TIL - Jethro Tull (the band’s namesake) was an English agriculturist who sparked the British Agricultural Revolution by perfecting a horse-drawn drill in 1701, that sowed seeds in neat rows, for easier harvest
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Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
British agricultural pioneer, activist of the British Agricultural Revolution
TIL there is a mummified forest of redwood trees on a Canadian island in the high Arctic close to the North Pole. Some of the trees were up to 140 feet tall and grew during a warm period in the earth's history, despite 3 full months of darkness each year.
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The Fossil Forest of Axel Heiberg Island - Canada.ca
TIL that banks used to print people’s social security numbers on their checks.
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Powell Valley National Bank
Letters From Leton: What Were We Thinking? - Powell Valley National Bank
During my time at the Virginia Bankers Association back in the day, we worked with the General Assembly on a bill that required the date a checking account was opened appear on the face of the check. The issue – merchants were getting so many bad checks,…
TIL Key West declared independence from the United States in 1982, then declared war, then immediately surrendered to apply for foreign aid, after being frustrated by the lack of response from the US government to complaints about a roadblock.
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Conch Republic
republic of Key West, Florida that satirically seceded from the USA briefly in 1982 in protest of a road-block
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TIL Metabolism in adulthood does not slow until the age of 60
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What we thought about metabolism may be all wrong, new study suggests
Metabolic rate remains stable all through adult life, from age 20 to 60 years old.
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TIL that Andrée de Jongh, the mastermind that led the Comet Line during WWII, was saved from execution because Gestapo officers did not believe that such a small young girl could lead such an operation. The network, consisting of mainly young women, smuggled shot down airmen from Belgium to Spain.
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Andrée de Jongh
Belgian resistance member
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TIL that the NCAA was originally founded to protect college athletes from the brutality of early college football. In 1904 alone, there were 159 serious injuries and 18 deaths on the field.
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TIL about the “Starving Time” in the colony of Jamestown, a devastating winter which caused all but 61 of the original 500 colonists to starve to death, with several people resorting to cannibalism.
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Starving Time
period of starvation during the winter of 1609–1610 at Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia
TIL that until earlier this year it was legal for apartments in Austin, Texas to have no windows, and that landlords often didn't disclose this in advertisements
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The Conversation
College students in Austin, Texas, have dwelled in windowless rooms for years − here’s why the city finally decided to ban them
Students in windowless rooms are reporting anxiety, depression and fatigue. A professor of architecture says developers need to let the light shine in.
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TIL about Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team. Rocky Flats was a nuclear weapons production facility with enough radioactive waste to fill 90 miles of rail cars. Frazer Lockhart, a DoE employee cleaned it up $30 billion under budget and 60 years ahead of schedule.
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Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals
Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team
Congratulations to the 2023 Service to America Medals finalists.
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TIL that it would take ~18months to walk the Great Wall of China 🇨🇳
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The 7 Wonders - Great Wall of China - Explore
Read The 7 Wonders - Great Wall of China on the Explore blog. Could this inspire you for your next trip? Find out more.
TIL Alcohol isn't allowed on the International Space Station. It's not banned purely for intoxication or health risk. It's banned because alcohol is a volatile compound which can damage the ISS' water filtration system. NASA also bans mouthwash, aftershave and perfumes for this same reason.
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Bbc
Why astronauts are banned from getting drunk in space
From wine being sipped on the moon to whisky on a space station, space travel has had a long and complex relationship with alcohol.
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TIL that during the last months of World War II, the Germans, British, and Americans agreed to a limited ceasefire to allow the the Allies to airdrop food to starving Dutch civilians
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Operations Manna and Chowhound
Humanitarian Operations of allied air forces in the Netherlands
TIL that the “French Paradox” is the term that describes the low incidence of heart disease in France despite a diet high in fat and alcohol, which has led to research into possible protective factors such as red wine consumption.
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French paradox
catchphrase for the apparent paradox that French people have a low incidence of heart disease while consuming many saturated fats
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TIL the steam engine, the wind turbine, and the vending machine were invented 2000 years ago by a Greek engineer named Hero
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Hero of Alexandria
ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
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TIL Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, organized soup kitchens and orphanages during the Nazi occupation of Greece. She would give away her own food to people on the street and she hid Jews in her home. She was also born deaf.
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Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III. After marrying Prince…
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TIL that Fahrenheit 451 was serialized in Playboy
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Fahrenheit 451
1953 novel by Ray Bradbury
TIL Jeff Bridges refused to kiss Winona Ryder during the movie Fearless because she looked too young.
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Winona Ryder Reveals Why Jeff Bridges Wouldn't Kiss Her During Their ‘Fearless’ Audition
"I was like, ‘Nooo, I love you!'" the "Beetlejuice" star said of her reaction.
TIL hat Richard Pryor's off-screen drug issues cost both him and Gene Wilder a major success. They were originally set to star as the leads in Trading Places
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Biography
The Complicated Friendship of Comedy Duo Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder
Although known for the rapport that fueled hit films like ‘Stir Crazy,’ the famed costars did not have the same level of chemistry off-screen.
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TIL that the character Frieza from Dragon Ball Z, known for his ruthless destruction of planets to profit from their resale, was inspired by the behavior of real estate speculators during Japan's economic bubble in the 1980s
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Frieza
fictional character from Dragon Ball
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TIL A man injected thousands of counterfeit $2 coins into Canada’s banking system by making large deposits into his personal accounts. They are known as "Camel Toe toonies" because fake coins have outsized toes on the polar bear’s right paw
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Exclusive: GTA man cops plea in fake ‘Camel Toe’ toonie case, gets big fine
A maximum sentence of 14 years was possible for uttering counterfeit coins, but the senior who admitted his guilt received zero jail time. Another "person of interest" in the case who has escaped any accountability after a failed attempt to deport them