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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
TIL that Goku's power level wasn't originally over 9000. It was originally over 8000, and there was a change made in the English Dub.
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It's Over 9000! - Wikipedia
TIL Joseph Goebbels seriously considered becoming a Catholic priest. He was aided in his earlier studies by a scholarship from the Albertus Magnus Society; Mangus was a German Dominican friar and Catholic Saint
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Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
TIL: There was a chess controversy in India in 2021 during a charity match between billionaire Nikhil Kamath and a GM. It was revealed the billionaire cheated by hiring several chess experts and used computers to make perfect moves. He owned a stock brokerage
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Hindustan Times
Zerodha co-founder ‘beats’ Anand in charity game, then admits he cheated
An online match plunged into controversy after Viswanathan Anand was stunned during a simul chess event, and forced to resign against Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of online stock brokerage firm Zerodha, a high-profile Unicorn, and asset management company True…
TIL a Giffen good is a product that people consume more of as the price rises and vice versa, violating the law of demand.
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Giffen good
product that people consume more of as the price rises
TIL about Helios Flight 522. An engineer failed to set the pressurization system back to auto from manual, causing most (except 2 flight attendants) to lose consciousness. The auto-pilot reached Greece and stayed in a holding pattern until they ran out of fuel and crashed, killing all 121 onboard.
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Helios Airways Flight 522
aviation accident
TIL that over 90% of all currency (euros) in circulation in Spain have trace amounts of cocaine
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OUP Academic
Cocaine contamination of banknotes: a review
AbstractBackground. The analysis of drug traces on banknotes with different validated techniques can provide important information about the types of subst
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TIL that there were works on metro 2033 movie, but because director wanted to set the actions in Washington instead of Moscow, Glukhovskiy cancelled the movie.
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Polygon
Metro 2033 movie on hold, and it’s probably a good thing
Americanized adaptation did not work for author Glukhovsky
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TIL that Clement Vallandigham was a lawyer who accidentally shot himself demonstrating how someone could accidentally shoot themself
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TIL Peru has so many convicted ex-presidents it has set up a special prison for them.
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 03:13PM by JaseTheAce
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NPR
All the prison's presidents: Peru's special jail for ex-leaders is all full up
In Peru, so many former leaders have been accused of crimes that the country has designated a small prison specifically to house them. It's a symbol of corruption, but also of political dysfunction.
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TIL that Natalie Portman has had papers published in two scientific journals. While at Harvard, she co-authored a study called “Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 03:15PM by the_one_below
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The Mary Sue
Read Scientific Papers Coauthored by Natalie Portman | The Mary Sue
Natalie Portman and Disney team up to get girls into science. We take a look at the scientific papers coauthored by Portman.
TIL that flat-faced dog breeds like pugs and bulldogs suffer from a condition called "brachycephalic syndrome", which causes significant respiratory issues due to their compressed skull structure. This trait is bred purely for appearance but can result in chronic breathing problems and even death.
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 04:42PM by SegelXXX
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TIL that sloths can starve to death on a full stomach
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 01:55PM by the_one_below
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BBC
BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four - 10 incredible facts about the sloth
True facts about your favourite languid, tree-hugging mammal
TIL that grunion fish have unusual mating habits. The females will burrow tail-first into the sand up to their necks so that only their heads stick out. Then a bunch of males will squirt their sperm onto their heads. The sperm trickles down their bodies to reach the eggs below them.
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wildlife.ca.gov
The Amazing Grunion
Marine Resources Leaflet No. 3 by Jerome Spratt.
Originally printed 1971; online version updated February 2022.
California Department of Fish and Game/Wildlife.
Originally printed 1971; online version updated February 2022.
California Department of Fish and Game/Wildlife.
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