TIL When the world's largest diamond was transported from Africa to England, an elaborate & secure journey by sea was publicized - as a rouse. The real diamond was simply posted by mail.
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Wikipedia
Cullinan Diamond - Wikipedia
non-carbonado and gem-quality diamond
TIL 2018 is the fourth year in a row Costa Rica generated more than 98% of its electricity from renewable sources. Almost no fossil fuels were used.
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 08:18PM by jaiga99
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The Weather Channel
For 300 Days, Costa Rica Generated Electricity from Renewable Sources Alone | The Weather Channel
The Central American country avoided using fossil fuels to generate 98.56 percent of its electricity in 2018.
TIL at the temperature -20°C or below Emperor Penguins form a huddle (like rugby players) to stay warm. The temperature inside the huddle sometimes gets so hot (37°C) that some penguins come out and eat ice to cool off a bit.
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 05:02PM by Planet6EQUJ5
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Bbc
In the frigid Antarctic winter, emperor penguins get too hot
They live in the coldest place on Earth, but emperor penguins can sometimes overheat
TIL that, not only the Normandy scene in Saving Private Ryan cost $11m to shoot, but also most of the soldiers seen were actually members of the Irish Defence Forces.
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 07:56PM by JanHankl
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YouTube
'You & whose Army Private Ryan?' Behind the Scenes Part 1
A behind the scenes look at the making of Saving Private Ryan involving members of the Permanent Defence Forces, An Forsa Cosanta Áitúil (F.C.A now Army Rese...
TIL that trees secretly talk to each other and share resources using a fungal network called the World Wood Web. Some trees use the system to support their offspring, while others hijack it to sabotage their rivals.
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 06:19PM by Patcheese
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BBC News
How trees secretly talk to each other
Plants share resources using an underground network called the "Wood Wide Web".
TIL Alan Turing's Bombe machine, built to crack Germany's Enigma-encrypted messages during WWII, was far too slow to decrypt messages until he realized that all encrypted messages ended with "Heil Hitler." They were then able to decrypt messages within hours, and change the course of the war.
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Science ABC
Cracking the Uncrackable: How Did Alan Turing and His Team Crack The Enigma Code?
‘If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody is not thinking.’ George S Patton, a former senior officer of the US Army, hit the bull’s-eye with his legendary quote about [...]
TIL researches at Harvard and Columbia concluded that Sarcasm promotes Creative Thinking because both the expressers and recipients of sarcasm need to overcome the contradiction between the literal and actual meanings of the sarcastic expressions.
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 09:52PM by shut_your_cock
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Harvard Gazette
Go ahead, be sarcastic
Despite sarcasm’s nasty reputation, new research finds that it can boost creativity and problem-solving in the workplace.
TIL about Yasuke, a former Mozambique Slave turned Samurai during the Japanese Hegemony and unification wars. He was well respected by the Japanese and was considered to have the strength of ten men, and was one Oda Nobunaga's most trusted warriors.
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Wikipedia
Yasuke - Wikipedia
African retainer
TIL A Female Scientist Defined the Greenhouse Effect In The 1800s, But Didn’t Get the Credit Due to Sexism
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 07:16PM by strangeattractors
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Smithsonian
This Lady Scientist Defined the Greenhouse Effect But Didn’t Get the Credit, Because Sexism
Eunice Foote’s career highlights the subtle forms of discrimination that have kept women on the sidelines of science
TIL of Cahkoia, a great Native American city near current day St Louis, which had a population in 1250 AD bigger than London
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Submitted April 07, 2019 at 07:18PM by Playaguy
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Stlmag
Is Cahokia Mounds North America’s Largest Archaeological Site?
Not exactly.
TIL about Pedro Rodrigues Filho, the killer who only targetted at criminals and those had wronged him. He was sentenced 126 years imprisonment, but since he kept killing criminals during his time in prison, his sentences was raised to 400 years.
