TIL that the space shuttle flew 135 missions with a flight computer that had less than 1% of the computing power as an XBox 360.
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AL.com
Space Shuttle fast facts: Xbox 360 has more power than flight computer, orbiter has 2.5 million parts
With Atlantis fueled and waiting for its final launch into space, The Huntsville Times thought it would be a good time to share some fun space shuttle facts with you to fill the time before countdown begins.
TIL that blue M&Ms didn't exist until 1995, when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. Of pink, blue, and purple, blue won.
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TIL of Republican Congress member Thaddeus Steven who wanted to exile former slave owners and redistribute their land among slaves and farmers
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Thaddeus Stevens
American politician
TIL there is a law in over 9 US states that forbids registered sex offenders from handing out candy or having Halloween lawn decorations on Halloween night
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Findlaw
Halloween Sex Offender Laws - FindLaw
There are a growing number of states that have enacted laws restricting the activities of sex offenders on Halloween, including so-called "no candy" laws. Learn about Halloween sex offender laws and more at FindLaw's Criminal Charges section.
TIL About Ama, female Japanese pearl divers that start diving at the age of 12-13, and are well active into their 70s. They endure freezing conditions and great pressure from deep sea depths to get pearls. They have a unique technique in which they release air in a long whistle as they resurface.
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Ama (diving)
Japanese pearl diving
TIL Humans are psychologically hardwired to blame the victim. The “just-world bias” happens because our brains crave predictability, and as such, we tend to blame victims of unfairness rather than reject the comforting worldview suggesting that good will be rewarded and evil punished.
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the Guardian
Why we're psychologically hardwired to blame the victim
We want the world to be fair: the good will be rewarded, the evil punished. As a result, we blame the victims of misfortune
TIL that the drink mix Tang wasn't created by or for NASA. It was introduced in 1957 but sold poorly until the U.S. space agency used it for John Glenn's 1962 Mercury mission. Tang was then marketed as what the astronauts drank, but Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin later said, "Tang sucks."
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Tang (drink mix)
beverage
TIL Soul Asylum’s 1994 music video for "Runaway Train" helped find 25 of the 36 missing children featured in the music video.
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PEOPLE.com
Video for 1994 Song 'Runaway Train' Helped Recover 21 Missing Kids — But 11 Have Not Been Found
Soul Asylum's video helped find 25 missing kids but 11 were never found, and here are the 11 cases that remain open
TIL there was a man who made a $5 bet in 1964 that man would reach the moon before 1970. He won $24,000.
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Action Network
Meet the Man Who Won $24K Betting on the Moon Landing | The Action Network
Read more on the 21-year-old Englishman who wagered 10 pounds to win 10,000 at William Hill in the UK that a man would land on the moon.
TIL the Deadpool film was only given the green light after test footage shot by the directors two years earlier was mysteriously leaked online. At first Ryan Reynolds thought one of the directors had released the footage but whoever leaked the footage at 20th Century Fox still remains anonymous.
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Deadpool (film)
2016 superhero film produced by Marvel Entertainment
TIL the top of the giant redwood forest were thought to be a lifeless wasteland. But explorers recently discover their canopy contains an entire ecosystem. A lake of fern, top soil a meter deep in its branches, trees and other plants, and crustaceans that only live in water all live up there.
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Coast redwoods: Majestic giants benefit all humankind
Ancient trees suck moisture out of fog and support minivan-sized ecosystems. They deserve our respect and protection.
TIL in order to prevent tourists from stealing their beer glasses, some bars in Belgium require people to hand over one of their shoes as a deposit which is then put in a basket and hung from the ceiling. This shoes basket has also become an attraction.
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Thedrinksbusiness
Belgian bar demands ‘shoe deposit’ to stop tourists stealing beer glasses
Two Belgian bars that have been losing thousands of beer glasses each year have taken matters into their own hands, installing a €4,000 security system and asking for customer's shoes as a deposit.
TIL that in 1986, Primus frontman Les Claypool auditioned to be the bassist of Metallica after the death of former bassist Cliff Burton. Metallica frontman James Hetfield remarked that Claypool was not offered the job because "he was too good" and "should do his own thing".
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Les Claypool
American musician
TIL Humans hear anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than they see so that everything that they perceive with their ears is coloring every other perception they have, and every conscious thought they have. Sound gets in so fast that it modifies all the other input and sets the stage for it.
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TIL No one in China expected that Chairman Mao would die, so there were no preparations at all for his death. Mao's body was drained of fluids, injected with formaldehyde, and it was said his head swelled up “like a football”
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Preserving Chairman Mao: embalming a body to maintain a legacy
Before his death 40 years ago, Communist China’s founder requested cremation but officials wanted his body embalmed and put on display – and it wasn’t easy
TIL that a man by the name of Roger Williams was the galvanizer for Jeffersonian Democracy (ie separation of church and state) and was a staunch proponent for fair dealings with Native Americans. He was a devout man who saw organized religions as bastardizations of faith and God.
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Roger Williams
Roger Williams The political and religious leader Roger Williams (c. 1603?-1683) is best known for founding the state of Rhode Island and advocating separation
TIL of Frank Willis, a security guard in 1972. While on duty he noticed tape on a basement door lock. Thinking a worker had left it there accidentally, he removed it. Willis later found tape again in the same place. He called the police, saying he believed there had been a break-in at Watergate.
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NY Times
Frank Wills, 52; Watchman Foiled Watergate Break-In
Frank Wills, night watchman who discovered 1972 Watergate burglary, which ultimately led to Pres Richard M Nixon's resignation, dies at age of 52; photo (M)
TIL Because of the shorter commercial breaks in the United Kingdom, every episode of The Muppet Show had two minutes of additional footage. Usually consisting of a skit or a short song.
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Submitted July 22, 2019 at 02:00AM by Cunt_Puffin
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UK Spots (The Muppet Show) | Muppet Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Due to shorter commercial breaks in the United Kingdom, every episode of The Muppet Show lasted two minutes longer in the UK than in the United States. The extra segments that were filmed to cover...
TIL that on the set of Star Trek: Voyager, the costume for 7 of 9 required the actress to wear an extremely tight corset underneath the visible uniform. The corset made it impossible for the actress to sit, was difficult to remove, restricted breathing, and using the restroom took up to 20 minutes.
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The Geek Twins
5 Horrifying Facts About Seven of Nine's Uniform
We previously ran articles on the disturbing truth behind costumes from The Next Generation and Troi's cleavage . Well, let's keep the ...
TIL A boy whose whole body looked like an open wound because of a genetic condition which led his skin to be paperthin, had a skin sample taken, its DNA repaired, & the modified skin cells grown to make skin grafts totalling 0.85 sq m. He now leads a normal life.
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BBC News
'Butterfly child' given life-saving skin
Hassan was born with skin so delicate it would tear and blister
TIL that the condom-based toilets used by male NASA astronauts to pee came in three sizes: "small", "medium", "large". After some leaking events, the sizes were informally changed to "extra large", "immense" and "unbelievable".
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Snopes.com
FACT CHECK: Spacesuit Envy
Did NASA have to relabel the size chart for a condom-like urination contraption used in space suits because astronauts refused to choose the 'small' size?