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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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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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.
TIL that olives are essentially inedible when picked. It takes an extensive curing process for them to become edible, with no history of how an inedible fruit became such a popular fruit.
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DeLallo
History of Olives | The Olive's Place in History & at the Table
The olive has such a long and beloved history in the Mediterranean that, to an Italian, olive trees almost seem holy. From the olive's place in early mythology to its current culture; its many varieties, colors, flavors and curing methods.
TIL that Zootopia is the only movie with no human characters to make $1 billion worldwide in ticket sales.
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Boxofficemojo
Zootopia (2016) - Box Office Mojo
Zootopia summary of box office results, charts and release information and related links.
TIL Wolfgang Doeblin, a Jewish-German mathematician fighting for the French during WWII. He committed suicide at 25 after his company was surrounded. A sealed letter he sent to the French Academy of Sciences was opened in 2000, revealing he had already proven a famous result in stochastic calculus.
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Wolfgang Doeblin
Wolfgang Doeblin, known in France as Vincent Doblin (17 March 1915 – 21 June 1940), was a French-German mathematician.
TIL of the oldest bottle of wine, Known as Römerwein, or the Speyer wine bottle, it’s at least 1,650 years old. This dates back to the 4th century, sometime between 325 and 359 AD. The 1.5-liter glass vessel was discovered during the excavation of a Roman nobleman’s tomb in modern-day Germany.
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My Modern Met
World's Oldest Bottle of Wine Remains Unopened Since the 4th Century
The oldest bottle of wine is probably much older than you think. Known as the Speyer wine bottle, it dates back to the 4th century!
TIL that for 2-syllable heteronyms (in English) that have 1 noun meaning and 1 verb meaning, there exist a pattern where the noun is 1st syllable stressed and the verb is 2nd syllable stressed, e.g Present, Record, Contract, Project, Insult
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TIL men ages 20 to 34 have lower grip and pinch strength than the same aged guys did three decades ago, and that the average grip strength for men ages 25 to 29 is nearly 26 pounds lower today than it was before.
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Men's Health
A New Study Finds That Men Are Weaker Today Than They Were 30 Years Ago
It’s time to man up
TIL In 2016, more than half of all Americans forfeited vacation days, amounting to 206 million unused vacation days worth some $66.4 billion, and those employees who forfeit their vacation days do not perform as well as the ones who use all their time
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CNBC
Here's how much money you forfeit when you don't take your vacation days
Forgoing paid time off can cost you.
TIL that many East African countries don’t want your donated clothes, as it destroys their own clothing market and hurts their economy. They have even asked countries like the U.S. to stop, but we never listen.
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TIL that till 1915, It was legal to mail babies from one place to another in America, If they were under the 11 pound weight limit.
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Until 1915 It Was Legal to Mail a Baby - wafflesatnoon.com
After parcel post was introduced in 1913, several children were "mailed" as a form of inexpensive travel.
TIL about Chess960 - a game created by Bobby Fischer which uses the same board and pieces of regular chess, but randomly shuffles the home row to prevent players from relying on memorized strategies and instead rely on their own creativity
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Chess960
Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess or Fischerandom, is a variant of chess invented and advocated by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, announced publicly on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It employs the same board and pieces…
TIL A key symptom of depression is anhedonia, typically defined as the loss of ability to experience pleasure. It is a core feature of depression, but it is also one of the most treatment-resistant symptoms. Using ketomine, researchers found over-activity in the brain blunting reward seeking
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Marmoset study gives insights into loss of pleasure in depression
'Anhedonia' (the loss of pleasure) is one of the key symptoms of depression. An important component of this symptom is an inability to feel excitement in anticipation of events; however the brain mechanisms ...
TIL: Men with older brothers are more likely to be gay. This birth-order related homosexuality has been linked to an increase in an anti-body found in their mothers who have previously had sons.
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PNAS
Fraternal birth order effect on sexual orientation explained
Twenty years ago, Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert demonstrated that the probability of a boy growing up to be gay increases for each older brother born to the same mother, the so-called fraternal birth order (FBO) effect. Their first investigation indicated…
TIL: In most US states it is illegal for a vehicle to pass a cyclist with less than 3 feet of space, and some states extend as high as 6 feet.
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Safely Passing Bicyclists Chart
A bicycle safety policy that has gained significant interest and activity in state legislatures is 3-feet or safe passing laws.This page contains a chart of state statutes related to motorists safely passing bicyclists.
TIL of "begpackers", mainly white young travelers who beg or sell cheap trinkets on Asian streets to live on.
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Adventure.com
Is 'begpacking' the worst travel trend of them all?
Tourists funding their trips by begging for change or selling wares once they reach a destination is an increasingly common sight.