TIL in July 1969, US Senator Ted Kennedy crashed his car into the sea after a party and left the scene, leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown, a young woman that could have been saved if help had been called that night.
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Chappaquiddick incident
car accident in 1969 on Chappaquiddick Island
TIL that Rose McGowan and Joaquin, River, Summer and Rain Phoenix were all raised by their parents in the religious cult known as Family International (formerly Children of God). The controversial group is notorious and has been investigated for child abduction and sexual misconduct.
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 04:33PM by the_one_below
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Esquire
Joaquin Phoenix and Rose McGowan Spent Their Early Years in a Religious Cult. Then it Became Infamous.
Here's what you need to know about the Children of God.
TIL that in 1066, the last male member of the House of Wessex was elected King of England, but was never crowned due to the Norman Conquest that occurred shortly after.
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 02:40PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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Edgar Ætheling
disputed King of England
Today I learned F1 cars can have their engines disabled wirelessly via IP connection
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 05:06PM by girlikeapearl_
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PC Gamer
Today I learned F1 cars can have their engines disabled wirelessly via IP connection
Mr. Robot eat your heart out. No, wait… Vin Diesel, eat your heart out?
TIL that the old testament was not written with the same hebrew alphabet that is used today. It was written using the paleo-hebrew alphabet.
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 06:35PM by Ozem_son_of_Jesse
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Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
abjad found in Canaanite innoscriptions from the region of biblical Israel and Judah used to write Hebrew, later replaced by the modern Hebrew square noscript
TIL that the British Empire was the largest in human history, about six times larger than the Roman Empire, occupying close to a quarter of the world
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 08:04PM by Ozzy_Kiss
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Encyclopedia Britannica
British Empire
British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government. Learn…
TIL in WWI, half of the French army mutinied in 1917. Soldiers remained in trenches, but refused orders to attack after the failure of the Nivelle Offensive, which General Nivelle promised a 48 hour victory. The mutinies were heavily suppressed by the French and were not fully disclosed until 1967.
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1917 French Army mutinies
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne, the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April…
TIL that Halley's Comet was seen in England in 1066, the year of the Norman Conquest, being interpreted as an omen, with a contemporary observer referring to it as a "source of tears to many mothers", portending "the downfall of my country."
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 09:21PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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Halley's Comet
short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years
TIL the A26 motorway in France is so heavily used by British holidaymakers that it's officially nicknamed "Autoroute des Anglais" or "Motorway of the English"
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A26 autoroute
road in France
TIL there's a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding. It's a fruit native to Central and South America called diospyros nigra, or black sapote, that tastes like chocolate and sweet custard.
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Submitted October 26, 2024 at 10:31PM by Male_Parent
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Diospyros nigra
species of tree
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TIL: a 12-year-old Jewish violin prodigy named Motele Schlein, after witnessing his family’s murder by Nazis, joined the resistance and planted explosives in a restaurant where he performed, killing over 100 high-ranking Nazi SS officers
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 01:12AM by UnabashedJayWalker
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Combat Antisemitism Movement
Remembering Motele Schlein - Jewish Violin Prodigy and WWII Partisan Hero | Combat Antisemitism Movement
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TIL The remains of a complete male A. dirus (Dire Wolf) are sometimes easy to identify compared to other Canis specimens because the baculum (penis bone) of the dire wolf is very different from that of all other living canids.
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Dire wolf
The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus /iːˈnɒsaɪ.ɒn ˈdaɪrəs/) is an extinct canine. The dire wolf lived in the Americas (with a possible single record also known from East Asia) during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). The species…
TIL that all Medal of Honour recipients receive a special license plate (state dependant) to display on their vehicle.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 03:13AM by jimmytruelove
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Medal of Honor
highest award for valor by an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States
TIL in 2021 a woman who ran out of her regular hair spray used Gorilla Glue Spray instead, believing it to also be hair spray. This resulted in her hair becoming stuck to her scalp. Eventually, a plastic surgeon performed a 4-hour long surgical procedure on her for free to remove the adhesive.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 04:23AM by tyrion2024
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Tessica Brown
American internet celebrity
TIL the Hershey Kiss paper is called a Plume. It’s edible.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 04:51AM by Raise-The-Woof
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Hershey's Kisses
Chocolate candy
TIL: Agent 355 is one of the first female spies for the US. She was active during the Revolution, but her identity remained secret. There is ongoing speculation whether she existed at all. However, many assert she was real.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 03:31AM by Flares117
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Agent 355
unidentified female American spy
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TIL the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks we've initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved.
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Ovsiankina effect
Tendency to resume an interrupted unfinished task again
TIL - NVIDIA's unofficial company motto is "Our company is thirty days from going out of business."
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 06:25AM by poleco1
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Jensen Huang
Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963) is an American businessman, electrical engineer, and philanthropist who is the founder, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia.
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TIL that political opponents used to insult each other with the label "Pharaoh" before Hitler came around.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 06:01AM by singingpunters
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Reductio ad Hitlerum
refutation of a view by comparing it to the Nazi Party
TIL that four time World's Strongest Man winner Jón Páll Sigmarsson, who famously stated "There is no reason to be alive, if you can't do deadlift!" died at the age of 32 while deadlifting in his gym.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 12:57PM by iso-joe
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Jón Páll Sigmarsson
Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder
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TIL that in England in the Middle Ages, a fugitive could claim sanctuary simply by touching the knocker on the outer door of a church to be immune from arrest.
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 01:51PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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sanctuary knocker
Sanctuary knocker, in architecture, knocker on the outer door of a Christian church. The sanctuary knocker could be a simple metal ring, which accounts for its other name of sanctuary ring, or it could be highly ornamental, as in the Norman example at Durham…