TIL Adolf Hitler, JRR Tolkien, and Anne Frank's father all fought in the Battle of the Somme
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The Independent
Battle of the Somme: From Adolf Hitler to JRR Tolkien – the battle's most famous combatants
The 20th century's worst dictator, future British politicians and a father later send to a concentration camp by the country he fought for were among those who served during the Battle of the Somme.
TIL in 1918 World War 1 censors minimized early reports of the flu epidemic's death toll to maintain wartime morale. Newspapers in neutral Spain were free to report on the epidemic's effects, creating a false impression that Spain was the hardest hit, and giving rise to the name "Spanish flu".
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Spanish flu
The 1918 influenza pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920; colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world, including…
TIL: The Museum of Modern Art Hung a Matisse upside down and no one noticed for 47 days
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artnet News
This Day in History: MoMA Hangs Matisse Upside Down | artnet News
The Museum of Modern Art made an embarrassing mistake in 1961, when it hung a Henri Matisse cut-out work upside down for 47 days.
TIL In the movie 'Lord of War' starring Nicolas Cage, the production team bought 3,000 real SA Vz. 58 rifles to stand in for AK-47s because they were cheaper than prop movie guns.
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Lord of War - Wikipedia
2005 crime war film by Andrew Niccol
TIL: Einstein’s last words were spoken in German to a nurse who didn’t speak German and are lost for ever. During Einstein's autopsy, the pathologist stole his brain. He kept it for forty years in a tupperware container, before being convinced to return it to Einstein's relatives.
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From the Grapevine
The famous last words of 6 famous people
From Einstein's final speech to Steve Jobs' last moments with his family, these are the parting thoughts of some of the last century's greatest icons.
TIL That the personal belongings of Marie Curie, the mother of modern physics, are dangerously radioactive to this day. They are kept in a lead box and those who wish to consult them must wear protective clothing.
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Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/;French: [kyʁi]; Polish: [kʲiˈri]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first…
TIL a man was snorkeling off the coast of South Africa when an enormous Bryde's whale scooped him up in his mouth headfirst. The man felt pressure on his body but soon realized he was too big for the whale to swallow him whole which was "kind of an instant relief." The whale spat him out unharmed.
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Fox News
Diver survives after being scooped up in whale's mouth off South Africa
A diver in South Africa survived an experience out of a biblical passage last month when he ended up almost being swallowed by a whale.
TIL At 102°F most bacteria can no longer reproduce, which is the protective nature of human fevers
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Yourdoctorsorders
Overcooking to Kill Bacteria: Food Myth | Dr Terry Simpson
The longer you cook something or the higher temperature you cook it, the more the heat will affect the flavor of the food. Overcooking to kill bacteria is a food myth.
TIL that Futurama writer Ken Keeler wrote and proved a completely new mathematical theorem just for a single episode, called the Futurama Theorem. It is the first known theorem to be created for the sole purpose of entertainment in a TV show.
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r/todayilearned - TIL that Futurama writer Ken Keeler wrote and proved a completely new mathematical theorem just for a single…
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TIL that the original cast of The Big Bang Theory took a pay cut of $100,000 so that the two other regular cast members (Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch) get a pay increase in 2017.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Why the 'Big Bang Theory' Stars Took Surprising Pay Cuts
Five of the show's stars took a $100,000-per-episode pay cut to their rich contracts in a show of support for co-stars Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch, who are holding out for salary parity for the two-season pickup leading through its 12th and expected final…
TIL Queen Victoria was raised under a strict system called the Kensington System,created by her mother and Sir John Conroy.Her first two requests, upon her accession, were that she should be allowed an hour by herself,and that her bed should be removed from her mother's room. She also banned Conroy.
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Kensington System - Wikipedia
System of rules concerning the upbringing of the future Queen Victoria
TIL in 2007, the Russian company Rossiya broadcasted television footage showcasing the Russians planting a flag at the bottom of the ocean in the North Pole. A 13 year old boy from Finland noticed some of the footage the station used was from the film Titanic.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Russian arctic images 'from Titanic'
Russia faces embarrassment over its flag planting expedition to the North Pole after claims that state broadcasters borrowed scenes from the movie Titanic to "beef-up" footage.
TIL that E.B. White hated the Hanna-Barbera animated film adaptation of his novel Charlotte's Web, saying "The story is interrupted every few minutes so that somebody can sing a jolly song. I don't care much for jolly songs."
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Charlotte's Web (1973 film)
Charlotte's Web is a 1973 American animated musical drama film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions and based upon the 1952 children's book Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig named Wilbur who…
TIL that tabloid The Sun isn't sold in Liverpool - a boycott going back to 30 years after they published a heinous lie about a local tragedy. Even Tesco won't carry it.
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The Overtake [beta]
Liverpool’s 30-year boycott of The Sun is one of the most successful of all time
Three decades on, the people of Liverpool have not forgotten
TIL that Keanu Reeves gave his share of ticket sales for the Matrix sequels (which was contractually his right and was around $38 million) to add to the special effects budget of the movies. He also gave each member of the stunt department for Matrix:Reloaded a Harley Davidson as a thank you.
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TheList.com
Ways Keanu has secretly given away millions
Reeves has, again and again, used his star power (and the resulting cash) to amplify the earnings and efforts of others.
TIL Hans van Meegeren is a master forger known as a national hero in the Netherlands for selling his fake art to Nazis during WW2. After the war, people believed the paintings were real, and he was charged as a collaborator. To prove his innocence, he painted a new forgery at his trial. It worked.
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Han van Meegeren
Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikɵs ɑnˈtoːniɵs ˈɦɑn vɑn ˈmeːɣərə(n)]; 10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.…
TIL In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby. After five months of the transplant, the uterus showed no sign of rejection, ultrasound scans were normal, and the woman was menstruating regularly. The fertilised eggs were implanted.
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Medicalxpress
First baby born via uterus transplanted from dead donor
In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.
TIL There are pencils which once they're too small to use can be planted and will grow into herbs, vegetables or flowers like basil or sunflowers.
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Sprout World
The Sprout pencil | Sprout World
A small pencil with a big idea | Sprout pencils are the original plantable pencils | Quality, customizable seed Pencils.
TIL about anti-natalism, the philosophical position that assigns negative value to birth. Anti-natalists argue that bringing a person into an existence in which they will undoubtedly experience pain and/or discouragement is inherently morally wrong and selfish.
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Vox
This man is trying to sue his parents for giving birth to him
Mumbai business executive Raphael Samuel argues that creating people without their consent is wrong.
TIL the world isn’t getting worse entirely. The world has greater access to water, electricity, and food, and female education has increased from 65% to 90% from 1970 to 2015. It’s difficult to feel positive in the world sometimes. This cheered me up a little.
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Goodnet
10 Good Things In Our World That Are Getting Better - Goodnet
Do you think every thing in the world is terrible? Don't worry - these things are on the way up.
TIL Newborns with a vitamin D deficiency have a 44 percent increased risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia as adults compared to those with normal vitamin D levels. The developing foetus is totally reliant on the mother's vitamin D stores
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Medicalxpress
Link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia confirmed
Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a team of Australian and Danish researchers has reported.