TIL that farmers in USA are hacking their John Deere tractors with Ukrainian firmware, which seems to be the only way to actually *own* the machines and their software, rather than rent them for lifetime from John Deere.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 08:14PM by BurtGummer1911
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Motherboard
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking.
TIL the United States military when trying to avoid divulging information gives reporters briefings with 25 minutes of intentionally dull PowerPoint presentations and 5 minutes left at the end for questions from anyone who is still awake. The presentations are called hypnotizing chickens.
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NY Times
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint
PowerPoint has crept into the daily lives of U.S. military commanders and reached the level of near obsession.
TIL that wet plate photography cannot pick up certain tattoos. This ended up erasing a large part of Māori culture from history.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 09:01PM by GoopHugger
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Petapixel
Wet Plate Photography Makes Tattoos Disappear
Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration
TIL of the Moriori, a Pacifist people who, when being wiped out by a neighbouring Polynesian tribe, decided that their non-violent beliefs were more important than their own survival.
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 09:17PM by JJBrazman
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teara.govt.nz
4. – Moriori – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The British In late November 1791 a British ship, the Chatham, was blown off course to Rēkohu. Lieutenant William Broughton planted the British flag and, claiming Rēkohu in the name of King George III, named it Chatham Island. In a misunderstanding with the…
TIL Martin Luther King Jr. started a pillow fight in the hotel room with other civil rights leaders in the hour before he was assassinated
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 01:10AM by churchillsucks
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ABC News
Andrew Young recalls witnessing Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
Andrew Young recalls the moment a bullet killed Martin Luther King Jr.
TIL newly naturalized US citizens can have their citizenship revoked if they join the Communist party within five years of becoming a citizen
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 03:31AM by bobthebonobo
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USCIS
Chapter 2 - Grounds for Revocation of Naturalization
TIL Paul Bettany was told by a movie producer that "his career was over" and he was "done in Hollywood". As he sat down in the sidewalk minutes later, Joss Whedon called him and asked if he wanted to be Vision in "Age of Ultron".
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YouTube
Paul Bettany on how he became Vision in The Avengers is an amazing true story.
Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen, aka Vision and the Scarlet Witch, talk to BBC Radio 1's Ali Plumb ahead of Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War. Paul tells how being cast as Vision saved his career, and Elizabeth reveals how she can't stop making strange noises…
TIL A deer poacher in Missouri is sentenced to watch Bambi once every month during his yearlong prison term
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Submitted May 03, 2019 at 09:09PM by zrtsgertzog
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BBC News
Deer poacher sentenced to watch Bambi in prison
David Berry Jr, jailed for illegally killing deer, must watch the Disney film Bambi once a month.
TIL that people from other countries also adopt American babies (referred to as an “outgoing adoption”) and the babies are primarily all African American
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Pacific Standard
America’s Unseen Export: Children, Most of Them Black
The theories and policies that govern American adoptions are out of date. At least until they’re changed—to keep state and private agencies from applying the law in such a way as to prioritize heterosexual couples—you can expect the outgoing adoption industry…
TIL The lead singer of The Offspring (Dexter Holland) suspended his candidate-ship for a PhD in Microbiology to focus on his band. In 2013 he published a paper identifying microRNA-like sequences in HIV. He received his PhD in 2017.
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Wikipedia
Dexter Holland - Wikipedia
American musician
TIL during WWII there was a Finnish soldier who overdosed on amphetamines to escape from Soviets. In the following week, he proceeded to ski 400 km (250 miles), dropped down to 94lb, survived a landmine, and ate a bird raw.
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Wikipedia
Aimo Koivunen - Wikipedia
Finnish soldier
TIL That President Andrew Jackson owned a parrot named Poll. When Jackson died Poll was present at his funeral, but had to be removed due to "Swearing and yelling profanities" that he learned from Jackson himself
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 02:35PM by TheDranoel
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Lafeber® Pet Birds
Presidents & Their Pet Parrots – Pet Birds by Lafeber Co.
Can you imagine a parrot perched in the White House? It’s probably happened at some point during our country’s history; after all, some of our past presidents had parrot companions during their presidencies. Here is a list of presidents who really did have…
TIL that a man named Joseph Bolitho Johns (Moondyne Joe) escaped prison so many times that a special secure prison was built for him. A confident jailor said "if you get out again, I will set you free". Moondyne escaped that as well. He was caught again two years later but jailor kept his word.
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Wikipedia
Moondyne Joe - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
convict, bushranger
TIL a general rule for plants is that lighter-coloured leaves require more light and darker-coloured leaves require less light. This is due to the amount of chlorophyll a and b found in the leaves.
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 07:45AM by NoongarGal
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Science ABC
Why do you see Various Shades of Green in a Garden?
During those sunny mornings and pleasant evenings, as you jog or stroll through a garden, you must have noticed the lush green color of plants around you. So pleasing to the eye, and yet the [...]
TIL In 2014, an Arizona man escaped prison to meet with his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. The man crawled past razor wire, scaled two fences and made his way to a bar about 10 miles away.
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CNN
Arizona jailbird escapes to meet his girlfriend for Valentine's Day - CNN
Arizona suspect Joseph Andrew Dekenipp went from jailbird, to lovebird, and back to jailbird -- all in three hours.
TIL of the Taman Shud case: a mysterious unidentified corpse of a man found on the beach in Australia in 1948, cleanly shaven with no identification marks but a piece of paper with the words “Tamam Shud,” meaning the end.
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Historic Mysteries
Taman Shud Case: The Somerton Man | Historic Mysteries
The Taman Shud Case, also known as the Case of the Somerton Man, is the case of an unidentified dead body found on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia.
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt's mother died at age 49 and less than twelve hours later, his wife Alice died from what was diagnosed as acute kidney disease. In his diary that night, the twenty-six-year-old Theodore placed a large X, along with the simple words “The light has gone out of my life.”
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL that Theodore Roosevelt's mother died at age 49 and less than twelve hours later, his wife Alice died from…
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TIL that after being denied access to one and with no public knowledge about its architecture, India built its first supercomputer in just 3 years which then became the second fastest supercomputer at the time.
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 05:23PM by Amolk2207
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Wikipedia
PARAM - Wikipedia
series of super computers designed and assembled by CDAC by India
TIL Paul Rudd and Jeffery Dean Morgan own Samuel's Sweet Shop, a candy store in Rhinebeck NY, which they saved from closing after the passing of its previous owner, a friend of theirs
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 08:29PM by justhereforhides
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E! Online
Did You Know Jeffrey Dean Morgan Co-Owns a Candy Shop With Paul Rudd?
Walking Dead star and fellow actor took over the sweet store in Rhinebeck, NY
TIL A giant virus has been discovered with its own immune system. French scientists found these giant virus defence mechanisms work in a similar way to the CRISPR-Cas system, whereby the virus learns to recognise invaders, capture their genetic material and use this information to destroy them.
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 08:43PM by chercheur17
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International Business Times UK
Giant virus discovered with its own CRISPR-like immune system
Discovery of giant viruses far more complex than normal virophages offers insights.
TIL after Marvin Gaye recorded “What’s Going On”, he played it for Motown’s Berry Gordy Jr. who said it was “the worst thing I heard in my life.” Only after Gaye threatened to leave the label was it released, becoming massive hit and considered 4th greatest song of all time by the Rolling Stone.
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Submitted May 04, 2019 at 05:52PM by yancovigen
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Mentalfloss
10 Hit Songs That Were Almost Never Released
Playlists would sound a lot different if these songs hadn't been released.