TIL: In the 15th century, an engineer named Orban offered to build a huge cannon for Constantinople. After they turned him down, he offered his services to the Ottomans who then used his cannon to attack Constantinople.
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Orban
inventor, iron founder, and engineer
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TIL that an extra on the set of "Transformers 3" was left brain damaged after she was struck with a piece of metal. After the accident, a portion of her skull was removed and she now endures memory loss, seizures, and is blind in one eye. She was awarded an $18.5 million settlement
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Injured 'Transformers 3' extra gets $18.5 million settlement
TIL that for the first time in almost 300 years, Europe currently has no reigning female monarch
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When was the last time Europe lacked a female ruler?
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who abdicated the throne on 14 January 2024. I am slightly digressing from my usual focus on genealogy and family history to discuss another of my favourite topics: r…
TIL that AA has a 5-10% success rate. About the same as anyone trying to quit by themselves.
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With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery
The approach made popular by Alcoholics Anonymous doesn't work for most people, according to psychiatrist Lance Dodes. In fact, he says, the steps can actually be harmful to the majority of addicts.
TIL: Canadian Elizabeth Bigley, posed as Cassie Chadwick and defrauded millions from American banks by pretending to be an heiress of Andrew Carnegie. Historians refer to her heist as one of the greatest in history as she did it when women were not allowed to get loans or have a voice in society.
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Cassie Chadwick
con artist
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TIL Lord Byron wasn't allowed to have a dog while he was a student at Cambridge, so he kept a bear in his dorm room because the campus rules didn't forbid bears.
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The day Lord Byron outsmarted Cambridge University - Cambridge Seminars College
In 1805 when British poet Lord Byron studied at Trinity college in Cambridge, the college authorities told him that he couldn’t bring his pet dog with him as dogs were banned. Lord Byron was so annoyed by this that he brought a bear with him instead! He argued…
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TIL that 27 U.S. states are at least partially north of the southernmost part of Canada.
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TIL that jawbreakers have been known to explode when left out in the sun, causing serious injuries. This is because the layers of candy within heat at different rates.
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Gobstopper
a type of hard candy
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TIL that in 2018, an American half-pipe skier qualified for the Olympics despite minimal experience. Olympic requirements stated that an athlete needed to place in the top 30 at multiple events. She simply sought out events with fewer than 30 participants, showed up, and skied down without falling.
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Elizabeth Swaney
American-Hungarian freestyle skier
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TIL that during the Siege of Suiyang, General Zhang Xun killed his own concubine as food for the hungry soldiers defending the city to convince them that such extreme sacrifices were worth it.
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Siege of Suiyang
The siege of Suiyang was a military campaign during the An Lushan rebellion, launched by the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces loyal to the Tang dynasty. Although the battle was ultimately won by the Yan army, it suffered major attrition…
TIL actor John Larroquette was the uncredited narrator of the prologue to the 1974 horror movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In lieu of cash, he was paid by the Director Tobe Hooper in Marijuana.
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John Larroquette confirms he was paid in marijuana to narrate 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'
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TIL Motorcycles in China are dictated by law to be decommissioned and destroyed in 13 years after registration regardless of the conditions
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The rise and rise of motorcycling in the Far East
How China is becoming a new motorcycling superpower
TIL that the every Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux indian receives a payout of around $1 million per year from casino profits.
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC; Dakota: Bdemayaṭo Oyate) is a federally recognized, sovereign Indian tribe of Mdewakanton Dakota people, located southwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, within parts of the cities of Prior Lake and Shakopee…
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TIL that Winston Churchill lived to the age of 90, despite smoking and drinking to excess as well as being overweight.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to…
TIL that pregnant mice exposed to unfamiliar males often terminate their own existing pregnancies and mate with the new male. This is called the Bruce effect
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Bruce effect
tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male
TIL that the assassination of President WilliamMcKinley by Leon Czolgosz in 1901 led to the formation of modern-day Secret Service and also the FBI. In addition, after he was executed by electric chair a month after his trial Czolgosz's coffin was covered in acid so his body would dissolve.
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Assassination of William McKinley
1901 murder in Buffalo, New York, US
TIL that average human height went down from 5'10" (178 cm) for men and 5'6" (168 cm) for women to 5'5" (165 cm) and 5'1" (155 cm) 10,000 years ago and it took until the 20th century for average human height to match pre-Neolithic Revolution levels.
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Today I learned that the actor Keegan-Michael Key had two biological half-siblings (one of whom was comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie) and Key didn't know about either of them until after both of them had died.
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Keegan-Michael Key
American actor and comedian
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TIL The word "man" was originally gender-neutral, hence "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind". In Old English "wæpman" = male, "wifman" = female, "man" = gender-neutral
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man / woman / wife — Wordorigins.org
3 May 2021 There were three basic Old English words for male and female humans, man , wer , and wif . And from these came two compounds also meaning man and woman, wæpman and wifman . Other Old English words for man and woman existed, many of them…
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TIL that for as little as $500,000 you can get your very own airworthy fighter jet (though, it might cost $1,000,000/year to own & operate…):
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TIL A study found that more years of education is correlated with higher life satisfaction, better health, and lower divorce rates even when controlling for income.
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NBER
How large are returns to schooling? Hint: Money isn't everything
This paper explores the many avenues by which schooling affects lifetime well-being. Experiences and skills acquired in school reverberate throughout life, not just through higher earnings. Schooling also affects the degree one enjoys work and the likelihood…
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