TIL that airplane emergency exit doors are impossible to open mid flight, because due to pressure, it would take 24,000 pounds of force to open the door.
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 10:15AM by Frisk-256
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Is it possible to open a jet plane's emergency exit door mid-flight?
A Leominster man allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door on a flight. But is it possible?
TIL "The rabbit died" used to be a common euphemism for a positive pregnancy test
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 08:54AM by AyJaySimon
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Rabbit test
pregnancy test
TIL In 1462, the Genoese lord of the island of Lesbos surrendered to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conquerer on the condition that his men's heads be spared. The Sultan agreed and had them cut in half instead.
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Ottoman conquest of Lesbos
The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos took place in September 1462. The Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Mehmed II, laid siege to the island's capital, Mytilene. After its surrender, the other forts of the island surrendered as well. The event put an end to the semi…
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TIL that the 2020 Beirut explosion left approximately 300,000 people homeless.
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 06:49AM by thermal7
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2020 Beirut explosion
On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.…
TIL Robin Williams was the one who suggested that Sid Meier‘s name should be put on each of his games
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 02:32PM by Romboteryx
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
1987 video game
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TIL China Produces More Steel than the Rest of the World Combined
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 11:59AM by Theman77777
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List of countries by steel production
The article summarizes the world steel production by country.
TIL that Pinky Promise started in early modern Japan (1600-), presumably from the older punishment of cutting fingers for friendly fire, and by the late 1800s it was common among children across different parts of the world
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 05:56PM by linatet
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Pinky swear
gesture to signify the unbreakableness of a promise
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TIL that Frances Perkins was the first female cabinet member in U.S. history. She was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Secretary of Labor in 1933. Her appointment was a significant milestone for women in government and she played a crucial role in shaping New Deal policies.
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Frances Perkins
Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945
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TIL Lake Baikal contains 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water (more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined)
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Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia
TIL an Australian soldier named Herbert James "Ringer" Edwards survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers during World War 2.
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 09:26PM by SuperRedSpace
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Ringer Edwards
Australian prisoner of war
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TIL: Chedipe is a vulgar, undressed, Indian witch vampire who rides on a tiger at night, casts a spell to enter your home, and then sucks men's blood through their toes. Sometimes, if the man is married, she sleeps with him in order to cause marital strife as she feeds off pain and sadness.
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Chedipe
witch-vampire in the folklore around the Godavari River in India
TIL a corpse discovered in Denmark in 1950 was so well-preserved it appeared to be a recent murder, but was later found to be 2,400 years old.
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 10:28PM by CreditorOP
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Tollund Man
Iron Age bog body from Denmark that was hanged before death
TIL the fastest spinning celestial object in the universe is a Neutron star called PSR J1748-2446. It rotates 716 times every second and it's equator moves at about 25% the speed of light. It is also has a magnetic field a trillion times stronger than the Sun’s.
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Astronomy Magazine
Weird Object: Neutron Star PSR J1748-2446 | Astronomy.com
The pulsar PSR J1748-2446 is the universe's fastest-spinning object and the most extreme example of a neutron star known.
TIL that between August 1960 and April 1961, the CIA, with the help of the Mafia, pursued a series of plots to poison or shoot Fidel Castro.
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Submitted September 16, 2024 at 12:52AM by Voyager_AU
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American Mafia
highly organized Italian-American criminal society
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TIL after his journey from Japan in 1614, English sailor John Saris returned home with 'Japanese erotic art'. The incident ended his career as a merchant.
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Submitted September 16, 2024 at 03:32AM by a9n9a
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John Saris
British sailor
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TIL that although Italian American actor Al Pacino's character was Cuban in Scarface (1983), the character in the original 1932 film was an Italian American.
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Submitted September 16, 2024 at 02:37AM by PunnyBanana
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Scarface (1932 film)
1932 American gangster film
TIL that the ancient Chinese used lead as a stimulate and a contraceptive.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, lead is a shiny…
TIL physicist Ludwig Boltzmann also taught philosophy and his lectures on the subject became so popular that the Austrian Emperor invited him for a reception. He suffered from bipolar disorder and died by suicide at 62. His tombstone bears the innoscription of his own entropy formula: S = k*log W.
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Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
TIL Jim Carey spoke to someone who trained operatives at the CIA who was an expert on resisting torture since Carey was forced to sit in makeup chairs for hours everyday while they applied the Grinch makeup and prosthetics on him for the movie.
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Submitted September 16, 2024 at 06:52AM by mankls3
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Times of Malta
Jim Carrey tells of make-up ‘torture’ during The Grinch
Hollywood star Jim Carrey has told how he was given training from an expert who advised the CIA on dealing with torture as he coped with a gruelling make-up regime in one of his movies.
The star had to endure a “horrendous” daily ordeal lasting...
The star had to endure a “horrendous” daily ordeal lasting...
TIL That a medieval list of appropriate dog names, compiled around 1460 and named "The Names of All Manner of Hounds", contained fan favorites such as: Nosewise, Hosewife, Spowse, Baby, Childe, Mistirman, Go-bifore, Go-byhynde, Havegoodday, Bere-awey, Salmon, Dragon, Flame and... Nameles!
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Tudor Treasures & Medieval Musings
MEDIEVAL DOG NAMES - Tudor Treasures & Medieval Musings
Deciding on a name for your new dog can be a challenge at times; one medieval duke clearly thought so when he compiled a list of some 1065 appropriate names for dogs in his manual on game and hunting. Edward, Duke of York (grand-uncle of Edward IV and Richard…
TIL Texas didn’t have safety regulations on natural gas until after a school blew up and killed hundreds of children. Nobody was held accountable, but they passed strict regulations afterwards. It was so bad that even Hitler sent a letter of condolence.
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New London School explosion
The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion and destroyed the London School in New London, Texas, United States. The disaster killed more than 300 students and teachers. As of 2021[update], the event…