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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TIL only two people won $1 million on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: the superintendent of Georgia public schools, and a Nobel Prize winner in physics
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 07:05PM by trace_jax3
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Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show)
American quiz game show
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TIL Freddie Mercury's religion was Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion that currently is estimated to have around 100,000-150,000 global adherents.
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 06:22PM by Thents-951
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List of Zoroastrians
Wikimedia list article
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TIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home.
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Submitted August 13, 2024 at 08:41PM by Moore_Silit1945
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Robbins v. Lower Merion School District
federal class action lawsuit
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TIL that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were skeptical of the results of the 1790 United States Census. They believed that the true population was higher than the total of 3,929,214 people counted in the Census.
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1790 United States census
The 1790 United States census was the first United States census. It recorded the population of the whole United States as of Census Day, August 2, 1790, as mandated by Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution and applicable laws. In the first census, the…
TIL that Don Johnson met Melanie Griffith when she was 14-year-old. When she was 15 and Johnson was 23, she and Johnson began living together. On her 18th birthday they became engaged and were married in January 1976.
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Don Johnson
American actor and singer (born 1949)
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TIL when Wilt Chamberlain had his famous 100 point NBA game, he shot his free throws "granny style." A usually poor free throw shooter, that night he made 86% of his attempts.
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Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania…
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TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom
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Why Do British Lawyers Still Wear Wigs?
In the late 17th century, wearing wigs became a common practice in law. But why has it endured for so long?
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TIL the USS Scorpion was lost at sea in May 1968 with 99 men lost. The wreckage was found almost two miles deep, making it impossible to determine the cause of accident. Underwater acoustics out of the Canary Islands heard the exact time of the implosion but were unaware it was the sub sinking.
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
submarine that sunk on May 22, 1968 without conclusive explanation
TIL that Willie Nelson was married to Martha Matthew. The marriage was marked by violence, as Matthews assaulted Nelson on several occasions. On one occasion, she sewed him up in bedsheets and beat him with a broomstick.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 02:03AM by Moore_Silit1945
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Willie Nelson
American country musician (born 1933)
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TIL Ash Ketchum only caught 57 unique individual Pokémon over the course of the series, roughly 7% of the Pokémon available to him.
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How Close Pokémon's Ash Actually Got To Catching Them All
Did Ash even get close to catching them all?
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TIL Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant who speaks 10 languages, described how numbers appear to him in terms of shape, color, and texture. For him, 289 is ugly, 333 is attractive, and pi is beautiful.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 05:23AM by CutieGirlBB
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Daniel Tammet
British mathematician, essayist and autistic savant
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TIL the idea of continental drift wasn't widely accepted in the scientific community until the 1960s. This is ~40 years after quantum mechanics was solidified in the 5th Solvay Conference (1927)!
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Continental drift
movement of Earth's continents relative to each other
TIL at the decisive Battle of Grandson in 1476, the entire Castle Grandson garrison surrendered only to be summarily hung from a rope and dragged through the lake until they drowned. They were executed just before Swiss reinforcements arrived.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 08:51AM by ClanRat-Sak
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Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog
The battle of Grandson
The Battle of Grandson on March 2, 1476 is one of the most celebrated and decisive battles in Swiss history and signalled their emergence as an integral player in wider European affairs.
TIL the children of 8 time Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt are named Olympia Lightning Bolt, Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt respectively.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 01:27PM by Lyzolda
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Usain Bolt
Usain St. Leo Bolt OJ CD OLY[citation needed] (/ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres…
TIL that the seedless bananas that we consume are called Cavendish bananas and they will go extinct in the next decade due to a fungus called Panama disease.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 11:41AM by patrick_thementalist
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Slate Magazine
Bananas Are in Trouble. Can Genetically Modified Fruit Help?
Gene editing can’t fix the problems that made us need it in the first place.
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TIL Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many other children's books) also invented a cerebral shunt that has been used to treat thousands of children with brain injuries.
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Submitted August 14, 2024 at 02:57PM by jelder
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Wade-Dahl-Till valve
cerebral shunt