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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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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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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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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Wade-Dahl-Till valve
cerebral shunt
TIL Paul McCartney dreamed the melody for "Yesterday" one night and composed the music the next morning. He spent a month afterward checking to make sure he hadn't subconsciously copied it from someone else.
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Yesterday (song)
"Yesterday" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a single in September. The…
TIL that Denzel Washington and Quentin Tarantino had a years long feud over Washington's belief that Tarantino added racist dialogue to CrimsonTide.
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Crimson Tide (film)
1995 film by Tony Scott
TIL Adolf Hitler was sent by the German armed forces to infiltrate the German Worker's Party led by Anton Drexler. The party was the precursor to the Nazi party that would be led by Hitler.
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Anton Drexler
German politician (1884-1942)
TIL during the 2010 Commonwealth Games small monkeys roamed the Delhi streets and couldn't be removed because of religious reasons. So instead a larger species of monkey (The Colobinae) was brought in to scare away the smaller monkeys.
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Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Wikimedia list article
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TIL about The Starlight Barking, the official sequel to 101 Dalmatians where humans are asleep, dogs get telepathic and flight powers and are invited by a Star Dog to go to space with it to a oid nuclear war in the future.
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The Starlight Barking
1967 book by Dodie Smith
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TIL about the Spanish composer Enrique Granados who basically lived out the real life version of the end of Titanic when a ship he was on was torpedoed by a German submarine and his wife couldn't fit on the life raft.
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Enrique Granados
Spanish pianist and composer
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TIL that on the day he was assassinated at least nine of Kennedy’s Secret Service agents were recovering from an all night bender that ended at 5:00 AM
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IrishCentral
JFK's Secret Service agents were too hungover to react in Dallas, says author
One author has claimed that JFK's Secret Service agents were hungover and sleep-deprived the fateful day of the President's assassination in 1963.
TIL that during Hurricane Camille in 1969, the rainfall in Virgina was so heavy that birds drowned in trees and people had to cup hands around their face to breathe. According to the weather service, it was the probable maximum rainfall which meteorologists compute to be theoretically possible.
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Hurricane Camille
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1969
TIL that Jonathan the tortoise was born 29 years before the US Civil War and is still alive today
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Jonathan (tortoise)
Male Seychelles giant tortoise
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TIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar system
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. In English, it is named after the ancient Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce and communication, and the messenger of the gods. Mercury is classified as a terrestrial…
TIL Boeing used potatoes to test in-flight Wi-Fi
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CNN
Boeing uses potatoes for in-flight wireless test | CNN
Airplane manufacturer Boeing used potatoes instead of humans as it tested new procedures for providing wireless connections on airplanes.
TIL: Antarctica & Iceland are the only places on earth with no mosquitos.
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Mosquitosquad
The Best Mosquito-Free Holiday Destinations
Mosquitoes aren’t a bother when you’re traveling t
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TIL about the "Dilberito," a vegetarian wrap concocted by Dilbert creator Scott Adams to tie into his comic strip. The product was a colossal failure, with Adams, himself, saying, "one bite made you fart so hard, your intestines formed a tail."
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Dilberito
defunct vegan microwave burrito brand
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TIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long run
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Washing your hands with soap, water helps prevent disease, infection
There's no evidence OTC antibacterial soaps prevent disease more than washing with plain soap and water. Some antibacterial drugs can do more harm than good.
TIL about Kristina Ozturk who has 22 children and is only 26. 21 of the children were born by surrogacy, with her husband who is 32 years older than her, and is also in jail.
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The US Sun
I’m trolled for 'buying' 22 kids via surrogate at 26 - but I won't stop
KRISTINA Ozturk may be just 26, but she’s already a mum to a whopping 22 babies via surrogacy. The Russian-born blogger welcomed 21 surrogate babies into the world with millionaire businessma…
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TIL About Morton's Toe, a condition where the second toe is longer than the first toe. This is also known as a Greek foot, as opposed to the Egyptian's foot where the first toe is longer than the second toe. Only less than a quarter of the population has Morton's Toe.
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Morton's toe
medical condition