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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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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→ 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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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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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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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…
TIL Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president, was penniless in old age and wrote a book of memoirs so his wife could live off of the royalties. Mark Twain heard the best offer was 10% and immediately offered the former president 75%. The book was a success, giving Grant's widow about $450,000 in royalties.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, General Grant…
TIL In 1969, Samuel L Jackson was expelled from Morehouse for holding the board of trustees hostage, including MLK Sr., demanding reform in the school's curriculum and governance. His mother, afraid of him becoming a person of interest for the FBI, sent him to LA where he began acting.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer. A recipient of critical acclaim and numerous accolades and awards, Jackson is the actor whose films have made the highest total gross revenue.
TIL one typo lead to the hire of a Geoffrey Tandy, a seaweed expert (cryptogamist) instead of a codebreaker (cryptogramist) during WW2, but the help of the seaweed expert accelerated the end of the war by 2 to 4 yrs saving millions of lives in the process
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Mentalfloss
The Typo That Helped End World War II
One missing letter led to the Ministry of Defence accidentally hiring a seaweed expert instead of a codebreaker. Turns out that's just what they needed.
TIL there are as many as 2,000 serial killers currently at large in the United States
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Newsweek
An expert estimates there are at least 2,000 serial killers still at large in the U.S.
The claim comes from a scientist who has independently tracked murder data for years, according to 'The New Yorker.'
TIL Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president, was penniless in old age and wrote a book of memoirs so his wife could live off of the royalties. Mark Twain heard the best offer was 10% and immediately offered the former president 75%. The book was a success, giving Grant's widow about $450,000 in royalties.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, General Grant…
TIL about Team Negative One. A group of Star Wars fans that scanned their own 35mm negatives and digitally restored the movie to it's pre-Special Edition glory.
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the Guardian
Team Negative One: the Star Wars George Lucas doesn’t want you to see
Defying the wishes of its creator, fans are going to great lengths to recreate the iconic space opera in all its former glory
TIL gas lines are reverse threaded so that they cannot be linked to other lines such as water, air, and ventilation and this is also done to keep kids from easily disconnecting them.
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Globalspec
Gas Fittings Selection Guide | Engineering360
**Researching Gas Fittings? Start with this definitive resource of key specifications and things to consider when choosing Gas Fittings