TIL In 1959, police were called to a segregated library in S. Carolina when a 9yr-old Black boy refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics from MIT, and died in 1986, one of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him.
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Ronald McNair
physicist, astronaut
TIL The US shipped about $40 billion in cash to Iraq on planes between 2003 and 2008 and most of it went missing and is still unaccounted for today.
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CNBC
The $40 Billion Iraqi Money Trail
It has been called the largest airborne transfer of currency in the history of the world. But finding out what happened to all the money involved has become one of the biggest financial mysteries of all time.
TIL when Spider-Man film producer Avi Arad, was asked if Spider-Man would join the Avengers, Arad said “I think it will take a moment in which we’ve run out of ideas.” the next year Sony and Marvel announced that Spider-Man would join the MCU
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IGN
What Would it Take for Spider-Man to Appear in The Avengers? - IGN
Spider-Man in The Avengers or X-Men? Longtime producer and the founder of Marvel Studios reveal what it would need to happen.
TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government was worried Japan would invade Hawaii and seize all the U.S. currency there. As a precaution, the U.S. burned $200 million in cash circulating on the islands, and replaced them with freshly printed bills with “Hawaii” stamped on them.
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Hawaii overprint note
A Hawaii overprint note is one of a series of banknotes (one silver certificate and three Federal Reserve Notes) issued during World War II as an emergency issue after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The intent of the overprints was to easily distinguish US currency…
TIL that at one point in the 1990's, 50% of all Compact Discs production in the world was dedicated solely to creating AOL sign-up discs.
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TechCrunch
How Much Did It Cost AOL To Send Us Those CDs In The 90s? "A Lot!," Says Steve Case
Like most little kids, I used to love getting things in the mail. And in the 1990s, I was lucky enough to get something new every single day. Sadly, 99.9 percent of those were install discs from AOL. If you lived in the United States in the 1990s, you remember…
TIL about Ralph Lazo, the only known non-spouse, non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to an internment camp. When Lazo learned that his Japanese American friends and neighbors were being forcibly removed, he was so outraged that he joined friends on a train that took hundreds to Manzanar.
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Ralph Lazo
Teacher and activist
TIL when a morbidly obese person is cremated, there are special measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of a "grease fire."
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Calebwilde
CONFESSIONS OF A FUNERAL DIRECTOR » Morbid Obesity + Cremation = ?
I mentioned this phenomena on my 20/20 interview.I mentioned the Germany cremation fire that recently occurred in a post a few months back.And now this news headline out of Austria: "Dead obese woman had so much body fat she set the building on fire during…
TIL in the Beatles song Let it Be, "Mother Mary" is actually not a reference to the Virgin Mary. It instead refers to Paul's actual mother, Mary, who died when he was young. The song was inspired by a dream in which she gave him the advice "It will be all right, just let it be".
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Let It Be (Beatles song)
"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternate mix) as the noscript track of their album Let It Be. At the time, it had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning its chart run…
TIL Mike Tyson has a professional boxing record of 23-0 at age 19, became the youngest Heavyweight Champion ever at 20, and was 35-0 (with 31 knockouts) and held the WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight noscripts at age 21.
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Mike Tyson
American boxer
TIL that 41% of the population of Ireland died during the English Civil War. Scotland lost 6%, while England suffered only 3.7% dead.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") principally over the manner of England's governance. The first (1642–1646) and second (1648–1649)…
TIL that on NASA's Gemini XII flight, the computer docking system failed and Buzz Aldrin successfully calculated the docking trajectory using a sextant and a slide rule.
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NASA
Gemini XII Crew Masters the Challenges of Spacewalks
TIL the gentleman from “it ain’t much but it’s honest work” is an expert in no till farming and has been published many times. No till farming reduces erosion and is more sustainable than traditional farming techniques.
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www.notill.org
David Brandt | No-till on the Plains | Agriculture Production Systems Modeling Nature
David Brandt farms 1150 acres all no-till, in Fairfield County, Central Ohio. He began no-till farming in 1971 and has been using cover crops since 1978. David has participated in yield plots for corn, soybeans, and wheat into various covers. This information…
TIL about Francis Pegahmagabow, a canadian indigenous man who fought in WWI. He killed 378 enemies with his Ross rifle and captured another 300, which makes him one of the most successful marksmen in the conflict.
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CBC
Legendary First Nations sniper unsung hero of WW I | CBC News
He was the most decorated First Nations soldier in the history of the Canadian military, but very few people have ever heard of Francis Pegahmagabow.
TIL college textbook prices increased 90% from 1998 to 2016 while recreational book prices fell by more than 35% in the same time period
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AEI
Chart of the day: The astronomical rise in college textbook prices vs. consumer prices and recreational books - AEI
The chart above shows in the percentage increases between January 1998 and July 2016 for: a) the overall CPI for all items (+48%), b) the CPI for college t
TIL Walt Disney World near Orlando briefly had a real airport with a singing runway. Grooves in the tarmac were spaced so the lines played the opening notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" when planes rolled over them. The airport closed in 1972.
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Atlas Obscura
"Singing Runway" at the Abandoned Disney World Airport
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
TIL that the US has refused to continue funding the nuclear claims tribunal set up to compensate islanders that suffered radiation-related diseases from testing. So far it's paid less than $4 million of a $2.2 billion damage judgement. More than half of the affected islanders have died since.
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Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal
Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal is an international arbitral tribunal established pursuant to the Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands for the Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact…
TIL Women and free African Americans could vote in New Jersey from 1776 to 1807, ~140 years before women gained suffrage nationwide.
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www.nps.gov
Did You Know: Women and African Americans Could Vote in NJ before the 15th and 19th Amendments? (U.S. National Park Service)
TIL that Frederick Douglass's master didn't want his slaves being taught to read, believing that it would foster a desire for freedom. Douglass learned to read anyway, escaped, and became the foremost abolitionist in the country.
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Frederick Douglass
American social reformer, orator, writer, abolitionist and statesman
TIL That after a woman died, a multimillion dollar painting she owned was re-assessed at $0 due to it containing part of a bald eagle. In America, it is illegal to buy or sell them without a permit. The IRS disagreed and put a $65M tax on it. But her heirs cannot sell the painting due to the eagle.
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Submitted July 18, 2019 at 07:00PM by Tokyono
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Baroque Potion
Unable to flip the bird
2007 saw the demise of Ileana Sonnabend, a legendary purveyor of art created after 1945. Among the famous works in her considerable estate was Robert Rauschenberg’s Canyon, a canonical, influ…
TIL The bobblehead on Dwight Schrute's desk in 'The Office' is of the former Philadelphia Phillies' Catcher Mike Lieberthal, whose full name is Michael Scott Lieberthal.
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Sportingnews
The meaning behind the MLB bobblehead on Dwight's desk in 'The Office'
You probably missed this MLB Easter egg from
TIL When the show of comedian Benny Hill was cancelled, it devastated him and his health started to decline. However, fans of his show continued pushing for a new series. A company saw this and sent him an offer for some specials. It arrived in the mail on the same day he died.
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Benny Hill
English comedian and actor