TIL cats that have saggy bellies aren't just fat, it's called the primordial pouch and helps protect them during fights and move easier when running and jumping.
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TIL: The film "The Hobbit" caused as many as 27 animals deaths during production. One horse had the skin and muscles of her leg torn off by wire fencing, several chickens were mauled to death by unsupervised dogs, and one horse was hobbled and left on the ground for three hours.
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List of film and television accidents - Wikipedia
Wikimedia list article
TIL that a cafe in Japan is hiring paralysed people to to control robot servers in order to still make an income.
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NextShark
Cafe in Japan Hires Paralyzed People to Control Robot Servers
A cafe with an all-robot staff controlled by paralyzed people has opened in Tokyo. The cafe, called Dawn ver.β, held its ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. [...]
TIL President James Buchanan regularly used to buy slaves in Washington, D.C. and quietly freed them in Pennsylvania
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HISTORY
James Buchanan Bought and Freed Slaves—But Not For the Reason You Might Think
Every once in a while, a historical rumor turns up that just might change how you see a figure from the past.
TIL that for four years, Hugh Grant pretended to be his own talent agent under the name James Howe Ealy. He communicated with people via a fake email account and even disguised his voice with a Scottish accent on the phone. “I saved myself an absolute fortune,” he said.
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Howard Stern
Hugh Grant Talks Turning Down TV, Movies, and Marriage but Says He Only Regrets One
TIL Detox Plans have no scientific basis. They are considered a waste of time and money by scientists.
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BBC NEWS | Health | Scientists dismiss detox schemes
Following a so-called detox programme is a waste of time and money, a group of scientists says.
TIL that prior to Steve Irwin's death - he designed and funded a study which discovered that crocodiles can "surf" long distances across the ocean. One of the crocodiles in this study surfed 366 miles within 25 days.
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National Geographic News
Crocodiles Body Surf to Hop Between Islands
Rather than swimming, the reptiles ride currents to travel long distances, according to a study co-designed by the late Steve Irwin.
TIL Until 2017, toilets on trains in the UK flushed onto the tracks below
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Wikipedia
Passenger train toilet - Wikipedia
Many passenger trains (usually medium and long-distance) have toilet facilities, often at the ends of carriages. Toilets suitable for wheelchair users are larger, and hence trains with such facilities may not have toilets in each carriage.
TIL Warren Buffett once took Bill Gates to McDonalds. He offered to pay, and then reached into his pocket and pulled out coupons.
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Couponit
The time that Warren Buffett and Bill Gates used coupons at McDonalds - Couponit
Warren Buffett's estimated net worth is currently $86.9 billion, making him the 3rd-richest person on Earth. Don't assume that he's ever l...
TIL Rastafarians believed Haille Selassie, then king of Ethiopia to be the second coming of Jesus. Selassie refuted this and publicly denied his immorality. Rastafarians took this as proof he was in fact Jesus. Selassie's subsequent death in 1975 resulted in a crisis of faith for many Rastafarians.
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Wikipedia
Rastafari - Wikipedia
Abrahamic religion formed in 1930s Jamaica
TIL that in 1998 Sony had the chance to buy the rights to almost every Marvel character for 25 million. They opted to only buy the rights to Spider-Man for just 7 million, stating, "Nobody gives a shit about the other Marvel characters."
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CINEMABLEND
Why Sony Only Bought The Rights To Spider-Man From Marvel
Spider-Man might be swinging around with Iron Man now, but for a long time he was on his own at Sony. Here's why he made the jump to Sony alone.
TIL of the French court dwarf Richebourg who was only 23 inches tall. During the French Revolution he was used to pass secret messages in and out of Paris carried by nurses and disguised in an infant’s clothing.
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Court dwarf - Wikipedia
person with dwarfism employed by a court
TIL the lead singer of German industrial metal band Rammstein was given his position after being heard singing whilst weaving baskets for a living.
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Submitted April 26, 2019 at 07:44PM by PanningForSalt
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Rammstein - Wikipedia
German industrial metal band
TIL as Lt. Dan Inouye was about to toss a grenade at a German machine gun nest, a Nazi shot his arm off with an RPG. Undaunted, Inouye pulled the live grenade from his severed hand, tossed it, put his gun in his left hand, then wiped out three machine gun nests and killed 25 Nazis on his own.
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Badassoftheweek
Badass of the Week: Daniel Inouye
The ultimate list of all badasses past and present.
TIL that Einstein was an excellent violinist saying that "life without playing music is inconceivable for me".
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National Geographic News
Inside Einstein’s Love Affair With ‘Lina’—His Cherished Violin
The famed physicist rarely left home without his music, and it inspired him as he developed some of the most elegant theories in science.
TIL Rick Moranis retired from acting after his wife died of liver cancer so he could raise his children
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UPROXX
Rick Moranis Opens Up About Retiring From Acting To Be A Stay-At-Home Dad In Rare Interview
Rick Moranis, who retired from acting after his wife died to become a stay-at-home Dad, talks about the experience.
TIL that the last civil war veteran's widow died in 2004 at the age of 97.She married the 81 year old vet in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.
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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Last Civil War widow dies at 97
The last surviving widow of a US Civil War veteran dies in Alabama aged 97 - nearly 140 years after the war ended.
TIL: A study by Microsoft and Canada revealed in 2015 that the average attention span is now 8 seconds, down from 12 seconds in 2000 due to the advent of mobile phones. The attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds.
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Time
You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish
The study reveals a major ...
[TIL] that Isaac Wright (Bran on GOT) had to leave university after only 8 weeks because of all the attention he got. People had his flat address and his email address. He was even assigned a campus police officer at one point. When his then girlfriend came to visit they hid in his room for a week.
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PEOPLE.com
Game of Thrones Star Isaac Hempstead Wright Says It's Been 'Quite Difficult to Make Friends' at College
"I don’t think I’ll ever be able to have a normal university experience, which is kind of sad," Isaac Hempstead Wright said
TIL squirrels were originally placed in US cities as a way to reconnect city dwellers with nature
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Magazine
Squirrels Were Purposefully Introduced to American Cities
Those nutty neighbors were once seen as a benefit to urban living.
TIL that Medical Bills and illness account for 2/3 of the bankruptcy filings in the US.
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PNHP
Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies: Harvard study - PNHP
Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance EMBARGOED until: June 4, 2009, 12:01 a.m. EDT Contacts: David Himmelstein, M.D. Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. Elizabeth Warren,…