TIL of "Pizza Crunch Dinner" a common food in Scottish chip shops consisting of a pizza that's deep fried in batter instead of baked and served with salt, vinegar or gravy
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:17AM by MrSilk2042
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Deep fried pizza
Scottish chip shop dish of pizza deep-fried (usually without batter)
TIL of "Hara hachi bun me" the Japanese belief of only eating until 80% full. There is evidence that following this practice leads to a lower body mass index and increased longevity. The world's oldest man followed this diet
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 08:52AM by MrSilk2042
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Hara hachi bun me
Confucian teaching that instructs people to eat until they are 80 percent full
TIL One Gallon of Oil Can Contaminate One Million Gallons of Fresh Water
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:30AM by tinaismediocre
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Used Oil Management Association
UOMA | The Environmental Impact of Oil Spills
Used oil is the largest, single source of water pollution in the U.S. One gallon of used oil can contaminate one million gallons of water – a year’s supply for 50 people – and create an eight-acre oil slick on surface water.
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TIL that US President Chester A. Arthur was accused of not being a natural-born citizen because his family moved around a lot when he was growing up.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:33AM by Historical-Gap-7084
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Chester A. Arthur
president of the United States from 1881 to 1885
TIL a 2013 study found that Vietnamese mothers potty train their children by using a whistling sound at certain times to remind them to eliminate & frequently checking for signs of need. With this process, all children used the potty by 9 months old and at 24 months old, the training was complete.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 12:33PM by tyrion2024
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TIL during the Pacific War, American soldiers comitted war crimes by killing surrendering Japanese soldiers and massacring POWs. in 1943, a secret [U.S.] intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days leave would induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 06:28PM by StannisdamfMannis
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United States war crimes
War crimes perpetrated by the U.S. and its armed forces
TIL there is a news maxim called, "Betteridge's Law of Headlines" that basically states any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered, "no".
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 06:46PM by EQ2_Tay
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Betteridge's law of headlines
journalism-related adage
TIL Franklin Pierce, the 14th US president, believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, so much that he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 09:02AM by gullydon
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti…
TIL that Ryan Reynolds has opened up about his long struggle with anxiety, revealing that he sometimes copes by adopting his Deadpool persona during interviews.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:09PM by Ok_Relation_9272
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer
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TIL in 2012, a computer history museum in California sent a team to Sparkler Filters, a company in Texas, to try to coax them into selling their IBM 402 with Model 129 key punch that was being used for accounting work and inventory. In 2013, the company was still using the machine.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 06:27PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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Chron
Conroe company still using computers museums want to put on display
Sparkler Filters up north in Conroe still uses an IBM 402 – with the punch cards and...
TIL of Vichy collaborator Maurice Papon, who deported 1600 Jews to Drancy camp in WW2. He also tortured Algerian insurgents and killed up to 300 protesters in Paris in 1961, disappeared a Moroccan Marxist, and was granted the Legion of Honour by Charles de Gaulle. He was not convicted until 1998.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:49PM by The_Nunnster
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Maurice Papon
French civil servant, Vichy collaborator, and war criminal
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TIL that Arno Breker, Hitler's favorite sculptor, who was known for his bombastic style of representing the ideals of the Nazis, was offered a commission after the war by Stalin, but refused, saying "One dictatorship is sufficient for me." He continued to thrive until his death in 1991.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:24PM by Jonathan_Peachum
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Arno Breker
German sculptor and architect
TIL the United States Geological Survey (USGS) uses the term "Gage" instead of "Gauge" because one employee in 1892 reasoned that the term "Gage" was the "proper Saxon spelling," instead of the Norman "Gauge"
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TIL that the song "Baby Shark" is considered a traditional song and is in the public domain
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 10:54PM by TimelyConcern
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CBC
The long, complicated history of Baby Shark — and the artist fighting for credit | CBC Radio
The song’s 100-year history includes dismemberment, deceit and a legal battle over domain: doo doo doo doo doo doo.
TIL that when mating, the female Serromyia biting midge (no-see-um) drives her tongue like a drill into the male's head, pumping him full of acid. His insides melt, and she sucks him dry. The male's genitals break off, blocking the female from future mating.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 11:39PM by ShannyGasm
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National Wildlife Federation
Eating Among Friends
Cannibalism is surprisingly common in the animal world, and biologists are discovering that it often makes good evolutionary sense to eat what you are.
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TIL that the US Government once experimented with seeding clouds to weaken hurricanes (Project Stormfury), ultimately learning that their method was just duplicating a process which already occurs naturally (eyewall replacement).
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 07:19PM by IsraelZulu
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Project Stormfury
NOAA weather modification program.
TIL about Parry Romberg Syndrome, a disease in which the left half of your face spontaneously starts shrinking and melts off. The cause is unknown and there is no way to prevent it or slow it down once it starts happening.
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Submitted October 22, 2024 at 01:42AM by hawkingswheelchair1
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Parry-Romberg Syndrome
Parry-Romberg syndrome is a rare condition that involves a slow breakdown and wasting away (atrophy) of the skin and soft tissues of the face. It can also cause the muscles, cartilage, and bones of the face to deteriorate.
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TIL Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) sued Jay-Z over the diamond hand gesture that had been trademarked by DDP and won
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Submitted October 22, 2024 at 04:22AM by BleednHeartCapitlist
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TheSportster
Remember When: Jay-Z Paid Royalties To Diamond Dallas Page For Hand Gesture
In 2007, Jay-Z thought he had created a brand new hand gesture and slapped it on everything. Obviously he never watched WCW.
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TIL There is archaeological evidence that Vikings reached Baghdad, the centre of the Islamic Empire.
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Submitted October 22, 2024 at 01:55AM by LadyWarrior73
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Vikings
Norse people, farmers, merchants, explorers, raiders and pirates
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TIL in 1842, Charles Dickens visited the Whitehouse. He went to the front door and knocked, but no one answered, so he just let himself in.
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Submitted October 21, 2024 at 11:54PM by falaffle_waffle
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Encyclopedia Britannica
White House
White House, the office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every…
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TIL that LIFE Magazine once printed a guide on "how to tell Japs from the Chinese"
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Submitted October 22, 2024 at 08:07AM by _lemon_suplex_
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LIFE Magazine Pearl Harbor Issue: How To Tell Japs From The Chinese
Below are excerpt of several pages from a LIFE magazine's article (December, 1941):How To Tell Japs From The Chinese Angry Citizens Victimize Allies With Emotional Outburst At EnemyIn the first discharge of emotions touched off by