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“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Didn’t Know Until Recently (New Pics)
Today I Learned, also known as TIL, is the fifth-biggest subreddit. It unites a whopping 30.9 million members, who all go there with a single goal in mind — to enrich each other's understanding of the world.
Sharing interesting facts about human psychology, animal behavior, food history, and pretty much everything else you can imagine, this online community is full of fascinating trivia that has been successfully evading many of us.
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#1
TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
Like my pup Cleo. She likes to do silly things. Here she is trying to go to bed but not quite making it An-attempt...50a13b.jpg 
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
I’m pretty sure that my cat can tell when I’m having a bad day or my son is having a bad day. She wants extra snuggles and pets and play. It always makes me smile.
François Carré 2 years ago
Empathy and interactions between dogs and humans are amazing. You can show a dog a direction without moving, just by looking at it and they follow your eyes. Studies have shown that this level of mutual understanding is quite unique to dogs. It would'nt work with apes, for example : not that apes are not smart enough, but they're not close enough to humans. They don't trust us enough to make it work.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Dogs also understand the difference between you having your eyes open or closed... Even hiding your eyes somehow. In studies dogs instructed to "stay" in front of a treat would cheat and grab it if the human had their eyes shut or had dark glasses.
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crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
My dog chases his tail a ton cause he knows it makes us laugh. He's smart enough to understand that it's his tail but he keeps doing it and it's adorable
Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
Dogs are much much smarter than we think. One example is this, another is with my pug. When I was teaching him "sit" he took it a step further. Not only did he pick up the trick quickly, he uses it whenever he needs something. He will sit in the middle of everything if his water bowl is low or if he wants a toy or maybe even a treat. Whenever he sits in the middle of everything, we just have to figure it out. Most of the time it's because the water in his bowl is low. My Chihuahua will bring us empty water bottles if the water bowl is empty. I'm not kidding. I was surprised too
Zane Lumagrowl 2 years ago
This definitely tracks! My little jack russel/chihuahua mix is a goofy little lady and she loves to make us laugh!
Timbob 2 years ago
Not really Moose. Told my neighbor’s dog three, really funny jokes last week. He didn’t even smile.
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#2
TIL Jonathan Goldsmith, AKA The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis commercials, has been an advocate for landmine victim support, has assisted the effort to prevent and cure cancer in dogs, save the Siberian Tiger, and end child sex trafficking in Cambodia.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
Looks like he needs a caption : he doesn't always save people and animals, but when he does...
El Dee 2 years ago
I've seen the meme but don't get the reference, the product isn't sold here, don't even know what it is..
BigSteveT 2 years ago
Dos Equis beer. The tagline is this guy saying, after the commercial goes over why he is so (tongue-in-cheek) interesting, "I don't always drink beer, but when I do, it's Dos Equis." What's interesting is how bad Dos Equis is. Modelo is much better.
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Bananananana(He/Him) 2 years ago
I have an idea. How about we create a charity to fund awesome people doing nice things. You want to give the workplace free donuts on special days(or just fridays)? Heres $20. But it would only be given to people with good intentions and that don't want to profit over it.
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
This would be perfect. All the bad people will be weeded out.
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LovingKnuckle 2 years ago
He’s a good actor and does great humanitarian things, but let me ask you this…since he is a Jewish American born to Jewish parents and raised in NY and played a Mexican man, do you think today people would slander him for cultural appropriation?
Kim Landfather 2 years ago
I'm not always impressed with people, but when I am, it's this guy.
#3
TIL Japan has a 'wind phone'. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to 'talk' to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.
Ariom Dahl 2 years ago
Yes, Laura Imai Messina wrote a (fiction) book about this, called The Phone Box at the Edge of the World.
Chintan Shah 2 years ago (edited)
I saw this in a Netflix series "earthstorms" I think so. Very fascinating piece about earthquakes. It made me cry when they talked about this and to see the people who have lost loved ones. Still got a tear thinking about this..
Ambersaurus 2 years ago
There's a great episode of a podcast called This American Life about this phone booth. You can hear the stories of people visiting. It's heartbreaking and beautiful
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
After my husband died, I visited cemeteries. Some friends thought it was weird, but it allowed me to grieve in public without looking like a crazy person, plus reading the gravestones showed me hints of lives that were much more difficult than mine ever was or ever will be.
#4
TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
More cat slaves are keeping them as indoor only now, cats which are free to roam outside generally have shorter lifespans due to predators, vehicles and a-holes who like to do horrible things to then.
Epona 2 years ago
Thank you for pointing this out! I came here to see if anyone else was going to remark on that being one of the reasons cats are living longer. This (cats living longer if kept indoors or let outside in a safe way ~ catios, harnesses/leashes, cat runs,etcetera) is a hilll I will die on (metaphorically), so if nobody else had commented on it, I would have.
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ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
My baby is 2, let's see if we can get it up to 45 years! Who's with me?
Libstak 2 years ago
My Katsy made it to 21 yrs, I am praying for you to get your wish.
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KimB 2 years ago
Ha! I've had a 22 year old, 19 year old, 17 year old and I currently have a 16 year old :) (apparently I'm a good cat mom?)
Epona 2 years ago
If they have lived that long, you absolutely are a good cat mom! Good for you (and them, obviously). Lucky them, and you!
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LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
I wish cats and dogs lived longer as we get so incredibly attached to our furry friends.
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
My own most recent cat lived until age 18. And growing up we had several Burmese who lived in to their 20's. Last week we lost my mom's oldest cat who was 19. As long as they don't develop disease/cancer and you keep them INSIDE, cats with good care can live a long time. Still not enough for me - I wish they lived forever. :(
Upstaged75 2 years ago
And before you come at me saying how cruel it is to not let cats outside, do some research. Not only do outdoor cats live half as long, but they are terrible for local wildlife populations. If your cat HAS to go outside, walk it on a leash or keep them confined to your deck or balcony. We do both leash walking and letting them on the deck.
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Better vet care and better knowledge of their needs makes for better kitty lives!😺
#5
TIL in 1915 a pharmacist saw his sister make her own mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and thought he could make a better product. His invention was easier to apply and won't burn a woman's eye. He named his new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base material Vaseline.
Abrufal 2 years ago
What I read was guys sister invents modern mascara guy steals idea and gets rich. It's okay though cause he used her name.......I did 0 research if it turns out his sister got rich also awesome
Christian White 1 year ago
But he didn't steal her idea. He made it in such a way that it wouldn't injure the woman using it in the way her version did. So he took an idea, improved on it, then became rich. This has been the basis of business for centuries. People like you who make everything "man vs. Woman" as opposed to "man and woman working together" are the reason we have all this division in our society.
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Juanita, the ginger cat 2 years ago
My mom had this exactly same set and I used to use to play when was a kid!
jeff adams 2 years ago
Is Vaseline the same as petroleum jelly? Did he still use coal? And why did Chuck Berry sing a song about it?
#6
TIL Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 m) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
Some are just kick butt people that live in trees!!
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VonBlade 2 years ago
If I need a raincoat and a beanie you can bet your life I'm at least wearing socks.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
She wrote a book about her experience called the "Legacy of Luna."
Upstaged75 2 years ago
She's awesome, but I have several logistical questions! :) Like did she not bathe for 2 years?
Shishal Asaurus 2 years ago
Probably used special wipes for bathing. Same stuff they use in hospitals for quick cleaning body parts
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For all asking about functions like eating, bathroom, etc. she had a following of other activists with colorful names like Geronimo, Shakespeare, Almond, Spruce, Rising Ground, and Shunka. They carried away her waste in a bucket, mailed letters for her and brought her food and batteries. Not sure if they cleaned her clothes or anything but they took care of many things. She had a satellite phone and her own stove up there. Also about a year after the agreement with the lumber company to not cut it down, someone came and vandalized the tree but cutting 200 ft around it with a chain saw. It was saved.
#7
TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.
Chloe Runyan 2 years ago
Idk if you downvote me for this, but there is a spirit in my religion called the holy ghost that works like this, it provides comfort in hard times and helps you make the right desision
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Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Bones used this in a gravedigger episode. The gravedigger had kidnapped Booth, and put him on an old naval ship due to be destroyed. His third person was the ghost of a friend.
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
This happened to the famous explorer, Earnest Shackleton, while he was going to find help to rescue his crew. (Amazing story well worth researching.) TS Eliot then incorporated this story in his great poem, The Waste Land.
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I read a book about a man sailing solo around the world. He ate something that made him very ill. When he woke up a little once, there was a sailor/captain dressed in old-style clothes at the wheel of his sheep. the man turned around and scolded him for eating that food. The boat was still sailing on as it should. The next time the man semi-woke up, the captain was gone but the boat was still sailing on.
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Ash 2 years ago
Gary Paulsen (author of Hatchet) describes a situation like this in his book Woodsong that he personally experienced. He was in a really bad dogsledding accident, and this kindly indigenous man got his injured leg stabilized, got him on the sled, untangled the dogs' traces, and got him home. He found out later that he had been alone the entire time.
Rapunzel With The Loced Hair 2 years ago
I hear someone speak to me at my lowest moments, usually when I get suicidal thoughts
WoopieDoopie 2 years ago
Agree with Bex. I’ve been there too some years ago. It is tough - but I am sure that so are you! You CAN get through this and you do deserve happiness
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David 2 years ago
It didn't talk to us but (really short version) Me and friend, river tubing, hypothermia, potential drowning. When we FINALLY got to the spot in the river where our friends were waiting on the bank I saw a third person with them. I had not said anything when my friend said, "Who is that with them?". The two people waiting on the bank (who I trust) swore up and down there was nobody with them at any point in time. It was a kind of isolated place on the river bank so there were no other people nearby. I don't know what to call it but we both independently saw something.
#8
TIL that elephant poaching has steadily decreased in certain African countries causing elephant populations to slowly begin rising.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
We've also seen shortening of tusks which we believe has to do with short tusks being undesirable to poachers.
Jo Davies 2 years ago
Unfortunately that approach doesn't work. A small bit of ivory is still enough to temp the poachers. And the logistics around doing it are tremendous and put the Ellie at risk. Studies are showing that 1 in 10 elephants are now being born without tusks, showing that evolution is trying to do its best.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
A combination of several projects made it possible: From cutting tusks over better ranger coverage to the doctrine of shooting poachers first and ask questions later
Sonja 2 years ago
One of the most important projects was Elephant peppers, a project that prevents elephants from invading into people's farmland and offers an alternative income to poaching. It had the highest impact but is almost never spoken about because some people don't like that elephants are prevented from roaming where they please and it's an economical project initiated by the Tabasco company to have people plant chilli for tabasco sauce. The project itself is simple: village people plant chillis around and among their crops, this protects the crop from the elephants, who are very sensitive against capsaicin and thus for avoid feeding on the crop. Tabasco provides the seeds for the chillies and buys the fruits after harvest, providing additional income for the farmers. Chilli plants are also a natural insecticide, so there's more harvest. So people stop hunting elephants to protect their food or eat them and there's less poaching because they get paid for the chilis too and don't have to hunt.
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Scp_049 2 years ago (edited)
Just poach the poachers. Make poaching a crime where if you even attempt it you will most likely be kiIIed by law enforcement as punishment. If you survive, then you will know not to poach anymore.
