TIL -Alexa commercials are intentionally muted in the 3,000Hz to 6,000Hz range of the audio spectrum, which tips off the system that the “Alexa” phrase being spoken isn’t in fact a real command and should be ignored
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The Verge
Amazon has a clever trick to make sure your Echo doesn’t activate during its Alexa Super Bowl ad
Amazon is using a clever trick to make sure your Echo doesn’t accidentally turn on during the company’s Alexa Super Bowl ad on Sunday night
TIL In 2016 the oldest living leap year baby celebrated her 25th birthday on her 100th year of life
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PEOPLE.com
At 100 Years Old, America's Oldest Leap Day Baby Celebrates Her Landmark 25th Birthday
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TIL Kano Jigoro, the father of Judo, asked to be buried in his white belt to be remembered as a learner and not the black belt master that he was.
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Submitted June 20, 2019 at 04:41AM by WBFY
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r/todayilearned - TIL Kano Jigoro, the father of Judo, asked to be buried in his white belt to be remembered as a learner and not…
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TIL: of Wilmer McLean. After the battle of bull run happened on his farm in Manassas, he moved his family to Appomattox courthouse. 3 years later, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant there. He purportedly said ""The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."
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Wilmer McLean
Wilmer McLean (May 3, 1814 – June 5, 1882) was an American wholesale grocer from Virginia. His house near Manassas, Virginia, was involved in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. After the battle he moved to Appomattox, Virginia, to escape the war thinking…
TIL that a calendar system for Mars has already bean devised for potential future settlement. The calendar contains 24 months of 27 or 28 days each, named after Latin and Sanskrit constellation names.
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Darian calendar
The Darian calendar is a proposed system of time-keeping designed to serve the needs of any possible future human settlers on the planet Mars. It was created by aerospace engineer, political scientist, and space jurist Thomas Gangale in 1985 and named by…
TIL that there is a law in Philippines that you can actually 'legally' kill or physically injure your spouse or the person he or she is having a sexual intercourse with when you caught them in the act while making love.
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FilipiKnow
15 Weird Laws Filipinos Still Have To Live With
Philippines has its very own set of laws that are strange, outdated or just sound outright wrong to modern ears. Here are 15 of them.
TIL Coco Chanel was a confirmed Nazi agent who went under the code name 'Westminster'. She spent most of WW2 in Paris in the Ritz, sleeping with Nazi officers and had direct contact to Himmler and Goebbels.
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Snopes.com
Was Coco Chanel a Nazi Spy?
Newly released documents make a strong case that the fashion icon may have been leading a double life.
TIL about Isaac Woodard, an African-American World War II veteran who was beaten and blinded by police officers in South Carolina hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army, the sheriff in charge of the attack was acquitted by an all-white jury
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Wikipedia
Isaac Woodard
Isaac Woodard Jr. (March 18, 1919 – September 23, 1992) was a decorated African-American World War II veteran. On February 12, 1946, hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army, he was attacked while still in uniform by South Carolina…
TIL Professionals who walk over hot coals and broken glass have confirmed that walking over Lego bricks is more painful
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Smithsonian
Why Walking on Legos Hurts More Than Walking on Fire or Ice
Everything you wanted to know about the science and history of stomping on the toy blocks
TIL There was a man so dedicated to April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire, fooling the locals and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active
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r/todayilearned - TIL There was a man so dedicated to April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and…
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TIL that a baby prince from Khawarizam (Persia) was sold as a slave after the Mongols invaded their land and killed his family. He arrived in Egypt and rose among the ranks until he became king. He then lead the army and served the Mongols their biggest defeat in history.
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Qutuz
Saif ad-Din Qutuz (Arabic: سيف الدين قطز; d. 24 October 1260), also romanized as Kutuz, Kotuz, and fully al-Malik al-Muzaffar Saif ad-Din Qutuz (الملك المظفر سيف الدين قطز), was the third or fourth of the Mamluk Sultans of Egypt in the Turkic line. He reigned…
TIL in 2009 Nine women were rescued from what they thought was a Big Brother reality show house but turned out to be a criminal organization.
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the Guardian
Nine women rescued from fake Big Brother house in Turkey
Captives tricked into believing they were reality TV show contestants and filmed naked, say reports
TIL The Bikini Atoll’s flag is similar to the USA flag, but with black stars representing islands destroyed by nuclear testing, to serve as a reminder of the debt the US still owes them for nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning.
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r/todayilearned - TIL The Bikini Atoll’s flag is similar to the USA flag, but with black stars representing islands destroyed by…
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TIL that Pythagoras, of Pythagorean Theorem fame was also a cult leader and that his followers were not only vegan but also didn't eat beans because they believed that a part of their soul escaped every time they passed gas.
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r/todayilearned - TIL that Pythagoras, of Pythagorean Theorem fame was also a cult leader and that his followers were not only…
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TIL : A Chinese mining company and the Afghan government is going to destroy Mes Anyak, a 5,000 year-old Bronze age site and 2,000 year-old Buddhist Silk Road city.
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Saving Mes Aynak
SAVING MES AYNAK A race against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan threatened by a Chinese state-owned copper mine Buy the Special Edition DVD Watch On VOD In Afghanistan? Watch for Free!
TIL - In Germany there exists the only tree in the world with its own mailing address. The "matchmaking" tree receives about 1,000 letters per year from singles looking for love. Anyone can take letters from the tree and respond. It is estimated the tree is responsible for over 100 marriages.
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Bbc
In Germany, the world’s most romantic postbox
A 500-year-old oak tree outside the town of Eutin, Germany, has been matching singles for more than a century and is reportedly responsible for 100-plus marriages.
TIL The first settler to successfully grow commercial Tobacco was John Rolfe in Jamestown, in Virginia in 1609. In 1614, the first shipment was sent to England. In 1638, 3,000,000 pounds was being sent annually. By the 1680s, Jamestown was producing over 25,000,000 pounds for export to Europe.
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Submitted June 20, 2019 at 07:32PM by Tokyono
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Historic UK
Introduction of Tobacco to England
The usual date given for the arrival of tobacco in England is 27th July 1586, when it is said Sir Walter Raleigh brought it to England from Virginia...
TIL Ryan Gosling gained 60 pounds by drinking melted ice cream to play the father in Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones.' He was then told he was too fat to play the part and the role went to Mark Wahlberg.
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ABC News
Ryan Gosling: 'I Was Fat and Unemployed'
Ryan Gosling has revealed why audiences didn't see him in last year's adaptation of the blockbuster novel 'The Lovely Bones:' He was too fat.
TIL An Ancient Greek philosopher was exiled for claiming the moon was a rock, not a god.
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Submitted June 20, 2019 at 09:18PM by SteelyGlint009
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Smithsonian
An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God
2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him to explain lunar phases and eclipses
TIL that Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system, has such a gradual slope that someone standing at the base couldn't see the summit because it's beyond the horizon.
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Submitted June 20, 2019 at 10:22PM by y0mayne
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Wikipedia
Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons ( /əˌlɪmpəs ˈmɒnz, oʊ-, -ˈmɒns/;Latin for Mount Olympus) is a very large shield volcano on the planet Mars. The volcano has a height of nearly 22 km (13.6 mi or 72,000 ft) as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Olympus Mons is…
TIL that many men who climb Everest get weird boners because of the difference in altitude and air pressure causing more blood to flow into the penis
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Submitted June 20, 2019 at 04:43PM by langis_on
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Vice
Why Climbing Mt. Everest Gives People Weird Boners
We spoke to a mountaineer about the effect high altitude has on blood pressure... and dicks.