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TIL The "Pirate Accent" originates from a single actor. Robert Newton exaggerated his natural Cornish accent when he portrayed Blackbeard and Long John Silver in Various Films in the 1950s.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 05:07AM by garlic98
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TIL Vancouver pioneer ’Gassy’ Jack Deighton’s statue was pulled down by activists in historic Gastown in 2022. Gassy Jack married a 12-year-old Indigenous girl named Xaliya at age 40, who ran away at 15 after giving birth to their son. Xaliya lived to 90 and still has descendants
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 07:01AM by ubcstaffer123
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TIL that Turkish law in the middle ages allowed women to divorce their husbands if he failed to provide her with enough coffee.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 12:48PM by lovelyb1ch66
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TIL that humans and their livestock represent 96% of all mammals on Earth in terms of biomass, whereas all wild mammals represent only 4%.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 02:00PM by Shogun847
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TIL when seeking an alternative to scarce copper for the Manhattan Project, Manhattan asked the Treasury for 6,000 tons of silver and were told that the Treasury did not deal in tons, their unit was the Troy ounce. Manhattan would eventually borrow 408 million Troy oz (14,000 tons) of silver.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 09:53AM by BoosherCacow
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TIL after numerous lawsuits and fines resulting from the incidents occurring throughout Woodstock ‘99, the city of Rome, New York only profited $200,000 from the entire event.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 03:38PM by Kale_Brecht
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TIL that the lead singer of the Village People was straight, and he was married to Phylicia Rashad (Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show)
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 05:16PM by mbelinkie
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TIL there is a common misperception that a landmine is armed by stepping on it and only triggered by stepping off, providing tension in movies. In fact the initial pressure trigger will detonate the mine immediately.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 06:30PM by ForvistOutlier
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TIL when you move your eyes quickly from one point to another, there's a slight disconnect between your eyes and brain, which makes you perceive time stretching backwards slightly. This is why it seems like a clock takes longer than a second to move when you first look at it.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 07:39PM by Totalitarian_Cat
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TIL that when "The Pirate Queen" Grace O'Malley's sons were taken captive by the English, she convinced Queen Elizabeth to free them AND let O'Malley continue her piratical activities as long as she also defended the Crown
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 09:00PM by the-magnificunt
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TIL The Golden Razzies rescinded Shelley Duvall's nomination for Worst Actress (The Shining- 1980) on March 31, 2022, after backlash over her mistreatment by director Stanley Kubrick. They also retracted Bruce Willis's 2021 worst actor win following his aphasia diagnosis.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 10:52PM by KieranWriter
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TIL King Henry VIII of England hired four men who regularly checked his faeces, monitored his bowel movements and wiped his bottom. They were appropriately called ‘Grooms of the King’s Stool’ and all of them were eventually knighted.
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Submitted August 19, 2024 at 11:03PM by Legit_pureBaby
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TIL that sometimes skinned ginger root is inserted in the anus as part of a caning punishment. The subject must choose between bracing for the strike (increased burning sensation) or relaxing the buttocks (taking the full force of the blow).
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Submitted August 20, 2024 at 12:52AM by i-really-like-mac
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TIL Keanu Reeves has donated more than $31 million for cancer research!
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Submitted August 20, 2024 at 01:48AM by athornton
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TIL 6-year-old Stormie Jones became the world's first successful recipient of a heart and liver transplant in 1984. She had a genetic condition where her liver was unable to remove cholesterol, causing 2 heart attacks. Sadly she died at age 13.
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Submitted August 20, 2024 at 06:03AM by SnarkySheep
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TIL: The ruins of Diocletian's Palace became shelter for the few remaining civilized people after the fall of the Roman Empire, taking advantage of the palace's robust walls from Barbarian raids. Over time it turned into the city of Split, as people settled and built homes inside the palace walls.
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Submitted August 20, 2024 at 05:49AM by zahrul3
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