TIL of Buttergate - a 2021 controversy caused by Canadian dairy farmers adding palm oil to cows' diets, resulting in butter that didn't spread at room temperature.
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Submitted October 09, 2024 at 11:41PM by EtOHMartini
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Buttergate
2021 Canadian food scandal
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TIL US president Benjamin Harrison was widowed while in office in 1892. Four years later, Harrison married his dead wife's niece and had a daughter with her. His adult children who were around 40 years old, were horrified that their father married their cousin and didn't attend the wedding.
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Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson…
TIL Seth McFarlane is one of many waiting to be cryopreserved when they die
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Submitted October 09, 2024 at 11:52PM by Training-Republic301
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List of people who arranged for cryonics
Wikimedia list article
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TIL Rodin, the famed sculptor, didn’t actually sculpt in marble. He made sand models and his assistants, namely Camille Claudel, made the art we love.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 12:10AM by CageHunt
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Artsper Magazine
8 things you should know about Auguste Rodin - Artsper Magazine
Auguste Rodin, gave a new lease of life to the medium of sculpture with his innovative techniques and approach to bronze and marble sculptures.
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TIL that a group of American sugar plantation owners with support of the US Government overthrew the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani to make Hawaii a US Protectorate. Hawaii would later be annexed.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 04:09AM by GeneralIronsides2
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HISTORY
Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy | January 17, 1893 | HISTORY
On the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and establish a new provincial government with Dole as president. The coup occurred with the foreknowledge of John L.…
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TIL Strawberry Pop-Tarts are one of the most purchased food items at Walmart during hurricane preparation.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 06:36AM by LookAtThatBacon
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ABC News
Hurricane Irene: Pop-Tarts Top List of Hurricane Purchases
Hurricane Irene prompted people across the Northeast to stock up on food and survival items, flooding super markets and chain retailers like Walmart and Home Depot. A surprise hurricane survival item: pop-tarts. More traditional items such as water, batteries…
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TIL that in 2010, a crocodile that was being smuggled aboard an airplane got loose. When passengers scrambled to the front of the plane, it shifted the plane's center of gravity, causing them to crash. There was only one survivor.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 03:14AM by JackThaBongRipper
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2010 Filair Let L-410 crash
Aviation accident
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TIL although Sweden has the lowest level of people who smoke in Europe (9.3%), it's the only country where noticeably more women smoke than men
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 05:43AM by Double-decker_trams
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euronews
Where in Europe do people smoke the most and the least?
The UK has announced further plans to deter smokers with new packaging. But how do European countries compare in terms of smoking and vaping rates?
TIL Dictator Muammar Gaddafi had a strange obsession with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He had Libya's most famous composer write her a song called "Black Flower in the White House." A photo album full of pictures of her was also found next to his bed by opposition fighters
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NPR
In Gadhafi's Compound: A Condoleezza Rice Photo Album
The Libyan leader once said "I love her very much." In his compound, opposition fighters found something of a tribute to the former secretary of state.
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TIL that drinking too much coffee (more than six cups per day) can reduce brain size and cause dementia
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 12:38PM by giuliomagnifico
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Gilmore Health News
Drinking Too Much Coffee Can Reduce Brain Size, and Cause Dementia - Gilmore Health News
Coffee protects the liver and significantly reduces the risk of diabetes. However, excessive consumption can lead to a paradox, as six or more cups a day can damage brain health.
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TIL that in Japan you can visit Soineya, a co-sleeping specialty shop. It’s a cafe where you pay for sleeping (literally) or cuddling with a girl you like.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 09:20AM by tomekzak
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NOVAsia
A penny for your feelings?: The rise of unique cafes in Japan to cry, cuddle & more - NOVAsia
We shape our reality by either changing our perspective or the dynamics of our immediate surroundings. Often, life experiences...
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TIL of Bess Myerson who was the first Miss America, to be Jewish, in 1945. Reactions to her win were mixed, while Jews hailed her a hero and compared her to Queen Esther, 3 out of the 5 sponsors of Miss America refused to have her represent them. She later became a politician
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Bess Myerson
American model, city commissioner, TV show celebrity; first Jewish-American and first Miss New York elected Miss America (1924-2014)
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TIL DVD started out as two competing standards by Sony/Phillips and Toshiba/Time Warner. The two ended up unifying into a single project after IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Compaq and Hewlett Packard said they would boycott booth unless they did so.
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Variety
COMPUTER EXEX SAY TWO’S A CROWD IN DVD WAR
Will the computer industry become the peacemaker in the digital videodisc wars? That seemed like the possible next chapter in the ongoing technosaga involving the rival formats – that is, unless a new lawsuit filed by a disc manufacturer succeeds in pulling…
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TIL The cancelation of the US-Mexico Bracero Program indirectly lead to tasteless supermarket tomatoes
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 06:36PM by banditta82
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Contradictory Impacts: Mechanizing California’s Tomato Harvest -- The Henry Ford Blog - Blog - The Henry Ford
While mechanical tomato harvesters represent large-scale scientific and industrial advances, they also offer insight into this country’s complex labor history.
TIL Dr Pepper is the #2 soda in America behind Coca Cola
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 08:16PM by Lowfuji
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The Food Institute
Dr Pepper Overtakes Pepsi as No. 2 Soda in America - The Food Institute
Dr. Pepper: call it soda or call it pop, but either way, there’s a new no. 2 soda in America, and it isn't Pepsi.
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TIL the actor Michael jace who played officer Julien Lowe on fx 'the shield', murdered his wife on may 20, 2014 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison
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Michael Jace
American actor
TIL Penguins poop about every 8 minutes
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 06:12PM by blossomtia
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
A Day in the Life of a Penguin Care Specialist
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TIL that a man sued his own search warrant and won the case in the Supreme Court. Titled Marcus v. Search Warrant, he believed the warrant was too vague and was unable to sue any of the agents as they acted within the law.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 09:41PM by Colgatederpful
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Marcus v. Search Warrant
United States Supreme Court case
TIL that David Bowie's half brother, Terry Burns, who suffered from schizophrenia, was a significant influence on his music career.
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 08:30PM by ChuckleBunnyRamen
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Far Out Magazine
The massive influence of David Bowie's brother, Terry Burns
David Bowie's half-brother, Terry Burns, had a definitive impact on creating the artist we all know today as David Bowie. Read the incredible full story here.
TIL Modern broiler chickens have been bred to get so heavy so quickly it can lead to bone deformities
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Submitted October 10, 2024 at 11:38PM by skulloflugosi
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Thepoultrysite
Leg Problems In Broilers
By Claudia S. Dunkley, Extension Poultry Scientist, Cooperative Extens
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TIL that Comet Swift-Tuttle is the largest comet to make repeated close approaches to Earth. A collision would release 27 times the energy of the impact that caused the extinction of dinosaurs. It has been described as "the single most dangerous object known to humanity".
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Comet Swift–Tuttle
periodic comet and parent body of the Perseid meteor shower