TIL that the Wait Calculation suggest that we should not do interstellar travel if we can't get to our destination within 50 years because if the current civilization still can advance in propulsion system velocity, a future mission will pass the previous one and get there faster.
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 09:20AM by PerennialComa
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ResearchGate
(PDF) Interstellar Travel - The Wait Calculation and the Incentive Trap of Progress
PDF | This paper describes an incentive trap of growth that shows that civilisations may delay interstellar exploration as long as voyagers have the reasonable expectation that whenever they set out growth will continue to progress and find quicker means…
TIL It's common for Dentists to have aquariums because they reduce stress and anxiety. Aquarium Therapy has been shown to reduce stress, insomnia, and high blood pressure; achieving results that are the same, or better than, hypnosis.
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 06:28AM by ocean_nerd
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Tonic
Watching Fish Swim Is an Odd But Effective Way to Relax
Staring at a fish tank is like getting the healing benefits of nature on demand.
TIL there is a man who has been visiting the same fish for almost 30 years that comes to him whenever he dives in the ocean.
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 12:17PM by LetsDIY
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grape Japan
Fish Comes To Visit Japanese Diver Friend At Underwater Shrine For 30 Years
Welcome to Grape Japan, a website dedicated to sharing interesting content related to Japan, ranging from the country’s most beautiful traditional aspects to its popular modern sub-cultures.
TIL, Actor Steve Carell bought a small town general store because he wanted to preserve a piece of history that represents a gathering place and gives people a sense of community.
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 03:39PM by poopedinapumpkin
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EW.com
Steve Carell owns a general store in Massachusetts. Really.
Not that anyone needs another reason to like Steve Carell, but the Office star has given us one: He recently…
TIL Prisoners in Paris (1719) were set free on the condition they married prostitutes and moved to Louisiana in the United States
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 04:18PM by amansaggu26
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Wikipedia
Mississippi Company - Wikipedia
The Mississippi Company (French: Compagnie du Mississippi; founded 1684, named the Company of the West from 1717, and the Company of the Indies from 1719 ) was a corporation holding a business monopoly in French colonies in North America and the West Indies.…
TIL Brian May, the lead guitarist for Queen and astrophysicist, dislikes smoking so much that he prohibited smoking indoors at concerts before smoking bans became the norm. The dislike for smoking was due to his father’s heavy cigarette use.
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 05:20PM by Quiglius
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Brian May - Wikipedia
English musician and astrophysicist
TIL Hitler saved 1 Jew from the Holocaust: a doctor who treated his mother for cancer
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 04:23PM by ReadyTime
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Wikipedia
Eduard Bloch - Wikipedia
Austrian physician
TIL Dave Grohl hoped to keep his anonymity when making his 1st record and recorded it all himself. He noscriptd it Foo Fighters to lead people to think it was a group. Later he called it “the stupidest fucking band name in the world,” and would have reconsidered if he knew he was going to be successful
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 08:02PM by murdo1tj
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Wikipedia
Foo Fighters - Wikipedia
American rock band, formed in Seattle in 1994
TIL during the bombing of Koriyama, Japan in April 1945, a white phosphorus bomb prematurely ignited in a B-29 plane. Crewman Henry Erwin picked up the bomb and threw it out the window, saving the plane and crew while suffering severe burns as a result. He was given a Medal of Honor for this action.
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Wikipedia
Henry E. Erwin - Wikipedia
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
TIL, Charles Rigoulot, a French weightlifter, was jailed for hitting a Nazi guard, but broke out of his jail cell by bending the bars. He allowed other prisoners to escape as well. Then beat the guard who jailed him.
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History 101
Charles Rigoulot bent bars of a Nazi prison cell to escape and other mighty men in history
While many believed that courage and strength matter most, it is actually the ability to stay calm and collected and the will to act that separate the boys from the men. To help you appreciate this concept, here are facts about Charles Rigoulot and several…
TIL Jack, a baboon, was employed to change rail signals. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ the baboon once his job competency was verified. He was paid twenty cents a day, and 1/2 a bottle of beer each week. In his nine years of employment, Jack never made a mistake.
