TIL Iran has successfully smuggled multiple entire Airbus jets from Europe
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EURASIAN TIMES
Iran "Steals" Two Aircraft Out Of Europe — The Thrilling Story Of Iran’s Strategy To Evade Western Sanctions
Iran’s ability to maintain its commercial airline sector despite years of stringent Western sanctions has once again come into the spotlight. Last month, an operation saw Iran successfully smuggle two Airbus A340 aircraft out of Lithuania, a move that left…
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TIL that in 1996, Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, casually choke-slammed two protesters to the ground at a public event while making his way through a crowd. It is known as the “Shawinigan Handshake.”
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CBC
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien extends a 'Shawinigan handshake' in 1996
Chrétien roughs up a protester at a Flag Day event. Aired Feb. 15, 1996 on CBC's The National.
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TIL Donnie Yen (the blind monk in Star Wars: Rogue One/star of the Ip Man films) was once leaving a Hong Kong nightclub with his girlfriend when they were attacked by a gang who had been bothering them earlier in the night. Donnie hospitalised 8 of them.
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Wikipedia
Donnie Yen
Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist
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TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children's book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.
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New Statesman
Why Norway is the best place in the world to be a writer
The Norwegian government keeps book publishers alive.
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TIL Jack Black didn't learn how to play the guitar until he was 23 years old. Kyle Gass taught him to play guitar in return for food, mainly from the fast food chain Jack in the Box
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Submitted September 18, 2024 at 12:56PM by SappyGilmore
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Tenacious D
American comedy rock duo
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TIL birds can eat hot pepper without a problem because they don’t feel its hotness
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TIL Vitamin D deficiency makes sun exposure rewarding, as an evolutionary mechanism to encourage animals to get enough vitamin D. Once vitamin D levels are replete, sun exposure no longer produces euphoria
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Science Advances
Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates UV/endorphin and opioid addiction
Addiction to UV light and opioids is increased by VitD deficiency, suggesting that a feedback loop promotes its synthesis.
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TIL an Austrian man was crowned Emperor of Mexico for three years in the 19th century before being executed.
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Submitted September 18, 2024 at 04:43PM by arbortologist
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Maximilian
Maximilian was an archduke of Austria and the emperor of Mexico, a man whose naive liberalism proved unequal to the international intrigues that had put him on the throne and to the brutal struggles within Mexico that led to his execution. The younger brother…
TIL that when adjusted for monetary inflation, "Gone witth the Wind" is still the highest-grossing film in history.
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Gone with the Wind (film)
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against…
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TIL that a 2022 study proposed that Bruce Lee may have died from hyponatraemia - a low concentration of sodium in blood, which is caused by excessive water intake. At the time of his death, Lee had reportedly been existing on a near-liquid diet of mostly juices.
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Variety
Bruce Lee’s Death Caused by Drinking Too Much Water, Researchers Propose in New Study
A new study has hypothesized that martial arts legend and actor Bruce Lee died from his kidney's "inability to excrete excess water."
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TIL Blue-footed Boobies (and other Boobie species) are named from the Spanish word “bobo.” The term means “stupid,” which is how early European colonists may have characterized these clumsy and unwary birds when they saw them on land—their least graceful environment.
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Blue-footed booby
species of bird
TIL that Polio is one of only two diseases currently the subject of a global eradication program, the other being Guinea worm disease. So far, the only diseases completely eradicated by humankind are smallpox, declared eradicated in 1980, and rinderpest, declared eradicated in 2011.
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Polio
human disease
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TIL that the Mount St. Helens eruption covered up a serial killer's double homicide.
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Submitted September 18, 2024 at 08:08PM by PerplexityRivet
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NY Times
EVIDENCE OF 1980 MURDERS HIDDEN BY VOLCANO (Published 1981)
See the article in its original context from October 18, 1981, Section 1, Page 35Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article…
TIL of the Military-First Girls, a Japanese all-women fan club of the Moranbong Band, a North Korean girl group. In an interview the club's leader said: "Just like how there are women who like K-pop and Taylor Swift, we just love North Korean culture."
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Military-First Girls
The Military-First Girls (先軍女子, Sengun Joshi, from the Korean term Songun) are a Japanese all-women fan club of the Moranbong Band, a North Korean girl group. The club has held live performances where members dance to North Korean pop songs, following the…
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TIL the alleged Goebbels quote "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." has been repeated in numerous books and articles and on thousands of web pages, yet there is no primary source for it.
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Wikipedia
Big lie
gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth
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TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as..." The winner was Heather Scott who answered "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."
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PIQUE
As Canadian as possible under the circumstances
It's an ambiguous aphorism, dreamed up by a 17-year-old student in response to a contest. In 1972 the CBC's Peter Gzowski challenged listeners to complete the saying "As Canadian as..." Heather Scott answered the challenge with "...
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TIL that while great apes can learn hundreds of sign-language words, they never ask questions.
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 04:00AM by AlexCoventry
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Great ape language
Efforts to teach primates to communicate with humans
TIL that Sharpie can’t make a white permanent marker
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 03:03AM by tomatosoupsatisfies
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Sharpie
Frequently Asked Questions | Sharpie
Sharpie home
TIL there are 80 generations of descendants of Confucius. Kung Tsui-chang, the 79th-generation descendant, is the current head of the family. He is known as "Honorable Overflowing with Wisdom", a Chinese noscript of nobility reserved for direct descendants of Confucius.
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 04:46AM by HumanNutrStudent
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Kung Tsui-chang
Kong Tsui-chang (Chinese: 孔垂長; pinyin: Kǒng Chuícháng; born 1 July 1975) is the Sacrificial Official to Confucius in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
TIL that before making it big, Elton John auditioned to become the vocalist for King Crimson but was rejected for not fitting the band's style.
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 06:34AM by res30stupid
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Far Out Magazine
Why Robert Fripp stopped Elton John from joining King Crimson
Before Elton John was a big star, he was almost used as a guest singer for King Crimson's second album, 'In the Wake of Poseidon', but Robert Fripp refused.
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TIL South Korean support for Korean Reunification has been decreasing over the years. In the 1990s, over 80% of people in government polls viewed reunification as essential. By 2011 that number had dropped to 56%. In 2017, 72.1% of South Koreans in their 20s viewed reunification as unnecessary.
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 07:57AM by HumanNutrStudent
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Korean reunification
potential unification of North Korea and South Korea into a single Korean state