TIL that pilots departing from California's John Wayne Airport are required by law to cut their engines and pitch nose down shortly after takeoff for about 6 miles in order to reduce noise in the residential area below.
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What’s Up with the Rollercoaster Takeoffs from Orange County?
Orange County's unique departure profile If you've ever had the pleasure (or perhaps the terror) of taking off in a commercial plane from Orange County's John Wayne airport, you'll know that it is a takeoff unlike
TIL that "Banana Republic" was coined as a political term referring to a country(s) (Honduras and neighbors) that were exploited by a corporation (United Fruit Co.) for specific exports (yes, bananas). It is typically ruled by plutocracy and has a large poor working class that is also exploited.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 03:16PM by raysqman
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Banana republic - Wikipedia
political science term for a politically unstable country
TIL the slogan “Don’t Mess With Texas” came from a 1985 campaign aimed at reducing litter on Texas Roadways.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 04:32PM by RocketRaccoonGOTG
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Don't Mess with Texas - Wikipedia
anti-litter campaign slogan
TIL that the "Where do we go now?" ending to Guns N Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine' was born from the band not knowing how to finish that part of the song.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 06:51PM by FiredFox
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Sweet Child o' Mine
"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, appearing on their debut album, Appetite for Destruction. Released in August 1988 as the album's third single, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's only number…
TIL that the film V for Vendetta aired completely uncensored on China's national television in 2012. When asked, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television said it was not aware of a ban on the anarchist film
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 06:51PM by Happyginger
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V for Vendetta (film) - Wikipedia
2005 British dystopian thriller film directed by James McTeigue
TIL that in the 1880s and 1890s, 'dude’ was another word for ‘dandy’. In 1888 New York socialite and Chow dog enthusiast Evander Berry Wall (1861-1940), dubbed King of the Dudes, won a 'Battle of the Dudes' twice. He owned 5000 neckties and once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner.
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HeadStuff
Evander Berry Wall, King of the Dudes - HeadStuff
Evander Berry Wall was the King of the Dudes, best-dressed man in New York city. Neither pest nor puritan, but privileged to the core.
TIL During the Battle of the Bulge, German troops who could speak English were air-dropped behind Allied lines while wearing American uniforms to cause confusion for the Allies
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 06:37PM by TheSpartin
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Operation Greif - Wikipedia
battle
TIL The highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in the nation, Moose's Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, is in Anchorage, Alaska. Its annual sales are approximately $6 million.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 09:19PM by voguebaby77
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VinePair
This is the #1 Pizzeria in America | VinePair
Alaska isn’t exactly known for it’s restaurant scene. When it comes to pizza though, it has a major claim to fame: Moose’s Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, the highest grossing independent pizza restaurant in the United States of America. Moose’s Tooth, located in…
TIL that everything alive today (humans, animals, plants, insects, bacteria) shares 355 genes with a microbe that lived 4 billion years ago. We are all related to this microbe.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 10:24PM by jcgam
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phys.org
Looking for LUCA, the last universal common ancestor
Around 4 billion years ago there lived a microbe called LUCA: the Last Universal Common Ancestor. There is evidence that it could have lived a somewhat 'alien' lifestyle, hidden away deep underground ...
TIL that scientists are working to confirm an 80 year old theory that you can turn light into matter by creating a "photon-photon collider" using existing technology to demonstrate the process.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 07:47PM by StcStasi
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Scientists discover how to turn light into matter after 80-year quest
Imperial College London physicists have discovered how to create matter from light - a feat thought impossible when the idea was first theorised 80 years ago.
TIL the actor who played Glen Coco in Mean Girls wasn't even supposed to be there and never got paid - he snuck onto the set for free food.
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Submitted May 08, 2019 at 10:58PM by funderbunk
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Dazed
The real-life Glen Coco remembers his time on Mean Girls
Actor David Reale sneaked onto set for a free lunch and became part of teen movie history
TIL that in Classical Athens, the citizens could vote each year to banish any person who was growing too powerful, as a threat to democracy. This process was called Ostracism.
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 01:26AM by pioldpfhh
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Ostracism - Wikipedia
procedure under the Athenian democracy in which a citizen could be expelled from Athens for 10 years
TIL that Norman Borlaug saved more than a billion lives with a "miracle wheat" that averted mass starvation, becoming 1 of only 5 people to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal. He said, "Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world."
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 02:29AM by design-responsibly
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www.worldfoodprize.org
Dr. Norman Borlaug to celebrate 95th birthday on March 25
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug to celebrate 95th birthday
TIL: The Pokemon franchise has generated approximately three times as much money as Harry Potter
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 12:34AM by jamescookenotthatone
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List of highest-grossing media franchises
This is a list of the highest-grossing media franchises. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animation, cartoon or television series and have expanded to other forms of media. This list covers every aspect…
TIL During the Prohibition era, the U.S. Government allowed Whiskey to be sold through pharmacies. As a result, Walgreens grew from 20 retail stores to almost 400.
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 02:26AM by bmore80
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Walgreens - Wikipedia
second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States
TIL that Lebanon made a massive bowl of hummus to get into the Guiness Book of World Records just so people around the world can recognise that hummus is from Lebanon
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 06:32AM by uhso
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Bbc
Who invented hummus?
Everyone from the Lebanese to the Turks to the Syrians have tried to claim it.
TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I'm innocent."
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 10:26AM by JohnBasedEranset
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TIL Researchers historically have avoided using female animals in medical studies specifically so they don't have to account for influences from hormonal cycles. This may explain why women often don't respond to available medications or treatments in the same way as men do
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 09:40AM by chercheur17
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Medicalxpress
Women's hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates
Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a new Vanderbilt University study revealed. The findings are especially ...
TIL that a "20% chance of rain" can mean that there is a 20% chance that rain will occur in a given area, or that there is a 100% chance that rain will occur in 20% of a given area, or anything in between.
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 03:16AM by scottrd9
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TIL that a "20% chance of rain" can mean that there is a 20%...
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TIL that pre-electricity theatre spotlights produced light by directing a flame at calcium oxide (quicklime). These kinds of lights were called limelights and this is the origin of the phrase “in the limelight” to mean “at the centre of attention”.
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 02:50PM by sober_disposition
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Limelight - Wikipedia
type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls
TIL Bayer used slave labor and tested drugs on prisoners in Auschwitz
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Submitted May 09, 2019 at 12:12PM by 0x0BAD_ash
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Popular Pharmaceutical Company Bayer Bought Concentration Camp Victims in WWII
Everyone has heard of Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that runs aspirin commercials on television. Not everyone knows, however, of Bayer's dark past.