TIL since its invention in 1959, the MOSFET transistor has become the most produced artificial object in history with over 13 sextillion manufactured
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 01:53AM by rezikiel
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Transistor
a semiconductor device
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TIL that deaths related to heart attacks and heart disease are statistically more common on Christmas and New Year's days.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 12:05AM by cock_bite
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Circulation
Cardiac Mortality Is Higher Around Christmas and New Year’s Than at Any Other Time | Circulation
Background— Research published in Circulation has shown that cardiac mortality is highest during December and January. We investigated
whether some of this spike could be ascribed to the Christmas/New Year’s holidays
rather than to climatic factors.
Methods…
whether some of this spike could be ascribed to the Christmas/New Year’s holidays
rather than to climatic factors.
Methods…
TIL Albert Einstein holds a patent for a refrigerator. He created the device after learning a faulty fridge seal killed a family in Berlin. It was rendered obsolete a few years later by the invention of Freon.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 02:00AM by AntonioLeeuwenhoek
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Einstein refrigerator
Absorption refrigerator invented in 1930
TIL that James Capone, Al Capone's older brother, was a lawman who fought liquor dealers during Prohibition and arrested about twenty murderers. He later became a justice of the peace, changing his name to Richard James “Two Gun” Hart to distance himself from his infamous family.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 02:24AM by Left-Coffee3944
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Richard James Hart
brother of Al Capone
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TIL President Andrew Jackson accused President Adams's administration of corruption, leading to investigations into all executive departments. This uncovered $280,000 stolen from the Treasury, as well as improved government accounting and cost savings for the Navy.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 05:05AM by Icy_Vermicelli7088
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served…
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TIL the Double Rainbow guy was a prolific uploader and created thousands of videos. He also scheduled 15 years of uploads in advanced before he died, leaving his channel still active now 4 years after his death.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 08:17AM by 2SP00KY4ME
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Double Rainbow (viral video)
viral video
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TIL The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft, having achieved 70 years of production in 2024
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop…
TIL of Drapetomania, a falsely proposed mental illness based on the belief that slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 06:51AM by MrSilk2042
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Drapetomania
conjectural mental illness linked to scientific racism
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TIL British television broadcaster Sky UK trademarks the word 'Sky', anyone who uses them on other media are being sued. Such examples are Sky suing Microsoft for the name, forcing them to change Skydrive to Onedrive, and Hello Games being forced to settle to keep the name No Man's Sky
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OneDrive
Microsoft OneDrive is a file-hosting service operated by Microsoft. First released in August 2007, it allows registered users to store, share and sync their files. OneDrive also works as the storage backend of the web version of Microsoft 365 / Office. OneDrive…
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TIL about Ättestupa, cliffs in Sweden where legend says elderly people in ancient Norse times would leap to their deaths in a ritual of senicide
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 01:29PM by ploz
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Ättestupa
supposed sites for killing old people
TIL that singer Avril Lavigne was banned from performing in Malaysia in 2008 because her concert was deemed too sexy.However,the ban was lifted shortly after.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 04:11PM by MeeranQureshi
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the Guardian
Avril Lavigne 'too sexy' to perform in public
The Canadian pop-punk princess must tone down her act for a Kuala Lumpur gig. That means no baring her belly, jumping or shouting ... no laws against bratty snarling though
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TIL the Notre Dame fire disaster was made worse because a guard was sent to investigate, but to the wrong location where he found no fire. The alarm system was not designed to automatically notify the fire brigade
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 02:23PM by ChupdiChachi
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Notre-Dame fire
2019 church fire in Paris, France
TIL don't stand under the Manchineel tree when it's raining because its toxins are water-soluble. Don't stand close to it, as you could inhale the toxins. Every part of the Manchineel (also helpfully referred to as Manzanilla de la Muerte, or "little apple of death") is poisonous and can kill you.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 02:21PM by blonderengel
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Southern Living
The Manchineel Is A Scary Tropical Tree That Can Kill You
The manchineel tree, or "little apple of death," is a poisonous tree that can be found in coastal Florida. Here's why this tree is dangerous and how to avoid it.
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TIL that 1kg of uranium-235 used in nuclear fission creates the same energy as 2.7 million kg of coal
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 06:08PM by Exirr
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ENS
Coal equivalent
Reference unit for the energetic evaluation of various energy carriers. 1 kg coal equivalent corresponds to a value specified as 7,000 kilocalories (7,000 kcal ~ 29.3 MJ ~ 8.141 kWh) and thus approximately the calorific
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TIL from the 1940s-1970s, pinball was banned in some of the biggest cities in the US due to claims that it was a mafia-run gambling scheme that corrupted the youth. It wasn’t until 1976, when an expert demonstrated in court that pinball was a game of skill & not luck, that the ban in NYC was lifted.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 05:13PM by tyrion2024
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VICE
Tracing the History of Pinball from Illegal Gambling Game to American Obsession
Our latest documentary is a deep dive into the quirky and complex world of the planet's most skilled pinball players.
TIL of the "Tiffany Problem", where a historical or realistic fact is deemed anachronistic or unrealistic due to modern associations. Named after the name Tiffany, which is often considered a modern name but has medieval origins.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 08:19PM by Zealousideal_Art2159
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Tiffany Problem
Problem in historical fiction
TIL of the Downs-Thomson Paradox, which states that congestion will slow car traffic down until it matches the speed of public transit. Road expansions at the cost of public transit can therefore lead to worse car traffic.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 07:31PM by Roflkopt3r
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Downs–Thomson paradox
transportation concept
TIL Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars statuettes were made of painted plaster for 3 years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 09:19PM by Majorpain2006
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Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscar Statuette | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
TIL that during breastfeeding, a baby's saliva can flow back into the mother's breast, signaling her body to adjust the milk's immune components to meet the baby's specific needs, through a mechanism known as "retrograde milk flow"
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 09:31PM by nucifera-noten
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Breast Milk, a Source of Beneficial Microbes and Associated Benefits for Infant Health
Human breast milk is considered the optimum feeding regime for newborn infants due to its ability to provide complete nutrition and many bioactive health factors. Breast feeding is associated with improved infant health and immune development, less incidences…
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TIL that a Coca-Cola secretary offered to sell Coca-Cola trade secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola, and the secretary was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 10:55PM by Brendawg324
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Nbcnews
Former Coke secretary sentenced to 8 years
A federal judge ignored a former Coca-Cola secretary’s tearful plea for mercy Wednesday and sentenced her to eight years in prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world’s largest beverage maker.
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TIL Selena Gomez named her kidney “Fred” after Fred Armisen who created and starred in her favorite show, Portlandia. Gomez received a kidney transplant from her friend, Francia Raisa, back in 2017.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 11:59PM by cuspofgreatness
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HOLA! USA
Selena Gomez named her kidney after Fred Armison and he had the sweetest reaction
“I’ve never met him, but I’m secretly hoping he finds that out just because I want him to be like, ‘That’s weird,’“ she said at the time.