TIL that the BBC paid Pink Floyd to jam out in the background LIVE as the Apollo Astronauts landed in 1969.
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Pink Floyd’s Gilmour Recalls Jamming to the Moon Landing
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11's landing on the moon. If you were alive on July 20, 1969, you were likely doing one of two things: Watching astronaut Neil Armstrong&apo…
TIL William Henry Harrison, the 9th U.S. president, gave the longest presidential inauguration speech, in pouring rain, from which he contracted a cold that severely worsened, killing him and making him the shortest serving U.S. president.
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William Henry Harrison
American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (in office in 1841)
TIL Black Mormons couldn't become priests until 1978 when their Prophet had an unprecedented revelation that the "time had come" to allow it, after which black people thanked him for his "many hours" begging God to permit it.
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Black Mormons and the Priesthood
Worthy men of African descent were awarded rights to hold the priesthood in the Mormon Church in 1978. There are now many thousands of Black priesthood holders.
TIL in 1976 a woman sued Disney for $150,000 in damages, claiming one of the Three Little Pigs fondled her at "It's a Small World" and that she gained 50 lbs (23 kg) as a result. The case was dropped when the costume was found to have "inoperable stub arms," making said fondling impossible.
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List of incidents at Disneyland Resort - Wikipedia
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TIL Your body has a protein called PER that determines when your body wakes up, and is the reason why you may wake up X amount of hours before your alarm - to prepare your body for the stress that the alarm causes you.
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Why Do I Wake Up Right Before My Alarm Goes Off?
Lucas Reilly answers today's Big Question.
TIL of the Benjamin Franklin effect that causes people to like someone more after doing them a favor. When Franklin asked his rival for a rare book and returned it with a note of thanks, Franklin’s rival spoke to him with great civility and offered help, leading the two men to become good friends.
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TIL Charles Manson completed 150 hours of Scientology auditing before declaring the religion "too crazy"
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Charles Manson
American criminal, cult leader, musician
TIL: Of a kid who spent 9 YEARS building an incredibly detailed model of a Boeing jet from paper.
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This Kid Spent 9 Years Building An Incredibly Detailed Model Of A Boeing Jet From Paper. Watch! - GE Reports
Luca Iaconi-Stewart says he’s “a crazy guy who loves aviation.” That might be an understatement. The 25-year-old spent the last […]
TIL Pierce Brosnan grew up poor in Ireland, was left by his parents, raised by relatives and sent to a boarding house, studied painting, joined the circus, and was first discovered as an actor by playwright Tennessee Williams. Both his first wife and daughter died of ovarian cancer.
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Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE (/ˈbrɒsnən/; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer, and activist. Born an Irish citizen, Brosnan is a naturalized American citizen. After leaving comprehensive school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial…
TIL that Ford almost bought Ferrari in the early 60's, but Enzo Ferrari killed the deal when he learned he wouldn't oversee the racing division anymore. Henry Ford II was so pissed that he directed his engineers to build a car that would beat Ferrari at Le Mans, which it did from 1966–1969.
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Ford GT40 - Wikipedia
racing car
TIL elephants are highly empathetic and generous even towards other species. Once an elephant found a rancher with a broken leg and dragged him under the shade of a tree, guarding him and gently touching him with her trunk
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Elephant cognition - Wikipedia
Most contemporary ethologists view the elephant as one of the world's most intelligent animals. With a mass of just over 5 kg (11 lb), an elephant's brain has more mass than that of any other land animal, and although the largest whales have body masses twenty…
TIL that when company CEOs like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg took only $1 in yearly salary, it wasn't necessarily an altruistic move, but rather it is more tax-efficient (for example 35% vs. 15%) to receive compensation in ways that are taxed as "capital gains".
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Zuckerberg's One-Dollar Salary: Why Do CEOs Do That?
With Facebook’s IPO filing this week, lots of little tidbits of information about the company came to light. Josh Wolford has reported on the fact that, as of 2013, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s salary will be set at $1 per year. Zuckerberg is certainly…
TIL in Norway, stripping counts as an art form for tax purposes.
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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Stripping is art, Norway decides
A Norwegian court rules that striptease is exempt from value-added tax because it is an art form.
TIL after returning to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew was still required to complete a US customs form for entry into Hawaii.
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Apollo 11 Astronauts' Customs Form - GotScience.org
The Apollo 11 astronauts' customs form was released today for public viewing. 40 years ago today, the first humans to walk on the moon returned to earth.
TIL The film The Shawshank Redemption remains one of the most valuable assets in Warner Brothers catalog (which has several multi-billion dollar movie franchises) and Bob Gunton (the warden) still makes six figures a year from it.
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The Shawshank Redemption - Wikipedia
1994 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont
TIL that James Jamerson, regarded as the greatest electronic bass player ever, recorded Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, while being flat on his back as he was too intoxicated to stand upright. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Bass Legends: Motown session giant James Jamerson
© Artisan Entertainment/The Funk BrothersAt a time when The Beatles were headlining the British musical invasion of America perhaps the strongest response from across the pond came from the Motown label. Motown possessed the capability of producing hit after…
TIL that Vitamin D deficiency is linked with many health disorders, including depression. In a survey of almost 8,000 US residents, it was found that those with lower vitamin D levels "are at a significantly higher risk of showing depression".
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Depression and Vitamin D Deficiency: Causality, Assessment, and Clinical Practice Implications
Depression and Vitamin D Deficiency: Causality, Assessment, and Clinical Practice Implications, Alessandro Cuomo, Nicola Giordano, Arianna Goracci, Andrea Fagiolini
TIL that hitting a fruit tree can make it feel threatened, spurring it to produce more or larger fruit to distribute seeds before dying.
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TIL that Tarrare, a man living in the 1700s, had an endless appetite due to unknown causes. In one case, he ate 15 meals in a single sitting, and his endless hunger led him, while in a hospital, to eat piles of garbage, as well as trying to drink other patients blood and eat corpses from the morgue.
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Tarrare
Tarrare (c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelled Tarare, was a French showman and soldier, noted for his unusual eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him, and he was turned out of the family…
TIL Bruce Lee had his underarm sweat glands surgically removed in 1972 because he thought underarm sweat was unphotogenic on film. It’s theorized this may have contributed to his death through a heat stroke exacerbating the cerebral edema that killed him.
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Bruce Lee
Lee Jun-fan (Chinese: 李振藩; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee (Chinese: 李小龍), was a Hong Kong-American actor, director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, and philosopher. He was the founder of the hybrid martial arts…
TIL when Lawrence Anthony, known as "The Elephant Whisperer", passed away. A herd of elephants arrived at his house in South Africa to mourn him. Although the elephants were not alerted to the event, they travelled to his house and stood around for two days, and then dispersed.
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r/todayilearned - TIL when Lawrence Anthony, known as "The Elephant Whisperer", passed away. A herd of elephants arrived at his…
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