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Wikipedia
Jack (baboon) - Wikipedia
chacma baboon, d. 1890
TIL Until the mid-1960s in Britain, pregnancy tests were done by sending a woman's urine to a lab, where it would be injected into a toad. The toad was checked two hours later and if it had laid eggs, the woman was pregnant.
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BBC News
Contraception: From fish bladders to home-delivered morning after pills
Today's contraceptives are a far cry from the condoms made of animal intestines and Coca-Cola "douche".
TIL Ernest Hemmingway was gifted a 6-toed cat named Snow White. Snow White's 40-50 descendants still live at his Florida home. Over half of them also have 6 toes.
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL Ernest Hemmingway was gifted a 6-toed cat named Snow White. Snow White's 40-50 descendants still live at…
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TIL O.J. Simpson's father was a drag queen who died of AIDS in 1986.
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Submitted April 05, 2019 at 11:15PM by iconoclast63
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O. J. Simpson
Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), nicknamed The Juice, is an American former running back, broadcaster, actor, advertising spokesman, and convicted robber and kidnapper.
TIL that the most weight gained for a role was 70 lbs (32 kg), which Vincent D'Onofrio did for Pvt. Leonard Lawrence in "Full Metal Jacket." The role was initially written as a "skinny ignorant redneck," but director Stanley Kubrick felt the character would have more impact if he was big and clumsy.
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Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (/dəˈnɒfrioʊ/; born June 30, 1959) is an American actor, producer, director, and singer.
TIL wheelchair athletes with spinal injuries will sometimes intentionally injure themselves on the lower body (e.g. break a toe), causing their bodies to respond by raising blood pressure and enhancing their performance. This practice has been banned as cheating.
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Submitted April 06, 2019 at 02:33AM by famousforbeingfamous
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Boosting (doping) - Wikipedia
Boosting is a method of inducing autonomic dysreflexia with the intention of enhancing performance in sport. It can be used by an athlete with a spinal cord injury to increase their blood pressure and is performed by causing a painful stimulus in the lower…
TIL that in 2012, a woman on vacation in Iceland joined a police search party to help find someone who was reported missing, The search went on for hours before she found out that the person they were looking for was herself.
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Submitted April 06, 2019 at 03:15AM by EthanTheRedditor37
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Cbsnews
Missing woman "finds herself" after intense search
Tourist in Iceland didn't realize her travel group was looking for her, after she changed clothes
TIL There is a group of wolves in British Columbia known as "sea wolves" and 90% of their food comes from the sea. They have distinct DNA that sets them apart from interior wolves and they're entirely dedicated to the sea, swimming several miles everyday in search of seafood.
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Submitted April 06, 2019 at 05:25AM by BirdPlan
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National Geographic News
Meet the Rare Swimming Wolves That Eat Seafood
Unlike its interior cousins, gray wolves of Vancouver Island live with two paws in the ocean and two paws on land.
TIL that First Nations Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow, the most effective sniper of WWI, volunteered for service despite the Canada government's exclusion of Aboriginal people in the army. With a kill record of 378, Peggy once ran into No-Mans Land to retrieve ammo when his company ran out.
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Submitted April 06, 2019 at 03:54AM by meduke
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Wikipedia
Francis Pegahmagabow - Wikipedia
World War I sniper
TIL In 2018, the world's most expensive bottle of vodka (worth $1.3 million USD) was stolen and found empty on a construction site.
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Submitted April 06, 2019 at 04:27AM by jaiga99
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Thespiritsbusiness
Vodka bottle worth US$1.3 million found empty
A US$1.3 million bottle of Russo-Baltique vodka, stolen from a Copenhagen bar last week, has now been found drained and damaged
TIL that in 1988, a man with OCD and extreme germophobia tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. However, he survived, and the bullet completely eliminated his mental disorder without causing any other damage to his brain.
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Submitted April 06, 2019 at 06:09AM by EthanTheRedditor37
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NY Times
Brain Wound Eliminates Man's Mental Illness
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