TIL When Bill Gates' daughter started kindergarten, he dropped her off at school in the mornings to help out his wife, Melinda. Within a few weeks, seeing this, other dads at the school began to drop their children off in the mornings instead of their wives.
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Business Insider
Something interesting happened when Bill Gates started driving his daughter to school
Melinda Gates said when her husband, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, drove his daughter to school, other husbands started doing it too.
TIL there is a 1420 book that was found to have cat piss on one of its pages. The author of the manunoscript even wrote on the page "Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book during the night in Deventer... and beware well not to leave open books at night where cats can come."
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 07:46AM by shaka_sulu
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io9
This medieval manunoscript curses the cat who peed on it
What happens when a cat sneaks over and pees all over the precious manunoscript that you've spent months of your life inscribing? If you're this 15th century monk, you leave a note cursing the cat and move on with your writing.
TIL Harvard Associate Professor Dr. Lester Grinspoon tried to prove pot was harmful to get his friend, Carl Sagan, to smoke less. He then wrote a book on the lies behind pot and prompted a study into using THC for chemo associated nausea and vomiting, after seeing results in his son with leukemia.
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Leafly
The Most Impactful Cannabis Studies of All Time
These scientific studies forever changed the way society sees cannabis—for better or for worse.
TIL that Stephen Wiltshire, autistic savant who draws detailed landscapes from memory and was featured in a BBC documentary as a child, now has his own gallery in London. A 76m panoramic memory drawing of New York is on display at JFK Airport. He was appointed an MBE in 2006.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 10:46AM by ClandesTyne
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Wikipedia
Stephen Wiltshire - Wikipedia
Architectural artist
TIL that Volvo opened up the patent for three-point seatbelt cause "it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from"
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 03:43PM by resont
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ArnoldClark Newsroom
Why Volvo gave away the patent for their most important invention
The life-saving three-point seat belt was too significant not to share, according to Volvo
TIL that braille is imprinted on on beer cans sold in Japan. This is to ensure that blind people won't confuse a can of beer with a soft drink.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 01:21PM by jacathinker
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Accessible Japan | アクセシブルジャパン
Traveling in Japan with a Visual Impairment - Accessible Japan | アクセシブルジャパン
Cristina visited Japan as her last stop of a 4-month round-the-world tour. Here are her thoughts about traveling in Japan with a visual impairment.
TIL: During the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show the crew held an easter egg hunt on set. Some of the eggs that weren't found can actually be seen in the film. This is suggested as the origin of the term.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 05:12PM by New-found-Girth
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HuffPost UK
11 Easter Eggs You Never Noticed In Your Favorite Movies
You'll never guess where Waldo shows up.
TIL that James Dyson, partly supported by his wife's salary as an art teacher, spent five years and made about 5,127 prototypes until the launch of the famous vacuum cleaner that would not lose suction as it picked up dirt.
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Wikipedia
James Dyson
Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS FREng (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial design engineer and founder and chief executive of Dyson Ltd. Traditionally, he is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the…
TIL that the Japanese Bullet Train is cleaned in just seven minutes and prepared for the next passengers so that including disembarking and boarding, the train stops for only 12 minutes.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 02:55PM by jacathinker
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YouTube
The 7-Minute Miracle Of Japanese Train System
It is amazing by all means
TIL: That magician Houdini took off a year during WWI to promote the war effort and taught soldiers how to get out of handcuffs giving away some of his magic secrets.
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TIL Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock," is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 06:31PM by pincer420
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The Independent
Benedict Cumberbatch is 'distantly related' to Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle, researchers claim
Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote the original books, researchers have claimed. In a piece of sleuthing Holmes himself might have been proud
TIL that basketball sensation Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 09:37PM by ProdByWillare
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Owlcation
Over 200 Fun, Odd Facts Most People Don't Know
Over 200 odd facts about science, sports, history and more that you and your friends probably don't already know!
TIL that in the late Middle Ages, books were so valuable that libraries would chain them to the bookcase. This was widely practised until the 18th century.
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 05:56PM by jacathinker
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Smithsonian
Libraries Used to Chain Their Books to Shelves, With the Spines Hidden Away
Books have been around a long time, but the way we store them--stacked vertically, spines out--is a relatively recent invention
TIL - An American woman lost all her teeth due to fluoride poisoning from tea. She'd been having a pitcher of ice tea made with 100-150 bags every day for 17 years.
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Cbsnews
Woman's 150 tea bag per day habit lead to bone disease, her doctors say
47-year-old woman was diagnosed with skeletal fluorosis, a painful condition caused by consuming too much fluoride
TIL: The poorest President in the world was former Uruguay President Jose Mujica, who only received a monthly salary of $7.5k. He gave away 90% of his salary and only declared $1.8k as his wealth in 2010, his 1987 Volkswagon.
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BBC News
The world's poorest president
Politicians are often criticised for extravagant lifestyles, but Uruguay's president lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his income.
TIL the directors of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Baby Driver consulted each other to make sure that the films would not have the same songs on their soundtracks.
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Wikipedia
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (soundtrack)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album for the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Featuring the songs present on Peter Quill's mixtape in the film, the album was released…
TIL that female tears contain an odorless chemical that reduces testosterone levels in men.
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NPR.org
Smell That Sadness? Female Tears Turn Off Men
Female tears had physiological effects on men who smelled them: It lowered their sexual arousal and decreased testosterone levels, according to a new study. Though study participants didn't notice a particular smell, researchers say there must be a chemical…
TIL Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) was originally such a successful street performer that when he asked an accountant how to pay taxes on the money he earned, he was told that he'd be better off not paying any since he would most likely be accused of being a drug dealer.
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YouTube
Bravo Profiles - Penn and Teller (2001)
I have seen pieces of this on youtube, but didnt see the full thing. Here it is. Lots of cool shots of young Penn + Teller.
TIL that after being shot in the frontal lobe during WWI, a Hungarian man named Paul Kern became unable to fall asleep. Baffling doctors, he did not present any other symptom other than his inability to sleep and an occasional headache. He went on to live a full, sleepless life.
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Submitted April 29, 2019 at 04:26AM by ChairmanZuck
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL that after being shot in the frontal lobe during WWI, a Hungarian man named Paul Kern became unable to fall…
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TIL Boring in Oregon twinned with Dull in Scotland, then added Bland in Australia to become the Trinity of Tedium
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Submitted April 29, 2019 at 12:54AM by Zapskilz
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GOOD
How the Towns of Bland, Dull, and Boring Made Their Lame Names Work for Them
Small towns stuck with unfortunate or unusual appellations are a surprise hit with tourists
TIL peeling Scotch Tape in a vacuum releases enough X-rays to produce an image of finger bones on X-ray film
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Submitted April 28, 2019 at 11:48PM by HeyItsDig
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MIT Technology Review
X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape
Unwinding Scotch tape produces enough radiation to image a human finger.