TIL during The Battle of The Bulge, General Patton ordered a chaplain to compose a prayer for good weather that was desperately needed for an advance. The chaplain complied, the weather cleared, and Patton awarded the chaplain a bronze star on the spot.
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George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy…
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TIL the term "Spaghetti Western" refers to Western films made in Europe. It's called such because most of these films were directed by Italians.
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Spaghetti Western
film genre
TIL that Okinawa Island, captured from Japan during the War in the Pacific, remained under American administration until 1972
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Submitted August 12, 2024 at 05:30PM by XP_Studios
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Government of the Ryukyu Islands
The Government of the Ryukyu Islands (琉球政府, Ryūkyū Seifu) was the self-government of native Okinawans during the American occupation of Okinawa. It was created by proclamation of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) on April…
TIL about Willie Jones, who survived the highest human fever at 46.5 °C or 115.7 °F.
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Submitted August 12, 2024 at 04:00PM by Shogun847
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Orders of magnitude (temperature)
range of temperatures from absolute zero to very high
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TIL the 2nd heaviest person in recorded history (1,340lbs) was ordered by his government to undergo weight loss treatment. He lost over 700lbs in just 6 months, and currently weighs 150lbs.
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Submitted August 12, 2024 at 10:26PM by Wellz96
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Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari
Saudi Arabian man who was the heaviest living person in 2013
TIL that on hearing about Kristallnacht, Kaiser Willhelm II said from his exile "For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German".
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Submitted August 12, 2024 at 11:01PM by Scarlett3Doldrectich
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Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule…
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TIL that sumo wrestlers have a 65 year life expectancy (5 years shorter than that of the average Japanese male) due to their high risk of diabetes and heart attacks and liver problems resulting from the excessive diet of food and alcohol.
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Sumo
Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Japanese pronunciation:…
TIL In 2020, The North American Scrabble Players Association banned racial slurs and other offensive words from official play, a decision which was controversial among top players.
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Slate Magazine
Big Scrabble’s Decision to Eliminate Offensive Words Has Infuriated Players Like Never Before
Does “hate speech” apply to playing a word in the game?
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TIL that Bruce Willis walked away from the Expendables 3 because he wanted 4 million dollars instead of 3 million (for four days of work).
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Bruce Willis 'wanted $1m a day for Expendables 3'
Further details of the actor's alleged wage demands emerged after Sylvester Stallone's Twitter condemnation of Willis as 'greedy'
TIL of an Italian named Fabrizio Quattrocchi who yelled "I'll show you how an Italian dies!" while trying to remove his hood before being executed by his Iraqi kidnappers.
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Fabrizio Quattrocchi
Italian mercenary
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TIL Tooth brushing only became widespread in the US after WWII, when returning soldiers continued the practice that had been required during their military service
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Tooth brushing
act of scrubbing teeth with a toothbrush equipped with toothpaste
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TIL that Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower shooter, requested an autopsy to discover the cause of his violent behavior. The autopsy revealed a tumor pressing on his amygdala, which might have influenced his actions.
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Charles Whitman
American mass murderer and spree killer; perpetrator of the University of Texas Tower shooting
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TIL that 22 million people from the British Isles immigrated to the USA from 1815 to 1914. By comparison, by 1865 there were only 21 million living in Great Britain.
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Brill
The United States after 1783: An American or a British Empire?
Abstract This contribution outlines a case for reconsidering US history in the nineteenth century. The standard approach tells the “story of the nation” after 1783 from an internal standpoint that minimizes external connections. Historians of empire, however…
TIL there's only one recording of Hitler's voice where he isn't giving a speech. It's a private conversation between himself and Finnish leader Mannerheim recorded in secrecy by a sound engineer in 1942.
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Hitler and Mannerheim recording
voice recording
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TIL of the Coolidge effect, a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female is introduced, even after sex with prior but still available sexual partners.
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Coolidge effect
biology and psychology phenomenon
TIL that a male bee has no father and can't have sons, but he has a grandfather and can have grandsons.
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 03:23AM by Charlotte-Getiandre
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Haplodiploidy
Haplodiploidy is a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid. Haplodiploidy is sometimes called arrhenotoky.
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TIL that in the 1970s Theo Albrecht (one of the founders of Aldi) was kidnapped, haggled the ransom down to 7 million marks and (unsucessfully) tried to claim the ransom as a tax deductible business expense
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Theo Albrecht
German entrepreneur (1922-2010)
TIL Mel Brooks was a combat engineer at the Battle of the Bulge. When the Nazis played their propaganda over loudspeakers, he responded by setting up his own sound system and playing music by Jewish singer Al Jolson.
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 01:40PM by doopityWoop22
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Mel Brooks
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1926)
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TIL Debbie Reynolds was not a dancer when she made Singin' in the Rain (1952). Gene Kelly apparently insulted her for lacking dance experience. when Fred Astaire was in the studio, he found her crying under a piano. On hearing what had happened, Astaire volunteered to help her with her dancing.
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 05:30PM by MOinthepast
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Singin' in the Rain
1952 film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
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TIL only three animated movies have ever received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast (1991), Up (2009), and Toy Story 3 (2010). All three were unable to secure the win.
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 01:54PM by tyrion2024
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Far Out Magazine
The only animated movies to be nominated for 'Best Picture'
The only animated movies to be nominated for 'Best Picture' including the Pixar classic 'Toy Story 3' with Lee Unkrich, Tom Hanks, Michael Keaton and Tim Allen
TIL about the "Tokyo Tower of Babel," a proposed 10 Kilometer tall tower that was designed to house up to 30 million people and was intended to be built in Tokyo Bay. If completed, it would have been the tallest structure in the world, but it remains an ambitious concept.
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Tokyo Tower of Babel
proposed building in Japan
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