TIL sperm whales seek out habitats with large communities of bioluminescent plankton, which are not part of the whale's diet. As the plankton's predators (fish) approach the plankton, their glowing alerts the whale. The whale eats the fish. The plankton then turn out their lights.
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r/todayilearned - TIL sperm whales seek out habitats with large communities of bioluminescent plankton, which are not part of the…
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TIL that if the Solar System fit in your hand the Milky Way galaxy would be size of North America
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r/todayilearned - TIL that if the Solar System fit in your hand the Milky Way galaxy would be size of North America
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TIL That citizens of Monaco are not allowed to gamble at their own casinos. Only foreigners are allowed to even step foot inside of Monaco's casinos.
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Gambling Herald
Why Do Monaco Laws Forbid Locals from Gambling? - Gambling Herald
Monaco is the most popular gambling destination in Europe. However, Monaco Laws forbid locals from entering the casinos. The reason is quite interesting.
TIL For years John Wayne supported giving control of the Panama Canal to the country of Panama. His support earned him the only hate mail he ever received in his life, but also his own island off the coast of Panama - appropriately named John Wayne Island.
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Inside Panama Real Estate
Is that really John Wayne Island? - Inside Panama Real Estate
Is that really John Wayne Island?. Panama is so gorgeous and from my condo I can see down the coast past Gorgona to Punta Chame. Located to the right, vi...
TIL During his Presidency, John Quincy Adams planned on funding an expedition to the center of the earth to establish a trade route with mythical “Mole People.”
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History Daily
The President And The Mole People
Darwin’s theories on evolution were still decades away, but believers of the Hollow Earth Theory, like Adams, assumed that some sort of human-like beings had adapted to the underground lifestyle and that there were communities of mole people.
TIL that Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land is Your Land” sarcastically after he got tired of hearing Kate Smith’s “God Bless America” over and over again.
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This Land Is Your Land
"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940, based on an existing melody, a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire", in critical response…
TIL of Brian Wells, the pizza delivery driver who alleged to have been taken hostage with a bomb around his neck and instructed to rob a bank
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Death of Brian Wells
Brian Douglas Wells (November 15, 1956 – August 28, 2003) was an American man who died after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device. Wells was killed when an explosive collar detonated…
TIL that Sam LLoyd, or Ted from Scrubs, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in january which had metastasized from his lungs. Further scans showed that the cancer was also in his liver, spine, and jaw. The news just came weeks after he and his wife received their first child.
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EW.com
'Scrubs' actor Sam Lloyd diagnosed with lung cancer, brain tumor
The show's cast and crew rallied around a GoFundMe campaign to support Lloyd.
TIL It is illegal in Taiwan for children under two years old to use a smartphone or watch TV
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Time
This Place Just Made it Illegal to Give Kids Too Much Screen Time
Excess screen time is now considered to be the equivalent of smoking, drinking and using drugs.
TIL of Dylan McWilliams, a 20 year old man who was bitten by a shark, attacked by a bear, and bitten by a rattlesnake - the odds of which are 893 quadrillion to one.
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Submitted June 25, 2019 at 04:49PM by st314
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National Geographic News
Man Bitten by Shark, Bear, and Snake Had Odds of 893 Quadrillion to One
Outdoor enthusiast Dylan McWilliams has had a rough few years, but he isn't turning his back on nature.
TIL until 1970, United Airlines had ‘men only' flights featuring complimentary cigars, cocktails and a full-course steak dinner in the exclusive company of other men (besides the stewardesses, of course).
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View from the Wing
United Men Only Executive Service from 1953 to 1970
Frequent travel expert Gary Leff shares the story of United Men Only Executive Service, which routes and planes and what services they offered..
TIL that whenever al-Qaeda organised games of volleyball, Mohammed Atef and Osama Bin Laden were forced to be on separate teams since they were both tall, and skilled players.
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Mohammed Atef
Mohammed Atef (Arabic: محمد عاطف, Mohammed Atef) (born Sobhi Abu Setta, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri) was the military chief of al-Qaeda, and was considered one of Osama bin Laden's two deputies, the other being Ayman Al Zawahiri, although Atef's role…
TIL that the groundwork for modern medical training - which is infamous for its grueling hours and workload that often lead to burnout - was laid by a physician who was addicted to cocaine, which he was injecting into himself as an experimental anesthetic.
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Healthcare Analytic News
Podcast: How the Father of Modern Surgery Became a Healthcare Antihero
Cocaine-fueled medical education helped set the stage for physician burnout.
TIL In the 1990s, Subaru realized that it was surprisingly popular with lesbians, and decided to develop a campaign subtly, but specifically, targeting that core group, helping to push gay and lesbian advertising from the fringes to the mainstream.
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The Atlantic
How Subarus Came to Be Seen as Cars for Lesbians
The reputation isn’t just a stereotype—it’s the result of a calculated, highly progressive ad campaign launched 20 years ago.
TIL a study of prayer for cardiac bypass patients found that prayer had no effect on recovery and that patients who knew they were being prayed for actually had more complications
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Submitted June 25, 2019 at 11:04PM by SAT0725
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty…
Am Heart J. 2006 Apr;151(4):934-42. Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TIL When Jimmy Carter got elected President, he got a phone call from Elvis Presley. "He was totally stoned and didn't know what he was saying. His sentences were almost incoherent".
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The New Yorker
Takes: Elvis Presley on the Line
—Douglas Brinkley, Dept. of Missed Opportunities, Talk of the Town, August 18, 1997
TIL Bayer sold a medicine tainted with HIV. Once it was discovered in the US, they continued to sell it overseas for over a year in order to clear stock.
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NY Times
2 Paths of Bayer Drug in 80's: Riskier One Steered Overseas
Cutter Biological, unit of Bayer AG, apparently sold millions of dollars of blood-clotting medicine for hemophiliacs that carried high risk of transmitting AIDS to Asia and Latin America in mid-1980's, while selling new, safer product in West; Cutter Biological…
TIL a Molotov Cocktail is so named because of the Finn's mockery of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, where Vyacheslav Moloto said bombing raids over Finland where "Humanitarian Bread Drops". Finns attacked Soviet tanks with the aforementioned weapons as "a drink to go with the bread"
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Wikipedia
Molotov cocktail
incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle
TIL Muhammad Ali lost his heavyweight noscript, got his passport revoked and faced a five-year prison term for not wanting to join the US Army in the Vietnam War. "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong," he said. "They never called me n****r."
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NY Times
‘I Ain’t Got No Quarrel With Them Vietcong’
In 1967, Muhammad Ali was the first mega-celebrity to refuse the Vietnam War draft.
TIL a man who was in a coma for 10 years gradually began recovering due to his hatred of Barney and Friends, which was shown repeatedly at the special care center he was staying in.
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syracuse.com
Man trapped in coma for 12 years was aware of everything, hated 'Barney' reruns
Martin Pistorius' recalled historic events and the struggles of his family as he wrenched himself free of a mysterious coma.
TIL that, when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money (around $68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued "No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents."
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Jackie Coogan
American actor (1914-1984)