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Wikipedia
Pedro Rodrigues Filho
Pedro Rodrigues Filho (born July 17, 1954 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais), also known as Pedrinho Matador (Killer Petey), is a Brazilian serial killer who pursued and killed other criminals, unloading his murderous instinct on those he considered…
TIL that it cost $20 million to evict the last four tenants of a Manhattan apartment building to renovate it. The last tenant was so stubborn and savvy that he received $17 million of the money, plus use of a $2 million condo for life.
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New York Post
Hotel hermit got $17M to make way for 15 Central Park West
In 2004, developers Will and Arthur Zeckendorf bought the famed Mayflower Hotel and several adjacent lots on the Upper West Side for just over $400 million, with the goal of creating the city’s most
TIL there is a man (Ioannis Ikonomou) in the European Commission who works as a translator and can speak 47 languages, including 21 of the 24 EU official languages. He can also speak dead languages like Old Church Slavic
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Wikipedia
Ioannis Ikonomou - Wikipedia
Greek translator
TIL that Steve Martin's wedding came as a surprise to his guests. The roughly 75 star-studded attendees (including the likes of Tom Hanks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, and Carl Reiner) said that he had invited them to his house just for a "party." To their shock, upon their arrival his wedding began.
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PEOPLE.com
Steve Martin Gets Married at L.A. Home
Sporting his Inspector Clouseau mustache, Steve Martin married girlfriend Anne Stringfield at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, says a…
TIL - In 2017, a famed green jacket from the Augusta National Golf Club was purchased for $5 at a Toronto thrift shop, then sold at auction for $139k
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thestar.com
Masters-style green jacket bought for $5 at Toronto thrift store sells for $139K | The Star
The tag shows it was from the 1950s, but the original owner’s name has been cut out.
TIL "Spotlight effect" is a feeling in which you overthink that you are being continuously observed, noticed, and judged by others (like walking into a room full of people or participating in a meeting discussion). The effect arises from being extremely self-conscious about what others may think.
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Wikipedia
Spotlight effect - Wikipedia
The spotlight effect is the phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are. Being that one is constantly in the center of one's own world, an accurate evaluation of how much one is noticed by others is uncommon.…
TIL David Letterman created a scholarship for the average "C" student, recognizing that it isn't just about grades; some students are amazing and extraordinary in other ways.
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Submitted April 08, 2019 at 09:17AM by Argentatus
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Wikipedia
David Letterman - Wikipedia
American comedian and actor
TIL in 2015, Whole Foods tried to sell Asparagus Water for $6 (literally three stalks of asparagus in a bottle of water). Twitter users made fun of the company for selling such a ridiculously pricey item. The company's CEO then issued an apology and pulled off the product from the shelves.
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usatoday
Whole Foods oops: 'Asparagus water' a mistake
TIL It Has Been Twenty Years Since Fabio Killed A Goose With His Face On A Roller Coaster.
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Submitted April 08, 2019 at 03:25PM by psgenius
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Fabio Lanzoni - Wikipedia
TIL Firefighters use wetting agents to make water wetter. The chemicals reduce the surface tension of plain water so it’s easier to spread and soak into objects, which is why it’s known as “wet water.”
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Submitted April 08, 2019 at 01:43PM by RetakingHumanity
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Reader's Digest
100 Interesting Facts About Practically Everything
Did you know Kleenex were first made for gas masks? Or what "#" was called before "pound"? Find the answer to more interesting fun facts.
TIL that in 2015, musician Jennifer Lee (aka. TOKiMONSTA) contracted an extremely rare brain disease called Moyamoya. She lost her ability to understand and recognise human speech for months. During this time, she also lost her ability to understand music, calling it “metallic, harsh nonsense.”
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Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
TOKiMONSTA had to learn how to hear music again after undergoing
After the operation to treat her moyamoya disease, producer Jennifer Lee would hear all sounds as white noise.