TIL “Maroons” were descendants of escaped slaves who formed their own communities.
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Maroons
African refugees who escaped from slavery in the Americas, and their descendants
TIL Olympians live 5 years longer on average than the general population
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British Journal of Sports Medicine
Female and male US Olympic athletes live 5 years longer than their general population counterparts: a study of 8124 former US Olympians
Objective To quantify US female and male Olympic athletes’ longevity and the years of life lost or saved due to multiple causes of death as compared with the US general population.
Methods Former US athletes who had participated in the summer or winter Olympic…
Methods Former US athletes who had participated in the summer or winter Olympic…
TIL in 393 AD, the Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Olympic Games because he considered them to be a pagan festival, which had no place in his Christian country. They weren’t held again until 1896.
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 01:07AM by NoCellReception
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TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes and let them fly around, saying, “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” He then revealed the mosquitoes were malaria-free.
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Bill Gates once released a swarm of mosquitoes on a crowd to make a point about malaria
"There's no reason only poor people should have the experience," the billionaire said.
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TIL the film "Close encounters of the Third Kind" is shown every single night at the Devil Tower KOA, making it one of the most screened movies ever.
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Devils Tower KOA A 'Close Encounter' With America's First National…
Devils Tower KOA is one of the most popular overnight stays in the national campground system, perfectly situated between Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone.…
TIL that in recent years, dozens of North Korean "ghost ships," often with deceased crew members onboard, have washed up along the Japanese coast.
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Gruesome fin in North Korean ‘ghost ship’ washed ashore in Japan
A North Korean “ghost boat” carrying two human heads and five skeletons washed ashore on a Japanese island on December 28, authorities said.
TIL before filming *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, director Alfonso Cuarón asked Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson to write essays about their characters. Watson submitted a 16-page essay, Radcliffe handed in a single page, and Grint forgot to turn his in.
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‘Prisoner of Azkaban’ Director Asked Harry Potter Trio To Write an Essay on Their Character – Emma Watson Wrote 16 Pages, Daniel…
The Harry Potter trio of Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Daniel Radcliffe are quite the hilarious lot, here's a funny throwback story about them.
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TIL that authors sometimes use the "Small Penis Rule" as a strategy to avoid defamation lawsuits. They give their characters small penises as a way of preventing others from claiming that the character is based on their likeness.
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 07:46AM by NoCellReception
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Small penis rule
legal strategy used by authors to evade libel lawsuits
TIL each week, Katz's Delicatessen serves 15,000 lb of pastrami, 8,000 lb of corned beef, 2,000 lb of salami and 4,000 hot dogs
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 05:58AM by Texas_Rockets
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Katz's Delicatessen
kosher style delicatessen on the Lower East Side of New York City
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TIL executives of Dirty Dancing were convinced the movie would flop. They planned to have the film in theaters for one weekend and then to home video. The film went on to become the first movie to sell 1 million home videos.
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Dirty Dancing
1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino
TIL that in the work, An Instinct for Dragons, an anthropologist argues that the universality of dragons across human societies is due to evolutionary reasons, with common primate predators being merged into a hybrid monster.
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An Instinct for Dragons
2000 book by David E. Jones
TIL in Ancient Rome a slave would continuously whisper 'Remember you are mortal' in the ears of victorious generals as they were paraded through the streets after coming home, triumphant, from battle.
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Memento mori
artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death
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TIL that NASA engineers use a “chicken gun” to test the durability of airplane windshields. They fire dead chickens at high speeds to simulate bird strikes during flight. It sounds ridiculous, but it's a crucial safety measure!
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 05:54PM by NewspaperExcellent76
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Chicken gun
large-diameter, compressed-air cannon
TIL That the average height of the Danish national handball Olympic gold winning team is 195 cm or 6'4"
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 03:55PM by SchnellThe1
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Denmark men's national handball team
The Denmark men's national handball team (Danish: Danmarks håndboldlandshold) is controlled by the Danish Handball Association and represents Denmark in international matches. They are the team with the fourth most medals won in European Championship history…
TIL that retired pornstar, webmaster & gamer Asia Carrera is still a hardcore geek. After attending Utah Tech w/her 11yr old Mensa daughter (Utah's youngest college student!), Asia followed her B.S. in Psych. with a Master of Ed., and then Law School. Asia received her Juris Doctorate in May '24.
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Asia Carrera
American pornographic actress
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TIL that penguins have an organ behind their eyes that turns sea water in to fresh water
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How Do Penguins Drink?
Many penguins live in environments that don't offer fresh water. Those who live in Antarctica, for example, have a choice of ice or saltwater. Saltwater is more convenient and easier to obtain, so that's where penguins tend to get their water. They have a…
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TIL the remains buried in the Vietnam portion of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were later identified as 1st. Lt. Michael Blassie. Today, the tomb sits empty.
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 05:32PM by No-Course-523
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Michael Blassie - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
TIL that African naked mole rat do not feel the sting of capsaicin (main component of chilies) and acids
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 07:55PM by seesawtron
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SpringerLink
Independent evolution of pain insensitivity in African mole-rats: origins and mechanisms
Journal of Comparative Physiology A - The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is famous for its longevity and unusual physiology. This eusocial species that lives in highly ordered and...
TIL that In 1969, the first message sent over the ARPANET was supposed to be the word "login." However, the system crashed after only two letters were transmitted, sending just "lo."
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 07:52PM by Adept_Spot1260
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ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first computer networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite. Both technologies became the technical foundation…
TIL Dippin’ Dots established a subsidiary focused on freezing, pelletizing, transporting, and storing microbiological materials
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 07:22PM by NationOfLaws
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Dippin' Dots
American ice cream brand
TIL that Eratosthenes paid a guy to walk 800 kilometers to a tower to measure the length of it’s shadow & that’s how we found out the earth was round.
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Submitted August 11, 2024 at 09:56PM by PassionateCamilaa
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This measurement is more than 2,200 years old, and its accuracy is remarkable
How did Greek librarian Eratosthenes accurately measure the circumference of Earth using a stick, a shadow, and a walk?