TIL The Nazis built a rocket-powered plane: The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. To date, it remains the only operational rocket-powered fighter plane in world history. It was also the first plane of any type to exceed 1000 km/hr in level flight.
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Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
rocket interceptor developed by Messerschmitt late in World War II
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TIL that in a Spanish town, 700 residents are descendants of 17th-century samurai who settled there after a Japanese embassy returned home. They carry the surname "Japón," which was originally "Hasekura de Japón."
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Hasekura Tsunenaga
Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉 六右衛門 常長, 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu. Other names include Philip Francis Faxicura…
TIL that despite spending much of his career on horseback, Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
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Clint Eastwood's Allergy This Animal Will Change How You See His Movies
Clint Eastwood is forever associated with the archetypal Hollywood cowboy. Which is exactly what makes his allergy so surprising.
TIL Kamikaze Pilots were not involved with Pearl Harbor, only 1 Japanese pilot deliberately flew into a target after taking severe damage to their aircraft.
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Submitted August 16, 2024 at 05:12AM by Canada_Checking_In
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Kamikaze
1944-1945 Japanese military unit type formed to perform suicidal air strikes
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TIL the reason many African countries have the colours green, yellow and red on their flags is because of an Ethiopian influence. The colours of the flag of Ethiopia, have come to represent the pan-Africanist ideology because it avoided being taken over by a colonial power.
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Pan-African colours
red, gold, green and black
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TIL the first same-sex marriage in Spain was performed in the year 1061.
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First same-sex marriage in Spain
first recorded same-sex marriage in Spain
TIL Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt refused an Olympic silver upgrade after the original medalist tested positive posthumously, wishing the late athlete's family to keep the medal out of respect.
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Dead Russian wrestler Besik Kudukhov keeps 2012 silver despite failing drug test
Russian wrestler Besik Kudukhov, who died in a car crash in 2013, will not be stripped of his Olympic medal despite failing a drugs test.
TIL that Magikarp is based off of a folktale about a carp swimming upstream and if it gets past the dragon gate it turns into a dragon. It's meant to be a symbol of passing the imperial exams
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Magikarp and Gyarados
evolution of a Pokémon species
TIL that in 16th-century France, Martin Guerre vanished for eight years, only for an impostor to take his place, fooling even his wife. The real Martin eventually returned during the court trial just as the impostor was almost found innocent of not being an impostor.
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Martin Guerre
Impersonated French peasant
TIL about Andy George, who makes a chicken sandwich entirely from scratch. He grew his own veggies, travelled via plane to collect ocean water to make salt, milked a cow to make butter and cheese, killed a chicken, and grew wheat for flour. The entire project took six months and costs him $1,500.
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Making a Sandwich From Scratch Took This Man Six Months
The chicken sandwich also racked up a total cost of $1,500
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TIL Gibraltar forgot it was a city for 180 years. In 2022 it applied to gain city status, lost the bid, but became a city anyway after reaeachers discovered Queen Victoria had granted it that status 180 years ago.
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Gibraltar is officially a city - 180 years late
The Rock's status was granted by Queen Victoria in 1842, but had been omitted from official records.
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TIL Tic Tacs are labeled as 0 calories per serving in the US but 387 calories per 100g in Europe. The difference is due to regulations: in the US, anything under 5 calories per serving can be rounded down to 0, while Europe lists the full calorie count per 100g, making the difference seem huge
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Tictac
FRUITY MIX
Der kunterbunte Früchte-Mix: Dragees mit Kirsch-, Maracuja-, Zitronen-Limetten- und Erdbeer-Minzgeschmack.
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TIL that there's a Fungi that absorbs radiation and is feeding on the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant.
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Submitted August 16, 2024 at 04:05PM by Drexe1
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Chernobyl Fungus Eats Nuclear Radiation Via Radiosynthesis
A fungus growing near the Chernobyl site was thriving on nuclear radiation thanks to radiosynthesis, using melanin to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy. Scientists are exploring whether its radiation-absorbing properties could be used to protect…
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TIL Bill Murray stared in 2004 movie Garfield because he confused Joel Cohen, writer of the movie, to Joel Coen, one of the Coen brothers.
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VULTURE
Bill Murray Thought Garfield Was a Coen Brothers Movie
"I sat down and watched the whole thing, and I kept saying, 'Who the hell cut this thing?'"
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TIL Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig. Since guinea pigs are such social creatures, one guinea pig would get lonely so having just one is considered animal abuse in Switzerland.
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The Star
QuickCheck: Is it illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland?
Do you remember when you were a kid, and your biggest dream was to have your very own pet?
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TIL Eating hair can result in large, undigestible masses in the stomach called "bezoars" that may require surgery to remove
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TIL that during Napoleon's 1798 Egyptian campaign, he brought along 167 scholars, scientists, and artists to study ancient Egypt. This "Scientific Expedition" led to significant discoveries, including the Rosetta Stone, which was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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Bonaparte in Egypt (2): the scientific expedition - napoleon.org
Naturalists and biologists were asked to learn about Egyptian flora and fauna, whilst surveyors were expected to take lots of topographical readings
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TIL that there are secret saunas built in the forest around the Mamquam river in BC, Canada. Provincial authorities are actively investigating and discouraging the use of these saunas because multiple people have been injured trying to access them
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Submitted August 16, 2024 at 01:14PM by NeonChurch
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Squamish Chief
Squamish ‘secret’ saunas no more after investigation
Saunas were set up by local owners and likely taken down by the same, says ministry.
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TIL that John III, Duke of Cleves, the father of Anne, the fourth wife of Henry VIII, allegedly had 63 illegitimate half-siblings from his father, John II, who was known as “The Babymaker.”
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Submitted August 16, 2024 at 08:35PM by simeggy
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John II, Duke of Cleves
John II, "The Babymaker", Duke of Cleves, Count of Mark, (German: Johann II. "der Kindermacher", Herzog von Kleve, Graf von Mark) (13 April 1458 – 15 March 1521) was a son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers. He ruled Cleves from 1481 to his…
TIL of the Wilkes land crater - a Gravitational anomaly buried under the Antarctic Ice Sheet which is believed to be an impact crater.The Wilkes crater is THREE times the size of the Chicxulub crater that wis believed too be responsible for the K-Pg mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs
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Wilkes Land crater
impact crater
TIL Descartes was about to publish "The World" in 1633 but then he learned that Galileo had been condemned for publishing the view that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Descartes suppressed his book but still hoped that his physics would one day be taught in Catholic schools
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Residence in the Netherlands
René Descartes - Philosopher, Rationalism, Dualism: Descartes said that he went to the Netherlands to enjoy a greater liberty than was available anywhere else and to avoid the distractions of Paris and friends so that he could have the leisure and solitude…
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