Best Behave 2 years ago
Poaching is a crime. They are generally poor and vulnerable themselves, and therefore are willing to take the risk. poach the rich cants who enable the market
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Must Be Bored Again 2 years ago
I love seeing documentaries about the protective rangers who have given up everything in their lives except being a guard to a single elephant for live. That is true love and sacrifice.
Russell Bowman 2 years ago
The elephant has the longest gestation period of all mammals 22 months. So, explains "elephant populations to slowly begin rising."
Pandasizing World Peace 2 years ago
I will never understand why the authorities who recover ivory from smugglers, have been known to burn them. Quoting from a CNN article published back in 2016, "In April, Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to a $172 million in illegal elephant ivory tusks and rhino horns in a bonfire that brought together heads of state to Nairobi National Park to make a statement against the poaching and smuggling." Why not flood the market with these recovered horns at rock bottom prices to drop their monetary value? Then go around to the remaining animals and spray tusks and horns with something that will destroy their value?
Best Behave 2 years ago (edited)
You can’t flood the market with a scarce commodity. In addition it legitimises the ownership of Ivory, and makes it difficult to distinguish between illegal and legal. Poachers will poach until the market dries up. A major part of the war on ivory market is to make it socially unacceptable to own ivory at all.
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Kaylee Best 2 years ago
In the krugar theres a spotting board where if you’ve seen a certian animal you can use a magnet to show where you found it, but the Rhino and Elephants were not allowed to be put on the spotting board due to poaching
#9
TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs.
François Carré 2 years ago
But sea urchins existed long before hedgehogs, so I guess it's more hedgehogs who are land urchins.
#10
TIL that domestic dogs have developed muscles in there brow to "mimic" humans.
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
Or we've selectively bred the ones that could move their eyebrows because we consider them cuter and as a result they now have the muscle rather than they developed it to mimic us
XenoMurph 2 years ago
Yes entirely new muscles would require a huge mutation over many different breeds, just not possible
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Epona 2 years ago
Thank you! I was hoping someone else would have noticed that.
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Michelle C 2 years ago
My sibling and I have had an ongoing debate with my mom about the possibility. I am so glad I can tell them that dogs do indeed have eyebrows!!
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
My dog definitely has eyebrows!! Though I do know that's not quite what you meant (but great excuse to post a photo of her). 🙂 Just-had-a...f786a7.jpg 
Display_Name 2 years ago
I had never seen my American Bulldog look so worried as before I was diagnosed with covid. I was laying on the couch and he was right against me looking so concerned.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
see mickysixx's darwinian explanation below, not the lamarkian explanation above
Cat R 2 years ago
I've always wondered how people think that incredible amount of NEW genetic information that would be needed, makes it to the next generation. Some poor animal, bird, fish, etc, is in its death throes thinking, "If I only had (name item), I wouldn't have died." Or, "If I only had eyebrows, I could manipulate a human. How does it get to the next generation, through osmosis, telepathy, what? Mating alone does not contribute all that NEW genetic information. Asking for a friend.
#11
TIL Crows are a highly intelligent species, which are self-aware just like humans. They are as smart as Gorillas and have a complex brain which has the ability to reason.
ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
There's 3 in my neighborhood that I feed. If I'm gone before I feed them in the morning they will sit in a tree at the main road so they can spot my vehicle turning into our road. They will follow me home and patiently wait for about 30 minutes in the backyard for their food. If it's longer than that, one will sit on the deck and tap on my sliding door and caw until he sees me coming out. Visitors think it's hilarious, and they are cute! I named them Poe, Lenore, and Nevermore, what else?
Peppy 2 years ago
Oh you’re so lucky, I used to feed a robin he would knock at my patio door when he wanted food.
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Beck 2 years ago
So a few years ago we had mice. We could catch them and throw their dead bodies in the field to the side of our yard. My husband noticed a hawk noticing him every day(when we first moved in the house had been abandoned for years We fixed it up. Tons of mice) so my husband started climbing on the roof and throwing the mice in the air and the hawk would catch it. This went on for a few weeks. One morning the hawk appeared on our doorstep. He could not fly. We carried him in and kept him in the kitchen until he could fly. Maybe he faked it and wanted first hand access to the mice idk. A few days later he was able to fly. That exact same day a random pregnant cat showed up in the front yard. She looked like she had gotten into a fight with the hawk. We took her in and we still have her and her kids. We think they fought each other and had seen us feeding squirrels and birds in our yard and knew we would take care of them. I still have a pic of me with a hawk in my lap.
Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
They can use tools, have a complex language they can use to pass wisdom and warnings onto their kids, they make friends with wolves and team up to hunt, and they’re downright awesome
Mark Mark 2 years ago
So do pigeons, jackdaws, ravens, blackbirds. The list goes on. It's to do with a neuron dense part of their brain called the pallium that does the same thing as our neo cortex.
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
Crows are by far the most intelligent avians, though, with ravens coming in second. All corvids are very intelligent, but crows are exceedingly smart
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rxndomhumxn01 2 years ago
Cause crow glue can't alliterate. Crow cement anyone?
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I said it before and I will continue saying it..... I WANT CROW FRIENDS
crowspectre (he/they) 2 years ago
You can get them yk. Just buy unsalted raw peanuts and start feeding them
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YES THEYRE THE SECOND SMARTEST SPECIES AFTER APES AND THEYRE IN THE STONE SGE THEY MAKE TOOLS THEY COMMINICATE THEY HOLD FUNERALS THEY MAKE JOKES THEYRE VERY SMART AND ALSO INCREDIBLY STUPID I ONCE SAW ONE OF MY NEIGHBOURHOOD FLOCK JUMPING REPEATEDLY INTO A MIRROR BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS A PATHWAY. THEY ARE SELF AWARE HE WAS JUST A TAD STUPID I LOVE CROWS <3 THEY BRING YOU THINGS AND DONT SCREAM AT YOU IF YOU FEED THEM
Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
YES THEYRE AMAZING DID YOU KNOW THEY MAKE FRIENDS WITH WOLVES ITS SO COOL LIKE THEY PLAY WITH THE PUPS ANS HELP THEM HUNT AND STUFF
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Best Behave 2 years ago
Crows are massively intelligent, equivalent to a 3 year old child, are self aware and make complex emotional friendships. It’s almost as of subjective experience of our existence is not particular to humans
FloralDangerNoodle 2 years ago
I read their intelligence is equivalent to a 7 year old child...but I can't remember where I saw it, or I'd share it, sorry.
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TIL that in The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?” and he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”. It’s because the character in the novel was a red haired Irish man. They cast Freeman for the part but added the line as a joke.
Eastendbird 2 years ago
Mr Eastendbird is lulled to sleep by the sound of Morgan Feeman's voice. When we were watching "Se7en" at the cinema he dozed off and only woke up when I screamed and grabbed his arm during the scene where they discover "Sloth" - you know the part I mean!
Maria 2 years ago
Sure there are Irish people of African decent. But the historical phrase 'black Irish' refers to dark hair and eyes.
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#13
TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda.
waddles 2 years ago
so, if i simply hide in a wall, people will listen to anything i say? FANTASTIC
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Be sure to say that we should eat the rich.
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Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
It’s funny that all of the Catholics are freaking out right now because St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday during lent!!! And they are trying to get “pardoned” so they can have corn beef and cabbage!!
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
All the Catholics? Go to a restaurant in, say, Buenos Aires on March 17 and try to order corn beef and cabbage. Save you receipt. I'm buying.
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LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
Oh I probably shouldn't have read that... I'm easily influenced into doing things like this 😁
#14
TIL mixed-breed dogs live an average of 14 years while purebreds live only an average of almost 10 years.
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
It also depends on the size of the breed of dog - a great dane averages 8-10 years whereas a chihuahua 12-18 years.
Charlie Simpson 2 years ago
Those Chihuahuas live that long on a mixture of fear and rage alone.
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Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
Yeah cause ✨ selective breeding for desired traits with no regard to other negative affects like health problems ✨ doesn’t happen
Son of Philosoraptor 2 years ago
It's a thing called "hybrid vigor" and it works with most mammals.
Libstak 2 years ago
Again my mixed breed Matilda made it to 17 years, my pure breed pomerian Coco made it to 16 years. Most of my pets in later adult life lived long lives, paranoia played a part. They were always on leashes and kept indoors and in the yard, never allowed to touch random food from outside the home and at the vets when ever I thought they were not themselves and looking tired or stressed. You live and learn unfortunately for my pets in my childhood and teenage years, 3 of which were run over by cars, another was poisoned and yet another was bitten by a snake.
KimB 2 years ago
Some breeders only breed healthy dogs (myself included) for the pure love of the breed. The first thing I do when I'm considering a breeder is go to the vet and DNA testing. This checks for the most common inherited diseases in the particular breed. Example in Chihuahuas heart failure, luxating patella, cryptochidism, ect. It costs about 150.00 per dog. I would NEVER breed an unhealthy dog! I know I'm not the only responsible breeder out there either. Responsible breeding is necessary if you think about it. Imagine if we only rescue and immediately spay/neuter then after about 15-20 years there would not be any dogs left!
El Dee 2 years ago
We have bred dogs to the point where they live shorter more uncomfortable lives and need cesarians to give birth. Let dogs be dogs, proper size, proper snout for breathing and big enough to give birth naturally. Lets see dog shows for the happiest dog, not the weirdest looking..
Slipstream 2 years ago
I've got a Jack Russell & Beagle cross. She is almost 17 years old... I Freakin Love her!
#15
TIL that the world's largest rodent "Capybara" are so chill to the point that they can form an unlikely friendship with crocodiles.
What_the_actual_sloth? 2 years ago
you got that right. not as amazing as us sloths, but they are definitely up there.
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looneytunes 2 years ago
They also form friendships with other species and even adopt babies as their own
David Paterson 2 years ago
Pictures on bored panda recently have included capybaras being friendzoned (ie stood apon) by turtles, monkeys and ducks.
eykntspel 2 years ago
If being friendzoned means that people step on you then idk why people always complain about it.
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2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
I have a long term and ongoing love of capybaras. I spent many years driving to my mother's house once a week to do chores, set up her weekly pills, take care of her checking account, etc. She was suffering from mild dementia and so everything was a struggle with her -- she constantly second-guessed and argued about everything I did for her which made for a very stressful day. The only thing that kept me going with a smile on my face was that I knew after mom time I'd be headed to the zoo for some Capybara time. They had an indoor enclosure and I'd usually sit down next to their favorite hang out, eat a snack, and just get some calming and happy cappy vibes. Kept me sane.
RandomEpiBioPerson 2 years ago
There have actually been instances of otters have relationships like that with alligators. There was one instance in particular where a family of otters would play with an alligator and the alligator would lunge and play back. Researched only truly realized it really was all in play, on both sides, when one of the otters slipped and fell into the gators mouth, and instead of closing its mouth, it actually nicely let it out of its mouth, then kept playing.
#16
TIL Willie O'Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.
RenRenRan 2 years ago
Does anyone know if the fact that he was blind in one eye would have disqualified him from being in the NHL? ?
