TIL pedestrianism was a famous sport in the 19th century where people would compete to walk the furthest distance in the shortest amount of time. A famous challenge was walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours, first completed by Robert Barclay Allardice in 1809.
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Pedestrianism - Wikipedia
19th-century competitive walking contest
TIL Richard Nixon's administration had a master list of all of the president's main opponents among both people and organizations. Hunter S. Thompson felt disappointed not to have been on it.
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Master list of Nixon's political opponents - Wikipedia
supplemental expansion of Nixon's Enemies List
TIL Indians are relearning Sanskrit and reviving the ancient language, with 10,000 new speakers in 2010 alone
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Pratidin Time | Leading News Channel of Assam | Breaking News Assam
Latest census figure reveals increase in Sanskrit speakers in India - Pratidin Time | Leading News Channel of Assam | Breaking…
According to latest census figure of 2011, the ancient Sanskrit language has earned 10,000 new speakers in a span of 10 years in the country marking a growth of 71 per cent. Hindi-speaking population in the country has increased by more than 10 crore between…
TIL Uncle Tom was actually the hero that stood up against slavers but pro-slavery works created afterwards poisoned the name "Uncle Tom"
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Uncle Tom - Wikipedia
fictional character
TIL After J.D Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, served in World War Two, he was hospitalized with combat stress reaction for a few weeks. He later told his daughter "You never really get the smell of burning flesh out of your nose entirely, no matter how long you live."
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J. D. Salinger - Wikipedia
American writer
TIL In 2011, after their home was incorrectly foreclosed upon by Bank of America, a judge ordered the bank to pay the couple's legal fees. When it failed to pay, the couple successfully foreclosed upon the bank.
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Homeowner Forecloses On Bank Of America !!!!!
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - A bank foreclosure story you've got to see to believe. A Collier County couple turns the tables on Bank of America, the bank that tried to foreclose on their home. Now, the family is foreclosing on the bank! Even bringing trucks and…
TIL Some European countries have a "Freedom to Roam", which means that you can freely go into private land for recreation as long as you don't cause any problems
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Freedom to roam - Wikipedia
General public's right to access land or water bodies for recreation
TIL The music commonly associated with clowns in circuses was written by Julius Fucik. It was originally noscriptd *Entrance of the Gladiators* and was meant to represent slaves marching into an arena to fight to the death.
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Julius Fučík (composer) - Wikipedia
Czech composer and conductor of military bands
TIL while in prison, Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) tried to avoid hard labor by chopping off two of his toes with an axe. As a result, he drove his getaway cars wearing only socks because he couldn’t balance correctly on the pedals of a car when wearing shoes. This is why he died wearing socks.
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The Real Bonnie and Clyde: 9 Facts on the Outlawed Duo
Separate myth from reality by looking at nine facts about the famous criminals.
TIL of Dmitry Argarkov who scanned a credit card agreement, edited it, and returned it with a 0% interest rate and no limit in the new terms. The bank signed and approved without reading and a judge held them to it.
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Man who created own credit card sues bank for not sticking to terms
When Dmitry Argarkov was sent a letter offering him a credit card, he found the rates not to his liking.
TIL: A woman disappeared in 1993. Her 3-year-old son claimed that his father (her husband) had murdered her, but he wasn't believed. 20 years later, when renovating the family home, he dug up his mother's remains in the backyard.
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It was son who found remains of woman killed 23 year ago
Remains of a 23-year-old woman found two years ago buried at the home where she lived with her husband when she disappeared in 1993 were found by the couple's now-adult child, News4Jax has learned.
TIL Beyoncé would sing her albums while running to keep herself from getting winded while on stage
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INSIDER
Beyoncé belted her entire album while running — providing further proof that she is a queen
Beyoncé can sing and dance without getting winded. Her former trainer, Mark Jenkins, told INSIDER how she builds her stamina.
TIL Modern LED light bulbs use only a dollar in electricity per year
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How Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Compare with Traditional Incandescents
TIL Hugh MacDiarmid was kicked out of the Scottish National Party for being a Communist and was kicked out of the Communist Party for being a Scottish Nationalist
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Hugh MacDiarmid - Wikipedia
Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve
TIL Indian law says there should be a polling place within 2 km (1.25) of each citizen, so authorities have to set up a polling station in a lion infested forest for ONE MAN
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BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | One man, one vote in Indian forest
The BBC's Soutik Biswas meets the sole voter at a polling station in the forests of Gujarat, western India.
TIL In 1963, Heineken created a beer bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries after he took a trip to the island of Curacao in the Caribbean Sea and discovered that he could barely walk 15 feet on the beach without stepping on a littered Heineken bottle.
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When Heineken Bottles Were Square
In 1963, Alfred Heineken created a beer bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries.
TIL about Cliff Young, a 61 year-old farmer who won the inaugural Sydney-to-Melbourne ultramarathon against a field of world-class athletes, in overalls and boots
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TIL Helium was first discovered on the Sun (named from the Greek word 'Helios', meaning "the Sun") through the analysis of the Sun's spectrum, and is the only element in the Periodic Table to be discovered some place other than Earth.
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It's Elemental - The Element Helium
The Element Helium - Basic Physical and Historical Information
TIL renewable energy provided almost 100% of electricity production in Iceland, with about 73% coming from hydropower and 27% from geothermal power.
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Renewable energy in Iceland - Wikipedia
renewable energy sources in the country of Iceland
TIL the British Rock band Radiohead released their album "In Rainbows" under a pay what you want pricing strategy where customers could even download all their songs for free. In spite of the free option, many customers paid and they netted more profits because of this marketing strategy
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In Rainbows
In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a physical release internationally by XL Recordings in December 2007 and in the United States on 1…
TIL that lyme disease was not as common in the past as it is now, and its prevalence is actually due to an explosion in the white-footed mouse population at the turn of the 20th century. This in turn coincides with the extinction of the mouse's primary ecological competitor: the passenger pigeon.
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Passenger pigeon
The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species. The…