TIL that Wilma Flintstone was the first animated character to be depicted as being pregnant
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Submitted September 13, 2024 at 10:06PM by WildBad7298
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1963 in animation
animation-related events during 1963
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TIL: The Roman punishment of Relegatio is the mildest form of exile. You are banished from Rome, but get to keep your citizenship, property, land, etc. One senator chose the famous island of Lesbos. It is a light punishment meant for adulterers, pimps, abusers, and manslaughter.
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Relegatio
form of exile in Roman law
TIL that much like champagne, the term "haute couture" is strictly protected by France
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Submitted September 13, 2024 at 10:14PM by riri1281
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Haute couture
term used to describe the creation of exclusive, custom-fitted clothing
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TIL about Flaco, an owl that escaped from the Central Park zoo. The WSJ called him a peeping tom for frequently being caught looking in apartment windows throughout Manhattan. 1 year after escape he collided into a building, his necropsy revealed large traces of rat poison and pigeon herpesvirus.
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Flaco (owl)
owl that escaped from a New York City zoo (2010–2024)
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TIL Mozart died at 35, and wrote 800 pieces, 22 pieces every year he lived.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
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TIL the "taste bud mapping" we learned in school has been discredited for years and is still a mystery.
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Submitted September 14, 2024 at 05:00AM by joltofwit
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PubMed Central (PMC)
The tongue map and the spatial modulation of taste perception
There is undoubtedly a spatial component to our experience of gustatory stimulus qualities such as sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and umami, however its importance is currently unknown. Taste thresholds have been shown to differ at different locations within…
TIL Madonna's older brother Anthony lived to age 66, was estranged from family, and lived under a bridge at one point
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Submitted September 14, 2024 at 06:18AM by ubcstaffer123
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TIL that after singer Nat King Cole moved into an upscale L.A. neighborhood, the homeowners association told him they didn't want "undesirables" moving in. Cole replied, "Neither do I. And if I see any undesirables moving in, I'll be the first to complain.
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Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)
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TIL a wildlife park in the UK took in five parrots during the pandemic that have a healthy NSFW vocabulary and have taught other parrots to swear. Zookeepers are concerned that they could have up to 100 parrots who know how to swear and would require all sweary parrots to be taken off display.
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CBC
This wildlife park's parrots won't stop swearing. Especially Sheila | CBC Radio
Steve Nichols admits his wildlife sanctuary’s latest plan to stop its more foul-mouthed parrots from swearing could end up backfiring.
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TIL , as a congressman, future 20th President James A. Garfield contributed to the Pythagorean Theorem by providing additional proof using a trapezoid.
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Submitted September 14, 2024 at 05:48AM by synkronize
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Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem
mathematical proof
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TIL the termite queen can live for up to 50yrs, lays an egg every 3 sec, 24hrs a day, for 25yrs.
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Six Ridiculous Facts About Termite Queens
Termites have existed on Earth for an estimated 150 million years, so it's little wonder that they have spread to every landmass except Antarctica. Commonly confused with ants, they are actually
TIL that 20% of scientific genetics research papers have errors due to Microsoft Excel's auto-formatting of gene names into dates
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Submitted September 14, 2024 at 03:49PM by WarEagleGo
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One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Microsoft Excel
Autoformatting in Microsoft Excel has caused many a headache—but now, a new study shows that one in five genetics papers in top scientific journals contains errors from the program, The Washington Post reports. The errors often arose when gene names in a…
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TIL Celtics GM Red Auerbach planned to draft Len Bias for three years, only for Len to die two days after being drafted after snorting cocaine for 3-4 hours in his dorm room after coming home from a college party
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Len Bias
American basketball player
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TIL Dr. Howard Tucker is the world's oldest practicing doctor at 102 with 77 years of practice. He also passed the bar examine at 67. He is a neurologist and works as an expert witness in medical related legal cases.
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Howard Tucker
American neurologist
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TIL that in 1952, the USS Wisconsin received a single, direct-hit from a North Korean 155mm gun battery. Despite the damage being minimal, the Wisconsin responded by returning fire with all nine of her Mark 7 16-inch guns, prompting an escorting ship to signal the Wisconsin with "Temper, Temper."
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NavalHistoria
Temper, Temper - That Time the USS Wisconsin Wasn't Messing Around -
The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is one of the iconic Iowa-class battleships, the last battleship class built by the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1944
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TIL only 4% of Americans had a passport in the 1990s
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Submitted September 14, 2024 at 06:17PM by Local_Fee_8522
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VOA
Record Number of Americans Hold Passports – All About America
The number of Americans with passports has hit a record high. According to Census and State...
TIL The largest swimming pool in the US was so large, lifeguards needed rowboats to patrol it. Fleishhaker Pool, built in San Francisco in 1924, measured 1,000 x 150 feet, contained 6.5 million gallons of water, and could hold 10,000 swimmers. In 1999 it was turned into parking for the zoo.
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Fleishhacker Pool
former swimming pool in San Francisco, California
TIL George Michael worked and re-worked his song "Careless Whisper" for 2 and half year's before finally releasing it. He went thru 8 saxophonists before finally settling on Steve Gregory who was able to play the riff exactly as Michael heard it in his head. The song topped charts in ten countries
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Careless Whisper
"Careless Whisper" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter George Michael. Released as the second single from Wham!'s second studio album Make It Big (1984), it was written by Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, with Michael producing the song. Although…
TIL Abraham Lincoln actually liked the song “Dixie” despite its confederate association. After Richmond was captured he requested a band play it saying “Our adversaries over the way attempted to appropriate it, but I insisted yesterday that we fairly captured it.”
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Civil War Pop
“One of the Best Tunes I Have Ever Heard.”
150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln publicly declared his love for the song “Dixie.” Having just returned from the recently-captured former Confederate capital of Richmond, he settled …
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TIL a study found that only 4% of women said that penetration is a reliable route to orgasm for them. The other 96% said their reliable route was clitoral stimulation, either alone or paired with penetration.
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 12:13AM by tyrion2024
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The Conversation
The orgasm gap and why women climax less than men
Women have fewer orgasms than men. But this gap is cultural, not biological. Closing it is possible, both on a societal and personal level.
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TIL actress Georgia Tennant is the daughter of the 5th Doctor Who, Peter Davison, and the wife of 10th Doctor Who, David Tennant.
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 01:09AM by cipheron
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