TIL that "Schrodinger's Cat" -- the famous thought experiment in quantum mechanics where an unobserved cat is both alive and dead -- was not proposed by Erwin Schrodinger to highlight the principle, but rather to mock its absurdity.
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Schrödinger's cat
thought experiment
TIL that following Michael Jackson's death, his sister discovered two hard disks at her brother's home that contained more than 100 unreleased songs, many of which were unregistered. In 2010, Sony signed a deal with Jackson's estate to release 10 posthumous albums, but only 3 were ever released
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List of unreleased songs recorded by Michael Jackson
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TIL Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while at sea in 1913. Ten days after his disappearance a body was found floating with some of his belongings, but was so decomposed it was unrecognizable and was not kept. The case has remained unsolved.
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Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)
TIL after contacting the Advertising Standards Authority, a New Zealand man was offered a refund by Paramount. He complained that a scene of a cliff exploding, shown in the preview for Jack Reacher, was not in the film and that this scene, and Tom Cruise, was the main reason for him seeing the movie
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9News
Not enough bang for Kiwi movie fan's buck - 9News
A NZ film fan, miffed by a missing explosion in a Tom Cruise movie, complained to the advertising watchdog ...
TIL "The Blues Brothers" (1980) held the world record for the most cars destroyed in one film, 104 cars.
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The Blues Brothers (film)
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC's…
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TIL In 1376, the Pope excommunicated the entire Florentine government, banned the city from all religious activity, sanctioned florentine companies abroad by forbiding christians from dealing with them and made it legal for all christians, anywhere, to capture or enslave florentine citizens
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War of the Eight Saints
The War of the Eight Saints (1375–1378) was a war between Pope Gregory XI and a coalition of Italian city-states led by Florence that contributed to the end of the Avignon Papacy.
TIL A Samurai named Seigo Yamazawa actually fought on the side of the Bulgarians during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Eventually Bulgaria was liberated from the Ottomans. He has a bust today in present day Burgas regions.
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Rosetta Moto Tours
Top 5 foreigners in the Bulgarian history - Part 1 - Seigo Yamazawa (山沢静吾) | Rosetta Moto Tours
Part 1. Seigo Yamazawa (山沢静吾) – The Samurai who fought for the Bulgarian freedom. Baron Seigo Yamazawa was a representative of the Japanese emperor in the Russian army on the Balkans and a military correspondent.
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TIL for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, $40-$50 million was spent on developing the game, while $150-$160 million was spent on marketing.
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 05:43PM by Berisha11
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List of most expensive video games to develop
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TIL that American pornography had a 'golden age' between 1969 and 1984. This was marked by pornographic films receiving positive attention from movie critics and the general public, including mainstream broadcasting in cinemas.
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 06:34PM by Illogical_Blox
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Golden Age of Porn
15-year period in which sexually explicit films experienced mainstream success
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TIL In 1952 a doctor in France released a deadly virus to kill rabbits on his estate, which then killed 90% of France's rabbits within two years
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Darwin's rabbit is revealing how the animals became immune to myxomatosis
Three separate populations all evolved immunity to the disease.
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TIL that helium gas can disrupt iPhones by interfering with their internal clocks. This interference affects the phone's MEMS timing oscillator, causing the phone to crash repeatedly and lose connectivity. As a result, exposure to helium makes the device unstable and unable to function properly.
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VICE
Why a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone in a Medical Facility
The bizarre incident happened during the installation of an MRI machine and was a surprise to everyone except Apple.
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TIL: Shoes discovered in Titanic wreckage are typically found in pairs because they were worn by victims when they died. The bodies disintegrated but the shoes remain due to tannic acid in leather
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 10:09PM by heylistenlady
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UNILAD
Eerie reason why shoes were found in pairs at Titanic wreckage
There's a horrifying reason that shoes were found scattered in pairs throughout the wreckage
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TIL Mark Ruffalo woke from a dream that told him he had a brain tumor. He got a CT scan the following day confirming he had a benign tumor behind his left ear. The tumor was removed, and he is deaf in that ear as a result of the surgery.
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CNN
Mark Ruffalo reflects on how he dealt with a brain tumor diagnosis years ago
Mark Ruffalo has quite the tale about what happened before he first became a father.
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TIL that cartoonist Charles Schulz wanted to call his comic strip "Li'l Folks", but had to use the noscript "Peanuts" instead for trademark reasons. He always hated the name, which he described as "miserable", and he complained that "it has no dignity and it's not denoscriptive".
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Peanuts
comic strip by Charles M. Schulz
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TIL: That the US Airforce has looked into research on: "How to use social media to control people like drones"
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Ars Technica
Air Force research: How to use social media to control people like drones
"Containment control" model looks at how groups of influencers can manipulate people.
TIL: Medieval European cuisine used to be more complex and flavorful. However, once spice became cheap and readily available to the poor, the elites started taking spices out of European cooking as they didn't want to be associated with the poor. This trend had lasting effects on European cuisine.
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NPR
How Snobbery Helped Take The Spice Out Of European Cooking
Complex, contrasting flavors are a hallmark of Indian cooking. They used to dominate Western food, too. What changed? When spices became less exclusive, Europe's elite revamped their cuisines.
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TIL the axe used by Jack Nicholson to chop through the door in The Shining was sold at auction in 2019 for $209,000. A crew member purchased it originally from the production company at the conclusion of filming with the intention of using it to chop wood.
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JustCollecting News
Jack Nicholson's original Shining axe sells for record price in UK auction
The axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining has sold at auction for more than $200,000, making it the world's most valuable horror movie prop.
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TIL there is a cult on the island of Vanuatu that worships “John Frum”, an unidentified WWII US airman who brought food and other cargo to the island, introducing himself as “John from America”
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John Frum
figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu
TIL a 5-year-old girl from Oklahoma defeated 52 other children to win a regional spelling bee and qualified for the 2017 national event. She is the youngest participant to secure a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She spelled such challenging words as jnana, sarsaparilla and Baedeker.
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CNN
National Spelling Bee Fast Facts
Read CNN’s Fast Facts to learn about the National Spelling Bee.
TIL Babe Ruth became a shirtmaker as a teenager while attending a reformatory/orphanage. Even during his baseball career, he adjusted his own shirt collars, rather than have a tailor do it
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 01:55AM by MaroonTrucker28
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Babe Ruth
American baseball player (1895–1948)
TIL there are currently only about 24 blimps in existence, and half of them are used for advertising.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 06:14AM by BeatBoxxEternal
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Blimp
non-rigid airship