TIL that the US Air Force built a supercomputer comprised entirely of PlayStation 3s
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Defense Department discusses new Sony PlayStation supercomputer
The Defense Department discussed its latest gee-wiz technology: 1,760 Sony PlayStation video gaming consoles, lined together to form a cutting-edge supercomputer.
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TIL During an ecumenical council meeting between 1414 to 1418, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund made a Latin grammatical error by conjugating "schisma" as feminine. When a cardinal corrected him, he replied "I am king of the Romans and above grammar." He was nicknamed "Super Grammaticam" by historians.
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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) in 1410, and was also King of Bohemia from 1419, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg…
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TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 12:02AM by Sometypeofway18
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Social media is heating up over why Asians don’t have body odor
Between 80 and 95% of East Asians have little to none of that typical acidic body odor smell. And it all comes down to a gene mutation.
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TIL The 'Magna Carta' (1215) was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 12:35AM by extremekc
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Magna Carta
charter of rights agreed between King John of England and the nobility in 1215
TIL the boom in mathematics during the 17th and 18th centuries in the Western world is correlated with the development of artillery and the increasing need for military professionals, especially artillerists, to be skilled in mathematics
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 12:21AM by Able_Road4115
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Artillery, engineering and mathematics: statecraft and the scientif...
Introduction Imbued by the ideas of the enlightenment, Bourbon modernisers understood that for government to be effective it needed to be underpinned by knowledge. They were following what James C....
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TIL that a May 2024 study revealed the human brain now contains an average of 0.5% plastic by weight. This is 50% more than an equivalent study from 2016.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 03:12AM by fruskydekke
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains Assessed by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Rising global concentrations of environmental micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) drive concerns for human exposure and health outcomes. Applying pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) methods to isolate and quantify MNPs from human samples…
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TIL that Samuel L. Jackson agreed to star in "Snakes on a Plane", and then the producers tried to change the noscript but didn't because Jackson agreed to do the film because of the noscript.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 06:51AM by Claire-p-ham
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Snakes on a Plane
2006 film directed by David R. Ellis
TIL during the siege of Leningrad, scientists working at the world’s largest collection of seeds protected the seeds from the threats of the cold, the hungry residents of the besieged city, rats, and their own hunger. Twenty-eight of the botanists died during the siege, protecting their collection.
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Institute of Plant Industry
Research institute of plant genetics, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 12:58PM by Downtown-Egg-7398
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ESL language studies abroad
Celebrities who can speak two or more languages - ESL language studies abroad
Arnold Schwarzenegger – English & German Arnie fact no. 1: He wanted to dub his own voice for German versions of the Terminator films, but the film studio thought his...
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TIL the "Pizza The Hutt" suit for the movie Spaceballs weighed about 25 pounds and was made with a fiberglass undershell, a foam latex skin, steam jets, hoses, pancake batter, and pizza toppings. It was so uncomfortable that the original actor who wore it refused to get back in it for reshoots
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 10:14AM by SappyGilmore
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Spaceballs
1987 film directed by Mel Brooks
TIL Since 1884 Twenty-Three Human Babies Have Been Born With A "Tail"
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 06:03AM by PoodleBirds
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Human vestigiality
human traits which lost their original function through evolution
TIL Sonora Carver; one of the first female horse divers, continued horse diving for 11 more years after being blinded from hitting the water with open eyes off of Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Horse diving was a stunt where a horse would be ridden off a 40-60 foot tower into a body of water.
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Sonora Webster Carver
American entertainer
TIL about salps, transparent marine creatures. A solitary salp reproduces asexually by budding a chain of clones that create light. A salp starts life as a female and then turns into a male.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 02:16PM by malarky-b
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Oregon Marine Reserves
Strange Creatures Cast Ashore: Salps - Oregon Marine Reserves
Perhaps you've seen one of these gelatinous creatures washed up onto one of Oregon’s beaches. Though they resemble jellyfish without tentacles, they belong to a group of animals known as tunicates, commonly called sea squirts. Guest author Stephen Grace shares…
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TIL at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the opening night lights were automatically activated when the star Arcturus was detected. This star was chosen since its light takes ~40 years to arrive, so the rays landing on Earth had begun their journey ~1893, the year of Chicago's previous World's Fair
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Century of Progress
1933 world exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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TIL Tom Dwan won the largest poker pot ($3.1 million) in broadcast history by calling down an ace-high bluff by Wesley Fei with a pair of queens. Later in the same cash game, Fei won the 2nd largest poker pot ($2.25 million) in US broadcast history against a different player.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 05:06PM by tyrion2024
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Poker pro Tom Dwan calls down bluff for $3.1M, largest pot in broadcast history
Dwan thought for nearly four minutes before making the call for the massive pot.
TIL The Harlem Globetrotters once lost track of a game and found themselves down 12 with 2 minutes left. Forced to play normal basketball, they rallied but could not recover. When the final buzzer sounded, the crowd was dumbfounded and disappointed. Some children in the stands cried after the loss.
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 07:39PM by tenaciousdeev
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Washington Generals
exhibition basketball team known for losing
TIL Louise and Martine Fokkens worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam for more than 50 years and have retired in their early 80s after sleeping with more than 335,000 men or more than population of 38 countries and territories
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 07:22PM by MsStormyTrump
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Mamamia
A combined 100 years in the sex trade: Meet the world's oldest prostitutes.
"He's been coming to me for so long," one sister said about an elderly client.
TIL Mark Twain outlived his wife and all but one of his four children
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 07:28PM by ExcaliburShattered
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Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
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TIL that those oxygen masks that come down inside airplanes are connected to individual “chemical oxygen generators” rather than a supply of oxygen gas
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 08:26PM by extendochode
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Chemical oxygen generator
device that releases oxygen via a chemical reaction
TIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmission
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 09:11PM by DaddyOhMy
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MotorTrend
List: All of the Last Supercars With a Manual Transmission
Since there really aren’t any true supercars featuring a manual transmission in 2020, we roundup some of the last models to do so.
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TIL In a feat of rage, Emperor Hadrian once stabbed a slave in the eye with a pen. Feeling regretful whe he calmed down, Hadrian called the slave and told him to ask for literally anything as compensation. The slave replied "i just want my eye back"
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Submitted August 27, 2024 at 10:08PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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