parable of antisemitic terror?
A new translation of Felix Salten’s 1923 novel reasserts its original message that warns of Jewish persecution
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TIL about Robert Rayford who's believed to have died from AIDS in 1969. He checked himself into the hospital and was found to have an unusually severe form of chlamydia as well as Kaposi's sarcoma, an AIDS-defining illness, and a dysfunctional immune system. AIDS wasn't identified until 1981.
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Submitted April 07, 2024 at 02:52AM by omnipotentsandwich
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Wikipedia
Robert Rayford
American teenager who died in 1969, thought to be the first death from AIDS in North America
TIL cicadas can sexually transmit a fungus that produces psychedelic effects, similar to mushrooms, so they don't really care about their condition. It also makes their butts fall off.
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Submitted April 07, 2024 at 03:39AM by chadork
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Smithsonian Magazine
Cicadas Fall Prey to a Psychedelic-Producing Fungus That Makes Their Butts Fall Off
This 'zombie' fungus isn't going after the bugs' brains—it’s after their genitals