TIL: why Election Day in the US is on a Tuesday: so farmers could get to the polls and still have time to get their crops to market.
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HISTORY
Why Is Election Day a Tuesday in November?
The answer lies with America’s 19th-century farmers.
TIL that modern windows are usually made from float glass which is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal of a low melting point, typically tin. This method was pioneered in the 1950’s by Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff.
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Submitted August 29, 2024 at 11:18PM by trey0824
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Float glass
material; type of glass
TIL Columbus never set foot in North America; he only explored the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.
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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs…
TIL: China doesn't know how to make a ballpoint pen.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 05:32AM by Sleazis_McSlutthead
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a/symmetric: Why China still can’t make ballpoint pens
Welcome to a/symmetric, our weekly newsletter. Each week, we bring you news and analysis on the global industrial contest, where production is power and competition is (often) asymmetric.
This week:
Made-in-China ballpoint pens and advanced machine…
This week:
Made-in-China ballpoint pens and advanced machine…
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TIL about Kalonymus ben Kalonymus, a 14th century philosopher who wrote a now famous poem wishing and longing to be transformed into a woman... And cursing the world for making it impossible.
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Trans poetry
genre of literature
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TIL 10 Cloverfield Lane was adapted from a noscript called The Cellar that was unrelated to the movie Cloverfield.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 06:52AM by Beau_Buffett
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10 Cloverfield Lane
2016 film directed by Dan Trachtenberg
TIL Hulk Hogan Helped Prevent Jesse Ventura From Starting A Wrestlers Union
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Wrestling Inc.
How Hulk Hogan Helped Prevent Jesse Ventura From Starting A Wrestlers Union - Wrestling Inc.
Jesse "The Body" Ventura once made a push to unionize the professional wrestling industry, but it was Hulk Hogan that apparently caused it to fail.
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TIL almost all vertebrates yawn. Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even fish all share this trait.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 07:45AM by ElectricZ
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Yawn
reflex
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TIL that according to a 2011 Yale University Study, those who feel more lonely prefer long, hot showers/baths while less lonely people prefer shorter, cooler showers/baths
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NBC News
Wash the loneliness away with a long, hot bath
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TIL The US Code of Laws still refers to Native Americans as “Indians”
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Title 25 of the United States Code
U.S. federal statutes on Native Americans
TIL about “English as She is Spoke”, a Portuguese-English translation guide, written by an author that had no grasp of English. He used a Portuguese-French and then a French-English guide for help instead. The resulting book was read by both Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln to have a good laugh.
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English as She Is Spoke
1855 book by Pedro Carolino
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TIL About the Arlington Ladies. A volunteer organization, usually made up of the wives of General officers, their mission is to attend the funeral service of any US service member being buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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TIL - In 1980, Libya overtook the United States in GDP per capita. This was the only time in history that an African country had ever done so.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 03:44PM by minaminonoeru
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countryeconomy.com
Country comparison Libya vs United States GDP per capita (Dollars) 2024
Country comparison, you can compare any two countries and see the data side by side. Here you have the comparison of Libya vs United States, GDP per capita (Dollars)
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TIL one of the top trial lawyers in Alaksa built a 17-floor whimsical house in the Talkeetna wilderness referred to as “Dr. Seuss House”.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 05:15PM by mikechi2501
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Atlas Obscura
Dr. Seuss House aka The Goose Creek Tower
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
TIL about the Lockheed CL-1201, a 1960s design for a nuclear powered, supersonic, flying aircraft carrier. If it had made it to the prototype phase, its wingspan would have been twice as long as any aircraft today.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 04:11PM by L8_2_PartE
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Historic Mysteries
Enormous, Nuclear, and Just Possibly Feasible? The Lockheed CL-1201 - Historic Mysteries
The Cold War gave us many unusual weapons of war, but the Lockheed CL-1201 took things to the next level. The proposed aircraft was the largest ever designed.
TIL Ancient Egyptians May Have Used Opium and Wine as the World's First Anesthesia—Long Before Modern Medicine!
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 02:45PM by ehtio
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American Society of Anesthesiologists
Did Ancient Egyptians Discover Local Anesthetics?
The tomb of Ankh-Ma-Hor who served King Teti of the sixth dynasty (circa 2345 to 2323 BC) in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, was discovered by Victor Loret (1897) and reexamined by Kanawati and Hassan in 1995.1 The tomb was dated 2340 BC by the Egyptian Ministry of…
TIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield, whom he believed owed him a government appointment.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 07:02PM by wileybot
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American History Central
Spoils System, Facts, APUSH, Political Patronage
Spoils System summary, facts, history, significance, and AP US History (APUSH) notes. Patronage System. With examples.
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TIL that in 1885 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used 300,000 pounds of explosives to annihilate Flood Rock island in New York City's East River as part of clearing Hell Gate for safer navigation. It's been described as "the largest planned explosion before testing began for the atomic bomb".
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Removal of Hell Gate rocks
clearing of New York City's East River
TIL that the Universe's average colour is called 'Cosmic latte'. In a 2002 study, astronomers found that the light coming from galaxies averaged into a beige colour that’s close to white.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 07:34PM by mariannamilkies
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Cosmic latte
name assigned to the average color of the universe
TIL that glass sponges can live for 15,000 years. This makes them one of the longest-living organisms on Earth.
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Submitted August 30, 2024 at 09:24PM by AdTime8122
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IFAW
Animals with the longest lifespans
Some turtles, tortoises, sharks, and elephants live long, but the true top contenders for the noscript of animal with the longest lifespan might surprise you.