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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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
TIL that comedy actor Harold Ramis successfully dodged the Vietnam draft by taking meth immediately before his physical.
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Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis (/ˈreɪmɪs/; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes…
TIL the Chinese word for contradiction, Maodun, roughly translates to ‘Spear-Shield’ which stems from an old tale of a merchant selling a spear that could break any shield and a shield that could withstand any weapon.
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GBTIMES
Two ancient weapons of China
Maodun, the Chinese word for ‘contradiction’, is an unusual compound word that brings together two ancient weapons from the battlefields of China.
TIL that "Häagen-Dazs" was completely made up by its Polish Jewish founders to sound Danish. The umlaut (¨) does not even exist in Danish and neither does the "zs" letter combination.
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Atlas Obscura
Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Is From the Bronx—So What’s With the Name?
Examining the phenomenon of the faux-foreign product.
TIL in the 1820s a Cherokee named Sequoyah, impressed by European written languages, invented a writing system with 85 characters that was considered superior to the English alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary could be learned in a few weeks and by 1825 the majority of Cherokees could read and write.
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Cherokee syllabary
The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah to write the Cherokee language in the late 1810s and early 1820s. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he could not previously read any noscript. He first experimented with logograms…
TIL Chiropractic was founded by a traveling religious miracle healer who belived that magnets could cure diseases. He was sent to jail in Iowa in 1906 for practicing medicine without a license. The American Medical Association later labelled chiropractors an "unscientific cult."
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History of chiropractic
The history of chiropractic began in 1895 when Daniel David Palmer of Iowa performed the first chiropractic adjustment on a partially deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard. While Lillard was working without his shirt on in Palmers office, Lillard bent over to empty…
TIL that a 50 year old woman, Violet Gibson, attempted to assassinate Mussolini in 1927. She fired a gun once, but Mussolini moved his head and the shot hit his nose; she tried again, but the gun misfired. She was almost lynched by the crowd but was rescued by police and taken away for questioning.
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Violet Gibson
The Honourable Violet Albina Gibson (31 August 1876 – 2 May 1956) was an Anglo-Irish woman, the daughter of Lord Ashbourne. She attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926.
TIL 95% of individuals in the witness protection program are criminals, but only 10% of these people re-offend. Ex-prisoners have a recidivism rate of 65%+
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Popular Mechanics
Here's How the Witness Protection Program Decides Where To Send People
Are witnesses ever relocated somewhere cool? Or just the middle of nowhere?
TIL the oldest living animals are black corals over 4,000 years old, nearly as old as the pyramids of Egypt
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Deep sea corals may be oldest living marine organism
LIVERMORE, Calif.
TIL in the Breaking Bad episode “Ozymandias”, the show's producers secured special permission from the Hollywood guilds to delay the credits (which would normally appear after the main noscript sequence) until 19 minutes into the episode, in order to preserve the impact of the beginning scene.
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‘Breaking Bad’: ‘Ozymandias’ review, take two
Back in mid-September, “Breaking Bad” gave us its best episode ever in “Ozymandias, on the exact same day I wound up in the hospital with a burst appendix and a […]
TIL that when the Prussians forbade the Danes from displaying their flag in the early 20th century, the Danes responded by creating a new breed of pig that resembled the Danish flag and displayed it instead
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Danish Protest Pig
The Husum Red Pied (German: Rotbuntes Husumer) is a rare breed of domestic pig with the nickname Danish Protest pig (German: Husumer Protestschwein and Danish: Husum protestsvin or danske protestsvin). It originates in North Frisia in Southern Schleswig in…
TIL the American College of Pediatricians is a group that links pedophilia to homosexuality and promotes "conversion" therapy. The name is intended to create confusion with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the professional association of pediatricians.
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American College of Pediatricians
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a socially conservative advocacy group of pediatricians and other healthcare professionals in the United States. The group was founded in 2002 and claims to have over 500 members, although independent sources…
TIL Princess Diana was a descendant of Charles II via two of his illegitimate children; since Charles II never had any legitimate children, Prince William will, if crowned, be the first descendant of Charles II to be King
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Descendants of Charles II of England
The descendants of Charles II of England, Stuart monarch of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of France, are numerous; lines from his many illegitimate children exist to this day. Although Charles's wife Catherine of…
TIL Star Wars was one of the first films to do away with opening credits. George Lucas was fined $250,000 by the Directors Guild of America for not crediting himself... so he resigned.
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Opening credits
In a motion picture, television program or video game, the opening credits or opening noscripts are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static…
TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien had been known to (as a practical joke) dress up as an axe-wielding Anglo-Saxon warrior and chase his neighbor down the street.
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Mentalfloss
10 Surprising Facts About J.R.R. Tolkien
There are plenty of things even the most ardent fans don't know about The Lord of the Rings author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
TIL "Irish goodbye" refers to a person ducking out of a party, social gathering or very bad date without bidding farewell. The phrase is attributed to the Potato Famine of 1845-1852, when many Irish fled their homeland for America. The distance and technology meant that they were gone forever.
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ABC News
What the Heck is an 'Irish Goodbye?'
It's rude to leave a party without seeking out the host.
TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US
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More CEOs Named John or David Than All Female CEOs in S&P1500
That fact speaks for itself.
TIL The band ‘Tool’ have a “secret album” called “The Holy Gift.” If you listen to their album “Lateralus” in a different order of tracks, the songs flow into each other even better, and and they make different musical themes from the original.
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Tool's secret album "The Holy Gift"
Tool's secret album "The Holy Gift" - [link=(https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/so_tool_have_a_secret_album_called_the_holy_gift
TIL that the reason we feel compelled sing in the shower is partly because the reverb of the shower boosts the voice, adds more bass, and sounds more powerful, thus boosting the singer's confidence to sing.
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HowStuffWorks
Why do people sing in the shower?
Jack Black does it. Wyclef Jean does it. And chances are, you do it, too. Everyone's a rock star in the bathroom. And there's a scientific explanation behind our soapy musical stylings.
TIL that following the crash of a commercial airplane he owned that killed all 223 passengers, three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda investigated the crash and found that thrust reversers caused it, he got Boeing to admit fault and change the design of the 767 airplane
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Lauda Air Flight 004
Lauda Air Flight 004 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight between Bangkok, Thailand, and Vienna, Austria. On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser on the No.1 engine of the Boeing 767-300ER operating the flight deployed in flight without being…
TIL Japan proposed an amendment to the Treaty of Versailles that outlawed all racial discrimination. Despite receiving a majority vote for it to be added to the treaty Woodrow Wilson personally vetoed the measure and as a comprise let Japan claim a number of islands in the Pacific.
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Racial Equality Proposal - Wikipedia
The Racial Equality Proposal (Japanese: 人種的差別撤廃提案 Hepburn: Jinshutekisabetsu teppai teian, lit. "Proposal to abolish racial discrimination") was an amendment to the treaty under consideration at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference offered by Japan. The racial…