TIL Einstein failing a math exam is a myth. He failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic because he did poorly on botany, zoology and language sections.
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Did Einstein really fail math?
Einstein's genius supposedly had at least one glaring flaw -- that he failed math at some point in his educational career.
TIL Drug Dogs Are Being Trained to Ignore Marijuana
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Police drug dogs trained to ignore marijuana
You can't teach an old dog new tricks. That's why the Rifle Police Department is retiring their drug dog, Tulo.
TIL in 2016, Alex Trebek, the host of "Jeopardy!", donated a total of $7.5 million to his Alma mater, University of Ottawa, to fund a Forum for Dialogue and a Speaker Series. The goal is to expose students to different world views through discussions and panels by speakers from around the world.
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Alex Trebek - Wikipedia
Canadian television personality
TIL that the telecom company Sprint was built on infrastructure belonging to the former Southern Pacific Railroad, where it gets its name from: Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications (S.P.R.I.N.T.)
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Sprint Born From Railroad, Telephone Businesses
Melissa Block explores the long family history of the companies that comprise what became Sprint. It all began in Kansas in the late 19th century and came to include a long distance system created by the Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications…
TIL A Japanese fish called Hanako (1751-1977) lived for 215 years. The longest living koi fish ever recorded.
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Hanako (fish) - Wikipedia
scarlet koi fish (c. 1751 – 1977)
TIL that George Clooney spent his Nespresso earnings on a spy satellite to watch Sudan warlord accused of genocide and other war crimes, Omar Al Bashir.
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The Wild Way George Clooney Is Spending His Paycheck
George Clooney is spending a recent handsome paycheck on an endeavor that might surprise those who know more about Clooney's love life than his espionage activities.The
TIL The founder of Mormonism was shot several times, fell out of a window, died, and proceeded to be shot more.
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Joseph Smith - Wikipedia
American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
TIL In 2006, The FBI planted an informant in a Southern California mosque who pretended to be a radical Muslim and the Muslims at the mosque reported him to the FBI.
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FBI plant banned by mosque – because he was too extreme
The spying game wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Craig Monteilh, a convicted criminal recruited by the FBI to investigate the march of radical Islam into Southern California. His endless talk
TIL Psychogenic death is real. It isn't suicide, it isn't linked to depression, but the act of giving up on life and dying usually within days, is a very real condition often linked to severe trauma. People die because they have given up and feel life has beaten them and defeat is inescapable.
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r/todayilearned - TIL Psychogenic death is real. It isn't suicide, it isn't linked to depression, but the act of giving up on life…
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TIL in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, there was a mysterious detached leg found in the rubble of the destroyed building. Since all 168 victims’ legs have been accounted for, the left leg has perplexed investigators and has yet to be traced back to an owner
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Oklahoma City bombing secret: DNA extracted from unknown leg
The Oklahoma City Medical Examiner has partial DNA from an unmatched left leg collected from the ruins of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, reviving the possibility of a 169th unidentifie
TIL when Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, both men were so respectful and courteous that it became known as "The Gentlemen's Agreement". The two reminisced about their shared experience in the Mexican war for 25 minutes before even discussing the surrender terms.
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TIL that while Alcoholics Anonymous claims the program, based on self-reported data, worked for 75 percent of people, a psychiatry professor from Harvard Medical School found the success rate to be actually only 5 to 8 percent.
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The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
Its faith-based 12-step program dominates treatment in the United States. But researchers have debunked central tenets of AA doctrine and found dozens of other treatments more effective.
TIL Buster Keaton was an international mega silent movie star, but broke down after sound movies took over. He became an alcoholic and was institutionalized in a mental ward but escaped his strait jacket using techniques he learned from Houdini. He then married his nurse but had no memory of it.
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Buster Keaton - Wikipedia
American actor and filmmaker
TIL That Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a way to make money from people who weren't buying Elvis merchandise
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Colonel Tom Parker - Wikipedia
Dutch entertainment impresario
TIL in 1919, having pitched 8⅔ innings in a game against the Athletics, Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell was struck by lightning. Despite being knocked unconscious, he refused to leave the game. He went on to record the final out for the complete-game win.
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Ray Caldwell
Raymond Benjamin Caldwell, (April 26, 1888 – August 17, 1967), was an American major league pitcher from 1910 to 1921. He was known for throwing the spitball, and he was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed in…
TIL That Stephen King used the pseudonym "Richard Bachman" so that he could publish more than one novel a year without over saturating the "King market" , this evolved into a list of novels published under the pseudonym, and was revealed when a bookshop owner noticed a parallel in their writing.
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Richard Bachman
Richard Bachman is a pen name used by horror fiction author Stephen King.
TIL Central Park in New York is home to a 3500 year old Egyptian obelisk. Weighing 200 tons, it was gifted to the US in 1877 in gratitude for the US not interfering in Egyptian politics.
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Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) - Wikipedia
Egpytian obelisk in New York
TIL in 1848, Edgar Allen Poe wrote "Eureka" which envisaged The Big Bang, Black Holes, The Big Crunch and the first plausible solution to the Olbers Paradox. This was 100+ years before any of those were accepted scientific facts and Einstein would later call it "a beautiful achievement".
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Eureka: A Prose Poem - Wikipedia
A lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe
TIL the Rolls-Royce Phantom has a layer of foam inside its specially-designed tires, which lowers cabin sound levels by reducing tire cavity noise.
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Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII - Wikipedia
British luxury car
TIL 7 Up was laced with Lithium -a mood stabilizer, until 1948.
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Submitted April 25, 2019 at 01:30AM by AlienSomewhere
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7 Up - Wikipedia
sweet carbonated drink
TIL Robin Williams was offered the role of The Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film as leverage to ensure Jack Nicholson accepted the part. As a result, Robin Williams refused to act in any Warner Bros films until the company apologized.
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Submitted April 25, 2019 at 02:57AM by Infinite_Worm
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Why Robin Williams Never Played The Joker Or The Riddler
The late, lamented Robin Williams got to tackle more than his share of memorable roles during his career, but we never got to see him play a villain in a B...