TIL Australian prime minister Harold Holt loved swimming and diving so much that when his press secretary expressed concern about this he said, "Look, what are the odds that a PM would drown or be eaten by a shark?". In 1967, Holt went for a swim in the ocean and was never seen again.
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Disappearance of Harold Holt - Wikipedia
On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria. A massive search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Beach, but his body was never recovered. Holt was eventually declared…
TIL In 2012 when Tom Lehrer gave 2Chainz permission to use his song, the 85 year old stated "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
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Tom Lehrer - Wikipedia
American singer-songwriter and mathematician
TIL "Pall Mall" cigarettes are named after Pall Mall street in London, which is named for the game Pall Mall played on that street, which is named after the French game of "Jeu de mail", which is named after the Italian game of "pallamaglio", which means "ball mallet".
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Pall Mall (cigarette) - Wikipedia
cigarette brand
TIL about the Zone Rouge (Red Zone), areas of France so affected by WWI they have been declared off limits and defined as: "Completely devastated. Damage to properties: 100%. Damage to Agriculture: 100%. Impossible to clean. Human life impossible" Pollutants, such as chlorine and arsenic, and unexpl
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Submitted May 02, 2019 at 08:40PM by DamnItDarin
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Zone Rouge - Wikipedia
The Zone Rouge (English: Red Zone) is a chain of non-contiguous areas throughout northeastern France that the French government isolated after the First World War. The land, which originally covered more than 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi), was deemed…
TIL Nasa developed a internet protocol that could connect our entire solar system called DTN (Disruption Tolerant Networking)
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Submitted May 02, 2019 at 05:32PM by dave007
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NASA
Disruption Tolerant Networking
NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.
TIL that each year the Netherlands sends 20,000 tulip bulbs to Canada as a thank you for aiding in the WWII
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Canadian Tulip Festival - Wikipedia
The Canadian Tulip Festival (French: Festival Canadien des Tulipes; Dutch: Canadees Festival van de Tulp) is a tulip festival, held annually in May in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The festival claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, displaying over one…
TIL, in 1981, a California doctor worked around the clock to save the life of a (3.2 lb) premature baby boy. Exactly 30 years later, that baby (now a Paramedic/Firefighter) saved the life of the doctor when a semi struck his car.
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TIL that regularly drinking excessive amounts of Mountain Dew (2-8L/day) can cause a rare neurological disorder with symptoms of memory loss, fatigue, headache & involuntary movements. The disorder is due to bromine accumulating from the brominated vegetable oils used in some citrus-flavored drinks.
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Snopes.com
FACT CHECK: Does Mountain Dew Contain the Dangerous Chemical BVO?
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is yet another common food additive that has come under scrutiny from food safety proponents.
TIL Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is being eaten alive by millions of venomous sea stars known as crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS). Scientist have developed a new robot to hunt and kill these sea stars—a murderous, autonomous underwater vehicle called RangerBot. It kills with a single shot of bile
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Hakai Magazine
RangerBot: Programmed to Kill | Hakai Magazine
A new generation of sea star-murdering robots is set to deploy.
TIL some densely populated countries use Election Ink to prevent double voting. The ink uses silver nitrate which stains the skin and is only removed by shedding of external skin cells, therefore providing a sure way of knowing who has or hasn't voted.
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Election ink - Wikipedia
Electoral ink, indelible ink, electoral stain or phosphoric ink is a semi-permanent ink or dye that is applied to the forefinger (usually) of voters during elections in order to prevent electoral fraud such as double voting. It is an effective method for…
TIL Tennessee bans "omnibus bills." The content of bills passed by the Tennessee General Assembly can be no broader than the noscript of the bill.
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Constitution of Tennessee - Wikipedia
The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules (and means for changing them) of the U.S. State of Tennessee.
TIL in the movie "Dumb and Dumber", Jim Carrey's chipped tooth is genuine, resulting from a fight with a classmate in his childhood, but he had since had it capped. He simply had the crown temporarily removed from that tooth to portray Lloyd
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Dumb and Dumber - Wikipedia
1994 American buddy comedy film
TIL if microwaves had clear glass windows you would be exposed to the harmful microwaves they emit. The metal mesh screen over the windows have large enough holes for our eyes to see inside, but small enough to block the harmful microwaves that would otherwise be emitted.
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Knoji
Why Microwave Ovens Can Have See Through Windows
microwave ovens, clear glass doors
TIL that before settling on the Butthole Surfers, the band went by many names including Fred Astaire’s Asshole, the Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole, and the Inalienable Right to Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole
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Butthole Surfers - Wikipedia
American band
TIL that only about 10% of stock trades are done by actual humans. The remainder is done by high frequency trading algorithms and day trading bots.
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CNBC
Just 10% of trading is regular stock picking, JPMorgan estimates
By trade volume, machines and exchange-traded funds are leaving the traditional stock picker in the dust.
TIL Pink Floyd played a concert with no audience at the ampitheatre in Pompeii, Italy 1971 being the first performance to occur there since the eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79AD at the time of the ancient romans
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Prog Magazine
The inside story of Pink Floyd’s classic Live At Pompeii
A maverick filmmaker, a band reaching the peak of their powers, an iconic venue steeped in history, and a singing Afghan Hound: this is the inside story of Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii.
TIL in 2016, residents of Barrow, Alaska voted to change the name of the city back to its original Inupiaq name, Utqiaġvik
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Utqiagvik, Alaska
Utqiagvik, (Inupiaq: Utqiaġvik, IPA: [utqe.ɑʁvik], English: /ˌʊtkiˈɑːvɪk/ UUT-kee-AH-vik), officially the City of Utqiaġvik, and previously Barrow (/ˈbæroʊ/) is the largest city and the borough seat of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and…
TIL that Maurice Sendak's classic book "Where the Wild Things Are" was supposed to be noscriptd "Where the Wild Horses Are" but he realized he couldn't draw horses so he changed it to "things" instead
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the Guardian
10 wild facts about Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are was President Obama’s choice of children’s book to read over the Easter weekend, so here are some fun facts that you may or may not know about Maurice Sendak’s classic
TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary has included the informal use of the word "literally" in its official definition since 2011, and that use of the word "literally" to mean "figuratively" has been documented as far back as 250 years.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Uproar as OED includes erroneous use of 'literally'
Pedants will be in uproar after it was confirmed that the Oxford English Dictionary had included the erroneous use of the word “literally”.
TIL researchers reported duplicating the glue that the sandcastle worms secrete and use to stick sand grains together underwater. They believe the glue to have applications as a biocompatible medical adhesive, for instance to repair shattered bones. For bone repair, it can replace pins and screws
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Wikipedia
Phragmatopoma californica - Wikipedia
species of annelid
TIL when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he carried with him a piece from the Wright brothers' first airplane
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 05:24PM by anweshm4
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Apollo 11 - Wikipedia
First crewed mission to land on the Moon