TIL the Indian state of Uttar Prades has 241 million inhabitants making it the most populous country subdivision in the world. It has 3% of the world's population and outranks all but 4 countries outside India in population
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (/ˌʊtər prəˈdɛʃ/ UUT-ər prə-DESH; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Hindi: [ˈʊtːəɾ…
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TIL: A site manager's failed attempt to free a stuck flatbed truck resulted in it rolling off a cliff, blocking a railway tunnel just as an express train was approaching, leading to a crash that killed 49 people.
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2021 Hualien train derailment
On 2 April 2021, at 09:28 NST (01:28 UTC), a Taroko Express train operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) derailed at the north entrance of Qingshui Tunnel in Heren Section, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, killing 49 people and injuring…
TIL Clifford the Big Red Dog is the mascot of the Scholastic publishing company
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Submitted November 22, 2024 at 12:58PM by OlinKirkland
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Scholastic Corporation
American publishing, education, and media company
TIL About 130 million adults in the U.S. — half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 — have low literacy skills
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Submitted November 22, 2024 at 05:28PM by Carrotcake789
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APM Research Lab
Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab
About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade…
TIL about the Korean Axe Murder Incident, occurring in the North & South Korean DMZ in 1976. Incensed at US troops trimming a historical tree, North Korean troops attacked, killing two US Army officers. Retaliating with an overwhelming show of force, US troops returned and chopped down the tree.
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Korean axe murder incident
The Korean axe murder incident (Korean: 판문점 도끼살인사건; lit. Panmunjom axe murder incident), also known domestically as the Panmunjom axe atrocity incident (판문점 도끼 만행 사건), was the killing of two United Nations Command officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First…
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TIL the Equal Rights Amendment met all constitutional requirements for ratification in 2020, and the American Bar Association recommended immediate publication in 2024
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House of Delegates Resolution 300
ABA Policy resolution considered by the ABA House of Delegates Aug. 6-7 as part of the 2024 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
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TIL Before 2022, it was unknown how eels reproduced
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Submitted November 22, 2024 at 06:53PM by StringerBell_OG
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Sciencefocus
The mysterious sex life of eels: How scientists finally unveiled their (truly bizarre) life cycle
It is only now are we learning more about the reproductive habits of these long, silvery, endangered fish.
TIL that Saturn's sixth-largest moon Enceladus is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it the most reflective body in the Solar System. It shoots out water vapor, and other solid material totaling about 200 kilograms per second. Most of these materials supplies the making of Saturn's E ring.
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Enceladus
Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn and the 18th-largest in the Solar System. It is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter, about a tenth of that of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it one of the…
TIL Billionaire Chuck Feeney donated over $8 Billion to different causes supporting health science and improving the human condition. He spent his last days in a rented apartment in San Francisco with remaining assets of $2 Million.
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Chuck Feeney
American businessman
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TIL 92% of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have skull malformations that squish part of their brain into their spinal column.
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Submitted November 22, 2024 at 05:13PM by kinenchen
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Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation and Syringomyelia have increased variability of spatio-temporal gait…
Chiari-like malformation in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a herniation of the cerebellum and brainstem into or through the foramen magnum. This condition predisposes to Syringomyelia; fluid filled syrinxes within the spinal cord. The ...
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TIL that Mahatma Gandhi conducted controversial experiments to test his celibacy, including sleeping next to naked young women.
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OpIndia
Bathing with women, sleeping with naked girls: Read about Gandhi’s ‘experiments with celibacy’
The experiments by Gandhi on his celibacy included having baths with women, sleeping with naked women, to test his self-control | OpIndia News
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TIL Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it in Deadpool. The estate agreed for a donation in that amount to a charity of their choosing. Ryan paid it himself because he felt you couldn’t have Deadpool without Bea Arthur.
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VULTURE
Ryan Reynolds Personally Paid for the Pleasure of Having Bea Arthur’s Likeness in Deadpool
A cool $10,000.
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TIL that in 1933, a man named A.L. Kahn caught a massive 20-foot, 5,000-pound manta ray off the coast of New Jersey. It took hours, the help of his crew, and even several dozen gunshots from the U.S. Coast Guard to finally reel in what was called a "devil fish."
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Snopes
Does a Photograph Show a Real Giant Manta Ray?
A photograph showing a giant manta ray caught in 1933 features the work of a taxidermist.
TIL Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. When he moved to Los Angeles, there was already an actor named Michael Douglas, so Keaton flipped through a phone book until he saw the name Keaton and decided to make it his stage name.
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Michael Keaton
American actor
TIL that profanity is often preserved in people with brain injures, even when other speech is lost, suggesting the brain processes swear words differently from other language.
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Submitted November 23, 2024 at 12:30AM by Warm-Profit-775
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The Temple News - A watchdog for the Temple University community since 1921.
Temple researchers link brain injuries and curse words - The Temple News
A professor and his team studied taboo words to help brain injury patients regain language use.
TIL that Sir George Everest, the namesake of Mount Everest, pronounced his own last name "EEV-rist"
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Submitted November 23, 2024 at 12:58AM by A_Mirabeau_702
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, known locally as Sagarmatha or Qomolangma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow height) of .mw-parser…
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TIL UK's highest-paid entertainer in WW2, George Formby, went to Normandy after the landings, & gave 9 shows to frontline troops who’d held out for 56 days without relief, his audience in foxholes. He also crawled through trenches to tell jokes when the enemy was too close for a show.
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Submitted November 22, 2024 at 11:20PM by Remarkable_Cash_2053
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George Formby
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961)
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TIL of Cape Disappointment in South Georgia, discovered by an expedition led by Captain Cook who named it so after realizing that he had discovered an island and not a continent
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Submitted November 22, 2024 at 09:20PM by polopiko
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Cape Disappointment (South Georgia)
cape on South Georgia in the UK territory of South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
TIL there are no hereditary knighthoods in the UK anymore. The only hereditary nobles left are about 900 peers and about 1200 baronets.
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Submitted November 23, 2024 at 03:56AM by Prom3th3an
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Knight
person granted an honorary noscript by a monarch or other political leader
TIL When Admiral Bobby Ray Inman was the director of the CIA, he would not fire homosexual employees as long as they signed a written promise to not give in to blackmail, and told their families to eliminate further blackmail risks.
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Submitted November 23, 2024 at 05:46AM by FalconPUNNCH
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Sexpionage
involvement of sexual activity, or the possibility of sexual activity, intimacy, romance, or seduction to conduct espionage
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TIL about the Thanksgiving Day Disaster, leading to the deaths of 23 people watching college football in San Francisco in 1900.
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Submitted November 23, 2024 at 07:02AM by atmatthewat
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Thanksgiving Day Disaster
deadliest accident at a sporting event in U.S. history