TIL that so prevalent is the empty cardboard box's reputation as a plaything that in 2005 a cardboard box was added to the National Toy Hall of Fame.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 04:27PM by diamondsealtd
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Cardboard box - Wikipedia
box fabricated from cardboard
TIL that Paul McCartney started the recording of "Hey Jude" unaware that Ringo wasn't there and sitting on the toilet. Ringo tiptoed his way back into the studio just in time for the drums to start.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 04:19PM by Pupikal
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Hey Jude
"Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release on their Apple record…
TIL that animals re-evaluate what they experienced during the day in their sleep and thereby secure knowledge, meaning they have dreams as complex as a human's.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 11:11AM by letmeblog
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MIT News
Animals have complex dreams, MIT researcher proves
Study may advance understanding of human learning and memory.
TIL only 16% of millionaires inherited their fortune. 47% made it through business, and 23% got it through paid work.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 05:45PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
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Millionaire - Wikipedia
individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency
TIL that when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto, the trip took about 1 minute less than predicted or in a decade-long journey, NASA's forecast was 99.99998% accurate or the equivalent of forecasting a trip from New York to Boston & being accurate to within four-millionths of a second.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 05:54PM by speckz
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The Motley Fool
Good Enough
Why rules of thumb beat precision.
TIL Two penniless brothers living in a cave inherited $6.6 Billion from a long lost Grandmother.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 08:13PM by Leecifer42
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r/todayilearned - TIL Two penniless brothers living in a cave inherited $6.6 Billion from a long lost Grandmother.
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TIL timeless physics is the controversial view that time, as we perceive it, does not exist as anything other than an illusion. Arguably we have no evidence of the past other than our memory of it, and no evidence of the future other than our belief in it.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 08:41PM by Breeze_in_the_Trees
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Julian Barbour - Wikipedia
British physicist
TIL the Beatles album, Abbey Road, was originally going to be called Everest but none of the Beatles wanted to fly to the Himalayas to take a photo so they just called the album Abbey road.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 09:01PM by kiwihavern
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The Beatles' Abbey Road album was almost called Everest
In the history of iconic music, so many decisions emerge as the result of total accidents. Longstanding plans are broken, courses are diverted, and even mistakes become ingrained into legend as genius choices. So much of the process relies on chance, that…
TIL in the extinct Australian language Mbabaram, the word for dog is 'dog'. This is purely a coincidence and there is no relation between the words
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 09:25PM by FeelTheBernCallTheDr
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Mbabaram language - Wikipedia
language
TIL Caesar salad isn't Italian and has nothing to do with Julius Caesar, it was invented in Mexico in 1924 by a man called Caesar Cardini
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 12:22AM by kiwihavern
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Kitchenproject
The History of Caesar Salad
This is not a copy cat recipe but the actual family recipe for creamed spinach donated by Ruth Chris.
TIL that the Vietnamese word for shark literally translates to "fat fish" and the Afrikaans word for stapler literally translates to "paper vampire."
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 11:59PM by emilylikesredditalot
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Mentalfloss
25 Foreign Words With Hilarious Literal Meanings
Beware of "paper vampires" and "ghost breath."
TIL the Toyota Matrix's odometer has a glitch where it stops 299,999 miles, technically making it a "glitch in the matrix"
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 01:00AM by RADical-muslim
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NBC Southern California
Some Toyota Models Odometers Stop at 299,999 Miles
Toyota acknowledges a problem for some of its vehicles which has never been subject to recall. Drivers of the Matrix, some Corollas and first-generation Prius' are finding that their odometers stop at 299,999...
TIL that the Secret Service agent who saved President Reagan's life joined the Secret Service after seeing a movie starring Ronald Reagan as a Secret Service Agent.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 03:36AM by userdk3
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Wikipedia
Jerry Parr - Wikipedia
American Secret Service agent
TIL About the Airline Employee Who Told the Passengers, Over the Plane's PA As the Plane Was Reaching the Gate, That He was Was Fed Up and Quitting, Pulled the Plane's Emergency Slide, Slid Down Holding Beers and Ran. When the Cops Caught Up To Him, the Then Ex-Employee Was Having Sex At Home.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 12:17AM by grewapair
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NBC New York
Fed-Up Flight Attendant Out of Jail, Says He's Appreciative
Steven Slater grabbed a couple of beers and ended his long career as a flight attendant.
TIL that in 1995, Isaac Asimov received a letter congratulating him on an accidental prediction of alpha-particle RAM errors in one of his 1950s novel “Caves of Steel”.
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Submitted May 07, 2019 at 10:55PM by StypticParasite
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Soft error - Wikipedia
In electronics and computing, a soft error is a type of error where a signal or datum is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either to be a mistake in design or construction, or a broken component. A soft error is also a signal or…
TIL that Soviet Cosmonauts take shotguns to space to protect themselves from Siberian wilderness upon re-entry back to earth.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 09:09AM by clawdninehehe
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TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol - Wikipedia
triple-barreled Soviet pistol that was carried by cosmonauts on space missions
TIL that in 1978, three Indiana teenagers were killed in when their Pinto was involved in a rear-end collision. Ford was indicted on three counts of reckless homicide. Indiana v. Ford was the first time a corporation faced criminal charges for a defective product and charged with murder.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 07:11AM by BMK812
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Ford Pinto - Wikipedia
subcompact car produced by Ford from 1971–1980
TIL the 1965 film ‘The Battle of the Bulge’ was so Historically Inaccurate, That President Eisenhower Came Out of Retirement & Held a Press Conference Just to Denounce the Film.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 09:46AM by alcypert
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WAR HISTORY ONLINE
'The Battle of the Bulge' was so Historically Inaccurate, That President Eisenhower Came Out of Retirement & Held a Press Conference…
‘Battle of the Bulge’ is an American classic war movie, it was made in Spain and hit the screens in 1965. It was directed by Ken Annakin. The starring
TIL that there are ancient windmills over 1000 years old still in operating condition in Iran. They served to protect the village from damaging winds and processing grains.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 10:42AM by dand00n
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Look4ward
1,000-Year-Old Windmills In Iran: Engineering Feats Which Stood The Test Of Time
Made of natural materials the windmills in Iran have been milling grain for flour for an estimated 1,000 years.
TIL that Payless set up a fake luxury store called "Palessi" to prank social media influencers.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 12:08PM by ClarkMWayne
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Cbsnews
Payless sold discount shoes at luxury prices — and it worked
Payless pranked fashionistas into paying 1,800 percent markups for the bargain footwear seller's shoes
TIL John Gotti's 13 year old son was struck by a car and killed when he darted out into a street on a mini motorbike. The driver of the vehicle, a neighbor whose son had previously slept over at the Gotti house, disappeared 5 months later. He was allegedly shot in the head and dissolved in acid
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 02:00AM by duevigilance
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Telegraph.co.uk
Neighbour who ran over John Gotti's son was dissolved in acid
A neighbour who accidentally ran over and killed the young son of the Mafia boss John Gotti was shot dead and his body dissolved in a barrel of acid, court papers have revealed.