TIL Dr. Jane Goodall set herself apart from traditional conventions by naming the animals in her studies of primates instead of assigning each a number. This also led her to develop a close bond with the chimpanzees and to become, to this day, the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society.
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Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE (/ˈɡʊdˌɔːl/; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is…
TIL: Only in the twentieth century did humans decide that the dandelion was a weed. Before the invention of lawns, the golden blossoms and lion-toothed leaves were more likely to be praised as a bounty of food, medicine and magic. Gardeners used to weed out the grass to make room for the dandelions.
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TIL there is a small, insignificant church in Cumbria, UK, that has a 500 year old bell, inscribed with text from a language that died almost 1000 years before the bell was made. The meaning is unknown.
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church in Eden, UK
TIL about the Georgia Guidestones, a set of huge granite slabs in Elbert County, Georgia commissioned by anonymous benefactors. The 5 slabs contain messages in 12 languages, and are intended to help rebuild human civilization after a global catastrophe.
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Georgia Guidestones
The Georgia Guidestones are a granite monument erected in 1980 in Elbert County, Georgia, in the United States. A set of 10 guidelines is inscribed on the structure in eight modern languages and a shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure in…
TIL that there is a court in England that convenes so rarely, the last time it convened it had to rule on whether it still existed
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High Court of Chivalry - Wikipedia
Her Majesty's High Court of Chivalry is a civil law (i.e., non common law) court in English and Welsh law with jurisdiction over matters of heraldry. The court has been in existence since the fourteenth century; however, it rarely sits. The sole judge is…
TIL In the Welsh village Aberystwyth, Monty Python's Life of Brian was completely banned until 2008. It was un-banned by the new mayor - Sue Jones-Davies, who also played Brian's girlfriend in the film
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Aberystwyth embraces Monty Python's Life of Brian
Three decades after it banned Monty Python's Life of Brian, the Welsh town of Aberystwyth was finally reconciled with 'blasphemers' Michael Palin and Terry Jones as they attended a special showing of the film.
TIL that Congressman Leo Ryan, who was murdered while investigating Jonestown in 1978, had a record of directly looking into his constituents' concerns. As an assemblyman, he investigated the conditions of California prisons in 1970 by using a pseudonym to enter Folsom Prison as an inmate.
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Leo Ryan
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination as part of…
TIL One of the reasons the Great Wall of China still stands after so many years, is due to a secret binding agent in the mortar: sticky rice.
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Sticky rice porridge and the Great Wall of China - World Archaeology
An unexpected use for a plant has been discovered by scientists at Zhejiang University in the city of Hangzhou, in eastern China. They have discovered that congee – the rice porridge that is eaten for breakfast in many Asian countries – was added to slaked…
TIL A group of engineering students from Purdue University reported that its licking machine, modeled after a human tongue, took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
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TIL of Israel's Law of Return. It dictates that any Jewish person, no matter their country of origin, what language they speak, or how much money they have, can be granted Israeli citizenship they day they arrive in Israel.
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Law of Return - Wikipedia
Israeli legislation giving people of Jewish ancestry the right of return, settlement and citizenship in Israel
TIL that the human body, if eaten, would be 81,500 calories. Based on the recommend daily intake of 2,500 calories, one average human body would feed one person for about one month.
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TIL that while scientists were analyzing prehistoric worms recovered from permafrost, two 40,000 year old nematodes 'revived' and began moving and eating, making them the oldest multi-cellular life alive on Earth.
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Ancient Roundworms Allegedly Resurrected From Russian Permafrost
Skeptics cite possibility of ancient samples’ contamination by contemporary organisms
TiL Reuters found 3,810 U.S. areas with lead poisoning double Flint’s
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TIL that in 1904 a Swedish sailor, Carl Emil Pettersson, was shipwrecked on an island in Papua New Guinea inhabited by cannibals. The kings daughter fell in love with him. They married and he eventually became king of the island.
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Carl Emil Pettersson - Wikipedia
Swedish sailor (1875-1937)
TIL In 2002, Fujitsu made a device called the “iPad,” and Apple had to pay over $4 million to Fujitsu to buy the trademark rights.
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Fujitsu iPAD - Wikipedia
The Fujitsu iPAD is a lightweight handheld device that was introduced by Fujitsu, in 2002. It runs Microsoft's CE.NET operating system. It supports 802.11b wireless LAN to connect wirelessly with other company infrastructure. The device can support inventory…
TIL the 2008 financial crash directly led to 6566 suicides, causing more deaths than the September 11 attacks.
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The Conversation
Stock market crashes linked to higher rates of suicide – new research
There were 6,566 more suicides in the 2008-09 period that were a direct consequence of the rapid decline of equity values.
TIL a Brazilian electronics company is legally allowed to call their phone 'iPhone' because they trademarked the word in 2000, 7 years prior to Apple's iPhone. The phone runs on Android.
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The Verge
Apple wins iPhone trademark case in Brazil
Apple has won the right to use the name "iPhone" in Brazil, promising to bring an end to a 6-year-old battle over the trademark in South America's largest country. A court ruled that Brazilian...
TIL that Wes Craven placed a torn poster of Jaws in the background of The Hills Have Eyes to communicate to the audience that he believed his movie was much scarier. Later, Sam Raimi places a torn poster of The Hills Have Eyes in The Evil Dead to communicate the same message towards Craven
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Bloody Disgusting!
The Long History of Wes Craven and Sam Raimi's Communication Through Film - Bloody Disgusting
All these years later, the fun continues in "Ash vs. Evil Dead." It all started back in 1977. In The Hills Have Eyes, a torn Jaws poster was seen in the Ca
TIL that Louis Armstrong was a heavy marijuana smoker for much of his life and spent 9 days in jail in 1930 after being arrested for drug possession outside a club. He described marijuana as "a thousand times better than whiskey".
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Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
TIL Steve Carell used to be a mailman and during Christmas, he would write notes to kids who would send letters to Santa and put it in their mailboxes. The note read, "Your letter to Santa has been picked up by special reindeer courier."
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Steve Carell Was A Festive Mailman
Before he was starring in big movies like 'Welcome to Marwen' and 'Vice,' Steve Carell was rural mail carrier who played along with children's letters to North Pole.
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TIL that Dennis Rodman started dying his hair blonde after seeing Wesley Snipes’ character in the movie Demolition Man.
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Story Notes for Demolition Man
Who did Sylvester Stallone originally suggest for the role that went to Wesley Snipes? The noscript was rewritten after which actor was cast in the movie? Find out with Story Notes...