Terry Fergusson 2 years ago
He did not have a 21 year career. He had a 45 game career over 2 seasons.
#17
TIL that New York City is reintroducing millions of oysters into their harbor to help clean the water and create marine habitats. They've been collecting used shells from local restaurants to create new homes for juvenile oysters.
Mark Mark 2 years ago
There's an American city (forgot which one) that uses mussels to gauge water cleanliness. Mussels will only filter clean water, so if there's a contamination the mussels will close their shells and the water will be shut off until its rectified.
Seval 2 years ago
I don't know about America, but it is a long standing practice in Warsaw, Poland.
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AlyDawn 2 years ago
Clarification for those who might need it, oysters are not hermit crabs and cannot change their shells. The OP is referring to using old shells to create an oyster "reef" that the oyster larvae attach to, so they can survive and grow.
RajunCajun 2 years ago
they have been doing that in Baltimore for some time now. if you own water front the city / state will pay to have a bed put on your property. (no you cant eat them) its to clean the bay.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
New York Harbor once had BILLIONS of oysters; they were NYC's original street food before pollution and over harvesting wiped them out
Lily Mae Kitty 2 years ago
here in FL, you can get them from the county if you're o the water. they grow and you trade them in for more babies.
Missy Corron 2 years ago
Been doing that out in Southampton for a long time....oysters are yum and useful!
#18
TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.
VonBlade 2 years ago
Science is your new partner whilst religion is your drunk ex trying to stay relevant.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
The particle’s properties are determined by the Higgs field. If there’s an instability in the Higgs field, the universe will approach its end
#19
TIL - The Middle Ages had retirement homes, where seniors could buy residence for the rest of their lives at a monastery with food, shelter and clothing included.
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
This should always be a thing, but in about 10 years, it’s going to be bad in America
ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
Going to be? It already is. I'm a retired nurse and spent most of my 25+ year career in nursing homes and long term lockdown psychiatric units (VA Hospital). I've seen things that no living creature in this universe should be subjected to. Because of those things witnessed I stayed in geriatric/psych care. I always hoped to undo at least a small portion of the wrong I saw. I felt like if I could bring a small grin to a person's face each day then I had been a decent nurse. I loved each of my patients and would advocate for them to the nth degree. Some don't have a voice to speak for themselves, I was that voice. I retired due to medical disability and am unable to return. As bad as things were, I really miss it.
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Mathieu Brouwers 2 years ago
In the Netherlands there were (and still are) beguinages. In the still near past these were mostly inhabited by widows. This creates a collective form of retirement housing. (beguinages for women and baguinages for male.)
Beck 2 years ago (edited)
My mom is 64 and still works. She can't wait to move into a nursing home our assisted living.. She has said it my whole life. She would not have to cook, clean, or worry about anything at all. Wake up, get her hair done, play some cards, go to the cafeteria a few times a day, nap whenever.
LC Greenwood 2 years ago
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living are quite different scenarios
Load More Replies... Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
This has been debunked. The average age of death has been skewed by fact that so many children died when they were still infants. It wasn't uncommon for people to live into their 70s and even 80s.
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#20
TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.
AlyDawn 2 years ago
That's a North Korea move right there. Our typical move in military goof ups is to either reassign blame, and/or deny it ever happened.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Isn't the saying "shoot for the Moon" and not shoot for Venus?
David H 2 years ago
It was the USS Langley (A cargo ship converted to a porotype carrier in 1920, converted to a seaplane tender and was in Manilla in 1941 as a reserve vessel carrying scout sea planes) on December 9 fired 300 rounds at what ended up being venus. The USS New York was a WW1 era battleship that was decommissioned after ww2, and in 1941 she was in the Atlantic Fleet and would not be transferred to the Pacific until November 1944, and the period of before pearl harbor (October 1941) until Jan 1942 she was dry dock for refit. She provided shore bombardment at the North Africa invasion in November 1942. It would not be until December 1944 she arrived in the Pacific, and did not joint the fleet until January1945, and would not enter combat until February 16. Someone messes up their vessels and class of vessels badly
#21
TIL when an American film has more than one writer, an "&" indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An "and" means they worked independently on separate drafts.
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
et al means 'and others' in text books. I wonder why they can't say what it means. That way you wouldn't need to learn what all the coded language meant.
Bianca Saville 2 years ago
It's Latin, not coded language. Once you've learnt the Latin phrases they just become part of your vocabulary.
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Troy Parr 2 years ago
There is a sense to this. A list of items could include paired or grouped things, such as a shopping list saying: Salt & Vinegar, Strawberries & Cream, Fish & Chips, and Lemonade. Replacing the "&" with "and" would separate the pairs and change the list. There's probably better examples than this one though...
#22
TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo.
Hotdogking 2 years ago
Pull out the holy pin, then thou shalt count to three. Three is the highest thou must count to, and the number to count to is three!
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ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
"Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on."
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Recently rediscovered and remastered news coverage at the time: Holy Grail, Killer Bunny https://youtu.be/XcxKIJTb3Hg
#23
TIL Wolfgang Mozart had a sister, Maria Anna, who was also an extremely talented child prodigy in music. Sadly, she was prevented from performing as an adult. Many of her compositions have been lost, including one Wolfgang wrote that he was in ‘awe’ of, contributing to her obscurity.
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
I wonder why Maria Anna was prevented to perform? Whatever the reason I'd be surprised if it was for her own good.
JB 2 years ago
A woman?!?! Performing on a stage?!! What's next, they'll want the vote?!
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Allen Packard 2 years ago
Makes you wonder how much we've lost due to stuff like this. You can't run because you're black. You can't be a doctor because you're a woman. Etc. Makes me sad.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
It‘s so strange to me to see his name without the middle name. It‘s always been Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at school.
François Carré 2 years ago
There is a movie about her (by French director René Feret) : https://youtu.be/frmhBr_xxHg
ButFirstCoffee 2 years ago
There is a movie about her: Nannerl https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1653911/
#24
TIL In 1941 The Germans allowed the British RAF to drop a prosthetic leg by parachute to a Luftwaffe base in France. The Germans were very respectful of Captain Douglas Bader, who was captured after bailing from his plane with only one of his two prosthetic legs. One got stuck in his damaged plane.
DuchessDegu 2 years ago
Bader was the definition of badass! I recommend that film, Kenneth More is great as well!
Load More Replies... John Dilligaf 2 years ago
Respectful up to a point anyway. After repeated escapes, and even more attempts, the Germans threatened to confiscate his artificial legs if he he didn't knock it off. They finally transferred him to the "escape-proof" Colditz Castle. ....... Can you imagine being the poor guard on duty that has to report that a prisoner with two artificial legs has escaped?
Best Behave 2 years ago
The luftwaffe offered safe passage. The RAF refused, but dropped the leg anyway via a Blenheim bomber that was also taking part in an air raid
Mark Bayliss 2 years ago
On a personal level, DB as by all accounts an awful man. Arrogant, ignorant, selfish and was not liked or respected by those he worked with.
Kevin Sutton 2 years ago
Bollocks, not liked maybe, but not respected? Read the books by his peers
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Ronnie Beaton 2 years ago
IRL, he was a bit of a a-hole. Alex Ross, Bader's orderly at Colditz Castle, was given the chance to be repatriated back to the UK, but Bader ordered him not to go.
#25
TIL about the thymus, a small (1 oz.) organ behind the sternum that trains new white blood cells to NOT attack the body's own cells. Only 2% survive this rigorous training program; the rest commit suicide to prevent themselves from attacking friendly cells.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago (edited)
This kind of makes me want to write a fanfic about the immune system. It’s so interesting to me
Spit Rat 2 years ago
My thymus had to be removed because it was at the root of my myasthenia gravis. Open chest surgery, horrific scar but greatly reduced my symptoms.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
Nearly all cells commit suicide to not harm the body, it's a progress called Apoptosis. If a cell is unable to do that (through DNA mutations) it becomes a cancer cell
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
This process, apparently, is unsuccessful in those of us with autoimmune diseases.
Megan 2 years ago
I was waiting for someone to comment about that! So does our thymus just not work at all? Would removing it help alleviate symptoms of autoimmune disease? Hmmm or what if they created a drug therapy to help make your thymus produce more healthy cells would that help autoimmune. Or does it already over produce? My wbc is always super high it's always been this way every time I do bloodwork they have to rule out infection but it's just always high and I have autoimmune disease. I think I found my hyper fixation for the day "the thymus"
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#26
TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Our brain limits us from using our maximum strength to prevent bone and muscle damages, in a life or death situation that limit often gets lifted
CP 2 years ago
You easily have the jaw strength to bit off your own finger but your brain won't allow you to do it.
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Zia Barrett 2 years ago
The human body is capable of doing some absolutely insane, amazing things, but to do them we are very much likely to permanently injure ourselves or even possibly die in the attempt, so our brain actually limits us. In times of extreme stress or life-or-death situations, we can override this limitation.
DamnBecky 2 years ago
I was working at a summer camp and a stone siding came off the side of the wall and pinned a camper across their legs. Before we could get there across the field a freaking 8 year old girl immediately reacted and lifted it so the other kid could pull their legs out. We sent both kids to the hospital bc we were worried due to the incredible use of strength the girl may have hurt herself. Not even joking it took us connecting the stone on the ground to a tractor to move it out of the way later.
Xenia Harley 2 years ago
Last year, my horse got pinned under her very heavy stall door. I don't know if she cast in her stall, or what. I picked this heavy door off her leg and carried it off. Only when I realized I shouldn't be able to lift this door, a very heavy solid wood door, that the door became too heavy for me. I dragged it after that. I often think of that incident.
Nic Behrens 2 years ago
I know I'm late but if all of our muscles contracted at once most of of our bones would break.
Ember Flame 2 years ago
I have disassociate Identy disorder, when I "switch" into that protective personality I get this. I am 5'4, and 145 pounds, "I ame back" from a loss of time in solitary confinement. Apparently I took down the biggest, meanest girl in the jail, and broke 1 arm, 3 fingers, and THREW her 5 feet into a metal bunk bed where she cracked her skull. I didn't get any extra time, because they were made aware of my condition when I entered the jail.
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
Brain shuts down pain response-- have seena small women lift the front end of a car off her child.
#27
TIL Founding Father and author of the Bill of Rights James Madison stopped the Virginia Assembly from establishing Christianity as the state religion with the help of Thomas Jefferson.
Atero 2 years ago
And now we need further push to get religion out of the politics entirely... Doesn't matter which idol you worship - your personal believes should not affect lives and behavior of other people.
T. 2 years ago
To Shorty Morty and Jared Robinson: You are aware of the freedom of religion in the first amendment, right? So you're telling that you'd be ok with imposing religious rules on all non christians (a 62% guess on my behalf) and go against the 1st? How about every woman in the US needs to wear a hijab in ten years? Religion and state law should have NO relation! You know what still happened in the 16th century? Freaking crusades. Join the army if you're hungry for blood but leave religion out of politics.
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Son of Philosoraptor 2 years ago
The founding fathers were Deists. They were like, sure, god created the world, but then he got out of the way and it's a realistic human world we got in our hands. Jefferson was very pluralistic, religiously.
