TIL that Peter Benchley regret writing "JAWS". He later devoted himself to ocean conservation.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 05:16AM by RobertGaultOHcM
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Boston.com
Why the author of ‘Jaws’ wished he never wrote it
After writing Jaws, Peter Benchley spent the rest of his life advocating for oceanic conservation.
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TIL darker skin people need more sunlight to make vitamin D. One experiment where a light skinned person was in sunlight for 8 hours saw their vitamin D concentration go up by 50x while a dark skinned person saw no change. They needed 5-10 times the sunlight length and then only saw a 30x change.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 06:04AM by mankls3
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TIL Halo 2 was delayed for PC because someone stuck a picture of themselves mooning the camera into the game's code.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 07:17AM by HalpTheFan
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Polygon
Gaming history lesson: A literal butt once delayed Halo 2 on Windows Vista
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
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TIL Sylvester Stallone didn't just star in 'Rocky,' he also wrote the noscript and choreographed its boxing scenes.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 07:41AM by Dryhumpor
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Wikipedia
Sylvester Stallone filmography
American actor filmography
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TIL That 'Animal House' was able to film at the University of Oregon largely because the University's President had previously refused to allow 'The Graduate' to film there due to "lack of artistic merit".
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 02:16PM by GentPc
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Wikipedia
Animal House
1978 film by John Landis
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TIL: During mating season, some stallions prefer mares of a certain color, meaning, low libido isn't the cause for the failed breeding.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:17AM by thatcrack
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Veterinary Practice News
Stallion Won’t Breed?
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TIL that Scandinavians settled Greenland 300 years before native Greenlanders did
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 03:32PM by Upstairs_Garden_687
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Greenland
Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced [kalaːɬːit…
TIL the callers on Frasier were famous people, including Christopher Reeve, Eddy Van Halen, Ben Stiller, Elijah Woods, Timothy Leary, Hally Berry, John McEnroe and many more.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 02:46PM by beyondawesome
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List of Frasier characters
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TIL although Green Bay, Wisconsin is the smallest major league professional sports market in North America, the NFL's Green Bay Packers ranked as the world's 27th-most-valuable sports franchise in 2019, with a value of $2.63 billion.
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Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Competing in the National Football League (NFL) as part of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division, the Packers are the third-oldest franchise in…
TIL that the living component of an acre of soil, may include 900 lb of earthworms, 2400 lb of fungi, 1500 lb of bacteria, 133 lb of protozoa and 890 lb of arthropods and algae.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 03:42PM by IPeeFreely01
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Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the…
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TIL that stealing sand is the largest organized crime activity in India.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 06:17PM by Th3_Hegemon
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HowStuffWorks
Sand Is in Such High Demand, People Are Stealing Tons of It
As the world becomes more urbanized, the demand for sand, a key ingredient of concrete, keeps growing. But there's only so much sand to go around.
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TIL 71 year old Bernard Gore was supposed to meet his wife and daughter in a mall in Sydney after first doing a little shopping himself. Instead, he exited a mall door leading to a stairwell labyrinth and was found dead 3 weeks later failing to find his way out.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:16PM by WranglerVegetable512
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TIL that Stanley "Tookie" Williams, convicted murderer and founder of the LA Crips gang, became a children's author and 5x Nobel Peace Prize nominee while on Death Row. He was executed in 2005 after being denied clemency by California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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NPR
Death Row Inmate and Nobel Nominee Stanley Williams
Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a convicted murderer and co-founder of the notorious Crips street gang in Los Angeles, has been on California's death row since 1979. While in prison, he became a children's author and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his efforts…
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TIL that bird migration wasn’t proved until 1822. Before then, theories to explain their seasonal disappearance included hibernation and transforming into mice.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:37PM by bnrshrnkr
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Wikipedia
Pfeilstorch
migrating stork with embedded arrow
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TIL During the Reformation, a knight named Hans von Hake asked Johann Tetzel to purchase an indulgence for a future sin. Tetzel sold Hake an indulgence for a future non-specific sin. Hake then ambushed, and robbed Johann Tetzel of all of his indulgence money.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:41PM by Templarkommando
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St. Nikolai church (Jüterbog)
church building in Jüterbog, Brandenburg state, Germany
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TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, exonerated two innocent men by investigating their cases in his free time. This, in part, led to the establishment of England's criminal appeal system.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 08:30PM by Pfeffer_Prinz
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Wikipedia
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician (1859–1930)
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger Pays $1 To Warner Bros Every Year For His Infamous Mr. Freeze Costume From Batman And Robin.
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Submitted September 03, 2024 at 11:54PM by Minifig81
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FandomWire
Arnold Schwarzenegger Pays $1 To Warner Bros Every Year After For His Infamous Mr. Freeze Costume From Batman And Robin
While it may have been one his most disappointing films, Arnold Schwarzenegger still owns the Mr. Freeze suit he wire in Batman and Robin.
TIL: The Tomb of Christ is a site in Japan where they claim Jesus was really buried. This is complete with a burial site, Hebrew plaque and an accompanying origin story (complete with Jesus using a body double) explaining his journey to and death in Japan.
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Submitted September 04, 2024 at 02:06AM by Taswelltoo
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Little-Known Legend of Jesus in Japan
A mountain hamlet in northern Japan claims Jesus Christ was buried there
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TIL that the landmark pamphlet "Understanding AIDS" was the single largest mass mailing in American history. Spearheaded by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, it reached 107 million American households, and set standards for sex education regarding the disease. 80% of people read at least part of it.
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Submitted September 04, 2024 at 02:20AM by WavesAndSaves
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Understanding AIDS
pamphlet
TIL the current fastest Wifi band (6GHz) already transmits, but most people can't access it. As of 2023, tech giants such as Apple only have 2 phones that support it.
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Submitted September 04, 2024 at 02:31AM by sanandrios
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MacRumors
Does My iPhone or iPad Support Wi-Fi 6E?
Wi-Fi 6E, the latest advancement in Wi-Fi technology, offers several benefits when enabled on your iPhone or iPad. This article explains what Wi-Fi...
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TIL that English actor Charles Dance, who was born in 1946, had an older-half sister named Nora that was born in the 19th-century. This was because Charles’ father, Walter, was born in the 1870s.
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Submitted September 04, 2024 at 03:18AM by waitingforthesun92
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Charles Dance
English actor, screenwriter and director