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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(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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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
TIL Chicago's last Republican mayor, Big Bill, was elected 97 years ago and held an open alliance with Al Capone. Following his 1927 victory, Big Bill's supporters flooded onto his floating Speakeasy and it sank under their weight.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 04:29PM by AwkwardPotatoP
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William Hale Thompson
American politician (1869–1944)
TIL Mary Surratt was the first woman to be executed by the U.S Federal Government after being convicted for her alleged involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 08:21PM by TheMadhopper
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Mary Surratt
Lincoln assassination conspirator
TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources.
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The Great Cat and Dog Massacre
book written by Hilda Kean
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TIL that in 2008, Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker survived a plane crash in which four of the six passengers were killed
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 10:18PM by MeeranQureshi
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2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash
fatal air crash during take-off
TIL that the actor who played the “master” and the actress who played his wife in ‘Hocus Pocus’ were siblings in real life
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 11:21PM by NiceTraining7671
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Look Back on 'Hocus Pocus' Scene Starring Siblings Penny and Garry Marshall as Bickering Couple
Penny and Garry Marshall weren't cursed with idiot siblings! On the contrary, they showed off their talents together when they cameoed in 'Hocus Pocus'
TIL that the CIA tried to bribe Egypt’s president Abdelnasser to join a proposed ME defence org but he took the bribe ($3 Million) then refused to join.
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Today I learned about Mike Rowe, who in 2003 bought MikeRoweSoft.com, which caused a legal kerfuffle at first but the case was later settled in exchange for an XBOX & an all-expense paid trip for him to Microsoft HQ.
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Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft
legal dispute
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TIL that China began developing nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines before they even had the infrastructure to mine uranium
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Submitted October 31, 2024 at 11:44PM by WiJaMa
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Soldiers, Weapons and Chinese Development Strategy: The Mao Era Military in China's Economic and Institutional Debate on JSTOR
Evan A. Feigenbaum, Soldiers, Weapons and Chinese Development Strategy: The Mao Era Military in China's Economic and Institutional Debate, The China Quarterly, No. 158 (Jun., 1999), pp. 285-313
TIL "once in a blue moon" is around every 2.7172 years and is coincidentally close to the number e.
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blue moon
Blue moon, the second full moon in a calendar month. The period from one full moon to another is about 29 12 days, so when two occur in the same month, the first of these full moons is always on the first or second day of the month. February, which has only…
TIL Taiwan has one of the highest oral cancer rates in the world. The cause is mainly a culturally consumed nut called Betel. Betel nuts are carcinogenic and cause a stimulating high when chewed. Mainly consumed by blue-collar and indigenous Taiwanese, the practice remains legal but discouraged.
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Hard times for ‘betel nut beauties’ as Taiwan tries to kick deadly addiction
Called Asia’s deadly secret, betel nut is particularly popular in Taiwan, where it’s served up streetside by scantily clad “betel nut beauties.”
TIL in 1991 a warehouse in Wisconsin holding over 4,000 tonnes of butter caught on fire. After five hours the melted butter flooded and formed a "butter river" that was 2-3 feet deep and as much as 5 feet deep in some places. The fire lasted for 8 days.
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Wisconsin Butter Fire
fire and flood of dairy in 1991
TIL Angela Lansbury (Mrs. Potts) was initially hesitant to perform the noscript song in Beauty and the Beast (1991) because of its unfamiliar rock style & was especially concerned that her "aging singing voice" wasn't strong enough to sustain its longer notes. Ultimately, she recorded it in one take.
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Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)
"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the Disney animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The film's theme song, the Broadway-inspired ballad was first recorded by British-American actress…
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TIL Baldur's Gate 3 is the first video game ever to win all five major Game of the Year awards (Golden Joystick, The Game, D.I.C.E., Game Developers Choice, & British Academy Games).
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Baldur's Gate 3
2023 role-playing video game developed by Larian Studios
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TIL that election silence is a thing in many countries around the world. There is a time period before the election that the media and campaigns must stop talking about the election.
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Submitted November 01, 2024 at 02:53PM by ATXJames
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Election silence
ban on political campaigning prior to a presidential or general election
TIL of Lise Meitner, a physicist who was nominated 19 times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1924 and 1948, and 30 times for the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1937 and 1967. She was never awarded the Nobel Prize and was instrumental in the discoveries of nuclear fission.
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Submitted November 01, 2024 at 02:51PM by ChupdiChachi
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Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
TIL Dr. No, not James Bond, was the first character to say "Shaken, not stirred" onscreen
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Submitted November 01, 2024 at 03:57PM by Jackieirish
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Shaken, not stirred
catchphrase of Ian Fleming's character James Bond
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TIL that the beehive hairstyle was also called the B-52 for its resemblance to the Boeing B-52 bomber’s nose. And the band the B-52’s chose that name because two of its members wore that hairstyle (Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson).
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Submitted November 01, 2024 at 01:01PM by InappropriateTA
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Beehive (hairstyle)
hairstyle
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TIL the 11-pointed foundation of the Statue of Liberty is actually a coastal defense fort (Fort Wood) that predates the rest of the pedestal by 73 years.
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Submitted November 01, 2024 at 04:25PM by EpicAura99
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Liberty Island
island in the Upper New York Bay, United States