Vermontah 2 years ago
There are people in the USA that want christian prayer in school and the 10 commandments in a court of law. That's Theocracy. Iran is a theocracy. and the christian is retaliatory. Telling one guy to kill his kid to prove loyalty and then say psyc! just kidding. Noah build a boat. Oh wait that was stolen from the story of Gilgamesh.
Icecream Sarang 2 years ago
Little mentioned fact most of our Founding Fathers weren’t Christian. They were what we’d call Agnostic
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
His writings also make clear that the lack of a state religion does not give rise to another religion, that of atheism.
doubledutch 2 years ago
Atheism isn't a religion. It's literally defined as rejection of belief in God. It doesn't describe any beliefs or tenets just the lack of belief in a deity.
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IDK_Something 2 years ago
Not sure why you were downvoted. Thanks for the laugh, have an upvote! 😁
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TIL that the writers on Futurama created and proved a new mathematical theorem as a plot point for a body-switching episode.
David H 2 years ago
The writer, Dr. Ken Keeler, also has a PhD in Math from Harvard, on top of a Masters in Engineering from Stanford and worked as a researcher for Bell Labs before leaving that world to write for David Letterman who liked his submissions he mailed in. And now is a super rich animation writer and producer.
thepinkrobot 2 years ago
I remember when that episode was new and maths ppl were like all excited about it
#29
TIL in the 1800’s bananas were seen as “immoral fruit” because of their shape. Fruit companies began issuing postcards of women eating bananas to advertise the fruit wasn’t taboo.
Lilla Ontherun 2 years ago
The only acceptable way to me to eat a banana in my male friends company is to break it half at first. Looking at their face during it is priceless.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
Saw it happen to a friend of mine. The guys were looking at her, smirking, as she approached the banana to her mouth. Then she put it on her plate and cut it in a lot of very small slices.
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Coming soon: "Florida bans bananas, claiming that the fruit "grooms" children for sexual acts."
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
That would not surprise me one bit. And that f****r DeSantis could be our next President?! That’s some scary Christian white nationalist s**t going on right there!!!
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Cal the dragon (she/her) 2 years ago
I thought it said that until I read your comment! I had to scroll back up XD
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#30
TIL On PC/console games, about 60% of the female avatars you meet are played by a male player.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
That's an improvement over 1995, when 95% of women on internet weren't, and 98.6% of internet statistics were plucked out of thin air.
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
Only 48% of people understand that 78% of statistics are made up
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InfiniteZeek 2 years ago
When I do make a female avatar, I usually try to make it look like my wife and give it her name. When my wife asks how is the game going, I say " You're kicking a*s honey"
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Male characters get armor. Female characters get a chain bikini. It's much safer to be a male character.
Zia Barrett 2 years ago (edited)
In some games you can easily make it be the other way around! My partner's mc in GW2 is female and in full plate with no exposed skin, mine that I play with her with is male and is in an outfit that makes He-Man look fully dressed.
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
Does anyone know how high the percentage of male characters played by women is? Because I always play as a guy myself if i can
Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
Lol imagine two people becoming friends but they never realize they’re both playing as the opposite gender
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CP 2 years ago
Wait until DeSantis and the Republicans hear about this! New laws banning gamers from changing their genders in video games because of grooming.
Teresa McGrath 2 years ago
Does everything have to end up being political?
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Lace Neil 2 years ago
Same. Also, most of my usernames are male or gender neutral. The one I use here is the most feminine.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
Most of my characters are female for two reasons. 1. It's fun that I can because I remember the days when there was no choice and most characters were male. 2. Low key support of females. The more of us who are males behind female avatars, the harder it is for asshats to troll the actual females. After a while they get tired of being made a fool of for coming on to guys. And shout out to Elder Scrolls Online. Many hours of play - have never once had anyone hitting on my female toons. I'm sure it happens but it is at least apparently not well tolerated.
Zia Barrett 2 years ago (edited)
I go for either, depends on the character I am playing. Roleplayer on MMOs, I play both male and female. Sometimes it's also fun to have a pretty to look at if you're spending most of your time staring at your character's butt. My main character on GW2 is female (Asura), RS male (human), SWTOR female (Sith), SWG male (Zabrak), STO male (Vulcan), FFXIV female (Lalafell).
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
My main on GW2 is female also! (Sylvari renegade) But I have 9 avatars, and only 4 are male and I haven't used them much in years.
Load More Replies... Cll 2 years ago
You want look pretty? What are you, 5? Didn't know they allowed 5 yr old cave people on this site. Really interesting the things I learn. Huh.
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Sarah SH 2 years ago
Still, I have two sons ages 10 and 12 who play Fortnite and they choose girl avatars a lot of the time. Never really thought about it much before.
RandomEpiBioPerson 2 years ago
Some people also do so because in some shooters, they make the hitbox match the character model, which is typically smaller on the female characters, so there are people that do so for the smaller hitbox.
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TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Despite the fact that it's been available for so long, many people still look forward to seeing it with great an-ti-ci-PA-tion!
Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
I'm just a sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania !
#32
TIL After plagiarizing work for his directorial debut, actor Shia LaBeouf plagiarized a public apology from a Yahoo! answers question about plagiarism.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Not surprising. He's been passing his work off as acting for years.
Andrew Roop 2 years ago
Go to YouTube and search the song Shia LaBeouf. The song and video are great
Kioh81 2 years ago
I love the song! I crack up every time. You should hear the story about how they got him to do a cameo. It's pretty funny.
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#33
TIL that a thousand years ago Sweden had a guy whose job was to have *ALL* of the law memorized. He was called the Lawspeaker.
~blobcow 2 years ago
and there's me forgetting all the math formulae that i was lectured about a minute ago
scag$y 2 years ago
If it was me I wouldn't be able to resist; 'Double custard on all desserts and dogs must wear trousers! 'Tis the law, I say!'
Little L 2 years ago
Dubbelt med grädde och hundar måste ha kläder på sig!
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This was very common practice in many countries. During vedic times in India, the entire religious scriptures were passed down through the generations by word of mouth alone.
LK 2 years ago
This was very common in pre-literate societies. People were apprenticed to the 'Speaker', and rote learned the laws. Deviation from the form was not permitted. There are still some cultures were the oral tradition of law is in place, and it has been shown to be an excellent way of communicating the information through the generations.
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
This would be an awesome movie, mainly bc "Lawspeaker" is a cool title and I want it
#34
TIL that Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has "slow lane" checkouts for customers who like to chat with the employees.
D3v1lD0ll 2 years ago
Due to the fact that I work for a grocery store chain that times EVERYTHING done at the registers, yet I live in a town where there are a lot of retired people who come in every day because we're their only friends, I absolutely love this concept. The more extroverted cashiers can brighten the day of those seeking social interaction, and the more introverted or busy customers and cashiers can speed things along nicely.
gerard julien 2 years ago
slow lanes in France too at Carrefour and SUPER U " supermarkets. they call them " bla bla lanes " blabla-640...f6948b.jpg 
#35
TIL about Andy, the goose born with no feet. His owner outfitted him with Nike sneakers to help him stand and move, helping him to become a role model for disabled children before he was [unalived] in 1991 under mysterious circumstances.
Little My 2 years ago (edited)
I wish they would drop the term ‘unalived’. It’s a fad word and doesn’t read well. Maybe I’m just old though?!…
StroppyHen 2 years ago
If they use the word ‘killed’ BP censors it. I consider it a small price to pay to screw with BP. (Now let’s revisit my post in a few days to see how many words I have typed get censored. I am betting two.)
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coppertopped panda 2 years ago
It's not pining, it's passed on. This goose is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late goose. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-goose.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
I think some people watched "The Dark Crystal" a bit too often... stop making "Unalive" happen, it won't happen
Jeremy James 2 years ago (edited)
"Please... use the word 'Hamburger Time' when speaking to us." --Nathan Explosion
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David Beaulieu 2 years ago
Those aren't Nike sneakers. They look like pink Chuck Taylors. Is this a different goose, or did he actually have different fits?
G R 2 years ago
By weird coincidence I read an article about this recently. The goose was pretty brutally killed, but the killer was a minor (a human, obviously) who was developmentally developed and egged into it by other teenagers. The local sheriff who was very well respected knew who did it but chose to keep that person's identity a secret to protect them from reprisals.
#36
TIL A Seattle nursing home houses a child care center of 125 tots and is a place where a 5 year old can have playtime and learn with a 95 year old. Children under 5 don't grasp the concept of death so residents dying don't need to be fully explained.
Cecilie Hammershøy 2 years ago
My mom work in "The house of generations". It's a sky rise where there are a child care, student housing, family homes, and a nursing home. My mom works in the nursing home. They have activities with all the other people in the sky rise.
Jan Rosier 2 years ago (edited)
Popping up all over the place in Belgium - only hindered by covid - are daycare centers combined with nursing homes. A few hours ad day they might actually interact, but lots of the time, the children's play area is just visible for the elderly just to look at them.
anne croft 2 years ago
Beautiful concept. Elders love children. My sister and I would stay with our great aunt and uncle on weekends when we were very young, so that my parents could have time alone. It worked out for everybody. My aunt and uncle never had their own kids and they had a lot of love to bestow on us.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I grasped the concept of death just fine when I was under 5. As in everything dealing with humans MOST must be used not just a blanket all. Not every human is the same.
Broad Panda 2 years ago
That children under 5 don’t comprehend death is complete bollocks. Far more likely is that they take it in their stride because small children are immensely adaptable and accepting.
Janos Schumacher 2 years ago
My daycare was in a nursing home back in the early 80's. I certainly understood the concept of death. My parents were always very clear about the process of death and dying. My mother was an administrator at the nursing home.
Jojo 2 years ago
Idk if kids with snotty noses are a good idea to have around fragile people 🤔
#37
TIL that you can buy a room on a cruise ship and live on it. You pay a yearly fee and all amenities are provided like normal cruise ships.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
I just reading about this two days ago for poops and giggles. A lady named Mama Lee lived on a cruise ship for 14 years..sold her five bedroom and 10 acres and other real estate plus her pension she had and her social security and she never wanted for anything. If you want to circumnavigate the globe forever, you can purchase a 1430 Sq foot condo aboard Storyline’s residential floating palace. There will be room for only 1000 people, and about 547 condos. Most average between $7 million to $9 million. Setting sail in 2025…they are almost completely reserved and only got a few spots left ! Are ya ready to whip out that checkbook yet ? Lol
Shark Lady 2 years ago
If I was rich I would do this, it would have to be one of the suites and I would smuggle my cats on board.
#38
TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds.
memyselfandI 2 years ago
And apparently his editor sent back the first copy of the Fellowship of the Ring because the plural of dwarf was dwarfs not dwarves according to Oxford Dictionary. To which Tolkien replied, “I wrote the Oxford Dictionary. Don’t argue with me.”
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I love looking up the etymology of different words. After writing that sentence, I now realise how incredibly boring I am!
