TIL that Abraham Lincoln founded the US Secret Service hours before being assassinated
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United States Secret Service
U.S. Federal Law Enforncement Agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security
TIL that when French forces led by King Francis I attacked Arles in southern France in 1536, the word "grenade" was first used. Firepots, kegs, jars, and glass globes were used to make the first grenades. The Germans quickly began using two grenade variants (stick and egg).
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National WWI Museum and Memorial
Grenades
In World War I, hand grenades were also known as “hand bombs.” The general philosophy for their use in the fighting armies was that grenades could kill the enemy underground or behind cover.
TIL That Spider-Man (2002) had footage made just for the trailer that involved escaping bank robbers in a helicopter getting caught in a giant web between the Twin Towers. However after 9/11, the studio pulled it from theaters.
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Submitted July 14, 2024 at 09:52AM by CreeperRussS
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Trailer (promotion)
advertisement for a feature film
TIL about Georg Elser, who built a time bomb from clock parts and blasting caps, and missed killing Adolf Hitler by thirteen minutes
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Georg Elser
German opponent of Nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939
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Today I learned about “blading”. WWE wrestlers would cut themselves while on the ground to make fake injuries appear real.
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Blading (professional wrestling)
practice of intentionally cutting oneself to provoke bleeding in professional wrestling
TIL Hard Rock Cafe's memorabilia collection began with a guitar from Eric Clapton, who was a regular at the first restaurant in London. It hang over his regular seat in order to lay claim to that spot. This prompted Pete Townshend to send a guitar with a note "Mine's as good as his! Love, Pete."
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Hard Rock Cafe
American chain of restaurants
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TIL - The man who unsuccessfully treated President Garfield after he was shot, Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (First name Doctor), was expelled from the Washington DC Medical Society for his advocacy of homeopathy and his refusal to support the society's segregation of black doctors.
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Who's Who | American Experience | PBS
Meet the central characters of Murder of a President.
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TIL indigenous Bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.
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TIL that the average American buys 53 new pieces of clothes each year.
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PIRG
How many clothes are too many?
Fast fashion is cheap and plentiful, and as a result, Americans are buying more clothes than ever.
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TIL when the band Slayer came to Toronto in 2018, a fan was kicked out of the open-air venue they were playing at for unruly behaviour. He then jumped into the lake surrounding the open-air venue to swim back in. He was banned for a year, but was later immortalized on a beer can label.
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Submitted July 14, 2024 at 08:39PM by waitingforthesun92
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Live For Live Music
Fan Who Tried Swimming Into Toronto Slayer Concert Now Displayed On Budweiser Label
A fan who attempted to swim his way back into a waterfront Slayer concert in Toronto is now immortalized on a Budweiser bottle label sold at the venue.
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TIL In 1955, the doctor performing Einstein's autopsy stole his brain
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CBC
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain: He hid it for years, and even smuggled it to Canada in a cookie jar | CBC Arts
The legend of Einstein's brain is a tale that's stranger than fiction. But according to this new film, history hasn't been fair to the man who guarded it for decades.
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TIL that Hannibal Buress hired a lookalike to attend the movie premiere for “Spider-Man: Homecoming” in his place for $500 and it worked for the most part
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Variety
Hannibal Buress Sent an Imposter to ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Premiere
You may think you saw Hannibal Buress at the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" premiere but he "duped" us all.
TIL Freddie Mercury was a passionate stamp collector. He amassed an impressive collection from countries all around the world, which is now preserved by the British Postal Museum.
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the Guardian
Freddie Mercury’s ‘priceless’ stamp collection to be celebrated
Postal Museum show celebrates the Queen singer’s youthful passion for philately
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TIL: the cover of Caldor's 1998 "Toy Book" holiday ad featured two boys playing Scrabble. One of the words on the board was "RAPE."
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Submitted July 14, 2024 at 09:44PM by Keefer1970
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Cnn
Caldor apologizes for Scrabble ad - Nov. 5, 1998
Caldor Corp. has issued an apology for an advertisement displaying two young boys and a Scrabble board that spelled out the word "rape."
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TIL Bonny Bakley, wife of actor Robert Blake, had nine other husband's before Blake. She was murdered in 2001, no one was ever convicted of the crime.
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Bonny Lee Bakley
American fraudster (1956-2001)
TIL Natalia Tena, who played Osha in Game of Thrones, was denied a pubic wig for her nude scenes despite arguing that her character, a Wildling, wouldn’t shave or trim. She wasn't even allowed to grow out her own hair, as the directors insisted on it being short.
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The Mary Sue
Actress Discusses Female Vs. Male Nudity On Game Of Thrones | The Mary Sue
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TIL: The world record for longest time spent awake is not 11 days, contrary to popular belief, but 18 days and 21 hours.
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Guinness World Records
What’s the limit to how long a human can stay awake? And why we don’t monitor the record
Can humans really go years without sleeping? And just how dangerous is it to forego sleep for such a long time?
TIL about the Dreyfuss Affair a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. The scandal began in December 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a 35-year-old Alsatian French artillery officer of Jewish descent, was convicted of treason.
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Dreyfus affair
1894–1906 political scandal in France
TIL green coloured clothing was rare in Europe up until arsenic-based green dyes were invented in the late-1700s. Before that, to create green the fabric first had to be dyed yellow and then dyed again with an expensive blue dye. Results with this process were inconsistent & hard to control.
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Submitted July 15, 2024 at 04:57AM by MistoftheMorning
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American Duchess Blog
A Little History of Arsenic Green
There is no doubt that green is one of the more alluring, interesting, and complex colors of fashion through the ages. There are many myths around various greens and their toxicities, but as with m…
TIL despite surviving an assassination attempt while running for president again, Theodore Roosevelt did not win re-election!
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Submitted July 15, 2024 at 06:34AM by Patient-Archer-6595
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Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt
Octover 1912 shooting of the former US President in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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TIL that, in 2014, a man armed with a knife entered The White House by hopping a fence and running through an unlocked door despite the President being there just minutes before.
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NPR
Man Who Jumped Fence, Entered White House Had A Knife
The Secret Service is looking into how a Texas man was able to breach the White House's security Friday. The man scaled a fence and opened a door to the residence before being arrested.