TIL that Keanu Reeves has been secretly funding children's hospitals for years. He reportedly created a private foundation that aids children’s hospitals and cancer research without associating his name with it. "I don't like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."
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Snopes
FACT CHECK: The Tragic Life of Keanu Reeves
You'll need a hanky to make it all the way through this sad viral video recounting the tragic life story of 'Matrix' actor Keanu Reeves.
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TIL that Ray Bradbury wrote "The Halloween Tree" (1972) as a result of being disappointed after watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - due to what he believed was the television special's lackluster depiction of Halloween
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 01:23AM by Amaruq93
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Geekd-Out
Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree ⋆
The Halloween Tree is about a group of trick-or-treaters who're spirited away on a journey through the history of Halloween by the sinister Mr. Moundshroud.
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TIL Saddam Hussein's son Uday murdered his bodyguard at a party in front of horrified guests
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 04:51AM by Wazula23
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Uday Hussein
Iraqi politician (1964-2003)
TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 04:21AM by TheMastersSkywalker
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Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/sfɪˈnɪsɪdiː, -daɪ/) of the order Sphenisciformes (/sfɪˈnɪsəfɔːrmiːz/). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found…
TIL that scientists gave a bunch of coked up monkeys amphetamines to see if they would stop ‘choosing’ cocaine
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 06:23AM by Jonesy135
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Preclinical Assessment of Lisdexamfetamine as an Agonist Medication Candidate for Cocaine Addiction: Effects in Rhesus Monkeys…
Chronic amphetamine treatment decreases cocaine consumption in preclinical and human laboratory studies and in clinical trials. Lisdexamfetamine is an amphetamine prodrug in which L-lysine is conjugated to the terminal nitrogen of d-amphetamine. ...
TIL that practicing gratitude daily can rewire your brain, boosting happiness and reducing stress by increasing dopamine and serotonin levels.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 06:54AM by Zestyclose_Flow_680
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Gratitude
feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive
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TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 08:50AM by ILearnAlotFromReddit
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NPR
How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days
It's no secret that Iran and the U.S. have a history of animosity toward each other. But when and how did it begin? This week we look back at four days in August 1953, when the CIA orchestrated a coup of Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
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TIL Beverly Hills was planned as an all-white community with legal agreements preventing non-whites from owning or renting property. These laws also prevented Jewish people from doing the same.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 08:39AM by lopedope42
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TIL: The Środa Treasure hoard was discovered in 1985 while building the foundation of a phone booth. The government seized 3000 coins. Years later, a bigger find was uncovered, however this time most of the find was taken before the authorities arrived. A criminal investigation was launched.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 03:43AM by Flares117
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Wikipedia
Środa Treasure
14th century hoard
TIL that the corpse of William the Conqueror was so bloated that it wouldn't fit into the tomb during his funeral, exploding when forced into place and spreading a disgusting odour throughout the church.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 02:05PM by Kurma-the-Turtle
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Historic UK
William the Conqueror's Exploding Corpse - Historic UK
More farce Than funeral: William The Conqueror's exploding corpse...
TIL of Ronald McIntosh. He was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for escaping prison, stealing a helicopter, and landing it at another prison’s exercise yard to pick up his convict girlfriend Samantha Lopez. They were caught 10 days later by the FBI.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 02:19PM by randy88moss
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Wikipedia
List of helicopter prison escapes
Wikimedia list article
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TIL that the English announcements on Japanese bullet trains are actually in a posh Australian accent (not British!)
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 04:12AM by model-kyosanto
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ABC listen
The Australian voice of Japan's bullet train and Metal Gear Solid - ABC listen
She's no pop star, but Donna Burke's voice is one of the most recognised in Japan. She's the voice of the bullet train network and appears in the Metal Gear Solid videogame franchise. RN Drive learns about the remarkable rise of a once-ordinary Australian.
TIL Kellogg's cofounder John Kellogg ran a sanitarium in Battle Creek MI where his cereals were part of the patient's diet. Future competitor CW Post was a patient in 1891, settled in the same town and started selling his own knock-offs of Kellogg's cereals and even opened his own sanitarium in 1892
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 04:56PM by mjzim9022
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Wikipedia
John Harvey Kellogg
American physician (1852–1943)
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TIL that the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby in 1963 was broadcast live on national television and is the first known human killing seen live on TV.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 05:27PM by 8catsinabox
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Guinness World Records
First murder on television
Who Lee Harvey Oswald What First Where United States When 24 November 1963
TIL a teen who had a diet of French fries, Pringles, white bread, and an occasional slice of ham or sausage was found to have severe vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition damage, and he had developed blind spots in the middle of his vision. It is stated that his sight loss is permanent.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 06:44PM by Forward-Answer-4407
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BBC News
Teenager 'blind' from living off crisps and chips
Years of restrictive eating left the Bristol 17-year-old's vision irreparably damaged by malnutrition.
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TIL that from 2016 to 2023, John Deere's End User Agreement prohibited non-authorized technicians from servicing any component or system that had embedded software. Farmers could not repair their own equipment nor get third-party repair services.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 06:12PM by Overall-Register9758
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Ars Technica
John Deere relents, says farmers can fix their own tractors after all
After a lengthy argument, a right to repair comes to agricultural machinery.
TIL that Queen Victoria was the shortest of all British monarchs with height of only 1.52 m
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 07:06PM by hn-mc
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Wikipedia
List of British monarchy records
Wikimedia list article
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TIL That during the filming of 'Dazed and Confused' Milla Jovovich, then 16, married her onscreen boyfriend Shawn Andrews who was 21. Jovovich's mother had the marriage annulled two months later.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 07:59PM by GentPc
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Wikipedia
Milla Jovovich
Russian-American actress and model
TIL That the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is not connected to a sewer system and as such has trucks manually remove human excrement from it daily.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 08:55PM by KefkaZ
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Daily Star
Burj Khalifa has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day
The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world and cost $130 billion to make but it is not connected to Dubai's sewage system and so every day a platoon of trucks queue up to remove its poo
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TIL the world’s longest light rail line is in Los Angeles, whose A/Blue Line runs 48.5 miles (78.1 km) from Long Beach, through downtown, and ends in Azusa. A full-length trip takes just shy of 2 hours.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 05:46PM by EpicAura99
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Wikipedia
A Line (Los Angeles Metro)
The A Line (formerly and colloquially known as the Blue Line) is a light rail line in Los Angeles County, California. It is one of the six lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority…
TIL that Glow Sticks were found to break multiple consumer protection laws in 2014. "The use of dibutyl phthalate in glow sticks, considered to be toys, is a violation of the law" and in seven out of nine cases, the chemical ingredients did not match what was reported.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 07:41PM by lux-bio
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