TIL The International Potato Center has successfully grown potatoes in a simulated Mars environment. They grew the plants in a CubeSat which mimicked the Martian air pressure and atmosphere, and used saline desert soils analogous to Martian soils as the growing medium.
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International Potato Center
Indicators show potatoes can grow on Mars
CubeSat contained environment experiment underway For interviews please contact M.lanatta@cgiar.org March 8, 2017 -- Lima (Peru) The International Potato Center…
TIL term "EGOT" was coined by Miami Vice actor Philip Michael Thomas who said he planned to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony within 5 years. As of 2019, he has yet to be nominated for any of the awards.
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Philip Michael Thomas
American actor
TIL that there's a hero in the X-Men named ForgetMeNot who's main power is that nobody is able to remember he exists
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Marvel Database
ForgetMeNot (Earth-616) | Marvel Database | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Not to be confused with Forget-Me-Not (Earth-616) ForgetMeNot has been a member of the X-Men for over six years, likely joining prior to M-Day. However, due to the nature of his powers, he went...
TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips, they are molded out of powdered potato, wheat, and other additives
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Pringles
brand of potato chips
TIL James Earl Jones demanded David Prowse receive sole credit for portraying Darth Vader believing that his voice was 'just special effects'
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James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor. His career has spanned more than six decades, and he has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Since…
TIL There is no such thing as a Right brain/Left brain personality divide. A 2013 brain scan study from the University of Utah, demonstrated that activity is similar on both sides of the brain regardless of one’s personality.
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Harvard Health Blog
Right brain/left brain, right? - Harvard Health Blog
The long-held belief that people fall into right-brain and left-brain classifications doesn't seem to be supported by medical evidence.
TIL 40% of millennials believe they'll never own a house.
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New York Post
A lot of millennials think owning a home is impossible
What would millennials do to own a home? A lot. Almost half said they would quit Instagram or listen to "Cotton Eye Joe" for a week. But a third say they have a better chance at dating an A-lister
TIL of U.S. Secret Service agent Jerry Parr, who saved President Ronald Reagan's life during a 1981 assassination attempt. Parr was inspired to join the Secret Service by the 1939 movie "Code of the Secret Service"... which starred a young Ronald Reagan.
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Jerry Parr
American Secret Service agent
TIL that the motto, "In God We Trust," is not the original motto of the United States. During the Cold War, it was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism.
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United States national motto
The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is "In God we trust". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864.
TIL A study concluded that when humans forbid dogs to eat foods, dogs are 4 times more likely to steal the food in the dark, when they think humans can’t spot them. Dogs based their stealing strategies on their belief that humans can see or not in low light conditions.
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ZME Science
Dogs understand humans’ point of view – are much more likely to steal food at night, when they can’t be seen
A study conducted by Dr. Juliane Kaminski of the University of Portsmouth's Department of Psychology concluded that when humans forbid dogs to eat foods, dogs are 4 times more likely to steal the food in
TIL Andrew Jackson, face of the $20 bill, made it the goal of his administration to destroy the National Bank. He even cautioned the public about paper money in his farewell address.
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Submitted August 02, 2019 at 06:15PM by OceanFloatin
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Yakima Herald-Republic
On the money: It's a historic irony that Andrew Jackson is on $20 bill
The announcement by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew that Harriet Tubman will take the place of Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill has caused some grumbling. Sen. Lamar
TIL that in 1978, Reinhold Messner reached the summit of Mt Everest without using supplementary oxygen, a task which had previously been considered impossible. Two years later, he did it again by himself, completing the first solo ascent of the mountain
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Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer
TIL that only one actor has ever earned a REGOT (Razzie, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards): actress Liza Minnelli.
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Submitted August 02, 2019 at 10:28PM by ryandmc609
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Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
TIL of Rick Rescorla, a security consultant for Morgan Stanley who anticipated the 9/11 attacks and implemented practice emergency evacuations every 3 months. During the attacks he managed to evacuate most of the 2,687 employees and died trying to help even more people out of the buildings.
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Rick Rescorla
War hero, victim and hero of 9/11
TIL that one of the top glitter manufacturers in the USA cannot name their biggest client, since the client doesn't want it known they use glitter. When a manager was asked if they could name them in a New York Times interview they instantly replied, "No, I absolutely know that I can’t."
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The Cut
The Great Glitter Conspiracy of 2018
How can anyone rest without knowing who is secretly buying so much glitter?
TIL That the longest marriage ever recorded was 87 years long. Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher were married on May 13, 1924, and stayed together until Herbert passed away in 2011 at the age of 105. Zelmyra passed away two years later, also at the age of 105.
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TIL Tina Turner was diagnosed with kidney failure after she opted to take homeopathic remedies instead of high blood pressure medication, something she now regrets. She was considering an assisted suicide until her current husband donated a kidney to her, saving her life.
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Tina Turner
American singer, dancer, actress, and author; naturalized citizen of Switzerland
TIL in 1910, the Gov. of Iowa wanted to build a state-wide highway in a single day. He asked farmers across the state to clear a level road on their land. All 380 miles were completed in an hour.
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U.S. Route 6 in Iowa
U.S. Highway 6 (US 6) is an east–west U.S. Highway which runs 319 miles (513 km) across the U.S. state of Iowa. The route is signed in places as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. Like all state highways in Iowa, it is maintained by the Iowa Department…
TIL the VLC media player uses a traffic cone for its icon because the students who created it drunkenly started a traffic cone collection
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Submitted August 03, 2019 at 03:15AM by PmButtPics4ADrawing
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TIL that MTV officially started broadcasting 38 years ago on August 1, 1981 and the first music video played was "Video Killed the Radio Star"
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Submitted August 03, 2019 at 05:18AM by JLBesq1981
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MTV
American basic cable and satellite television channel
TIL that the "drink 8 glasses of water a day" is founded upon a 1945 recommendation that had no medical basis. Today's medical recommendation is "drink when you're thirsty, unless you're outside on a hot day or you're elderly"
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Office for Science and Society
The Water Myth
It is a common belief that you have to drink 6-8 glasses of water per day. Almost everyone has heard this recommendation at some point although if you were to ask someone why you need to drink this