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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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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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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TIL that sloths can starve to death on a full stomach
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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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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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TIL the "Redwood of the East" - a 100ft-tall tree that once covered 25% of Eastern US forests, produced tons of food, and built America's industrial backbone - lost 99.9% of its population to a catastrophic blight.
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TIL About The Axeman of New Orlean's, a serial killer who attacked 12 people with an axe and was never caught.
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Axeman of New Orleans
unidentified serial killer
TIL that the Six Flags theme parks are named after the six flags that flew over Texas including the confederate flag, the American flag, the Spanish flag, the Mexican flag, the French flag, and the Republic of Texas flag.
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Submitted October 29, 2024 at 09:06PM by BallsOutKrunked
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Six flags over Texas
slogan referencing Imperial Spain, Colonial France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the CSA, and the United States of America which each have had territorial claims of part or all of the area now known as the US state of Texas over its history
TIL I learned that in 2012 a man sued Mountain Dew for finding a mouse in a can. They defended themselves by arguing that if it was in the can for 15 months, the mouse would have dissolved. The case was settled.
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beveragedaily.com
Mountain Dew mouse case dissolves as PepsiCo settles
PepsiCo has reportedly reached an out of court settlement in a lawsuit filed in 2009 by a US man who alleged he found a mouse in a can of Mountain Dew.
TIL Nic Cage hired an alcoholic to follow him around so he could emulate his behaviour for Leaving Las Vegas.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 12:00AM by Udi-Dis
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E! Online
Nicolas Cage Once Hired Someone to Be His "Drinking Coach" for a Role - E! Online
The Oscar winner definitely goes the extra mile to bring his characters to life.