TIL that the Killer Whale is a natural predator of the Moose
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Submitted May 11, 2019 at 07:39PM by Eagles_55
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Moose - Wikipedia
species of mammal
TIL the guitar solos finishing "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd were added to give lead singer Ronnie Van Zant a chance to rest while playing several sets per night.
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Submitted May 11, 2019 at 05:17PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
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Free Bird
"Free Bird", or "Freebird", is a power ballad performed by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was first featured on the band's debut album in 1973 and has been included on subsequent albums, including the unfaded-ending version of the original recording…
TIL of a man that protects the world's rarest colors, some being poisonous, and some very beautiful. One of the colors is a yellow pigment originating from dried cow urine where they were only fed mango leaves.
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Submitted May 11, 2019 at 09:15PM by Cicopath1
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TIL Adolf Dassler, who went by the name “Adi,” returned to the ruins of post-war Germany and decided to abandon his career of baking and follow his passion of making athletic gear. He then founded Adidas.
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Submitted May 11, 2019 at 07:56PM by Ryuary
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Adolf Dassler - Wikipedia
German entrepreneur, founder of Adidas shoe company
TIL A devout Mormon set out in 1955 on an archaeological expedition to prove the Book of Mormon's claims. After 15 years instead he found nearly every claim in the BOM was wrong and the papyrus J. Smith claimed written by Abraham was actually just a page ripped out of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 02:46AM by Bluest_waters
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Mormons in Transition
A Mormon Champion's Loss of Faith
A candid yet even-handed survey of Book of Mormon (BOM) archaeology, told through the career of Thomas Stuart Ferguson, one of its most ardent twentieth century champions.
TIL about Sarah Halley Finn, the casting director for every single MCU movie to date (except The Incredible Hulk). She has chosen over 1000 actors for the MCU.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 01:28AM by Sergeant__Slash
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FANDOM
Why Sarah Halley Finn is Marvel’s Secret Weapon
Forget Stan Lee and Kevin Feige -- Sarah Halley Finn is the true hero of the MCU, having cast Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Doctor Strange and more.
TIL that the city of Topeka, Kansas was renamed to Topikachu for a day in both 1998 and 2018 to celebrate the release of new Pokémon games.
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Submitted May 11, 2019 at 09:42PM by illusoir3
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Anime News Network
City of Topeka Renamed 'ToPikachu' to Celebrate Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Eevee! Games
The city of Topeka, Kansas wants to be the very best, like no one ever was. The city will again rename itself "ToPikachu" on October 27 as part of a celebration...
TIL Beats headphones contain about $17 worth of parts and a full 1/3rd of their weight comes from metal weights
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 04:41AM by Randolm
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HuffPost
We Took Apart Some Beats Headphones And Here's What We Found
It's nearly impossible to be on a train, fly on a plane or walk down the street without spotting the iconic "b" logo. Beats has been extremely successful...
TIL that New York City is one of four major cities in the United States whose drinking water is pure enough not to require purification by water treatment plants. The city is supplied with drinking water by the protected Catskill Mountains watershed.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 03:52AM by brucejoel99
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Indians in the New York City metropolitan region
Indians in the New York City metropolitan region constitute one of the largest and fastest growing ethnicities in the New York City metropolitan area of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest Indian American population among metropolitan…
TIL During WWII, the German army used a radar system called Wotan. The British scientist R.V. Jones figured out how the system worked by assuming that it used a single beam based on the fact that the Germanic god Wotan had only one eye.
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Battle of the Beams - Wikipedia
The Battle of the Beams was a period early in the Second World War when bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing in the United Kingdom. British scientific intelligence…
TIL archeologists are using LiDAR to survey the South American rainforests. The results have helped reveal over 60000 previously undiscovered ruins, part of a much greater civilization than previously thought.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 08:00AM by Nick_van_Rooyen
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The Verge
Archeologists used lasers to discover thousands Mayan structures in Guatemala
Extensive LiDAR scans demonstrated that the region was more densely populated than previously thought
TIL that the really innocent-sounding German 1980's song "99 luftballons" or "99 red balloons" is actually about two kids accidentally causing a nuclear holocaust by releasing 99 red balloons.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 12:52PM by orests1
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TIL of a "pineberry", a white hybrid of the strawberry. It looks just like one, but has the taste of a pineapple. It had been "rescued" by Dutch farmers, and later on, commercially sold in the 2010's. At the moment, they're grown (only) in Japan. They're ~$10.00 per berry.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 03:41PM by Cicopath1
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Strawberry Plants . org
Pineberry & Pineberries, The Rest of the Story
A pineberry is a white strawberry with red seeds with pineapple overtones. Buy pineberries, buy pineberry plants here. Buy pineberry & pineberries!
TIL about how BBC once convinced people Spaghetti grew on trees. In 1957,BBC broadcast a 3min program about Switzerland farms growing Spaghetti trees. The farmers harvested them and put in the sun to dry them.The presenter explained Spaghetti always grows to the same length. People believed it.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 03:15PM by EasyMonnaie
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Spaghetti-tree hoax - Wikipedia
hoax report broadcast on BBC
TIL President Ronald Reagan saw the Soviet cult film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” at least eight times in preparation for his meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, to try and understand the mysterious Russian soul.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 02:37PM by krstyan
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Soviet Art
Soviet Cult film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears - Soviet Art
Soviet Cult film, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Soviet film, Vladimir Menshov, lyrical story, friends provincials, American Film Academy, Oscar
TIL Robert E. Lee owned a plantation across the river from Washington DC until the start of the Civil War. The Lees fled the home and the Union army occupied their land, ultimately burying Union war dead there to spite Lee for his treason. It is now Arlington National Cemetery.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 05:44PM by Pupikal
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Arlington National Cemetery - Wikipedia
military cemetery in the United States of America
TIL that Japan's most celebrated generals have been masters of Ikebana, the art of flower arranging, finding that it calmed their minds and helped them make clear decisions in the field of battle.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 05:02PM by jcd1974
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Ikebana - Wikipedia
Japanese art of flower arrangement
TIL the artist Camille Corot is one of the most forged artists ever. He had a lazy attitude towards copies. He would sign replicas and even loan his works to professional copiers. Efforts to stop this by publicizing his art backfired, when forgers used the catalogues as guides to refine their fakes.
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 01:21PM by Tokyono
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Wikipedia
French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching
TIL Brazilian scrap thieves unknowingly stole highly radioactive caesium-137 from a shuttered hospital. The glowing powder was handled, shown to neighbors as a curiosity and even dabbed on faces like makeup. This event resulted in 4 deaths, including a toddler who ingested the powder. [NSFW]
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 05:35PM by eNonsense
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TIL peekaboo is universal to all cultures, and developmental psychologists believe it is important to infant development.
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Bbc
Why all babies love peekaboo
Peekaboo is a game played over the world, crossing language and cultural barriers. Why is it so universal? Perhaps because it’s such a powerful learning tool.
TIL a janitor singing Welcome to the Jungle on the schools loudspeaker after hours made a teacher fear for her life
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Submitted May 12, 2019 at 03:41PM by Wolverine_007
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msnbc.com
Teacher calls police after karaoke scare
Karaoke can be scary, but threatening? A school custodian's impromptu after-hours karaoke performance prompted a police response when a teacher thought she was being threatened over the loudspeaker.