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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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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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.
TIL In the UK, you are required by law to have a television license to watch TV.
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 10:11PM by TheresACityInMyMind
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Television licensing in the United Kingdom
Licensing to receive television broadcasts in the UK
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TIL that the idea that '30-50% of the population don't have internal narratives/monologues' came from a study of 5 people and has never been clinically reproduced
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Submitted October 04, 2024 at 11:59PM by PicklesAndCapers
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Exploring the Ecological Validity of Thinking on Demand: Neural Correlates of Elicited vs. Spontaneously Occurring Inner Speech
Psychology and cognitive neuroscience often use standardized tasks to elicit particular experiences. We explore whether elicited experiences are similar to spontaneous experiences. In an MRI scanner, five participants performed tasks designed to elicit inner…
TIL that Princess Diana's grandmother counselled her granddaughter against her marriage to Charles, saying: "Darling, you must understand that their sense of humour and their lifestyle are different, and I don't think it will suit you."
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 03:56AM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy
British lady-in-waiting and baroness
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TIL: A study of autopsy results found the mean age of death for tattooed persons was 39 years, compared with 53 years for non-tattooed persons. The presence of any tattoo was more significant than the content of the tattoo.
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PubMed
The medium, not the message. How tattoos correlate with early mortality - PubMed
Persons with tattoos appear to die earlier than those without. There may be an epiphenomenon between having tattoos and risk-taking behavior such as drug or alcohol use. A negative tattoo may suggest a predisposition to violent death but is eclipsed by the…
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TIL about Richard Huckle, described as Britain's most depraved paedophile. He had done his crime for more than a decade and had photographed and recorded his crimes. While he was serving his time, he was brutally tortured and murdered by another inmate who intended to cook and eat him.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 09:08AM by saravannan14
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Wikipedia
Richard Huckle
British convicted sex offender
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TIL senior citizen Emerich Juettner eluded the US Secret Service for 10 years while he used just enough poorly created counterfeit $1 bills (one version misspelled Washington) to support himself & his dog. He only used fake $1 bills one at a time & never to the same place twice. He'd serve 4 months.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 09:11AM by tyrion2024
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Snopes
The Strange Case of Mister 880
History: How the search for a prolific counterfeiter of one-dollar bills lasted ten years.
TIL After a lawyer complained that Cleveland Browns fans were throwing paper airplanes, their lawyer responded "Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters."
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 02:16PM by MajesticBread9147
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Snopes
FACT CHECK: Letter Exchange Between Law Firm and Cleveland Browns
A lawyer received a caustic response after complaining to the Cleveland Browns about fans' throwing paper airplanes during home games.
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