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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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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TIL Anti-Video Game Activist Jack Thompson wrote a letter to Wendy’s CEO in 2007, demanding to halt the Kids’ Meal promotion of the Nintendo Wii, because Nintendo announced the launch of Manhunt 2 for the Wii, as it would promote violence to America’s youth.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 09:07PM by windywilli
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Spilled
Jack Thompson: The Lawyer Who Battled Wendy’s Over Manhunt 2
The story of Jack Thompson, the disbarred lawyer who famously took on video game violence—challenging Wendy’s over a Nintendo promotion tied to Manhunt 2.
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TIL about Herman Davis, a World War I soldier renowned for his extraordinary marksmanship. With just his Springfield rifle and open sights, he took out five enemy soldiers from 1,000 yards away. He humbly described it as “just a good shootin' distance.”
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 09:54PM by RanMan0188
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Wikipedia
Herman Davis
soldier
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TIL over 70% of Irish men are hazardous drinkers according to the WHO's AUDIT-C screen tool
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 10:36PM by innergamedude
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TIL KitKat filling is made from broken KitKats
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 11:44PM by SpaciousTables
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TIL Boston Dynamics was acquired by Hyundai Motor Group in 2020. In 2022 the company signed a pledge saying it would not weaponise any of its robots.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 01:50AM by rolandoq
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Boston Dynamics
engineering and robotics design company
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TIL of the death of Rudolf Rupp. His wife, two daughters, and one of their boyfriends falsely confessed to and were sentenced to jail for killing, dismembering, and feeding Rupp to dogs on the family farm. They were all later acquitted when his body was found intact in his car in the Danube.
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Submitted October 30, 2024 at 11:49PM by Black_Gay_Man
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the Guardian
Retrial opens in case of 'fed-to-dogs' farmer whose body was found intact
Prosecutors stand by conviction of Rudolf Rupp's wife, children and a family friend despite presenting false claims at first trial
TIL that there are large (>200 m length) tanker ships that are built and operated solely to transport orange juice.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 01:24AM by mz_groups
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The Shipyard
Orange Juice Tankers: How Your Breakfast Sails the Seas | The Shipyard
Her precious cargo – orange juice. Yes, our favorite dose of morning freshness does not drop from the tree straight into the glass. Grown in colossal farms
TIL the song "Hey Man, Nice Shot" was written about the televised public suicide of disgraced Pennsylvania state treasurer Budd Dwyer.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 05:16AM by beppodb
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R. Budd Dwyer
American politician (1939–1987)
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TIL the actor who had won the most Golden Raspberries (Razzies) is Sylvester Stallone with 12 wins
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 04:51AM by PunnyBanana
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Golden Raspberry Awards
The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic failures. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards' satirical…
TIL 'previous translations (of Mein Kamf) had corrected the language, giving the false impression that Hitler was a "cultured man" with "coherent and grammatically correct reasoning"'
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 05:51AM by zynix
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Mein Kampf
autobiographical manifesto by the National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler
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TIL while filming Game of Thrones, Charlie Dance (Tywin Lannister) apologized to Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) after every scene where he had to treat Dinklage "like shit."
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 05:53AM by tyrion2024
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NME
‘Game Of Thrones’ star promises forthcoming third season is ‘phenomenal’
Charles Dance lavishes praise on backroom staff on hit TV show
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TIL an autistic single dad of an autistic son quit his job to run a Minecraft server only autistic people could join, so they have a community to socially interact with others without being bullied.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 08:57AM by zahrul3
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PC Gamer
Meet the dad who quit his job to run a Minecraft server for autistic kids
Autcraft is a haven like few others on the internet—free from bullying, with a strong and supportive community.
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TIL that in the 18th century English sailors aboard the HMS Dolphin stopped in Tahiti and discovered the women there would take iron in exchange for sex, resulting in the sailors removing nails from the ship and trading them in for their personal gratification.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 03:02PM by TheTronicSquared
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HMS Dolphin (1751)
1751 sixth-rate frigate
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TIL that Avril Lavigne twice won MVP in a boys' pee-wee hockey league.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 04:42PM by backrowejoe
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ESPN.com
Avril Lavigne recalls life as a hockey star
This story originally appeared in the winter issue of ESPNHS Girl magazine. Click here to subscribe.Long before she sang about “Sk8r Boi,” Avril Lavrigne was a skater girl.
TIL that there was once a breed of dog called a "turnspit dog" that was bred to run on a wheel, to turn meat cooking over a fire.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 04:57PM by danzha
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Turnspit dog
extinct dog breed
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TIL that Otis Redding’s iconic song 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay' was recorded just days before he died in a plane crash, and it became the first posthumous number-one single in the U.S.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 03:05PM by Miss_Malisandre
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(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. It was released on Stax Records'…
TIL Anyone in the US can sign up to get a free horse through the Wild Horse and Burro program, provided they have the means to store and care for it.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 06:52PM by adithegman
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www.blm.gov
Programs: Wild Horse and Burro: Adoptions and Sales: Adoption Program | Bureau of Land Management
The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 entrusts the BLM with the responsibility to manage and protect wild horses and burros on the nation’s public lands. Because wild horses and burros are federally protected and lack natural predators, the…
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TIL that the Suez Canal closed for eight years from 1967-1975, costing billions in trade
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 06:44PM by JoeyZasaa
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Closure of the Suez Canal (1967–1975)
1967–1975