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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EVIDENCE OF 1980 MURDERS HIDDEN BY VOLCANO (Published 1981)
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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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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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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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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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Korean reunification
potential unification of North Korea and South Korea into a single Korean state
TIL In 1988 Ivan McGuire, an experienced skydiver with 800 recorded dives jumped from the plane for his 3rd dive that day. He had his camera rig with him but completely forgot to equip a parachute rig, thus he jumped to his death from 10.000 feet. The camera footage of the fatal fall survived
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EssentiallySports
VIDEO: When Sky Diving Went Terribly Wrong After Man Grabs Camera and Forgets Parachute at 10000 ft in the Air
From an adrenaline high to a heartbreaking Loss, the unforgettable skydiving mishap that claimed the life of a skilled diver.
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TIL that German speaking countries have sinks specifically for vomiting called Speibecken or Kotzbecken
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Speibecken
basin to vomit into
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TIL The inventor of Science Fiction was a man born in the Second Century AD.
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A True Story
work by Lucian of Samosata
TIL about Yoko Ono's film "Self-Portrait" (1969). It consists of a 42-minute shot of her husband John Lennon's semi-erect penis. At the end, a drop of semen comes out. The film was never reshown after its initial screening.
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Self-Portrait (film)
1969 film directed by Yoko Ono
TIL Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" after reading Nizami Ganjavi's poem - "Layla and Majnun"
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American Songwriter
Behind the Song: “Layla,” Eric Clapton
The story of "Layla" by Eric Clapton including the meaning of the lyrics, how the song was written, and much more.
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TIL: That Debtors Prison existed up until 1867 where people were incarcerated for being unable to pay their commercial debts
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Debtors' prison
prison for people who are unable to pay debt
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TIL George Washington had no biological children, but historical accounts show he was a lovin father to his step-children: John and Martha.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, politician, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander…
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TIL "doughface" was a term used in the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War to describe Northern politicians who favored Southern positions in political disputes.
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 05:35PM by lqwertyd
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Doughface
political term
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TIL Billie Eilish’s mother, American actress Maggie Baird, voiced Samara in Mass Effect 2
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 07:43PM by Smooth_Bandito
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Maggie Baird
American actress
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TIL there has only been one instance of a submarine sinking another submarine while submerged.
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Submitted September 19, 2024 at 06:14PM by Mcbotbyl
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Sinking of U-864
The German U-boat U-864 was attacked and sunk on 9 February 1945 by HMS Venturer, a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Venturer was patrolling the waters around Fedje Island, off the Norwegian coast in the North Sea. The sinking remains the only incident…
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