TIL in 1692 an 80 year old from Livonia was called to court as a witness to a theft. Unprompted, he revealed that he was a werewolf who fought witches in hell, including his neighbour, who broke his nose with his broomstick. The judges initialy laughed but evidence forced them to take it seriously
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Submitted October 27, 2024 at 09:47PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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Thiess of Kaltenbrun
a man in Swedish Livonia who claimed to be a werewolf and was convicted of heresy in 1692
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TIL that food companies can mark a product as zero calories if a single serving contains less than 5 calories
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 02:52AM by Northernlight97
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TIL 99% of what the British Museum owns isn’t on display.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 05:31AM by adamjames777
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BBC - The 99% of the British Museum not on show
Just 1% of the objects owned by the British Museum are on display at any one time - BBC London investigates the rest.
TIL in World War I, German and French soldiers would sometimes display "live and let live" behavior. Sometimes soldiers would refuse to target the other side and at other times they would fire weapons ceremoniously and with no intent to harm the enemy
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 04:03AM by DaegestaniHandcuff
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Live and let live (World War I)
system of conflict avoidance used in trench warfare in World War I
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TIL The exercise paradox, also known as the workout paradox, refers to the finding that physical activity, while essential for maintaining overall health, does not necessarily lead to significant weight loss or increased calorie expenditure.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 07:12AM by default-user-name-1
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Exercise paradox
Physiologic phenomenon
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TIL Professionals in psychology and related fields have long looked upon sarcasm negatively, particularly noting that sarcasm tends to be a 'Maladaptive coping mechanism' for those with 'unresolved anger' or 'frustration'. One psychologist has even described it as 'hostility disguised as humour'
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 08:20AM by Live_Ostrich_6668
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Sarcasm
sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt
TIL one of the longest writings preserved in Pompeii is the poem of a woman yearning for another woman
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 07:37AM by PositiveDepth1533
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CIL 4.5296
graffiti poem found at Pompeii
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TIL the gourd was one of the world's first cultivated plants grown not primarily for food, but for use as containers. It is also used as a resonator on many stringed instruments, including the sitar
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 12:13PM by jacknunn
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Calabash
Calabash (/ˈkæləbæʃ/; Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvested young…
TIL About Extreme (Haunted) Houses Which Go So Far As To Torture Contestants After Signing A Waiver
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 04:45PM by Yoichi_and_Sadako
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McKamey Manor
nonprofit haunted house attraction in San Diego, USA
TIL that the de facto main language between Singaporeans is Singaporean Colloquial English, AKA broken English/Singlish
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 04:22PM by SibyllaAzarica
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Languages of Singapore
languages of a geographic region
TIL a French occultist built a device to test the hypothesis that snails create a permanent telepathic link when they mate.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 02:48PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass
Pseudo-scientific communications device
TIL that Oscar nominee, Robert Forster, who played "The Disappearer" in both Breaking Bad and the Breaking Bad movie, "El Camino," died on the release date of El Camino.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 05:56PM by onthesky01
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People.com
Robert Forster Dies at Age 78 the Same Day His New Film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Is Released
In the movie, the actor reprised his role as Ed from the Emmy-winning AMC series
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TIL during 1904 Olympics men's marathon winner was disqualified as he rode in a car for part of the race. The actual winner was near collapse and hallucinating, an effect of being fed brandy, raw eggs, and strychnine by his trainers. The fourth-place finisher took a nap after eating spoiled apples.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 07:17PM by the_one_below
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Smithsonian Magazine
How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time
Athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and even hitchhiked during the 24.85-mile race in St. Louis
TIL legendary session bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 09:28PM by Pfeffer_Prinz
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Guitar World
The truth behind Lee Sklar's custom 'producer's switch'
A living legend of the bass guitar, Lee Sklar makes a strong case for his non-functioning toggle switch
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TIL that the 400m world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk is the one and only sprinter in history to have run sub-10, sub-20, sub-31 and sub-44 at 100m, 200m, 300m and 400m respectively.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 06:31PM by RealisticBarnacle115
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Wayde van Niekerk
Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: /ˈweɪd fʌn niːˈkɛərk/, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-s…
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TIL that while filming Barry Lyndon in Ireland in 1974, director Stanley Kubrick received a phone call alleging that the IRA had him on a hit list and gave him 24 hours to leave the country. He left within 12 hours, with the film being only one-third completed.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 06:00PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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Barry Lyndon
1975 film directed by Stanley Kubrick
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TIL The stability–instability paradox states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases.
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Submitted October 28, 2024 at 06:46PM by default-user-name-1
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Stability–instability paradox
The stability–instability paradox is an international relations theory regarding the effect of nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction. It states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly…
TIL that in 2014, the Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy giraffe because they wanted to prevent him from breeding. The animal was killed, skinned, and fed to the zoos lions, all in full view of children
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 01:56AM by Overall-Register9758
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BBC News
'Surplus' giraffe put down at Copenhagen Zoo
Campaigners fail in a last-ditch campaign to save Marius the giraffe from being destroyed at Copenhagen Zoo to comply with rules over in-breeding.
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TIL, immediately after WWII, the U.S Government took 1,600 Nazi scientists back to the U.S. This secret operation was called “Operation Paperclip”. Many of these ex-Nazis scientists went to work for NASA. The most famous ex-Nazi scientist was Wernher von Braun.
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 02:17AM by MoparMonkey1
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Operation Paperclip
secret program of the US to bring German scientists, including former Nazis, into the US to work for the US government
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TIL in 1952, 25% of surveyed Germans in US occupied zone still had a good opinion of Hitler
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 03:55AM by dgellow
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Denazification
process by which former civilian and military members of Nazi Germany, under Allied Control Council authority, participated in abandonment of Nazi principles
TIL that Ulysses S Grant was supposed to attend the play in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. John Wilkes Booth had also planned to assassinate Grant. However, at the last minute Grant decided to go to New Jersey to visit his children instead of attending the play.
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 01:06AM by Arstotzkanmoose
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional…