TIL that Cuba is the only country in the world that meets WWF conditions of sustainable development, for both the Human Development Index and Ecological Footprint
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SpringerLink
An approach to sustainable development: the case of Cuba
This paper analyzes the Cuban model of sustainable development and explains the causes that made Cuba the only country that meets the conditions of sustainability according to the Worldwide Fund for...
TIL that crows drop rats on airport runways to kill them, since the friction from the landing shreds the rat open for consumption. They also drop nuts on roads for cars to run over so they can be opened/broken to pieces.
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TIL The musical, Fiddler on the roof, is one of the most popular American musicals in Japan. This is due to its themes heavily resonating with the country; generational conflict, especially among fathers and daughters, whether or not to hold onto tradition or let go of it, and the urgency of change.
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Tablet Magazine
A ‘Fiddler’ in Tokyo - Tablet Magazine
A week and a half ago, I attended the best production of Fiddler on the Roof I’ve seen in years. I didn’t understand a single word. The Toho Co. production, which ran through the end of December at Tokyo’s Nissay theater, marked the 50th anniversary of the…
TIL that Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood walk of fame is not on the sidewalk. It is on the wall of Kodak theater because of his request that "he did not want to be walked on."
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL that Muhammad Ali's star on the Hollywood walk of fame is not on the sidewalk. It is on the wall of Kodak…
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Til that during initial release of Doom so many people tried to download it at once that it crashed the entire University of Wisconsin's network
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Doom (1993 video game)
Doom (typeset as DOOM in official documents and stylized as DooM in other media) is a 1993 first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by id Software for MS-DOS. It is considered one of the most significant and influential noscripts in video game history…
TIL Every single German spy sent to Britain during WWII was either imprisoned or recruited as a double agent - fooling the entire German High Command and massively contributing to the victory.
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Double-Cross System
The Double-Cross System or XX System was a World War II counter-espionage and deception operation of the British Security Service, a civilian organisation usually referred to by its cover noscript MI5. Nazi agents in Britain – real and false – were captured…
TIL: The Wizard of Oz received one negative review, from the New Yorker, whose film critic despised the film's "Vulgarity [of] raw, eye-straining Technicolor" and "Singer Midgets"
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The New Yorker
The Wizard of Hollywood
“I sat cringing before M-G-M’s Technicolor production of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ which displays no trace of imagination, good taste, or ingenuity.”
TIL a car dealership ran an ad for a 1983 Cadillac stating “first 10,000 bananas takes it.” To the dealership’s surprise two brothers showed up with 10,000 bananas and won the car in a court case ruling false advertisement.
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reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL a car dealership ran an ad for a 1983 Cadillac stating “first 10,000 bananas takes it.” To the dealership’s…
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TIL that WD-40 has never been patented as patenting would force them to disclose their recipe.
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WD-40
WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray. The spray is manufactured by the WD-40 Company based in San Diego, California.
TIL After watching Star Wars in 1977, James Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry
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James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist who currently lives in New Zealand and the United States. After working in special effects, he found major success since directing and writing the science fiction action…
TIL that in a group of 23 random people there is a 50% probability that a pair of the individuals share a birthday - despite there being 365 separate days each person can be born. This is referred to as the birthday paradox. With a group of just 70 people, this probability goes up to 99.9%!
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Birthday problem
In probability theory, the birthday problem or birthday paradox concerns the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, some pair of them will have the same birthday. By the pigeonhole principle, the probability reaches 100% when the number of…
TIL that a Finnish expression "Nuha lähtee nussimalla" literally means "The flu gets healed by fucking".
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Vocapp
→ Dirty & Inappropriate Finnish Expressions → Start Learning / Download MP3 Flashcards
Want to learn some Finnish swear words, insults and funny expressions? Get to know the more inappropriate side of the Finnish language and check out these funny Finnish sayings and words!
TIL: During the Thirty Years' War, Count Von Tilly of the imperial army declared that if anyone in Rothenburg ob der Tauber could drink a tank of wine (3.25 liters) in one go, he would spare the town and move on. The mayor of the town obliged, prompting the army to leave.
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Atlas Obscura
Ratstrinkstube Clock Tower
At the strike of each hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
TIL James Cameron DIDN'T quit truck driving to explore his artistic side, He drove trucks to fund it.
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Submitted June 07, 2019 at 06:40PM by StupidBitchFee
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Wikipedia
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist who currently lives in New Zealand and the United States. After working in special effects, he found major success since directing and writing the science fiction action…
TIL the metallic odor of copper and iron does not come from the metal itself but from oils in our skin that decompose into volatile substances when we touch the metal
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Nature
A 'metallic' smell is just body odour : Nature News
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TIL - Two nuns teaching at a California Elementary School embezzled approximately $500,000 from their employer over a ten year period to fund their trips and casino visits. No charges are being pursued.
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Tampa Bay Times
Two nuns stole $500,000 for trips to Las Vegas. But the church doesn't want them prosecuted.
The two women, reportedly best friends, are accused of pilfering funds on trips and casino visits.
TIL about Kintsukuroi which is the practice of seeing beauty in the flawed or imperfect. Instead of throwing out the damaged pottery, the Japanese would repair it with gold and create art from the broken.
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My Modern Met
Kintsugi, Centuries Old Japanese Method of Repairing Pottery with Gold
We explore kintsugi art, or kintsukuroi, a centuries old Japanese art where broken pottery is repaired with gold, to incredible results.
TIL that Houston is the only major US city without single-use zoning. Retail, office enterprises, and homes are free to mix as the market demands.
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Market Urbanism
How Houston Regulates Land Use
If you regularly read about cities, you might notice that Texas cities rarely seem to come up. We make cases for why Detroit is definitely coming back—just you wait! We come up with elaborate theories of how cities can become the next Silicon Valley. We spend…
TIL there have been 32 ‘Broken Arrow’ or missing Nuclear Weapon alerts by the United States alone with 6 Nuclear Weapons still unaccounted for.
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Submitted June 07, 2019 at 04:11PM by APater6076
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Interesting Engineering
"Broken Arrows" - The World's Lost Nuclear Weapons
The number of "broken arrows" - accidents involving nuclear bombs is truly staggering. The number of lost nuclear bombs is even more stunning.
TIL that using your non-dominant hand for mundane tasks, like eating or opening doors, for two weeks can improve your self-control and memory.
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Submitted June 07, 2019 at 10:01PM by lmtysamlife
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Good Financial Cents®
The Benefits of Using Your Opposite Hand | Grow Brain Cells
Have you ever tried using your non-dominant hand to perform everyday tasks? Learn more about the benefits of using your opposite hand.
TIL In 2005, a psychologist and an economist taught a group of monkeys the concept of money - Soon, the monkeys began to engage in prostitution.
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ZME Science
How scientists taught monkeys the concept of money. Not long after, the first prostitute monkey appeared
You may have thought things like currency or money are concepts known solely by man - something which differentiates humans from animals. Some might have a sense of ownership, besides of course territory, but trading and the likes haven't been observed in…