Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Senna remains a national hero in Brazil. His grave attracts more visitors than the graves of John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley combined.

Ayrton Senna - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL about a Burial Tax: a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred and are in a museum

Mummies of Guanajuato - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL about "Squash Hands," a reaction to the hands that can sometimes occur when handling raw Butternut Squash. The squash's skin has an irritant that can cause a tight feeling in the hands, as well as skin peeling.

Verywell Health

'Squash Hands' Is Real: What to Do If You Develop This Mysterious Reaction

"Squash hands" refers to a skin reaction characterized by itching, peeling, or tight skin that some people experience when handling raw but...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL The B-29 bomber program was the most expensive project of WWII, costing roughly ~50% more than the entire Manhattan Project

Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL The policeman John Parker, who was assigned to guard the entrance to Lincoln’s box at Fords Theater, was not immediately fired after he was assassinated. He was even assigned to guard Mary Todd Lincoln afterwards, though she quickly dismissed him. He was only fired in 1868 for sleeping on duty.

John Frederick Parker - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL in the middle of October, 1994, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, and Jurassic Park were all in US cinemas at the same time (respectively 1st, 8th, 11th and 141st in IMDB all time top 250)

Box Office Mojo

Domestic 1994 Weekend 41 - Box Office Mojo

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that the anti-copyright infringement campaigns such as "You Wouldn't Download a Car" ad were so widely ridiculed that they may have actually encouraged people to pirate more

You Wouldn't Steal a Car - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that plants can be albino, too. They have no chloroplasts and produce no chlorophyll of their own, so they either die early, or adapt to become parasites of the plants closest to them, and steal nutrients from them. Like vampire plants. Crazy!

Earth.com

Botanical albinos: The science behind plants without chlorophyll

Albino plants, lacking the chlorophyll they need to make food, typically die as seedlings after the energy stored in the seed is used up.

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that worldwide, more than 10 percent of marriages are between first or second cousins.

Cousin marriage - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Bananas glow blue under black lights.

Chemistry World

Ripe bananas glow bright blue

Bananas

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL the smallest hoofed animals are called Java mouse-deer, not much bigger than ordinary rats

Java mouse-deer - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL of Project Artichoke which was a mind control program from the intelligence divisions of the Army, Navy, Air Force and FBI. The goal was to determine if someone could involuntarily be made to perform an act of assassination. It also studied forced addiction to morphine, hypnosis, and amnesia.

Project Artichoke - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL: Former Red Ranger, from Power Rangers : Wild Force, is in jail over murdering his roommate with a sword. The argument involved his girlfriend.

BBC News

Ex-Power Ranger Ricardo Medina is sentenced to six years for killing his roommate

Actor Ricardo Medina stabbed his roommate Joshua Sutter to death with a sword two years ago.

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL The Amazing Jonathan, late comedian and magician, was married to, and managed by, Anastasia Synn, a transhumanist, biohacker, and cyborg rights activist. She holds the Guinness World Record for most technological implants in the female body and has the largest magnet ever implanted in a person.

Anastasia Synn - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL of mut'ah, a "marriage" contract lasting an hour that is practiced by Shia people which acts as a form of legal prostitution in Iraq, Iran, and other areas with notable Shia population

Nikah mut'ah - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that all 8 confirmed grolar bears (grizzly - Polar hybrid) since 2006 have come from the same female polar bear

Grizzly–polar bear hybrid - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that mentally disabled patients at the Judge Rotenberg Center aren't allowed to talk to each-other and will get punised if they do so, employees also can't chat with other employees, it's even encouraged for employees to rat each-other out if they try to have conversation

Judge Rotenberg Center - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that the Centralia Mine Fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania has been burning continuously since at least 1962. It stretches across 8 miles (13km) & at depths of up to 300ft (90m). It has made the surrounding land unstable & the residents were relocated

Centralia mine fire - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that astronauts recycle urine and sweat into drinking water

ABC News

NASA says 98% of astronauts' urine, sweat can be recycled into drinking water

NASA announced it can recycle 98% of the water astronauts have onboard the International Space Station, including sweat and urine, and turn it into...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Black Sabbath's debut album in 1970 began with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell.

Paste Magazine

Black Sabbath: 13

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favor...

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