TIL: New York had a secret CIA base disguised as an IRS office. It was in the World Trade Centre tower 7 that fell on 9/11
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 10:19AM by xfjqvyks
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CBS News
Report: CIA Lost Office In WTC
May Have Been Agency's Largest Domestic Station Outside DC
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TIL that chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 micro-naps a day, lasting an average of 4 seconds, for a total of more than 11 hours of daily sleep.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 10:42AM by jenesuispashariselon
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Chinstrap penguin
species of bird
TIL: Over 30% of Vietnamese people have the last name "Nguyen", and almost 85% of people in the country have one of fifteen surnames
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 01:48PM by paleselan1
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Vietnamese name
naming customs of Vietnamese culture
TIL that portobello mushrooms and white button mushrooms are the same mushroom, just at different stages of growth. Same with crimini (the brown ones).
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 03:45PM by katxwoods
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Agaricus bisporus
Agaricus bisporus, commonly known as the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It is cultivated in more than 70 countries and is one of the most commonly and widely consumed mushrooms in the world.…
TIL that 2000s WWF heel, Chris Harvard (Christopher Nowinski) is a Harvard graduated Neuroscientist. He co-founded Boston University's CTE center and wrote the 2006 book "Head Games" which sounded the alarm about CTE in the NFL
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 07:41AM by Ornage_crush
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Christopher Nowinski
American professional wrestler
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TIL, on Sept 13, 2001 at the request of the Queen, the Star-Spangled Banner was played during the changing of the Buckingham Palace guard.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 05:09PM by MrFrode
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YouTube
Star Spangled Banner played at Buckingham Palace- Sept 13, 2001
Even Ol' Pete Jennings got choked up
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TIL that the youngest person to summit Mount Everest was just 13 years old while the oldest person to summit was 80 years old.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 05:37PM by dudenotnude
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List of Mount Everest records
Wikimedia list article
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TIL the 9/11 rescue dogs became so depressed finding only dead bodies, rescue workers had to stage fake rescues to boost their morale
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 07:21PM by INGWR
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Lion Country Supply
Remembering the Hero Dogs of September 11th
When the World Trade Center North and South Towers fell on September 11th, over 10,000 emergency rescue workers rushed to help survivors and help recover the bodies of those lost to the attack. Of the 10,000 rescue workers, there were over 300 teams of search…
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TIL that sixteen people survived inside the collapse of the World Trade Center, and they were all in Stairwell B of the North Tower, in the center of the building. The survivors were spread out between floors 22 and 1.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 05:50PM by Voyager_AU
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New York
The Miracle Survivors
In Stairwell B of the North Tower, 16 people lived amid the avalanche of concrete and steel. But surviving was only the start of their struggle.
TIL About the Medallion Fund, a Secretive Hedge Fund That Consistently Outperformed the Market with an Average Annual Return of 62% over the past 30 years.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 06:21PM by dtdowntime
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Renaissance Technologies
American hedge fund firm
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TIL that Redbad, the last pagan King of Frisia (modern-day northern Netherlands), refused to convert to Christianity, choosing to spend eternity in Hell with his ancestors rather than in Heaven with beggars.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 08:37PM by CatherineJacobQVEO
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Radbod of Frisia
King of the Frisians
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TIL about the Maritime response following the September 11 attacks, which was the largest sea evacuation in world history. Rescuing 500,000 people in 9 hours
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 09:08PM by forthelewds2
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Maritime response following the September 11 attacks
operation concering boats used to evacuate victims and deliver supplies after the September 11 attacks
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TIL that the Jonestown mass suicide in 1978 constituted the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the incidents of 11 September 2001.
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Submitted September 11, 2024 at 09:33PM by Mallory-j-fitzsimmon
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Jonestown
former community established by the Peoples Temple, known for a mass death event on November 18, 1978
TIL that a 'needs repair' US supercomputer with 8,000 Intel Xeon CPUs and 300TB of RAM was won via auction by a winning bid of $480,085.00.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 04:08AM by WarEagleGo
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TIL that Mohammad Salman Hamdani, an EMT who responded to 9/11 and died in the process was treated like a suspect for 5 months. His house and records were raided. And even when his sacrifice was finally recognized his name was not included on the memorial for North tower victims.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 05:16AM by Longjumping_Law_6807
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Mohammad Salman Hamdani
Pakistani American police cadet, first responder and victim of 9/11 attacks
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TIL about the 1956 “Battle of Palmdale” an effort by the US Air Force to destroy an out of control target drone. Two jets fired 208 rockets at the propeller driven drone. Every one missed the target, started fires that burned 1000 acres, damaged homes and destroyed a pickup truck.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 02:35AM by SessileRaptor
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Battle of Palmdale
1956 attempted shoot-down of a runaway drone
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TIL: crematoriums need to “ process “ fat people slower otherwise the fat turns to oil, which could leak and ignite the building.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 06:41AM by Bath-Tub-Cosby
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Miami Herald
An ‘overly obese’ body set a crematorium on fire – again
It seemed like business as usual on Wednesday when a routine cremation in Cincinnati, Ohio started a fire that got out of control.
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TIL glass sponge could live as long as 15,000 years. Meaning oldest living glass sponges were around before human built any permanent structure on Earth
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 06:49AM by Warcraft_Fan
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Hexactinellid
Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consider them sufficiently…
TIL when Mentos makers saw a chemistry teacher create a soda geyser several feet high by dropping Mentos into Diet Coke on the Late Show. They devised a consumer misuse campaign encouraging user-generated videos and signing content creators to create a trend that acheive a 20% sales spike.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 08:58AM by shaka_sulu
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NBC News
Unintended Consequences: How Consumer Misuse Can Boost Sales
The maker of Mentos saw dollar signs with the user discovery that the candy exploded in Diet Coke. You should encourage consumers to tinker with your products.
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TIL "hole watcher" is an actual job noscript. Their job is to ensure the safety of people working in holes or other confined spaces are safe by ensuring proper ventilation, and rescue them if they happen to get stuck, hurt, or pass out from the lack of oxygen.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 09:42AM by zahrul3
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Occupational Health and Safety Blog
What's Hole Watcher? 10 Key Responsibilities Of A Hole Watchers
Discover the essential role of hole watchers & their 10 key responsibilities in ensuring workplace safety.
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TIL: Major orange juice producers add chemical fragrances called "flavor packs" to their juice to provide the signature taste of their brand because OJ loses its flavor during pasteurization and de-oxygenation.
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Submitted September 12, 2024 at 03:21PM by Transcend_Suffering
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Civil Eats
Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes
We're so used to getting orange juice 365 days of the year that it may come as news that even Tropicana Pure Premium has a season. But it does.
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