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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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 05:34AM by theotherbogart
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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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TIL There are more museum in the US than McDonalds and Starbucks locations combined: 35k vs 14k+16k
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 10:28AM by filipv
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www.imls.gov
Government Doubles Official Estimate: There Are 35,000 Active Museums in the U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contact Giuliana Bullard, 202-653-4799 gbullard@imls.gov Government Doubles Official Estimate: There Are 35,000 Active Museums in the U.S. From Arizona to Wyoming, museums reach communities everywhere
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TIL Medieval Peasants generally received anywhere from eight weeks to a half-year off. At the time, the Church considered frequent and mandatory holidays the key to keeping a working population from revolting.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 01:24PM by Majorpain2006
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Yahoo Life
Americans Today Work More Than Peasants Did in Medieval Times
Medieval peasants had far more vacation days than the average American today.
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TIL that British Airways has a “Flying with Confidence” Course that aims to help people conquer their fear of flying. It has a 98% success rate.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 01:13PM by ItsVinn
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Britishairways
Flying with confidence | Information | British Airways
Let British Airways help you conquer your fear of flying. Attend our Fear of Flying course which is run by British Airways pilots and cabin crew.
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TIL that when Dylan Thomas (the Welsh poet) died, his widow had his body shipped from New York to Wales. While they were under way, she discovered a group of sailors unwittingly using the coffin as a card table. She decided not to say anything as she thought her husband would have liked it.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 03:44PM by WilliamofYellow
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DylanThomas.com
Dylan’s Journeys to America | Part 3 - DylanThomas.com
Dylan made two further trips to north America in 1953, and Linda Evans looks at his journeys to and from the continent that year.
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TIL that Japanese war criminal Hitoshi Imamura, believing that his sentence of 10 years imprisonment was too light, built a replica prison in his garden where he stayed until his death in 1968
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 06:00PM by Puzzleheaded_Eye_276
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Wikipedia
Hitoshi Imamura
Hitoshi Imamura (今村 均, Imamura Hitoshi, 28 June 1886 – 4 October 1968) was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Finding his punishment to be too light, Imamura built…
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TIL that Mel Blanc's gravestone reads "That's All Folks!"—the phrase made famous by the character Blanc voiced, Porky Pig, at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons. Blanc, known as "The Man of 1,000 Voices," voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, and numerous other characters.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 06:55PM by ralphbernardo
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Wikipedia
Mel Blanc
American voice actor and radio personality (1908–1989)
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TIL in 2012, a California high school student was directed to urinate in a bucket in a supply room closet after a teacher mistakenly believed that bathroom breaks were not permitted. In 2017, a court ordered the school district to pay the student $1.25 million.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 08:29PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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BBC News
Student forced to urinate in bucket wins $1.3m lawsuit
The 14-year-old was forced to urinate in a bucket after a teacher forbade her to use the bathroom.
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TIL a man was killed by a beaver while trying to photograph it. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends, approached it, and the beaver bit the man on the thigh, which severed an artery. Tragically the man's friends were unable to stanch the blood loss.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 09:17PM by XiGoldenGod
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USATODAY
Man tries to take photo of beaver; it kills him
The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends at Lake Shestakov, but as he approached to take a photograph, the beaver bit him on the thigh. The animal managed to sever an artery, and his friends couldn't stop the blood flow.
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TIL women who had their last kid after 33 had double the chance of living to 95 or older as opposed to those who had their last one by 29. According to a 2020 study, women who gave birth after 40 were four times more likely to live to be a 100 years old.
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 10:58PM by Blue_Eyed_Lass
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Parents
Giving Birth Later on May Mean You Live Longer, Says Study
New research finds that women who give birth at an older age may live longer. Here's why.
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TIL that because the V2 rocket was fueled by drinking alcohol, during its development technicians would often drink the fuel, causing significant delays
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Submitted October 05, 2024 at 11:49PM by IHadThatUsername
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Popular Science
How Many Martinis Can You Fit Inside a V-2 Missile?
Among the development problems facing the V-2 missile was the technicians practice of pilfering the ethyl alcohol used in its fuel.
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TIL that if your SSN was issued before 2011 it reveals where you lived when you got your number. The first 3 digits correspond to a specific state.
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 04:43AM by frumpi
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TIL that artist Margaret Keane had her work plagiarized by her own husband for over 10 years. After winning her court case and leaving her husband, her notably sad and gloomy artwork took on a much happier style.
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 03:27AM by JackThaBongRipper
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Wikipedia
Margaret Keane
American artist (1927–2022)
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TIL The State of Virginia donated a statue of George Washington as a gift to Britain. Washington once swore he would never set foot on British soil ever again, so the statue is set on a foundation of imported Virginia soil to ensure that Washington did not tell a lie.
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 06:03AM by turddicken
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Military.com
Why George Washington's Statue in London Doesn't Touch British Soil
The statue of George Washington outside the National Gallery in London may seem out of place, but it's really not.
TIL Coca-Cola was exempt from the 1942 sugar rations by promising service members a bottle of Coke for five cents wherever they were
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 03:20AM by _icarcus
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HistoryNet
Quench Warfare
“We will see that every man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola for five cents, wherever he is, and whatever it costs the company."
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TIL police radio codes like 10-4 for affirmative all start with 10 to allow time for the radio to power up. The first syllable spoken of a transmission was often not understood due to early technology quirks. Officers were trained to wait after pressing the receiver but forgot when rushed.
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 04:48AM by Retrospectrenet
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Wikipedia
Ten-code
code words used to represent common phrases in voice communication
TIL: Pascha is the largest brothel in Europe, having over 120 workers and serves 1000 daily customers. The workers rent a room for 180 Euros/day and negotiate in the halls. Each floor is themed with one for cheap services and another for Trans. It offers a money back guarantee for bad service.
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 11:26AM by Flares117
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Wikipedia
Pascha (brothel)
large brothel in Cologne
TIL that in 1958, Burma-Shave offered a "free trip to Mars" for sending in 900 empty jars. A grocery store manager, Arliss French, took it literally and collected all 900. To save face, Burma-Shave sent him, fully dressed as an astronaut, to Moers, Germany (of which they felt was pronounced Mars).
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Submitted October 06, 2024 at 02:18PM by candlebo
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Snopes
Did Burma-Shave Offer to Send a Contest Winner to Mars?
Did Burma-Shave once promise to send a man to Mars as part of a promotion?
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