#39
TIL that George Washington signed the 1794 Slave Trade Act, which banned U.S. ships from participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade, as well as forbid the exportation of slaves for foreign sale. It was the first major piece of legislation against slavery passed by the United States government.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
And today most MAGA folks would have no problem bringing slavery back. That is how America became "great" to begin with. Build everything with free forced labor.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
EVERYTHING about the MAGA camp is scary, starting with the fact that the camp exists! He can be the idiot that we all know he is, but the fact that people actually admire and follow him is what blows me away and truly scares me!
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#40
TIL That Lewis Carrol's nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" requires great creativity on the part of translators as they need to invent nonsense words that evoke similar feelings to each made-up word in the English original.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
I showed a German version to a German and he was confused. It looked like German, but made no sense, and when I said that "That was the point", I got the same look.
The Scout 2 years ago
I think the most famous might be "Der Zipferlake" by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Although it is more an adaptation than a translation: "Verdaustig war's und glasse Wieben rotterten grokicht im Gemank. Gar elump war der Pluckerwank, und die gabben Schweisel frieben..."
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
It required great creativity on the part of Carroll to create the nonsense words and tell a story with them.
The Scout 2 years ago
The interesting thing is that nonsense poems do indeed create feelings and atmosphere. This can be linguistically reconstructed by dividing the words up into the smallest possible meaningful unit (often those are sillables, sometimes even single letters, everything that "means" something in a word) and re-combining those.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
There's a French translation by Boris Vian, poet, writer, singer and songwriter.
Elizabeth Martin 2 years ago
If it's nonsense why not leave it alone and only change the very few real words?
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Because not all languages use English characters or structure.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
What, you have to make words up? I thought you just had to find words that meant the same and had similar connotations
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TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
He also disconnected his internet so he wouldn't be distracted by BP
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
And it took him six months to write it because his word processor was broken.
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coppertopped panda 2 years ago
He must have been the only man in history, who didn't find something to play with being naked and alone at home all day.
Bookworm 2 years ago
I read somewhere that the book was more or less trolling the French government. Apparently when Hugo wrote the book, Notre Dame was basically abandoned and falling apart and people were starting to talk about tearing it down. But then the book was published and tourists started flooding in to see the cathedral and the government pretty much had no choice except to restore the building.
Erin Berry 2 years ago
He should have gone outside. That story sucks. Mind you, it's better than anything I have written!
#42
TIL ENYA has never gone on a concert tour or even performed a solo concert, despite being Ireland’s best-selling solo artist and 2nd overall behind U2.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
I remember listening to her when she was part of Clannad. Recommend their CD. Banba. Hypnotically beautiful.
Red Ruffensor 2 years ago
She did perform on Letterman once. She played "Wild Child" on a harpsichord accompanied by a string ensemble.
#43
TIL Concorde airplane flew so fast, if you left London (or Paris) in the evening flying west towards New York, to the passengers in the plane, the sun would actually appear to begin rising again shortly after reaching cruising speed. The plane flew faster than the Earth's rotation.
Robert T 2 years ago
Concorde was actually capable of "time travel". It could fly from London to New York in less than 5 hours, which is the time difference between the two cities. So you would effectively land before you set off. :D
Sue Wade-Walters 2 years ago
I was lucky enough to fly on the Concorde twice. Not only do you get two sunrises, you can see the curvature of the earth because of the altitude in which it flew. So beautiful.
Robert T 2 years ago
Lucky thing. I've sat on a Concorde. In a hangar. In a museum. :(
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TIL beavers are a keystone species, which means they play an important role in ecosystems by modifying the area in a way that is beneficial to plants and animals.
Persephone 2 years ago
They make habitats in their natural range more diverse, but cause mayhem for human infrastructure.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Interestingly, beavers only build dams when the water level is too low for them to be able to submerge the entrance to their lodge. I have a perennial brook in my front yard that has had multiple beavers living in it over the past 25 years. None has built a dam or affected the flow of the brook in any way.
#45
TIL Lego was flirting with bankruptcy, and the release of Bionicle, which accounted for 100% of their profits in 2003, saved them from going under.
Katy McMouse 2 years ago
I can't imagine a world without Lego. Please thank your son for me - he's a real mensch!
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#46
TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Please change "clothing lice" to "pubic lice". Also affectionately known as "crabs".
KCarol 2 years ago
.... but... if they were not wearing clothes prior- how did they have "clothing lice" ?
Anonymouse 2 years ago
From what I understand, it's more like there used to be one type of lice, and that one types split into two, clothing lice and head lice. The wearing clothes thing doesn't have anything to do with the lice; the clothing lice seems to be a consequence of wearing clothes, rather than the cause. Hope this helps!
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 2 years ago (edited)
Climate changes, people invent clothing, head lice find a new territory to take advantage of
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TIL That a carbon dioxide bubble in Lake Nyos killed 1,800 people, including livestock and flies. ‘“There were no flies on the dead”; the flies were dead too.’
#48
TIL most audio recordings contain a background "mains hum" from electric power grid oscillations that can be matched with grid readings to date the clip to the second it was recorded.
David Paterson 2 years ago
I wonder if this helps to explain why the sound from the audio recording of a live concert of a piano or orchestra never sounds as good as the live music?
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
I doubt that measuring such a low level 60 cycle wave that accurately is possible. The 60 cycle sine wave from a power plant dynamo would pretty much be identical to any other power plant's output. The amount of capacitive filtering in audio equipment power supplies would change the background hum level. The amount of shielding in cables would affect the hum amplitude. This seems to me to be a false statement.
Jaya 2 years ago
It actually appears to be true, there was at least one court case in the UK where they used this to prove that a recording wasn't tampered with. I may have misunderstood you, but it isn't about the specific hum level or about which power plant it is from, it's based on the fluctuation pattern in the hum. In the UK the frequency of the national grid is around 50 Hz, but fluctuates a tiny bit every second. There's a database that logs the frequency of the national grid, you can look up the frequency of every second and compare it with the fluctuation in the hum of your audio recording. If it's the same exact pattern for a couple of minutes, there's a quite a big chance that that's the date and time it was recorded. It isn't perfect, and not all audio contains it, but it might be a nice tool for forensics. I saw a video where they gave a scientist a couple of videos, and she was able to determine the date and time for half of the videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0elNU0iOMY
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TIL Grapefruits were invented in 1693. A man named Captain Shaddock shipped some pomelo seeds to the West Indies, he planted seeds next to some orange trees. After some cross pollination, the grapefruit was born.
troufaki13 2 years ago
If you add some salt to the grapefruit, it cancels out the bitterness and actually makes it taste really nice :)
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Effectively making grapefruit a hybrid species. Lemons are also a hybrid (citron and something else). So if you plant the seeds of either, you'll get one of the parent plants. Propagation is by cuttings from the hybrid plant. I'm a plant nerd, and I approve this message 😁
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
For à French the name of that Captain is just hilarious. There was a very clever, funny, minimalist and nonsensical animated series called "Les Shadoks" in the 70's. They were stupid birds whose motto was "Why make it simple if you can make it complicated?"
ROSESARERED 2 years ago
Sadly if you have to take medication for high blood pressure, grapefruit have a chemical in them that makes the fruit dangerous to eat, or drink the juice.
#50
TIL the only confirmed case of poisoned Halloween candy was in 1974 when Ronald O'Bryan [unalived] his son Timothy by giving him pixie sticks laced with cyanide to collect insurance money.
Dash Junior 2 years ago
Unalived again. Dead. Deceased. Off to the farm. Late. Kicked the bucket. And so on.
Rob Lightbody 2 years ago
He's expired and gone to meet his maker! Hes a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, He's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Load More Replies... Zedrapazia 2 years ago
What a terrible death, cyanide acid eats up the stomach layer causing massive pain before death.
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
OMG I had to read that at least 5 times just to understand what Ronald did! I hope his place in hell is being kept warm.
Patty Panda 2 years ago
I could be mistaken, but I thought BP uses "unalive" and blocks out curse words in an effort to minimize trolls and bots that actively search for those words. In essence, to keep BP fun for us Pandas 🐼
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
And yet the right wing idiots in the US still promote this BS every year and somehow find ways to blame the democrats
#51
TIL If we brought a tablespoonful of a neutron star back to Earth, it would weigh 1 Billion tons, or the equivalent of Mt. Everest.
Rae Ramirez 2 years ago
So un-American are we going to measure this in something that I can convert?
Thegoodboi 2 years ago (edited)
If I ate it in space. Then I would've eaten the weight of mt everest!
#52
TIL I learned that in England, there are "wavy" brick fences. This shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. The waves' arch support allows the wavy wall to stand strong while a straight wall requires at least two layers of bricks to do the same.
LK 2 years ago
These are known as crinkle crankle or serpentine walls. They are found in Suffolk and East Anglia in England, UK. They are not common. There's also one at the University of Virginia, USA. But the oldest known ones were found in Ancient Egypt.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
yep https://constrofacilitator.com/wavy-walls-use-fewer-bricks-than-straight-walls/
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TIL that during Prince's Super Bowl halftime show volunteers accidentally ran over and severed three power cables during the stage set up, so a member of the lighting crew stripped the ends and held the cables in place by hand for the entire 12 minute show in the rain.
CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
I heard he held the cables together in his teeth.
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TIL Birds can eat rice safely, they don't explode and die. It was a 1996 urban legend that has been spread every wedding season.
JB 2 years ago
But there's one bird that wants avocado on toast: the millennial falcon.
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Mark Mark 2 years ago (edited)
But if you feed tham bread with bicarbonate of soda on it, they DO explode. Basically, birds can't fart.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
This was printed in an advice column at one point, think it was Ann landers (?) and people took it seriously. Rice is fine for birds; although if you're really concerned you can throw bird seed instead. Same principle and maybe better in terms of nutrition for the birds in your area.
David Paterson 2 years ago
Thank you thank you. I was beginning to think it was a myth. Birds aren't stupid, and because they need to watch their weight they are extremely careful about what they eat and how much they eat. They're probably better nutritionists than most humans.
Robert T 2 years ago
Certain birds will eat until they can't fly. The French discovered this and used it to catch birds to eat.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
And found that the liver of à bird who'd eaten itself silly was particularly delicious ;-))
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TIL that Anne Frank's stepsister is still alive. Eva Schloss and her family lived in the same apartment block as the Franks, and she often played with Anne and Margot. She and her mother survived Auschwitz, and her mother resumed her friendship with Otto Frank after the war. They married in 1953.
#56
TIL New Mexico is older than regular Mexico by over 250 years. It was not named after the country, but in fact both take their name from the ancient Valley of Mexico which was the heart of the Aztec civilisation.
Jan Rosier 2 years ago
Actually, it's no longer "Aztecs" apparently. If you are referring to the original people over there you should say "Mexica". Source : one of the recent (and very frequent) update courses my wife (57 yo history teacher) had.
Mark Mark 2 years ago
For that same reason New York is called New York, or New South Wales is called New South Wales. It was a new version of the old thing.
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#57
TIL in 1575, Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes and his brother Rodrigo were captured and enslaved by Barbary Pirates. After two years his family could only afford one ransom, so Rodrigo was freed. Cervantes was freed three years later after a religious charity paid his ransom.
#58
TIL there was a time when 6 geologists were convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake in Italy in 2009. They were later exonerated but faced high levels of shame from the general public afterwards.
