TIL that during the 1908 London Olympics, the United Kingdom ordered every country to dip its flag in honor of King Edward VII. All except the United States did so, with the American flag bearer stating, "This flag dips to no earthly king."
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 06:08PM by paperisprettyneat
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Flag of the United States
national flag of the United States of America
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TIL Tommy Cooper was a Welsh magician/comedian whose shtick was "a clumsy magician messes up his tricks". He had a massive heart attack, collapsed and died on stage during a live broadcast, in front of 12 million viewers, with studio audience laughing at what they thought was just one of his acts.
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 07:25PM by TunaSaladLover
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Tommy Cooper
British prop comedian and magician (1921-1984)
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TIL until the 1980’s, US television stations would sign off at the end of the broadcasting day, and before they cut to static for the rest of the night, they would often play short clips of American landmarks and US military imagery in a patriotic montage accompanied by the star spangled banner.
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 07:09PM by ObjectiveAd6551
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Please Stand for the 'Star-Spangled Banner' as Featured in These '70s-'90s TV Station Sign-Offs
Old-school Americans may get misty-eyed with not only patriotism but also nostalgia watching these clips of past station sign-offs featuring the national anthem, color bars, static and more from the days when channels would conclude their broadcast day in…
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TIL Hitler was almost killed by a malfunctioning V-1 bomb after it hit his headquarters where he was planning his defense against the Normandy landings.
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 05:56PM by Monakee
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Wolfsschlucht II
codename for one of Adolf Hitler's military headquarters
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TIL about Jerome Kerviel, the individual with the most debt in the world. He owes his former employer $6.3 billion for fraudulent trades.
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 08:47PM by NoWeb2576
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TIL there were no casualties in the 2022 Cyprus earthquake besides 1,600 chickens that died in a stampede caused by their panic
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 08:56PM by Antbronio
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2022 Cyprus earthquake
magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Mediterranean Sea
TIL In 1855, a Portuguese writer who didn't speak English wrote a book in English full of unintentional errors. The book ended up being famous, with a version prefaced by Mark Twain.
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 09:59PM by Izaro500
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English as She Is Spoke
1855 book by Pedro Carolino
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TIL the pilot episode of Star Trek Voyager was one of the most expensive television episodes ever produced, costing $23 million
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 11:54PM by guiltyofnothing
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Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)
"Caretaker" is the series premiere of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It was first broadcast as a double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of the fledgling United Paramount Network (UPN). It was later…
TIL that the only renewable energy source in Hong Kong is the Lamma Winds Wind Farm, which actually only consists of a single 800 kW wind turbine. It is a tourist attraction and only generates enough power for 250 households "in ideal conditions".
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 10:11PM by NateNate60
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Lamma Winds
wind turbine in Hong Kong
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TIL the 1987 movie Million Dollar Mystery was promoted with a real contest in which $1 million were hidden in an undisclosed location that the winner would correctly identify. 14-year-old Alesia Lenae Jones won the contest.
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Submitted November 18, 2024 at 11:42PM by taydraisabot
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Million Dollar Mystery
1987 film directed by Richard Fleischer
TIL Max Planck, the father of quantum theory, considered his quantum hypothesis just a mathematical trick to get the right answer rather than a sizable discovery until Einstein interpreted his hypothesis realistically and used it to explain physical phenomena.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 02:07AM by RealisticBarnacle115
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Quantum mechanics
fundamental theory in physics describing the properties of nature on an atomic scale
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TIL A 71 year old man was acquitted of murder after claiming self-defense when another moviegoer threw popcorn at him
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 06:12AM by RetardicanTerrorist
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Curtis Reeves, retired police captain who fatally shot man in movie theater, acquitted
A Florida jury acquitted retired Florida police captain Curtis Reeves in the shooting death of a man in a movie theater eight years ago.
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TIL 24 year old George Jetson knocked up Jane when she was 16 or 17.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 06:06AM by JadedNostalgic
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List of The Jetsons characters
Wikimedia list article
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TIL about the 1937 marriage of 22-year-old Charlie Johns and 9-year-old Eunice Winstead, causing national attention after an article was written in Life magazine. It led to the state of Tennessee introducing a new law setting the minimum marriage age as 14. Other US jurisdictions followed similarly.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 06:09AM by SnarkySheep
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Marriage of Charlie Johns and Eunice Winstead
1937 child marriage in Tennessee, U.S.
TIL that Leonard Nimoy refused to participate in Star Trek: The Animated Series unless George Takei and Nichelle Nichols were included, emphasizing their roles as symbols of ethnic diversity in the 23rd century.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 08:56AM by LuciaGlatina
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
American animated science fiction television series from 1973–1974
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TIL the University of Toledo has a (disarmed) rocket pointed at the 50 yard line of their rival, Bowling Green State University
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 05:03AM by copnonymous
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University of Toledo History and Traditions
University of Toledo History and Traditions : University of Toledo : The University of Toledo
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TIL: That the Don McLean song "Vincent" was a particular favorite of the rapper and actor Tupac Shakur. The song was played to him at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, the hospital that he was admitted to just before he died of gunshot wounds from a drive-by shooting.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 12:45PM by appalachian_hatachi
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Vincent (Don McLean song)
"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean, written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is often erroneously noscriptd after its opening refrain, "Starry, Starry Night", a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting The Starry Night.
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TIL that in the Tenerife air disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history, none of the victims had tickets to Tenerife.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 03:13PM by Thin-Rip-3686
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Tenerife airport disaster
The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The accident occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its…
TIL while filming Metropolis (1927) they would often end up with more children in the evening than in the morning. Coming from the poorest areas of Berlin, the children would sneak onto set or climb over the fence to experience the warm rooms, games, toys, cocoa, cake, and regular meals
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 04:19PM by admiralturtleship
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TIL that the first ATM was developed and built by Luther George Simjian, and installed in 1939 in New York city by the City Bank of New York. Six months later, it was removed due to the lack of customer acceptance
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 03:38PM by skumati99
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TIL that in 2001, Warner Bros had to recall every single copy of a then-newly-released "The Powerpuff Girls" DVD because three of the DVD-ROM programs (including its installer) were accidentally infected with the "FunLove" computer virus, which would be spread to any PC that installed the software.
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Submitted November 19, 2024 at 06:33PM by minikiwigeek2
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Powerpuff DVD spreads 'FunLove' virus
Warner Brothers has confirmed that the latest Powerpuff Girls DVD has been recalled because the it spreads the 'FunLove' computer virus
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