TIL that Michael Bay was originally attached to direct the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. However, he later left the project because he couldn't find a way to approach the material.
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Saving Private Ryan
1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg
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TIL Before she met Clyde, Bonnie Parker was a waitress. One of her regular customers was Ted Hinton who would later be one of the gunmen who killed her. Hinton later admitted he had a little crush on Bonnie which made hunting her down difficult.
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Ted Hinton
(1904-1977) American police officer
TIL Lemmy (Motörhead) appeared in a pornographic film starring John Wayne Bobbitt, whose penis was amputated by his wife, but surgically reattached. Ron Jeremy said Lemmy contributed the song "Under the Knife" to the film's soundtrack.
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John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut
1994 pornographic film
TIL the soft drink 7 Up initially contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug. It was a key selling point until 1948 when the FDA banned lithium from beer and drinks. 7 Up was originally called 7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda.
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7 Up
American sweet carbonated drink
TIL the 1939 Nazi rally at Nuremberg was supposed to be "the Rally of Peace". It was cancelled last-minute because Germany invaded Poland, igniting the Second World War.
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Nuremberg rallies
annual rally of the Nazi Party in Nurenberg, Germany (1923-1938)
Today I learned that approximately two thirds of the moon rocks given as gifts by the Nixon administration are unaccounted for.
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Stolen and missing Moon rocks
overview about the stolen and missing Moon rocks
TIL Harrison Ruffin Tyler is the (living) person with the oldest father. His dad was born in 1853.
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Harrison Ruffin Tyler
American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
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TIL In 2019 a man in the United States had a bone marrow transplant for leukemia and four years later his semen was the same as the donor. So, if he had children, they wouldn't have his DNA....he is now considered a chimera.
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Submitted November 10, 2024 at 04:42AM by Cultural_Magician105
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Transplant patient finds out his DNA has been replaced by that of his donor
A bone marrow transplant recipient later found out that the DNA in his blood and semen had been replaced by that of his donor.
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TIL virologist Beata Halassy cured her breast cancer by injecting viruses into the tumor
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Nature
This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
Nature - Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.
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TIL I learned a man named Joel Burger married a woman named Ashley King in 2015.Burger King paid for their wedding.
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Submitted November 10, 2024 at 09:13AM by MeeranQureshi
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Eater
Burger King Gives Burger-King Couple 'Whopper' of a Wedding
Joel Burger and Ashley King made it official.
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TIL that female Adélie penguins trade stones for sex during a shortage of stones. Extra-pair copulation often occurs at the male's nesting site, after which the female takes one or more stones. In contrast, when it occurs at the female's nesting site, the male doesn’t take a stone.
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Prostitution among animals
transactional sex among non-human animals
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TIL Wishing to "put a tip of gold on a golden life", philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, promised to set himself on fire in public, and he delivered: on the final night of the 165AD Olympics, he lit his own funeral pyre near Olympia and jumped in after delivering his own eulogy to a crowd of spectators
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Peregrinus Proteus
2nd century Greek Cynic philosopher
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TIL Cow tipping, the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment, is generally considered an urban legend. Estimates suggest that at least four people would be required to achieve this.
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Cow tipping
urban legend
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TIL Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street," became the wealthiest woman of the early 20th century, amassing a $100M fortune (~$2.7B today) by investing in real estate, railroads, and mortgages. Green was also a miser who wore the same black dress daily, ate only oatmeal, and lived in cheap housing.
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Peculiar Story of the Witch of Wall Street
Walking the streets in black clothes and making obscene amounts of money, Hetty Green was one of the Gilded Age's many characters
TIL Elwood Edwards was paid $200 in 1989 for recording the iconic phrase "You've Got Mail" for AOL.
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Elwood Edwards
American voice actor
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TIL Gunter Schabowski accidentally announced the opening of the Berlin Wall at a press conference in 1989. He had not reviewed the press release noscript and was absent during the Politburo deliberations.
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Literary Hub
Toppled: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall
Thirty years ago tomorrow—the evening of November 9, 1989—the Berlin Wall, an enduring symbol of the Cold War, came down. It was a momentous night. No shots were fired and no lives were lost, a rem…
TIL in 2005 a typo nearly bankrupted one of Japan’s largest investment banks, Mizuho Securities. A broker mistakenly sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen each instead of 1 share at 610,000 yen. Attempts to cancel the trade failed. Mizuho lost over $225 million in minutes.
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BBC News - Tokyo Stock Exchange told to pay 10.7bn yen damages
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is ordered to pay 10.7bn yen ($121m) in damages for failing to stop a trading error in 2005.
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TIL The Hotel Arbez was intentionally built by a businessman in 1863, in a race against time during a border dispute. Spanning France and Switzerland, it enabled smuggling as people and goods crossed freely inside.
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Submitted November 10, 2024 at 10:46AM by BezugssystemCH1903
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Hotel Arbez
Hotel on the France–Switzerland border
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TIL that the 1985 film Back To The Future was almost noscriptd "Spaceman from Pluto" after executives at Universal didn't like the original noscript. In response, the film's producer, Steven Spielberg, sent them a memo thanking him for sending his wonderful "joke memo." The original noscript was kept.
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Submitted November 10, 2024 at 06:26PM by Rhino-Kid22
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Cbsnews
12 things you didn't know about "Back to the Future"
We relive the '80s classic through pictures as it celebrates 30 years since landing in theaters
TIL that in 2013, LG had an event in Seoul, where they would tie free phone coupons onto balloons and release them into the air. Participants ended up bringing BB guns and pointed staffs to try and get the balloons down. 20 people were injured because of this event.
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Submitted November 10, 2024 at 06:25PM by JackThaBongRipper
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The Independent
LG promotional event which left 20 injured dubbed 'World War G'
Vouchers for free smartphones were attached to balloons but attendees brought BB guns to bring them down
TIL dolphins don’t just leave their dead behind. Mothers have been seen carrying their lifeless calves for days, even as they decompose, showing a terrible sense of loss.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Study Suggests Dolphins and Some Whales Grieve Their Dead
An analysis of 78 instances of cetaceans paying attention to their dead suggests grief may be part of being a highly social animal
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