Libstak 2 years ago
I remember this, absolutely outrageous that the Italian legal system even pursued such a ridiculous case.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Turkey might be doing the same thing now. sueing building designers over the deaths in the earthquake. Now if the building were specifically and deliberately meant to be earthquake resistant and were not then yeah they did wrong and deserve culpability. But otherwise maybe the quakes were too strong or earthquake was not in the designs they are just trying to get money from anywhere they can.
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Jeremy James 2 years ago
Whereas, not long ago, if you COULD predict an earthquake, they would have burned you as a Witch.
#59
TIL The autocorrect feature in Excel, which converts certain combinations into dates, has mangled up to 30% of published papers, causing significant issues. As a result, at least 27 gene symbols have been forced to change to prevent further errors from occurring.
I Am John 2 years ago
Yep, the genes SEPT7 and 14-3-3 are notorious for being automatically converted into dates.
Sonja 2 years ago
Oh I hate that stupid feature! Just leave my entries alone and trust me to format my cells as needed! I really like Excel but this is just so annoying.
Gin. No tonic 2 years ago
Type ' in front and the autocorrect will not work. I.e. 'sept7
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Idk why Microsoft managed to become so profitable. Their software tends to be bloated and loaded with bugs. (Me: Moves one word on the page. Word: Reformats the entire page.)
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Yeah because people are f*****g stupid and don't proofread their own work. Published Novels today come with errors and it blows my mind.
#60
TIL the pajamas that we wear today actually have a story behind it. Because during World War I air raids in England, people began donning pajamas rather than nightgowns so they would be ready to sprint outside in broad daylight and still would look presentable.
Andy 2 years ago
Think this one is made up (or maybe confusing with the second world war, when women probably were more inclined to wear them for this reason due to the large number of raids?). Men had been wearing pyjamas in Britain long before WW1, and there were only just over 50 air raids across England for all of WW1, so doubt it had any impact on dress
Eastendbird 2 years ago
Yeah, even a quick use of Google shows this is made up: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pajamas
#61
TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
It shouldn't be. The poor animals usually end up with birth defects. Breeding hybrid animals is not cool: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/analysis-the-thorny-ethics-of-hybrid-animals.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
Adult lions are all about the same size. But tigers have many different subspecies and each subspecies has a differt size. Some tiger subspecies are smaller than adult lions and some tiger subspecies are larger than adult lions. Some ligers, notably Hercules and his sibling, are larger than both. When last I checked, Hercules was still alive, despite being older than the average life expectancy for lions and tigers.
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
If you mate a liger and a tion, what do you get? (Besides out of the way.)
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Probably to stop the kittens getting too big before she pops them out
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#62
Today I learned that a rooster was prosecuted in Switzerland for laying eggs and thus, going against the laws of nature in the 15th century and again in the 18th century. The rooster was condemned to be burned alive in public.
Mathieu Brouwers 2 years ago
It must have been a phoenix rising from the burned ashes.
Load More Replies... Zia Barrett 2 years ago (edited)
The things that happen before we gain the knowledge to explain what actually happened. Can roosters lay eggs? Well, no. So what happened here? Could a hen conceivably be mistaken for a rooster? A hormone imbalance in a hen could indeed give a hen the features of a rooster, and that is exactly what is going on with every case of a rooster laying eggs.
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Wow, how old was that rooster to be laying eyes in the 15th AND 18th century?! Least he had a break in the middle!
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Sentences were carried out with a side order of mashed potatoes and gravy and cole slaw... 😁😋😆
#63
TIL The most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcasted 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I wonder if they complained about the illuminati trying to read their thoughts back then?
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
War of the Worlds was broadcast in 1938. Coincidence? I think not :)
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What does this button do? 2 years ago
but with much less power these days - current licensed power is 50kW, which is the maximum for an AM station in the U.S. or Canada. Lower frequencies do get out nicely, though!
Load More Replies... What does this button do? 2 years ago
If you account for all AM stations not just commercial ones, there are several 2 MW stations in existence now... there's a 2MW on 540 kHz in Hungary, as well as several with Voice of America in different countries and, I believe still a few in Russia (I could be wrong on that one). WLW was the most powerful in North America for any AMs and, with the much lower noise floor in the early 1930s, probably covered more than even the largest stations do today.
#64
TIL people were drinking beer and eating blue cheese over 2 thousand years ago according to studies of ancient bowel movements discovered in caves.
#65
TIL that although smoking is prohibited on commercial aircraft, the doors of airplane lavatories must have ashtrays to give rule-breakers a safe place to dispose of their cigarettes.
ROSESARERED 2 years ago
When smoking was allowed on planes, ( thankfully no more) the air coming into the plane was fresh air, now it's recirculated air. Apparently, the air was better for us when smoking was allowed...not sure how true that really is, but an interesting view of thought
#66
TIL National Geographic editor Bill Garrett was fired from the magazine in 1990 because he wanted to publish more controversial features that raised production costs and stories about AIDS, Exxon Valdez oil spill were published under his direction.
#67
TIL that there are male-only species of clams that reproduce by having their sperm fertilize the eggs of other clam species, kicking out most of the egg's DNA.
#68
TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante went to audition for Frank Zappa's 1988 touring band but left the rehearsal room before actually playing, saying later that " I wanted to be a rock star, do drugs and get girls, and that I wouldn't be able to do that if I was in Zappa's band."
ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
My son took me to see them in Charlotte, NC last September. I have been a big fan since 1990 and never had the chance to see them. They were absolutely fantastic! Had one of the greatest nights and concerts of my life, second to Ozzy (never put anyone ahead of him!) and tied with Slipknot and the Rolling Stones (unable to decide!). Frusciante was AMAZING! Also found out that he's really an incredible singer, too!
Katy McMouse 2 years ago
I've saw them twice in the early 90's. It was a crazy, great time and I swear to God that my body didn't stop humming for two days.
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Bumble 2 years ago
I am a huge Zappa fan but believe that no-one can create 200 Motels without ever having dropped acid. Drug free, you most certainly were not Sir!
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Don't put any limits on genius. Wagner wrote "The Flight of the Valkyries." without ever flying or being a valkyrie.
Load More Replies... Burnt Bagel 2 years ago (edited)
“Ram it, Ram it, Ram it, Ram it up the poop chute…”. Zappa was a genius!😂
#69
TIL Queen Elizabeth I required 600 horse carts to carry everything she needed for her summer excursions to the countryside. She’d stay with the local Nobles, but if their castle was too small, the nobility would get kicked out to make room. Of course you wouldn’t turn her down, or expect payment.
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
It's understood she did this to keep the nobility, "poor". With all the money they spent on keeping her, and her Court in Residence the noble had neither the time, nor the money to plot against her.
David Paterson 2 years ago
It'd take more than that to carry everything and everyone the US president takes with him on long journeys.
#70
TIL that during Dean Smith's tenure as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, 96.6% of his players received their degrees and he also helped pioneer desegregation by recruiting their first black scholarship player, Charlie Scott.
Sheila Stamey 2 years ago
Dean Smith was an awesome, awesome, basketball coach and human being!
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
Even as a Duke fan, I have to agree, he was a good person.
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TIL Lacrosse descends from a version played by Native Americans in the 17th century. Games could last several days with as many as 1,000 players per team, on a field with goals up to 6 miles apart. Sticks were so treasured, players were often buried with them upon death.
RajunCajun 2 years ago
I have an old set that was given to my grate grandfather by a native American friend of his.
#72
TIL Shift work is associated with cognitive decline. Shift work throws of the circadian rhythm which causes hormonal irregularities and various neurobehavioural issues. Decline was seen in processing speed, working memory, psychomotor vigilance, cognitive control, and visual attention.
Little My 2 years ago
I used to do many many nights at the start of my nursing career. I’m sure they made me mentally and physically unwell. I remember each shift at about 5am, a switch would literally flip in my head and I would start to internally feel despairing, nauseous and panicked, there were so many times where I had to force myself to not just up and walk out the door. I still joke about my ‘I can’t be here anymore, I need to leave!’ moments from my nights days.
ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
Years ago I worked rotating shifts. Two weeks of 7am to 7pm, then 2 weeks of 7pm to 7am. Did it for 2 years and I swear it still affects me! After that, though I was a 3rd shifter for most of 25years with an occasional switch to 6am to 10:30pm Saturday and Sundays only. It would take until Thursday to feel normal after the entire weekend with no sleep hardly. Hated those shifts. Third shift was definitely the time I was made for!
Duane Ringlein 2 years ago
I spent over 20 years working graveyard (7p-7a) in hospitals. Never really seemed to bother me, and when off I easily returned to normal sleep patterns. Guess that make me the odd one out. And when in the Air Force worked rotating shifts, which seemed more difficult.
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago (edited)
Nope! I spend half a year doing 7pm-7am and i thrive on it. When I'm off work I'm easily able to return to my normal sleep schedule. I prefer it actually.
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Terry Tobias 2 years ago
My dad worked in Roll Coating at Kodak Park for all of his working life. Because it was so costly to stop and start those big machines that coated the film, they had to have shifts. My father was a trick worker, he worked alternating A, B, and C shifts with his days off in between. Because of this it it felt like he was always either sleeping or working. I know that years of this changed him for the worse. People aren't meant to have unnatural sleep patterns.
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
Companies that set up a rotating shift schedule are idiots, for the same reason stated already. Stick with the same shifts for your employees and their physical and mental health is improved! Not to mention they can make better plans for various appointments and getting some social time with friends.
LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago
I swear I'm the only human on earth not affected by working graveyard shift. 7pm-7am during the springs and summers and I request it all the time.
Aileen Grist 2 years ago
I knew a guy that worked shifts for a long time. One day he turned around on the walk to work to light his pipe out of the wind and just kept walking - arriving home where his wife told him he was going into work not going home. He had no idea - just walked the way he was facing.
#73
TIL Babies have about 30,000 taste buds, while adults have only about 10,000.
CP 2 years ago
Did you ever wonder why babies and kids are suck picky eaters?
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Sonja 2 years ago
That's to protect them from foods that are dangerous for them. For example brassica contains a chemical that's detrimental for small children, so they have taste buds that react strongly to the taste of those chemicals which is why most babies don't like anything related to brassica, especially broccoli. But when they grow older and can digest those chemicals, those taste buds are no longer needed and vanish. That's why adults shouldn't force small children to eat certain foods too young. Have them taste it and get them used to regularly taste new foods to keep their palate open, but if they try it and pull a face, let it go. Otherwise it could hurt them.
Dawn Marie 2 years ago
I want to know why no bite tastes as good as the first? I get bored eating and quit after a few bites.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
Breastmilk has the taste of whatever the mother ate.
Load More Replies... ROSESARERED 2 years ago
The older we get, the more we lose. My mum who is in her 80s, always needs more salt and sugar, she can't taste it at 'nornal' levels.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
My kids only have a couple hundred left because I fed them 5-star Thai food when they were toddlers! And they loved it for those who want to scream child abuse😂
#74
TIL that gargoyles were meant to scare church-goers, lure pagans, divert water in order to preserve stone walls, and date back to ancient Egypt.
