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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Blimp
non-rigid airship
TIL in Khmer Rouge Cambodia, Cambodians of Chinese descent were massacred by the Khmer Rouge under the justification that they "used to exploit the Cambodian people". Despite this, the Chinese government did not protest the killings, and provided at least 90% of Cambodia's foreign aid.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 04:22AM by LivingRaccoon
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Cambodian genocide
murder of approx. 1.5 to 3 million Cambodians, along with mass detention and torture, carried out by the Khmer Rouge government between 1975 and 1979
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TIL that bed bugs were first mentioned in ancient Greece as early as 400 BC, and later by Aristotle. Bean leaves have been used historically to trap bedbugs in houses in Eastern Europe. The trichomes on the bean leaves capture the insects by impaling their feet. The leaves are then destroyed.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 03:19AM by Voyager_AU
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Bed bug
parasitic insects
TIL after a boy in the 1930s found what looked like a "great lump of coal", his family used it as a doorstop for a decade until his dad had "a little look at it." This led to the realization it was the world's largest black sapphire. After being faceted, the Black Star of Queensland is 733 carats.
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This $100m black sapphire worn by Cher spent 10 years as a door stop in a Queensland home
Queensland's Gemfields is one of the world's most significant sapphire-bearing regions. It has produced some world-famous gems, including the largest black sapphire ever found.
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TIL that Petra is a female black swan who made headlines between 2006 and 2008 for falling in love with a pedalo shaped like a swan on the Aasee, a lake in Münster, Germany. Reported missing in January 2009, she was finally found on another lake, this time with a partner of her own species.
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Petra (swan)
black swan
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TIL: Luxury designer, Jonathan Schwinge designed a Tetrahedron Superyacht which puts the yacht above the water to avoid turbulence. However, no one has funded the project yet.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 12:10PM by Flares117
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LUXUO
Floating superyacht designed by Jonathan Schwinge: HYSWAS Tetrahedron Super Yacht
Straight out of a science fiction novel, the superyacht — which has yet to see the light of day will make you the envy of all with its unique design
TIL Matt Damon wanted The Bourne Conspiracy video game to be a puzzle game, and refused to lend his voice talent to the game when it was turned into a shooter
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Myst
Myst is an adventure video game designed by Rand and Robyn Miller. It was developed by Cyan, Inc., published by Broderbund, and first released in 1993 for the Macintosh. In the game, the player travels via a special book to a mysterious island called Myst.…
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TIL Jack Black was the offical rat catcher for Queen Victoria and bred rats to sell them as pets
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Jack Black (rat catcher)
rat catcher and mole destroyer
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TIL Til Schweiger refused to wear Nazi uniform for his role Sergent Hugo Stiglitz because he didn't want to do anything with Germany's Nazi past. He wore it only after Quentin Tarantino told him that he would be killing Nazis in the film.
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Til Schweiger
German actor
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TIL that Lady Gaga is the only female artist to achieve four singles each selling at least 10 million copies globally.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 06:06PM by Voyager_AU
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Lady Gaga
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
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TIL After Colonel Shaw was killed, Confederates buried him in a mass grave to insult his leadership of Black soldiers. When Union troops tried to recover his body, his father wrote, "We would not have his body removed from where it rests with his brave soldiers."
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African American Registry
Robert Gould Shaw, Military Officer born
*Robert Shaw was born on this date in 1837. He was a white-American officer in the Union Army. Robert Gould Shaw II was born in Boston to abolitionists Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw, well-known Unitarian philanthropists and intellectuals.…
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TIL that Dame Judi Dench has photographic memory and can recite entire Shakespeare plays from memory.
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Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
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TIL: Actress Maggie Smith was struggling with breast cancer and undergoing chemo treatments during the filming of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, but was determined to finish shooting because she didn't want to disappoint her fans.
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MuggleNet
Dame Maggie Smith Talks Career, "Potter", and Her Battle with Cancer
Dame Maggie Smith Talks Career, "Potter", and Her Battle with Cancer - News
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TIL T.E. Lawrence's (Lawrence of Arabia) death in a motorcycle accident made one of his doctors study what he saw as the unnecessary loss of life by motorcycle despatch riders through head injuries which led to the increased use of crash helmets by both military and civilian motorcyclists
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Motorcycle helmet
A motorcycle helmet is a type of helmet used by motorcycle riders. Motorcycle helmets contribute to motorcycle safety by protecting the rider's head in the event of an impact. They reduce the risk of head injury by 69% and the risk of death by 42%. Their…
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TIL Nancy Faust was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970-2010, and was the first stadium organist to start playing tunes from advertising, TV shows, and popular music. She missed only 5 games in her 40 years, due to the birth of her son. She is recognized at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 07:43PM by greed-man
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Nancy Faust
American musician
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TIL Hermann Görner, a legendary German strongman, still holds the record for the heaviest right-hand deadlift, lifting 301 kg (664 lb) in 1920, a feat recognized by Guinness World Records.
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 06:30PM by BlossomTwinklingys
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Hermann Görner
German strongman
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TIL following the Civil War an estimated one-third to one-half of circulating currency was counterfeit
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Submitted September 27, 2024 at 08:14PM by letseatnudels
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www.secretservice.gov
Frequently Asked Questions About Us
The United States Secret Service, one of the nation's oldest federal investigative law enforcement agencies, was founded in 1865 as a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department.
TIL That the "Akira Slide" is the most imitated scene from any movie/tv50 show and has been referenced in over 250 pieces of media.
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Submitted September 28, 2024 at 01:19AM by Nincruel
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Akira (1988 film)
Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. Set in a dystopian 2019,…