TIL A new, low-cost wound dressing leverages energy generated from a patient's own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury. In rodent tests, the dressings reduced healing times to a mere three days compared to nearly two weeks for the normal healing process.
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phys.org
It's not a shock: Better bandage promotes powerful healing
A new, low-cost wound dressing developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way.
TIL 39 minutes of footage was cut from first John Wick movie and it mostly included visually amazing shots which were "just Keanu Reeves walking in cool environments."
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Wikipedia
John Wick (film)
John Wick (retrospectively known as John Wick: Chapter 1) is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. It stars Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean…
TIL A man thought he had bladder cancer but he actually had a fully functioning female reproductive system.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Man born with a womb prepares for hysterectomy
Rob, a Lancashire businessman, feared he had bladder cancer. Then doctors told him that in fact he had a full set of female reproductive organs
TIL during the 1904 summer Olympics marathon one runner hitched a ride, another was given rat poison and brandy as a stimulus, fourth place winner took a nap during the run, and two other runners were chased a mile by angry dogs
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Smithsonian
The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever
In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Olympic Games as part of the World's Fair—and produced a spectacle that incorporated all the mischief of the midway
TIL in 1887 a reporter named Nellie Bly talked her way into an insane asylum in New York and published her experience after ten days in the asylum. She claimed many of the patients seemed completely sane and the conditions were horrid. This led to NYC budgeting $1,000,000 to care of the insane.
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL in 1887 a reporter named Nellie Bly talked her way into an insane asylum in New York and published her experience…
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TIL Abercrombie & Fitch offered $10,000 to cast members of "The Jersey Shore" if they'd agree to stop wearing the brand on the show
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the Guardian
Jersey Shore's The Situation offered cash not to wear Abercrombie & Fitch
US fashion brand offers to pay controversial reality star not to wear its clothes, fearing 'significant damage' to its image. By Mark Sweney
TIL about the joke behind NASA's Juno mission. While Jupiter's moons are named after the god's many mistresses, Juno, the space probe sent to orbit and monitor Jupiter, is named after his wife.
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Business Insider
Kepler laid the groundwork for this amazing science joke 400 years ago — and it finally paid off
Wait for it...
TIL Simon & Garfunkel's first album was so unsuccessful on the charts that the duo split. Their producer took one of the songs from the album, overdubbed/remixed it without their knowledge or permission, and "The Sounds of Silence" became a hit. The duo made four more albums.
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The Sound of Silence
"The Sound of Silence", originally "The Sounds of Silence", is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over a period of several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal…
TIL Pope John XII was the only Pope who was ever beaten to death by a jealous husband for sleeping with his wife. He was also accused of turning the papal palace into a brothel, sleeping with his niece, toasting the devil, ordaining a 10yr old boy, and misusing papal funds to pay gambling debts.
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Pope John XII
pope
TIL that in the US, production of alarm clocks was allowed in 1944, despite them containing brass needed for war materials, because workers kept missing their shifts due to a critical alarm clock shortage.
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Wikipedia
Alarm clock
An alarm clock (alarm for short) is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of individuals at specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or short naps; they are sometimes used for other…
TIL about "The Whole Shabangs" potato chips, available almost exclusively from US Prison system commissaries. Ex-cons consider these chips to be the best chip out there, and a high-point of their incarceration. Many end up dismayed and disappointed at their lack of availability "on the outside".
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Mentalfloss
The Popular Potato Chip Brand You Can Only Find in Prison
The Whole Shabangs are the most popular potato chip you’ve never heard of.
TIL that the Oneida silverware company was started by a religious millennial group (1850) who practiced free love and would have menopausal women train the young males how to not ejaculate during sex as a method of abstinence.
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www.wbur.org
The Rich, Sexy History Of Oneida — Commune And Silverware Maker
Once proclaiming free love and breeding for a super race, Oneida, New York became known for silverware production.
TIL Robert Leonard the original bassist for the band 'Sha Na Na', after proofreading the band's contracts, realized he had a knack for critically examining language. He returned to school, received his M.A., MPhil, and PhD from Columbia University and now works as a forensic linguist.
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Wikipedia
Robert A. Leonard - Wikipedia
American forensic linguist
TIL under President Reagans directive, the United States (via the CIA) funneled more than $2 billion in guns and money to the mujaheddin (which became the Taliban) during the 1980s to defeat and remove the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action program since World War II.
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL under President Reagans directive, the United States (via the CIA) funneled more than $2 billion in guns…
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TIL that one of the most expensive wine bottles that was never to have been drunk was a 1787 Margaux from Thomas Jeffersons Collection, the owner brought it to a restaurant and a waiter knocked it over. Insurance payout was $225,000 in 1989
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Telegraph.co.uk
10 of the world's most expensive bottles of wine
Ten fine wines that are too valuable for their owners to ever uncork.
TIL that Ebbie Tolbert was born around 1807 and spent over 50 years as a slave. She got her freedom at the age of 56. She also lived long enough so that at age 113 she could walk to the St Louis polling station and registered to vote.
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The Missouri Historical Society is ... Missouri Historical Society and was founded in 1866.
Ebbie Tolbert and the Right to Vote | Missouri Historical Society
On September 14, 1920, a formerly enslaved African American woman in her 100s at long last entered her name in the local voter registry. Her story is a powerful reminder for us all.
TIL Alexander the Great has a giant glass barrel made. He sat in it and had people lower it into the water so he could look at fish.
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Hellenicaworld
Alexander the Great and the bathysphere
Greece Online Encyclopedia
TIL that the British sent ships and men to the US at the start of WWII to protect us from German U-boats. One ship sank and all 37 men on-board died. Only 4 washed up on shore. A special "British Cemetery" was created and it is leased in perpetuity to England so the men are at rest on British soil
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Atlas Obscura
British Cemetery of Ocracoke
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
TIL that the job with the highest death rate in the USA is the position of President at 18%.
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Submitted May 21, 2019 at 04:11AM by rooney247
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New Statesman
The most dangerous job in America? US presidents have a fatality rate roughly 27 times that of lumberjacks
The naming of the dead.
TIL Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race by Queen were released together on a double A-sided single, and refer to each other. Near the end of Fat Bottomed Girls, Mercury shouts, "Get on your bikes and ride!" Bicycle Race reciprocates with the lyric "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today."
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Wikipedia
Bicycle Race
"Bicycle Race" is a single by the British rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls". The song is notable…
Today I learned that flat-faced dogs like pugs are so deformed that veterinary students can mistake their x-rays for dogs that have been hit by cars. One vet has publicly stated that their nose is so misshapen that they only get enough oxygen when they're intubated with a breathing tube.
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the Guardian
Pugs are anatomical disasters. Vets must speak out – even if it’s bad for business
Owners must be told some breeds are born to a lifetime of suffering, even if it means upsetting clients and putting livelihoods on the line