Mark Howell 2 years ago
Gargoyle is a waterspout, a grotesque is a wierd statue on a building
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Nathaniel Heider 2 years ago (edited)
There's a difference between gargoyles and Elon musk also
LillieMean 2 years ago
The glass, wall and ceiling paintings were meant to tell stories and scare people who couldn't read about the consequences of sin.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
There wasn't always à "last judgment" painting in churches. (Though there are quite à few great ones). Mostly the art was about the evangiles and the life of saints. Like à picture book where people could see what they were told about.
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TIL There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
James Wood 2 years ago
And there are several orders of magnitude greater iterations of Scrabble. And that's just with 2 players using the US English dictionary. It's incredible...
VonBlade 2 years ago
And also math. 225 vs 64 squares. 100 tiles vs 32 pieces.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
What if you rule out ridiculously stupid moves? My guess is that in that case there wouldn't be more possible games than atoms in the universe.
#76
TIL you're completely blind for about 40 minutes a day because of Saccadic masking. Without it, your life would be like watching a constant movie that's filmed with a shaky, handheld camera.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
It happens when you rapidly shift your focus from one point to another. Somewhere in between those two points, there are spots where you're technically blind. The purpose is so you can maintain your equilibrium.
#77
TIL Uwe Hohn is the only person in history to throw a javelin 100m. His world record of 104.8m was declared an "Eternal World Record" as it will likely never be broken due to the IAAF redesigning the javelin in 1986 and resetting the WR to coincide with the change.
Ian Webling 2 years ago
When he retired, 87 of the 100 longest javelin throws (new javelin) were made by Jan Železný.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
That's some my house my rules kinda b******t. Dude did so good they changed the game. Pathetic.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
No, that's not the reason. "They decided to change the rules for javelin design because of the increasingly frequent flat landings and the resulting discussions and protests when these attempts were declared valid or invalid by competition judges." -wikipedia.
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TIL scientists don't know what makes the stones curl across the ice in Olympic curling and despite a number of studies, it remains an unsolved mystery for physicists.
Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago
I dunno, they're pretty good at tossing trees around.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
There has been a debate in scientific circles about this. Some say that the pressure of the stone melts the surface ice slightly which gives it a thin layer of liquid water to glide on. And some say that it doesn't.
Sheila Stamey 2 years ago
One of the coolest things I own is an antique, sterling silver, curling medal for a regional competition. I attempted to contact them, to give it to anyone who was connected, but no one has ever replied.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 2 years ago
Wrong. In everyday use, the word "theory" often means an untested hunch, or a guess without supporting evidence. But for scientists, a theory has nearly the opposite meaning. A theory is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses and facts. The theory of gravitation, for instance, explains why apples fall from trees and astronauts float in space. Similarly, the theory of evolution explains why so many plants and animals—some very similar and some very different—exist on Earth now and in the past, as revealed by the fossil record.
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TIL that the founders of video game maker "Acclaim" named their company so it would be listed alphabetically before their former employer "Activision" and before "Accolade" another company founded by ex-Activison employees. Activison itself was founded by ex-Atari employees based on the same logic.
LK 2 years ago
This is often seen with taxi companies and plumbers. They choose a name that will put the company at the top of an alphabetic listing. Many people will simply call the first company on the list. I'm a contrary person, so when presented with an alphabetic list, I'll start at the bottom.
VonBlade 2 years ago
Same. I'm not interested in AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1Plumbers. I'm interested in people who focus upon the plumbing.
Load More Replies... Jossh Nine 2 years ago
Dave Mustaine went with Megadeth for the same reason....so his records would be alphabetically ahead of Metallica.
#80
TIL that in the first edition of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory novel, The Oompa Loompas were Black pygmies imported from "the deepest and darkest part of the African jungle".
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
but we'll still cry about revisionism in the latest versions... oh well.
Vermontah 2 years ago
I remember a childrens book titled Little Black Sambo. The kid outsmarted 2 tigers and they ran in circles until the tigers turned into butter. Br'er Rabbit anyone? Looking back, kid's books were different. Especially by Randall Jarrel. However, I do chuckle at those old D**k & Jane books.
#81
TIL that in the State of Georgia there is a 150-foot-deep canyon that formed due to poor farming practices in the 19th century.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Humans live we make mistakes we learn we try to do better in the future. Now we doing whole new poor farming practices that are going to f**k us because governments are trying to tell farmers how to farm while not knowing what the hell they are talking about.
#82
TIL Hugh Hefner tried countless times to get Raquel Welch to pose nude, and she kept rejecting the offer. Welch did eventually pose for Playboy with her clothes on. Hefner then called her boring, but still had to pay her.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Hugh Hefner was a perv that oppressed and exploited women. Granted the women gave him permission to do it in exchange for money. Nobody is a good person at the playboy mansion.
#83
TIL that singer Cass Elliot, better known as 'Mama Cass', did not like her 'Mama' moniker a single bit - to the point where she named her 1973 live album and TV special “Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore.” This is why her solo career in the 1970s is billed as 'Cass Elliot'.
Tricia Barnes 2 years ago
TIL that Cass Elliot and Keith Moon died at the same age, in the same bedroom, 4 years apart.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
There's also no evidence she choked to death on a ham sandwich. One was found in her room partially eaten but I think the autopsy said drugs/ heart attack.
#84
TIL that Michelin once accidentally gave a Michelin star to a small cafe which shared the same name as the actual recipient.
Margaret H 2 years ago
That would be even funnier if it was the Cafe De Wheels in Woolloomooloo.
#85
TIL that following the D-Day invasion the USS Texas intentionally flooded part of itself to allow the ships guns to fire further inland.
#86
TIL Texas A&M University used to have an annual bonfire. In 1999, 12 students died when the Aggie Bonfire collapsed upon them during construction. The deaths led to the end of the tradition as the University faced a series of lawsuits and couldn't afford the expected $2 million per year insurance.
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
Duke students have a bonfire with benches that the dorms build at the beginning of the year if they beat UNC, I wonder if they're paying the insurance fees or if NC somehow has more dangerous laws than Texas.
The Differently Wired Girl 2 years ago
It’s a private school, so there’s a lot more funds
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TIL a South Park video game was completely finished for the Game Boy, but was personally cancelled by Trey Parker and Matt Stone who felt the adult content didn't suit the console. The developers then reskinned the game's artwork, and released it as a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen game.
#88
TIL Pekin, Illinois was named under the mistaken belief that the city is on the opposite side of the globe from from Beijing, China. It is actually opposite the Indian Ocean.
#89
TIL It's estimated that after the Civil War, up to 20,000 Confederates emigrated to Brazil from the US South. Today, roughly 260,000 Brazilians descend from these American Confederates.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Quite a few Nazis ended up in South America, mainly Argentina, if my memory serves me well.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
And there are descendants of Boers (South African Afrikaners) in Argentina!
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
Lose this one too? Lose what exactly? Republicans have only won the popular vote one time since 1992. If not for the electoral college neither George W Bush or Donald Trump would have been president.
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TIL that Clint Eastwood - at the height of his "silent and violent gunslinger" fame - starred in a big-budget western musical called Paint Your Wagon. At nearly 3 hours long, the film was not well reviewed. Eastwood's song "I Talk to the Trees" was singled out for derision.
Ariom Dahl 2 years ago
I loved that movie. Both he and Lee Marvin sang in it. It was fun. Marvin's song was 'I was born under a wand'ring star.' Clint Eastwood also played Rowdy Yates in the very old Western TV series Rawhide. I remember watching it in the 1960s in Australia.
RachAgainstTheMachine 2 years ago
I just heard the Rawhide theme song in my head
Load More Replies... Sharon Ingram 2 years ago
That was a great movie! Saw it at the drive in. Remember the tunnels?
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
I saw it at the drive-in too! I was only a kid but I loved it!
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Dav Carro-Ripalda 2 years ago
I love the film. And i like better the spanish name: "the legend of the city with no name"
Louise Clarke 2 years ago
"🎶Gonna paint a wagon, gonna paint it good. We ain't braggin' we're gonna coat that wood"🎶
#91
TIL dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than humans due to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses.
Gatorman 2 years ago
My dog likes smelling good (rolling around in flowers)
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
I recently heard the exact opposite. That humans can smell exactly as well as dogs. The difference is only due to the dogs nose being closer to the ground.
#92
TIL that during residency, prospective doctors work around 40-80 hours per week, with some far exceeding that level.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
It's supposed to replicate real life, but I've always wondered how many people were made inert and unresponsive by the poor decision making of brain dead interns.
JB 2 years ago
Worse, hospitals in the US and Canada full on rely on that overtired labour pool to stay open.
Load More Replies... Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Atul Gawande, who wrote about medicine for the New Yorker, said the there is absolutely no legitimate reason for this. Instead, it amounts to hazing. And yes, it kills people.
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I think it's because all the older doctors had to do it, so they pass it along to the interns.
Load More Replies... Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
It's so STUPID. It's my belief that older doctors do it to the interns because they had to do it so they're passing along the idiocy.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
And this stupid system (which has no actual purpose based on science or learning) kills patients. Which is why I avoid teaching hospitals at all costs!
Shark Lady 2 years ago
In the UK, the new batch of doctors start in August, which is also one of the months with the highest in hospital death rates.
Margaret H 2 years ago
I wonder how many really good doctors have been pushed beyond their limits by this system and have left the profession before they have a chance to really prove themselves.
#93
TIL The thick white rind on the outside of a wheel of brie cheese is actually mold, Penicillum candidum.
David Paterson 2 years ago
I haven't yet heard whether the penicillium mold on cheese has any antibiotic properties.
#94
TIL Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes) was so enamored of yogurt’s effect on gut health that he promoted a pint of yogurt for his patients: half to be eaten and the other half to be administered via enema.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Cold cereal for breakfast was supposed to control teenage male libido.
ScarletRos 2 years ago
A friend of mine went to some retreat in India and got a yoghurt enema and she said it was fantastic. She’s a bit odd.
#95
TIL One out of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Well, send me over a million dollars, and I'll agree to be confused.
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
That's ~4.75% millionaires in New York. Most statistics put the number of American millionaires at around 8.5% of the population. So New York isn't really popular among millionaires? Or very popular among less-than-millionaires? Lies, darn lies, and statistics?
Margaret H 2 years ago
With some of the rents these days, you'd have to be a millionaire to live there.
#96
TIL The USS Indianapolis delivered the enriched uranium and parts for the "Little Boy" atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, but no one onboard knew the contents of this cargo. The uranium was secretly monitored by a radiologist throughout the trip to make sure the sailors would not be poisoned.
Tams21 2 years ago
The eventual fate of that ship is a story itself. It was sunk by torpedos and nobody even knew it was missing for over three days. Meanwhile the survivors were getting picked off by sharks...
pocwaddler 2 years ago
And the commander of the Japanese submarine that sank it surfaced and sent out a rescue signal, but it was ignored because the US Navy thought it was a trap to lure other US vessels into danger.
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TIL that Henry Ford refused for years to make any significant improvements to the Model T. When his designers surprised him with a new prototype, he destroyed it in front of them with his bare hands.
Jojo 2 years ago
Exactly why power needs to exchange hands every so often. Nothing good ever comes out of leaders who are 'set in their ways' and refuse to see beyong the tips of their noses.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Let’s start with term limits…across the board ( and I’m mostly looking at you, US Supreme Court! You f*****g bastards!).
