TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first million BEFORE he became famous in movies... by selling real estate
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Submitted June 22, 2019 at 05:12AM by montblanc87
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The way Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first million had nothing to do with acting
"I did not rely on my movie career to make a living," says the Hollywood star.
TIL that the Boston Museum of Science pulled a publicity stunt July 4, 1984 to promote their new dinosaur exhibit by carrying a 34 foot, 1,000 lbs., brontosaurus replica through downtown Boston by helicopter.
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Boston.com
This is the story behind my favorite photo of Boston
One frame that made the skyline look larger than life.
TIL In 2012, the NOAA was forced to publish that Mermaids weren’t real. This was due to a Sci-Fi program on Animal Planet claiming that a Mermaid’s body had been found on a beach. Some believed it and contacted the NOAA, making them state: "No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found,".
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Reuters
This just in: Mermaids are NOT real, U.S. agency says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may not be much of a surprise, but mermaids aren’t real. No less an authority than the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has debunked the existence of the legendary half-woman, half-fish creatures.
TIL Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, who personally intervened and stopped the My Lai massacre, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his action. However, after reading the citation, which included a fabricated account of him rescuing a young girl under heavy fire, he threw his medal away.
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My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre (/ˌmiːˈlaɪ/; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] (listen)) was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam, on 16 March 1968. Between 347 and 504 unarmed…
TIL most species of bee are solitary and don't live in hives or colonies, instead nesting in the ground, aerially, or even in old snail shells
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Guide to Solitary Bees in Britain | The Wildlife Trusts
Most people are familiar with honey bees and bumblebees, but look closely and there are smaller furry bees moving from flower to flower. Ryan Clark gives this concise guide to solitary bees...
TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was not excited about making 'The Terminator'. An interviewer asked him about a pair of shoes he had, which belonged to the wardrobe for The Terminator, Schwarzenegger responded to the interviewer saying "Oh some sh*t movie I'm doing, take a couple weeks."
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The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become…
TIL In Tudor times, High class women would close themselves off for a period of time before they gave birth. This was called “lying in”. No men were allowed in their private rooms, only women, and all light was closed off apart from a small amount, as it was feared it would harm the mother’s eyes.
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The Tudor Society
Childbirth in Medieval and Tudor Times by Sarah Bryson - The Tudor Society
Childbirth is openly discussed in today's society. Images of pregnant women appear in magazines and women giving birth can be seen on television and in movies. Yet during the medieval period, childbirth was deemed a private affair. Giving birth in the middle…
TIL that in the late Classical Era of Greece, women owned 35% of the land and property in Sparta. When a woman's husband died(usually in battle), his land and property passed to the wife, not to the oldest male.
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Sparta
Coordinates: 37°4′55″N 22°25′25″E / 37.08194°N 22.42361°E / 37.08194; 22.42361
TIL that the five largest tobacco companies pay US$9 billion dollars to state governments, each and every year, forever, because of a 1998 legal settlement meant to compensate states for the costs of tobacco-related illness such as cancer, emphysema and heart disease.
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PONDERWALL
Tobacco Companies Pay $9 Billion Compensations On April 15, Every Year
April 15 is the day when the five largest tobacco companies pay US$9 billion dollars to state governments, each and every year, forever.
TIL During the first outbreak of The Black Death in France in 1348, cities ran out of consecrated ground to bury the dead in so quickly, that the current Pope, Clement VI, had to bless the entire Rhone river to allow corpses to be legally dumped in it.
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Pope Clement VI
Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was Pope from 7 May 1342 to his death in 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Black Death (1348–1350), during which he granted…
TIL Sylvester Stallone was not the actor that the producers wanted to star in 'Rocky'. With just $106 in his bank account, Stallone turned down a $300,000 offer — the equivalent of $1 million today — for the rights to 'Rocky' so he could star in the film himself.
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Business Insider
Dirt-Poor Sylvester Stallone Turned Down $300,000 In 1976 To Ensure He Could Play 'Rocky'
Hollywood producers didn't think Stallone could carry the role he wrote.
TIL about Donny the Doberman, a gifted dog, that has been shown arranging some of his 80 plush toys into evenly spaced triangles and lines, and chooses to use, for example, only stuffed frogs or monkeys for a particular design, completely of his own accord.
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Donnie (dog)
Donnie is a Doberman Pinscher dog who came to the attention of science due to his penchant for arranging his plush toys in geometric forms. His owner rescued him from an animal shelter, and at first he was slow to learn, and very reluctant to interact socially…
TIL: Birdhouses shouldn't have a perch. - "Stay away from any birdhouse with a perch. Birds don't need them and they only make it easier for predators or unwanted birds to get in."
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Birdhouses
Learn more about birdhouses and which birds prefer to use them.
TIL all Australian doctors who plan to stay in Antarctica during the winter must have their appendix removed in case of an unexpected rupture.
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Submitted June 22, 2019 at 07:08PM by nokia621
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r/todayilearned - TIL all Australian doctors who plan to stay in Antarctica during the winter must have their appendix removed…
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TIL In 1904, tea bags were invented accidentally. The inventor, Thomas Sullivan, decided that it was cheaper to send small samples to potential customers in silk bags instead of boxes. The recipients believed they were meant to be dunked and soon Sullivan was flooded with orders for his “tea bags.”
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UK Tea & Infusions Association - The History of the Tea Bag
The invention of the tea bag in the twentieth century was a development that would radically change our tea-drinking habits forever.
TIL Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear attack on North Korea while drunk
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Business Insider
That time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea
Kissinger convinced the military to stand down from the order until Nixon was sober.
TIL in 2008, a couple who inherited a 378 acre farm in Costa Rica transformed it into a huge no-kill dog shelter. Over 1000 dogs, many recovering from illness, starvation and abuse, live there together. Visitors are welcome to walk and play with them.
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Smithsonian
This Costa Rican Paradise Shelters Over 1,000 Stray Dogs
A photographer documents scenes from Territorio De Zaguates, a converted farm in the Santa Bárbara mountains that's giving abandoned dogs a second chance
TIL The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor. The President of the company happened to walk by and was impressed by a toy he created out of boredom, leading to an illustrious career.
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Gunpei Yokoi
Gunpei Yokoi (Japanese: 横井 軍平, Hepburn: Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1941 – October 4, 1997), sometimes transliterated Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. He was a long-time Nintendo employee, best known as creator of the Game & Watch handheld…
TIL In 2009, a retired policeman called Geraint Woolford was admitted to Abergale Hospital in north Wales and ended up next to another retired policeman called Geraint Woolford. The men weren’t related, had never met and were the only two people in the UK called Geraint Woolford.
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Two retired policeman with same name ended up side by side in hospital
The only two men in Britain called Geraint Woolford ended up in neighbouring beds in the same hospital - and discovered that they were both retired policemen who had worked for the same force.
TIL I learned about the Greensboro massacre, where KKK and Nazi party members opened fire on on crowd protesting the Klan. The media filmed the massacre and aired it on national television however no one was ever convicted.
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Greensboro massacre
The Greensboro massacre is the term for an event which took place on November 3, 1979, when members of the Communist Workers' Party and others demonstrated in a "Death to the Klan" march in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The CWP, which advocated…
TIL: An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York City made an unscheduled stop at Kansas City to offload a passenger who wouldn't stop singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".
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WATCH: Plane Diverts Over Passenger Singing Whitney Houston
Frequent flyers who complain about the in-flight entertainment probably haven't had to contend with unwarranted airplane karaoke. Passengers on board an American Airlines flight made an unscheduled st...