TIL the highest rated episode of 'Breaking Bad' (Ozymandias, S5E14) and the lowest rated episode (Fly, S3E10) had the same director and writer ( Rian Johnson and Moira Walley-Beckett)
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 12:27AM by funmighthold
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Wikipedia
List of Breaking Bad episodes
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TIL after Ryan Murphy’s pilot about a transgender father was rejected, he created Glee as a “wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch”
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Submitted November 10, 2024 at 11:44PM by meyerovb
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Pretty/Handsome
television series
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TIL that Super Bowl XXVII was originally going to be in Tempe, Arizona. However, due to state blocking Martin Luther King day from being recognized, the NFL moved the game to the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California instead.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 03:57AM by Super_Goomba64
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Super Bowl XXVII
Super Bowl XXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1992 season.…
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TIL Ray Parker Jr, writer, composer and performer of the Ghostbusters theme song, is afraid of ghosts - contrary to his claim that he “ain’t afraid of no ghosts”.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 02:01AM by cmorencie
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MusicRadar
“I’m afraid of ghosts! I’m not the guy who’s gonna do anything to a ghost”: Ray Parker Jr shares the story of how he had just three…
When a session’s running late, in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?
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TIL of 'Sokushinbutsu', ascetic Japanese buddhist monks who practiced self-mummification; they would prepare for death by eating a diet rich in pine needles and resin, paired with severe dehydration, until they 'hardened' in place.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 06:25AM by bland_dad
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Sokushinbutsu
Buddhist mummy
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Today I learned that it is illegal to sell rulers with only inches on them in Japan
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 06:07AM by r96340
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TIL: King Edward VII commissioned a custom "chair" that let him "pleasure" multiple women simultaneously. Three were made, with one "original" and the two others being replicas, one of which is housed in a museum for sex devices.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 09:10AM by zahrul3
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Love chair
Chair created for Edward VII
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TIL that the longest democratically elected communist government in history was the 34 year Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front rule in the Indian state of West Bengal
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 09:33AM by Perfect-Werewolf-102
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Al Jazeera
End of an era in Bengal
The three-decade rule of the communist party in West Bengal has tasted the bitterness of defeat for the first time.
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TIL that the first recorded attempt at flight was made by a monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury in 1010. Using wings attached to his arms, he jumped from a tower and flew for a short distance before crashing. This experiment predates the Wright brothers by nearly 900 years.
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Eilmer of Malmesbury
English monk
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TIL That the reason most people did not smile in old photographs was due to long exposure times, ranging anywhere from 20 seconds to 20 mins the subjects had to hold perfectly still.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 03:03PM by myvotedoesntmatter
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History Facts
Why Are People Never Smiling in Old Photographs?
Here’s the truth behind those stern expressions in early photos.
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TIL about Belphegor's prime, 1000000000000066600000000000001, a palindromic prime number with 666 at its heart and 13 zeros on either side. It was named after one of the Princes of Hell, who was charged with helping people make ingenious inventions and discoveries.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 06:43AM by Djerrid
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Belphegor's prime
the prime number 10³⁰+666×10¹⁴+1
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TIL in Italy almost half of people have tattoos (48%). The US is third in the world with 46% having tattoos.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 04:32PM by Double-decker_trams
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WorldAtlas
Which Country's Residents Have the Most Tattoos?
Italy, Sweden, and the US lead global tattoo trends. Learn how culture, regret, and health concerns shape tattoo popularity in these countries.
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TIL about the Food Disgust Test, developed by TU Zurich researchers who have discovered that people’s disgust concerning food can be broken into eight distinct scales.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 12:58PM by Intelligent_Bar_5630
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IDRlabs
Food Disgust Test
Food Disgust Test, based on the work of Dr. Christina Hartmann, Ph.D.
TIL that during and after the Manhattan Project, the US government would inject unknowing subjects with radioactive materials to see how they reacted. Out of a likely 30 subjects, only 1 signed a consent form, which DID NOT fully explain the procedure and risks
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 05:37PM by JackThaBongRipper
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Nuclear Museum
Human Radiation Experiments - Nuclear Museum
Between April 1945 and July 1947, eighteen subjects were injected with plutonium, six with uranium, five with polonium, and at least one with americium in order to better understand the effects of radioactive materials on the human body.
TIL that in 2017, an AI developed by Facebook created its own language to negotiate and communicate more efficiently, using shorthand phrases humans couldn’t understand. Researchers had to shut it down because the AI diverged so far from English, it was no longer interpretable
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 06:54PM by xzSenso
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BBC News
The 'creepy Facebook AI' story that captivated the media
Did Facebook shut down two bots speaking to themselves because the company feared for humanity?
TIL Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster sponsored the charity that served up three hot meals a day to thousands of the unemployed—no questions asked.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 07:39PM by Environmental_Bus507
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HISTORY
Mobster Al Capone Ran a Soup Kitchen During the Great Depression
America’s most notorious gangster sponsored the charity that served up three hot meals a day to thousands of people in need—no questions asked.
TIL there is no official "national identity card" in the United States. Most Americans use their driver’s license as a national identification.
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 07:35PM by Angelix
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Identity documents in the United States
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TIL: There is a figure known as the "unluckiest man in Pompeii". In 2018, archaeologists uncovered his skeleton and a rock where his head should've been, he got struck by the rock and his skull was found in a tunnel a distance away.
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Pompeii Tours
The Story of the Unluckiest Man in Pompeii
Learn about how a man became the unluckiest after a major volcanic eruption. In 79 AD, Pompeii was hit and […]
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TIL 33% of American women met weekly recommendations for aerobic exercise, as opposed to 43% for men.
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Submitted November 12, 2024 at 12:09AM by ProudReaction2204
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Women may realize health benefits of regular exercise more than men
An NIH-supported observational study finds that even when women and men get the same amount of physical activity, the risk of premature death is lower for women.
TIL The 80 year old Archbishop of Canterbury refused to delegate Edward VII's coronation despite his ailing health. His speech was printed in gigantic letters so he could see it, he couldn't get back up after kneeling, he placed the crown backwards and yelled "go away!" when asked if he was ok
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 09:43PM by Ainsley-Sorsby
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Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra
coronation of Edward VII and his wife Alexandra as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (1902)
TIL of Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", an African woman from the Khoikhoi tribe who was brought to Regency-era London to showcase her large buttocks. She was depicted in cartoons comparing behinds with Whig politician William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who was nicknamed "broad bottom".
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Submitted November 11, 2024 at 11:56PM by Obversa
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BBC News
The significance of Sarah Baartman
It's 200 years since the death of Sarah Baartman. Her terrible treatment remains emblematic of 19th Century racism.