TIL that Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed during the First World War and buried by the German military, making him the only son of a President to die in combat.
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Submitted August 23, 2024 at 06:16PM by Alaska-Now-PNW
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Quentin Roosevelt (U.S. National Park Service)
A short denoscription of Quentin Roosevelt.
TIL of Stendhal Syndrome - a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion, and even hallucinations, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty.
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Submitted August 23, 2024 at 04:12PM by ChupdiChachi
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Stendhal syndrome
psychosomatic disorder
TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
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Submitted August 23, 2024 at 07:49PM by Alaska-Now-PNW
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HistoricalMX
Mexico and Hurricane Katrina
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The Ejército Mexicano (Mexican Army) rolled into Nuevo Laredo on September 8, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina slammed into southern Louisiana after making landfall in New Orleans. A line of forty-five military vehicles filled with up to 195 military personnel…
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TIL Leo the Mathematician devised a network of communication beacons that was built and operated around 1100 years ago. Based on modern experiments, the network's several branches could transmit and receive messages at a speed of 450 miles per hour
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Byzantine beacon system
system of beacons stretching across Anatolia
TIL that, in 1946, Ho Chi Min reached out to President Harry S. Truman and requested the United States’ support in ending French rule in Vietnam.
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Submitted August 23, 2024 at 06:56PM by Alaska-Now-PNW
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The World from PRX
The little-known story of Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh’s admiration for the US - The World from PRX
The founding father of modern Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh. He led Vietnam's communist revolution against French colonial rule and then took on the United States. But it seems he long had an admiration for the US and repeatedly sought the country's help in the…
TIL that unescorted women prevented men from casually assaulting them in the early 1900s with a simple clothing accessory - the hat pin, and it was so effective as a weapon that laws were passed limiting it's length in many states.
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Atlas Obscura
Before Mace, a Hatpin Was an Unescorted Lady’s Best Defense
Accessories to assault.
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TIL that "Iron Eyes Cody”, the face of Native Americans with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, was 100% Sicilian.
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Submitted August 23, 2024 at 11:48PM by Katherine-wimenceph7
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Iron Eyes Cody
American actor
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TIL despite being portrayed as young and healthy, John F. Kennedy was hospitalized dozens of times and on three occasions given his last rites.
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TIL a 20 year old man ended his life after thinking he lost $750,000 on an options bet on the stock trading app Robinhood.
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Alex Kearns died thinking he owed hundreds of thousands for stock market losses on Robinhood. His parents have sued over his suicide.
In the wrongful death suit, Alex Kearns' parents accuse the company of targeting unsophisticated traders like their son.
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TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was not supposed to wear jheri curls in “Pulp Fictions”. He was going to wear an afro, but that wig was brought to the set by mistake.
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 01:16AM by Stacy_pailly1995
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Far Out Magazine
The mistake that led to Jules' iconic hair in 'Pulp Fiction'
'Pulp Fiction' is the Palme d'Or winning film from Quentin Tarantino, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Harvey Keitel...
TIL that in 2006, a woman named Edith Macefield turned down a reported offer of $1 million to sell her 108-year-old farmhouse to make way for a commercial development in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Instead, the five-story project was built surrounding her house.
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Edith Macefield
American real-estate holdout
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TIL a bus monitor received 700k from a go-fund me after a video of 7th graders relentlessly bullying her was uploaded online
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 06:31AM by KrustyLemon
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National Post
Bullied bus monitor Karen Klein receives $700K cheque after Toronto fund-raising campaign
Bullied bus monitor Karen Klein was at the CBC Broadcast Centre Tuesday morning to receive a fundraised cheque for over $700,000. The money was raised by the Toronto man who saw her tormented by four grade seven boys on YouTube and wanted to do something…
TIL there is an affluent teenage gang called the 'Gilbert Goons' that has been terrorizing upscale Gilbert Arizona, who beat an innocent teenage boy to death unprovoked.
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 06:53AM by batsofburden
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azcentral
'Gilbert Goons' must pay for their crimes. But that won't fully solve the problem
Opinion: Stopping the 'Gilbert Goons' for good requires a deeper understanding of the problem and a much wider response. Here's how to get started.
TIL Michael Jackson only agreed to 10 shows for his "This is It" concert series but his managers went ahead and increased it to 50. His father Joe Jackson was concerned from the beginning that promoters were pushing Michael too hard, resulting in his death
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 07:19AM by ubcstaffer123
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Joe Jackson: Michael Jackson Pushed Into Too Many Tour Dates
Joe Jackson told ABC News' Chris Connelly in an exclusive interview that Michael Jackson was coerced into booking more shows for his "This Is It" tour than he was capable of performing.
TIL the Five Stages of Grief do not always go in exact order from denial and anger to acceptance, and often vary from person to person. The psychiatrist who created the model said she regretted writing them in a way that is widely misunderstood.
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 08:32AM by AnthillOmbudsman
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Five stages of grief
series of emotional stages experienced when faced with impending death or death of someone
TIL after a Polish Admiral of German descent Józef Unrug was taken prisoner during WW2, his former Imperial German Navy friends came to visit him. Unrug refused to speak German with them, saying that he had forgotten that language in September 1939 the day Germany invaded Poland
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Józef Unrug
Polish vice-admiral (1884-1973)
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TIL some copies of the Toy Story 2 DVD sold at Costco in 2000 accidentally contained a scene in the middle of the film from High Fidelity where the word “fuck” was used twice.
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 08:33AM by just2good
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Profane Toy Story 2 Recalled
TIL about the War of Jenkins' ear - a war between Spain and England that started when a British captain, Robert Jenkins, presented his severed ear to the British Parliament, claiming a Spanish officer had cut it off.
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 02:28PM by KieranWriter
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War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear (Spanish: Guerra del Asiento, lit. 'War of the Agreement') was a conflict lasting from 1739 to 1748 between Britain and Spain. The majority of the fighting took place in New Granada and the Caribbean Sea, with major operations largely…
TIL in 2005, Jordanian couple Bakr and Sanaa Melhem unknowingly dated each other on the Internet. Both divorced when they learned each other's true identity
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 04:47PM by DonaldDuckJTrumo
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Budding cyber love ends in divorce
TIL that a Texas lawyer killed himself because Dateline NBC waited outside his home to catch him in their child predator sting
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 07:08PM by Donna-r-pope
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NBC News
Texas prosecutor kills himself after sex sting
A Texas prosecutor killed himself Sunday as police tried to serve him with an arrest warrant alleging he solicited sex with a minor, authorities said.
TIL That the Million Dollar 1988 McDonalds record winner was 13, had his mom claim it, she squandered a good chunk of it, had her BF steal what was left, lost his mom 10 years later, doesn’t talk to his sister and now trims trees
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Submitted August 24, 2024 at 06:49PM by KrackSmellin
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VICE
What Happened to the Winner of McDonald's $1 Million Flexi-Disc Contest?
In 1989, a 13-year-old boy in Galax, Virginia thought he'd won the real-life golden ticket. His family suddenly had money—but with it, more problems.
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