TIL The song Greensleeves is from 1580 and while often said to refer to a promiscuous woman or prostitute whose clothing was stained green from having sex in the grass, it is more likely associated with green being the color of romance in that time period.
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Greensleeves
"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, over a ground either of the form called a romanesca; or its slight variant, the passamezzo antico; or the passamezzo antico in its verses and the romanesca in its reprise; or of the Andalusian progression…
TIL there is a radio station in New Orleans for the blind. Volunteers every day read the local newspaper on the air, along best-sellers, grocery ads, stories for kids, mysteries, the Wall Street Journal, young adult novels and much more.
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WRBH marks 30 years of educating, entertaining visually impaired on New Orleans radio airwaves
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TIL People with sensitive noses are capable of smelling when it's about to rain due to atmospheric chemicals reacting and creating ozone, which has a pungent, sweet smell.
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Scientific American
Storm Scents: It's True, You Can Smell Oncoming Summer Rain
Researchers have teased out the aromas associated with a rainstorm and deciphered the olfactory messages they convey
TIL: That none of the three "suicide squad divers" in Chernobyl died from acute radiation syndrome (ARS). As of 2015, it was reported that both Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bespalov were alive and well. Boris Baranov, passed away in 2005 of a heart attack.
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Business Insider
A Chernobyl 'suicide squad' of volunteers helped save Europe — here's their amazing true story
Less than two weeks after the infamous reactor meltdown at Chernobyl, officials decided to risk the lives of three men to potentially save millions of lives. A larger disaster could have spread radioactive fallout across Europe.
TIL: A man killed himself in public while at an open mic night at an Oregon coffee shop. Shortly before he stabbed himself, he played a song called "Sorry for all the mess."
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ABC News
Performer Kills Self, Horrifies Audience
Kipp Rusty Walker stabs himself multiple times, dying on stage, as coffeehouse audience thinks it's performance art.
TIL about the Lewis Chessmen, one of the few surviving chess sets from Medieval Times. They’re known for their comical expressions.
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Lewis chessmen
The Lewis chessmen (Norwegian: Lewisbrikkene; Scottish Gaelic: Fir-Tàilisg; Scots: Lewis chesmen) or Uig chessmen, named after the bay where they were found, are a group of distinctive 12th-century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which…
TIL that magnesium has been shown to be as effective as antidepressants in several studies for the treatment of major depression and anxiety disorders and researchers even recommend it for the general population.
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NCBI Bookshelf
Magnesium and major depression
The treatment of major depression (MD) is still a major unmet medical need in the majority of patients. Sixty percent of cases of MD are treatment-resistant depression (TRD), showing that classical treatments for MD are poorly effective to non-effective.…
TIL damage to your frontal lobe can lead to a condition called Witzelsucht: the urge to make puns and jokes at inappropriate times.
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Witzelsucht
Witzelsucht (German: [ˈvɪtsl̩ˌzʊxt] "joking addiction") is a set of pure and rare neurological symptoms characterized by a tendency to make puns, or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations. It makes one unable to…
TIL a Scottish teen was punished for contempt of court in 1993 because he kept unconsciously responding “aye” when asked to say “yes” or “no.” As he told reporters, “I thought I was answering him.“
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HeraldScotland
Sheriff judges aye-aye a contemptible no-no
SHERIFF James Nolan, dispenser of justice to the guid folk of
TIL: Nearly 3,000 euros are thrown into Rome's Trevi fountain every day, totalling over a million in the course of a year. There are regular attempts to steal the money but it is illegal to do so. The money has been used to fund a supermarket for the needy.
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Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft)…
TIL in 1997, Pradyumna K. Mahanandia, a poor Indian artist, rode a second-hand bicycle for 4months and 3weeks from india to Gothenburg Sweden to meet his love Charlotte Von Schedvin. He rode his bicycle because he couldn't afford an airplane ticket. They are married now with two kids
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BBC News
The man who cycled from India to Europe for love
The story of PK Mahanandia who cycled on the hippie trail from India to Europe in 1977 to be reunited with his wife.
TIL In 1950, almost no cases of near-sightedness were found among Eskimo children. But after the advent of compulsory education, eyesight got worse. In 1979, poor eye vision was relatively high among Greenland Eskimos at all ages
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NCBI Bookshelf
Analysis of the Prevalence Literature
This analysis primarily addresses the issue of whether there have been significant changes over time in the prevalence of myopia among young adults eligible for military academy training. Prevalence studies can shed light on this question if as we assume…
TIL That the younger of brother of Nazi leader Hermann Goering, Albert, helped Jews escape Germany and the camps during the war and was a vehement anti-fascist who worked with the Czech Underground
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Albert Göring
Albert Günther Göring (9 March 1895 – 20 December 1966) was a German engineer, businessman and the younger brother of Hermann Göring, the head of the German Luftwaffe and a leading member of the Nazi Party.
Today I learned that the lead singer of The Offspring is a doctor fighting to cure HIV
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Billboard
The Offspring's Dexter Holland Earns Ph.D. in Molecular Biology
The Offspring's Dexter Holland is now Doctor Dexter Holland, after graduating from the University of Southern California on Thursday with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology.
TIL Clone High, an adult animated tv series about the clones of famous historical figures going to high school, was cancelled due to its portrayal of Ghandi as a loose party animal, causing great controversy in India. It began hunger strikes and even a national protest where MPs got involved.
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Clone High
Clone High (occasionally referred to in the U.S. as Clone High U.S.A.) is a Canadian–American adult animated television series created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence. The comedy centers on a high school populated by the clones of famous…
TIL: About 95% of serotonin is produced in the gastrointestinal tract which is lined with a hundred million nerve cells, or neurons, that are influenced by bacteria. The inner workings of the digestive system don’t just help digest food, but also guide moods and emotions.
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Harvard Health Blog
Nutritional psychiatry: Your brain on food - Harvard Health Blog
The emerging field of nutritional psychiatry is finding that the food you eat directly affects the structure of your digestive tract, the function of your brain, and, ultimately, your mood.
TIL a Florida brewery created edible six-pack rings that feed animals instead of killing them
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CraftBeer.com
Saltwater Brewery Creates Edible Six-Pack Rings | CraftBeer.com
Saltwater Brewery in Delray Beach, Fla., recently released edible six-pack rings, a brand-new approach to sustainable beer packaging.
TIL King Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into one massive slave plantation that resulted in an estimated 10,000,000 deaths, with historians comparing him to Hitler and Stalin.
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Leopold II of Belgium
Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909.
TIL Garlic ranks as the #1 antibacterial food. Capsicums (peppers) are only 75% effective
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Cornell Chronicle
Food bacteria-spice survey shows why some cultures like it hot | Cornell Chronicle
Humans' use of antimicrobial spices developed in parallel with food-spoilage microorganisms, Cornell University biologists have demonstrated in a international survey of spice use in cooking. (March 4, 1998)
TIL prior to losing the $3 million settlement to the lady who spilled coffee and got 3rd degree burns, Mcdonald's had over 700 reports of injuries from similar incidents.
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Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants
Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, also known as the McDonald's coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit, was a 1994 product liability lawsuit that became a flashpoint in the debate in the United States over tort reform. Although a New Mexico civil jury awarded…
TIL many of the "Real Facts" printed inside Snapple bottle caps are outdated, incomplete, inaccurate or just plain false.
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The Atlantic
We Fact-Checked Snapple's 'Real Facts'
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