TIL that early TV remotes worked with a spring-loaded hammer striking a solid aluminum rod in the device, which then rings out at an ultrasonic frequency, requiring no batteries.
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Submitted September 22, 2024 at 11:40PM by antesocial
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The Verge
The buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvel
The Space Command fixed problems we still live with today.
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TIL on Dec 16, 1962 John Paul Scott escaped Alcatraz and swam to Fort Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge where he was found hypothermic and exhausted. It is the only verified case of an inmate escaping and reaching shore by swimming. He was then returned to Alcatraz.
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Submitted September 22, 2024 at 08:58PM by dissoluti0nn
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Wikipedia
List of Alcatraz escape attempts
Wikimedia list article
TIL in 1971 a group of activists broke into an FBI office in Delaware and got away with 1000 secret documents. The plan was to do the heist during "the match of the century" between Ali and Frazer, predicting that security would be glued to their tv's for the match, and thus distracted
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Submitted September 22, 2024 at 10:28PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI
leftist activist group operational in the US during the early 1970s
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TIL: North Korea is home to an Orthodox Church despite being an anti-christian state
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Submitted September 22, 2024 at 10:12PM by St_Gregory_Nazianzus
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Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Pyongyang)
Russian Orthodox church in Pyongyang, North Korea
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TIL: John Draper, an old school hacker known as Captain Crunch or the Crunchman for hacking AT&T phone lines using a Captain Crunch cereal whistle. He is banned from multiple hacking conventions due to harassment, making weird noises of relief, and asking for piggyback rides.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 02:18AM by Flares117
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Wikipedia
John Draper
American computer programmer and former phone phreak
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TIL that the first recorded Ponzi scheme wasn’t by Charles Ponzi: it was by German Adele Spitzeder in the 19th century, who used new investors’ money to repay old investors. At her height, she was the wealthiest woman in Bavaria, until she was convicted of bad accounting and stripped of her assets
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 04:06AM by Just_Want_To_Write
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Wikipedia
Adele Spitzeder
German woman con artist, actress and folk singer
TIL that the first clear cola was White Coke, a clear variant of Coca-Cola produced in the 1940s at the request of Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, who did not want to be seen drinking Coke as it was a symbol of American imperialism. The clear beverage was intended to resemble vodka.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 01:26AM by rara_avis0
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White Coke
nickname for a clear variant of Coca-Cola from the 1940s
TIL Americans spend the same proportion of their income (.4%) on computers today as they did on nails in 1810
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 12:54AM by Texas_Rockets
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NBER
Tracking the Price of Nails since 1695
TIL back in 2016, a millionaire announced he would bury his car for afterlife, with intention of creating attention and controversy. he revealed the stunt is about raising awarness to organ donations. "People bury things that are much more valuable then cars and nobody seems to care".
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 04:19PM by Tattletail0210
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Carscoops
Brazilian Man’s Plan to Bury His Bentley Proves To Be An Ingenious Publicity Stunt [w/Video]
A wealthy Brazilian businessman stirred a wave of negative reactions when he announced on his Facebook page that he plans to bury his beloved Bentley
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TIL The Roman Colosseum is as big as our stadiums today, estimated to fit 50,000 and 60,000 people by archeologists. According to official records of Roman Regional Catalogues from the 4th century, it holds 85,000 people
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 03:23AM by ubcstaffer123
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The Roman Guy
19 Astounding Facts About the Colosseum - The Roman Guy
Visiting the Colosseum and want to learn some cool facts? Keep reading! Our local guides have some astounding facts about the Colosseum.
TIL before the breakup, AT&T didn't allow customers to use phones made by other companies, claiming using them would degrade the network.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 06:48PM by BadenBaden1981
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Investopedia
AT&T's Successful Spinoffs
Find out why the breakup of AT&T into a number of spinoffs called the Baby Bells was one of the most successful spinoffs in the history of business.
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TIL that, in a resting state, the brain consumes about 20% of the body's energy. The sight and hearing parts of the brain consume far more energy than parts used for smell and memory. Also, white matter only uses 20-25% of energy as gray matter.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 05:45PM by Voyager_AU
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www.brainfacts.org
How Much Energy Does the Brain Use?
The brain has some intense energy needs thanks to the unique role it plays in the body.
TIL that The Woman's Building, one of the twelve main buildings built for the Chicago's World Fair in 1893, was planned, designed, and decorated entirely by women. The purpose of the building was to highlight women's achievements and challenge traditional ways of thinking.
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Wikipedia
The Woman's Building (Chicago)
Building at the World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893
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TIL whale oil was used in transmissions until its ban in 1972, when less than 1 million transmissions failed each year; without whale oil, yearly transmission failures became more than 8 million by 1975. This led to thousands of transmission shops opening across the USA in the late 1970s and ’80s
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 07:39PM by Brutal_Deluxe_
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UW Magazine — University of Washington Magazine
The Innovation File: Solving a whale of a problem
UW Magazine | University of Washington
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TIL the town of Honiton, UK has a "Hot Penny Day" a recreation of a 13th century tradition where wealthy people would heat pennies on the stove, throw them into the streets and laugh at the poor people who picked them up.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 09:18PM by MONDAYCHICKENANDRICE
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BBC News
Honiton Hot Pennies Ceremony celebrates 800 years of royal charter
Honiton celebrates 800 years since it was granted a royal charter to host a weekly market.
TIL that in Australia, horses were statistically responsible for more deaths (with 74 deaths directly attributable to them) between 2000 and 2013 than stinging insects or snakes. Over this period, no deaths were attributed to spiders.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 08:08PM by jenesuispashariselon
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BBC News
Horses more deadly than snakes in Australia, data shows
Horses killed more people in Australia in recent years than venomous animals combined, data shows.
TIL that Blue Raspberry is largely Banana and Pineapple flavors. A bright blue dye was used because because the red food dye of the time had been banned.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 09:31PM by IC-4-Lights
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Bon Appétit
What Even Is Blue Raspberry Anyway?
Blue raspberry definitely isn't found in nature. So... what is it? We look at its very bizarre history.
TIL that Morton, Illinois is known as “Pumpkin Capital of the World” since 85% of percent of the world's canned pumpkin is processed at the Libby’s plant in Morton.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 10:21PM by cuspofgreatness
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TIL In 1609 the Kingdom Of Spain expelled hundreds of thousands of Moriscos, people of muslim ancestry who had converted to christianity, partialy because of a racial doctrine called "purity of blood". In some regions over 30% of the total population were expelled, devastating the local economy
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 11:09PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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Wikipedia
Expulsion of the Moriscos
17th century expulsion of Moriscos from Spain
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TIL that Pete Absolon, the Rocky Mountain director of NOLS, was on a climb in Wyoming's Wind River Range, and died after being struck in the head by a rock due to other hikers throwing rocks off over a mountain cliff for fun.
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Submitted September 23, 2024 at 11:11PM by Stauce52
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Outside Online
A Thrown Rock, a Dead Climber
When Pete Absolon, the Rocky Mountain director of NOLS, set out for a climb in Wyoming's Wind River Range, life couldn't have been better. A deadly mistake by another man ended it all in an instant—and started a nightmare that's never going to stop.
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TIL that when Elton John married his wife Renate Blauel in 1984, Rod Stewart sent a wedding telegram that read "You may still be standing but we're all on the f**king floor"
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Submitted September 24, 2024 at 12:34AM by EssexGuyUpNorth
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the Guardian
He's still standing
In the week that Elton John hit the headlines for his foul-mouthed tirades on Radio 1, Ian Gittins says this punk's not dead.
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