TIL- There is no requirement for alcohol to have allergen warnings on the label in the U.S., and it is common for winemakers to use Chitosan (shellfish exoskeletons) as a clarifying agent, and to stop fermentation.
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WineCoolerDirect.com
8 Common Wine Allergens That Might Surprise You
Wine is full of additives and preservatives, many of which can react negatively in our bodies. Click to find out what the 8 most common wine allergens are.
TIL Christians disapproved of the gladiator games in the Roman Empire because they involved idolatrous pagan rituals, and the popularity of gladiatorial contests declined in the fifth century, leading to their disappearance.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 03:57AM by gullydon
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Gladiator
combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire n
TIL that before ice cream cones were invented, people used "penny licks" to eat ice cream from street vendors: a small glass which the customer would lick clean and return to the vendor. They were banned in 1898 due to concerns about the spread of disease, particularly cholera and tuberculosis.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 02:51AM by DamnitFran
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Museum from Home: Penny licks, Ice Cream and Disease!
This week we're looking at the seaside, starting with this strange and mysterious object. How did Victorians like their ice cream? It would seem, with some additional contagious disease on the side...
For additional Victorian seaside resources, look at:…
For additional Victorian seaside resources, look at:…
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TIL that 2 dogs, Eudy and Tula, saved an entire penguin species (Fairy Penguins) from extinction. There were less than 10 Fairy Penguins at the time due to heavy predation from foxes. However, quickly after Eudy and Tula arrived, the penguin population made a comeback!
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Hero penguin protector dog retires after almost a decade of service
Oddball might have been the movie star, but Tula the maremma is the real hero of Middle Island's famed penguin protection program, and she's retiring after almost a decade of service.
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TIL when a Long Island woman accidentally threw away an envelope with $5000 cash intended for her mortgage, sanitation workers sifted through tons of trash until they found it. They refused to accept a reward.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 07:54AM by Virtual_Question977
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Sanitation Workers Find $5,000 Mortgage Payment Woman Threw in Trash
With a little luck and the diligence of several sanitation workers, a Long Island woman was reunited with $5,000 in cash that she accidentally threw in the trash.
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TIL the reason that movies are in 24 frames per second is .... SOUND!
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 07:54AM by Ilovekittens345
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TIL a study tested 23 human testes & 47 pet dog testes and found microplastics in every sample. The human testicles had a plastic concentration almost three times higher than that found in the dog testes: 330 micrograms per gram of tissue compared with 123 micrograms.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 08:41AM by tyrion2024
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Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world
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TIL a 6-year-old boy's family reportedly staged his kidnapping in order to scare him because he was "too nice" to strangers. His aunt's co-worker lured to him to his truck, told him he'd never "see his mommy again" & showed him a gun. After 4 hours, his family then lectured him about stranger danger
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ABC News
Family Accused of Conspiring to Kidnap 6-Year-Old Who Was ‘Too Nice to People’
The boy's mother, grandmother and aunt among the four charged.
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TIL all humans share a common ancestor called "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived around 150,000-200,000 years ago in Africa. She is the most recent woman from whom all living humans today descend through their mother's side. Her mitochondrial DNA lineage is the only one to persist to modern times.
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Mitochondrial Eve
In human genetics, the Mitochondrial Eve (more technically known as the Mitochondrial-Most Recent Common Ancestor, shortened to mt-Eve or mt-MRCA) is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of all living humans. In other words, she is defined as…
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TIL Giuseppe Ferlini, an Italian soldier turned treasure hunter, robbed and desecrated the pyramids of Meroë. Overall, he was responsible for the destruction of over 40 pyramids, some using explosives.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 01:58PM by gullydon
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Giuseppe Ferlini
19th-century Italian treasure hunter
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TIL the oldest known "Yo Mama" joke was found on a 3500 y.o. broken tablet in Iraq. And is missing the punchline.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 04:10PM by Greedy-Emu4196
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TIL there is a burger shop in Memphis, TN that is using 100+ year old grease to fry their hamburgers
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 04:42PM by Cliff_In_A_Car
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Southern Living
Dyer's Burgers and Their Century Old Grease Are a Thing of Memphis Legend
The story behind the iconic Memphis eatery and their 100 year old grease.
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TIL of Griscelli syndrome, a genetic change that causes silvery hair in newborns.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 02:59PM by WhatsAMisanthrope
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Griscelli syndrome
autosomal recessive disease characterized by silvery gray sheen of the hair and hypopigmentation of the skin
TIL that Instead of toilet paper, Ancient Roman used a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. This device was called a Tersorium. When not is use the stick stayed in a bucket of heavily salted seawater in the communial bathroom.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 05:56PM by Sad-Alternative-9104
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Xylospongium
ancient Roman implement for lavatory cleaning (or, possibly, anal hygiene)
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TIL a group of pandas is called an "embarassment"
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 07:05PM by richaysambuca
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ZME Science
What is a group of pandas called? It’s surprisingly complicated
Can we just go with 'a cuddle of pandas'?
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TIL that, in 1910, King Nicolas I of Montenegro ordered his male subjects to possess at least one "Gasser Pattern revolver", leading to these weapons becoming status symbols
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 05:37PM by Johannes_P
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Gun Digest
The Revolvers of Montenegro
In certain regions of the world, the men were ordered to own one of these big-bore guns.
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TIL that in 1959, the CIA covertly accessed, disassembled, photographed, and reassembled a fully-operational Soviet lunar probe. When they were done, they returned the probe without the Soviets noticing.
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 01:17PM by OvidPerl
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TIL the city of Island Park, Idaho claims to the have the longest Main Street in the world. The town is only 500 feet wide but 33 miles long. It was incorporated by business owner on Route 20 in 1947 to circumvent the state's liquor laws
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 04:13PM by TimelyConcern
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Island Park, Idaho
city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States
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TIL Adelle Hugo, Victor Hugo's daughter, developed schizophrenia in her mid 20's, she became obsessed with a soldier she had initialy rejected and left her home in Jersey to stalk him across all his millitary deployments in Ireland, Canada and finally the Island of Barbados
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 09:07PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 09:07PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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Adèle Hugo
2nd daughter of Victor Hugo
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TIL Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, continually hated his comic’s name throughout his life. Whenever he was asked what he did for a living, he avoided using the comic’s official name, and instead said, "I draw that comic strip with Snoopy in it, Charlie Brown and his dog".
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 09:17PM by minikiwigeek2
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Peanuts
comic strip by Charles M. Schulz
TIL South Africa Was Banned From the Olympics For 32 Years Due to Apartheid
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Submitted July 22, 2024 at 09:49PM by voxpopper
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Olympics.com
Why South Africa Was Barred From the Olympics | Olympic Channel
The policy of racial segregation - known as apartheid - meant South Africa was barred from taking part at the Olympics from 1964-1988. Find out why that happened and how the country was reintegrated back into the Olympic family.
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