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TIL the state of Texas keeps a database of over 500 executed inmate's last words going back to the 1980's.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I agree with this. It keeps us human even though we sometimes need be executioners.
#99
TIL The Sultan of Brunei owns over 7000 cars and his official car is gold plated Rolls Royce.
Jeremy James 2 years ago
If he tries to start a Twitter feud with Greta, he'll be in big trouble.
Sasy 2 years ago
I would bet that the gold plated one was a gift, a lot of the wealthy like to do grandiose gestures like that or even the companies themselves do it to keep the customer...if 500 of his 7000 are all Rolls for example then it would be worth it to them to gift him such a thing, it would also not cost them that much to do.
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I bet there's many many better places in Brunei where that money can do some good.
#100
TIL the average annual household income of a Broadway theater attendee is $261,000.
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
LOL - I wish! I want to see the actual data on this because I don't believe it. Maybe the people who buy the REALLY good seats are that wealthy. I've seen a lot of shows and so have my friends/relatives, but none of us even make 6 figures. Plus there are many ways to get discount tickets. And not just the TKTS booth in Times Square. Most theaters have a lottery system or discount program that give you opportunities to get cheap tickets. I once sat in basically a catwalk to see a Broadway show because that's what I could afford. It was still a wonderful experience. Theater is NOT just for the rich!
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Who that makes less than that lives even reasonably close enough to attend?
#101
TIL virtually all communion wafers distributed in churches in the USA are made by one for-profit company (Cavanagh Company).
Janine Bartram 2 years ago
They now produce a fat and calorie free version called, "I Can't Believe It's Not Jesus"
Bookworm 2 years ago
Those things are nasty. My church is Anabaptist and we have our own communion bread recipe. As we learned from one chaotic Sunday School session where we attempted to test out gluten free versions, the most important step is to miss the part of the instructions where it tells you how much milk and heavy cream to use, and just use all heavy cream. That was the one everybody liked at the end.
BasedWang12.7 2 years ago
maybe now with the companies name, I'll finally be able to buy some.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
You can literally buy them on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Broadman-Church-Communion-White-Wafers/dp/0805470859
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TIL Vulfpeck was one of the first ever bands to sell out Madison Square Garden without a manager or record label.
Ruth Kilpatrick 2 years ago
https://www.billboard.com/pro/how-vulfpeck-sold-out-madison-square-garden-without-manager-label/
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TIL there were no former US presidents alive at the time of NIxon’s resignation.
#104
TIL that after the American Revolution, British Sir Guy Carleton argued with George Washington who wanted Carleton to return American slaves that Carleton felt obliged to free. Carleton freed the slaves and promised that Britain would compensate the slave owners, but Britain never did.
Eastendbird 2 years ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_and_slavery This article gives a detailed and interesting account of Washinton's attitude to slavery. At the end of the war he wanted slaves returned and refused British offers of compensation instead.
#105
TIL about Bountygate - a scandal in the NFL during the 2011 season which involved New Orleans Saints players gambling over the severity of injuries they could cause the opposing teams players. The result was the head coach being suspended for a season as he was found to have condoned the behaviour.
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
The man responsible for this is now the defensive coordinator of the D.C. Defenders in the XFL.
#106
TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.
#107
TIL Jack Valenti, the President of the MPAA, regretted giving South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut an R rating, wishing to have labeled it with the NC-17 rating.
D3v1lD0ll 2 years ago
I wonder if it's due to the whole subplot about finding the clitoris lol
Load More Replies... CP 2 years ago (edited)
Always remember that our Puritan overlords decided violence is okay in movies but sex is wrong. Yeah, I don't understand it either.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Because you can't conquer other countries with sex. (Believe me, I've tried.)
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TIL about Goldbach's conjecture, one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in mathematics. It states that every even natural number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. The conjecture remains unproven despite considerable effort.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
OK but is this important at all in any practical sense? As a mathematics person, I do not see the import.
CP 2 years ago
One never knows if it could be important. Could be used to solve a real world issue in some strange way.
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TIL that 51% of births are male because female fetuses are more likely to die during pregnancy.
David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
That's what I've heard. More male than female humans are conceived because the male sperm has a lighter generic load so can swim to the egg faster. Male fetuses are more likely to die during pregnancy than female fetuses because of more incompatibility with the mother's immune system. But there are still more males born than females.
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TIL Claire Danes is considered a persona non grata in the Philippines after making derogatory comments about the country.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Kind of like how South Africans recently got the sh*ts to Charlize.
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I like these posts. I'd prefer it if people gave references as well so we can factcheck.
CP 2 years ago
On the bottom left side of each post is gray lettering for a link.
Load More Replies... COCO puff 2 years ago
Some are just made up stories. Please fact check before you believe everything that you read online.
Ember Flame 2 years ago
Nah. They kept me in solitary for the rest of my time in (3 months). I was "too dangerous" for Gen pop, and everyone was always either scared of me, or just didn't get me when I was in it anyways. I didn't belong there, I was not like the rest, I know everyone says this but I TRULY DIDN'T do anything to be there. My "man" of 6 years woke up, and beat the s**t out of me, he didn't want to wake up, but I truly needed him at the time. After 6 years of taking every kind of abuse possible I got angry. (which I had never done because A. He had me under some "spell" after years of gaslighting, and isolation. So much so I catered to his every need, and walked on eggshells around him, because I didn't want him to stop talking to me. He was the ONLY person around, because we lived in the middle of nowhere. And B. I was stuck in that situation, because he had custody of our son, and I WAS NOT leaving him there without protection) I threw a cup of coffee at his feet, and it splashed up on him. After that I was tackled, and beaten bloody. I left to go to the one other place around... His parents house. The people who enabled him to do this, and always refused to help me, or let me call the police. They let me call my dad to come get me, and while I was waiting for him to come the police showed up. This little b***h of a man called them when I stood up for myself for the first time.I told the story covered in blood, and bruses, and -I- ended up in cuffs, and absolutely NOTHING happened to him. In a small south GA town like that everyone knows everyone... Including the police, and they had been friends with them for YEARS. I ended up with a simple battery charge and 10 months in jail. So when I say I didn't belong there, the little mouse of a beaten down woman I was meant it. I stuck out like a sore thumb, and people wanted to try me. Honestly I have to say that was the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life, that separation, time to think, and "find myself" was a true blessing. I found a book in jail about domestic violence, read it cover to cover, and was able to see what had happened to me. I was happy with that time (That I believed with all my heart that God, or the universe, or whatever higher 8s out thwre gifted me) I needed it to sort some s**t out with myself. I found gratitude, to look for the good in life, found my higher power and learned to live with acceptance (accept the things you cannot change, and change the things you can) because I came out stronger, confident, and 100X happier. Iwent back... For a week... He COULD NOT accept who I had, become. Someone he could no longer push around, and break. I did the most heartbreaking thing I had ever done, and left my son with him yo go make a better life for him. I DID THAT over the next year I fought to find the place I belonged, and made it happen for us. We are comfortable in a nice home, with a man who loves us with all his heart. We are stable and happy. I know you didn't want my life story, but thank you for reading it anyways... It felt good to get it out there... But believe me this is only a small portion of all the s**t I have been through in my life, I think I could make a 700 page biography, and sill not remember it all. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Kioh81 2 years ago
Aww This morning this said 100, now it's 30. I was still trying to get thru this. lol
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
There is always a link below the last post that reads: "Note: this post originally had 110 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes."
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christie lowe 2 years ago
Ember Flame, Iam sorry you had to experience everything you went trough. But, sometimes I think we go through awful experiences because there are other people out there who we can be an inspiration to , people who may not feel they are strong enough to leave a difficult situation, until they hear your story and how you made it. That is the best way i can justify why awful things happen to people. It is nice to hear a success story
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I like these posts. I'd prefer it if people gave references as well so we can factcheck.
CP 2 years ago
On the bottom left side of each post is gray lettering for a link.
Load More Replies... COCO puff 2 years ago
Some are just made up stories. Please fact check before you believe everything that you read online.
Ember Flame 2 years ago
Nah. They kept me in solitary for the rest of my time in (3 months). I was "too dangerous" for Gen pop, and everyone was always either scared of me, or just didn't get me when I was in it anyways. I didn't belong there, I was not like the rest, I know everyone says this but I TRULY DIDN'T do anything to be there. My "man" of 6 years woke up, and beat the s**t out of me, he didn't want to wake up, but I truly needed him at the time. After 6 years of taking every kind of abuse possible I got angry. (which I had never done because A. He had me under some "spell" after years of gaslighting, and isolation. So much so I catered to his every need, and walked on eggshells around him, because I didn't want him to stop talking to me. He was the ONLY person around, because we lived in the middle of nowhere. And B. I was stuck in that situation, because he had custody of our son, and I WAS NOT leaving him there without protection) I threw a cup of coffee at his feet, and it splashed up on him. After that I was tackled, and beaten bloody. I left to go to the one other place around... His parents house. The people who enabled him to do this, and always refused to help me, or let me call the police. They let me call my dad to come get me, and while I was waiting for him to come the police showed up. This little b***h of a man called them when I stood up for myself for the first time.I told the story covered in blood, and bruses, and -I- ended up in cuffs, and absolutely NOTHING happened to him. In a small south GA town like that everyone knows everyone... Including the police, and they had been friends with them for YEARS. I ended up with a simple battery charge and 10 months in jail. So when I say I didn't belong there, the little mouse of a beaten down woman I was meant it. I stuck out like a sore thumb, and people wanted to try me. Honestly I have to say that was the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life, that separation, time to think, and "find myself" was a true blessing. I found a book in jail about domestic violence, read it cover to cover, and was able to see what had happened to me. I was happy with that time (That I believed with all my heart that God, or the universe, or whatever higher 8s out thwre gifted me) I needed it to sort some s**t out with myself. I found gratitude, to look for the good in life, found my higher power and learned to live with acceptance (accept the things you cannot change, and change the things you can) because I came out stronger, confident, and 100X happier. Iwent back... For a week... He COULD NOT accept who I had, become. Someone he could no longer push around, and break. I did the most heartbreaking thing I had ever done, and left my son with him yo go make a better life for him. I DID THAT over the next year I fought to find the place I belonged, and made it happen for us. We are comfortable in a nice home, with a man who loves us with all his heart. We are stable and happy. I know you didn't want my life story, but thank you for reading it anyways... It felt good to get it out there... But believe me this is only a small portion of all the s**t I have been through in my life, I think I could make a 700 page biography, and sill not remember it all. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Kioh81 2 years ago
Aww This morning this said 100, now it's 30. I was still trying to get thru this. lol
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
There is always a link below the last post that reads: "Note: this post originally had 110 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes."
Load More Replies... christie lowe 2 years ago
Ember Flame, Iam sorry you had to experience everything you went trough. But, sometimes I think we go through awful experiences because there are other people out there who we can be an inspiration to , people who may not feel they are strong enough to leave a difficult situation, until they hear your story and how you made it. That is the best way i can justify why awful things happen to people. It is nice to hear a success story
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