Today I learned 3 days ago

TIL about 'atmospheric rivers'...these narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that can transport twice the volume of the Amazon River. The 'Pineapple Express' is a famous one that draws moisture from near Hawaii and slams the US West Coast with devastating storms, flooding, and mudslides

Pineapple Express - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 3 days ago

TIL that David Hasselhoff has released 15 albums of music

List of works by David Hasselhoff - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 week ago

TIL that Daylight Saving Time (DST) actually reduces deer-car collisions. This happens as DST shifts commuting peak hours to daylight, resulting in lower overlaps with deers which are most active at dusk.

UW News

Permanent daylight saving time would reduce deer-vehicle collisions, study shows

University of Washington researchers found that adopting permanent daylight saving time in the United States would reduce deer-vehicle collisions a...

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Today I learned 3 weeks ago

TIL David Rockefeller had 7 heart transplants before his death at 101 years of age

Telegrafi

The billionaire who could not buy "eternity", even though he changed his heart seven times

Billionaire philanthropist and banker David Rockefeller passed away in his sleep at his home in Poncantico Hills, New York. David Rockefeller died ...

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Today I learned 3 weeks ago

TIL Sega published a game called Segagaga, a role playing game where the player is tasked with preventing Sega from losing the home console market. The game was released 2 days before the Dreamcast was discontinued.

Segagaga - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 3 weeks ago

TIL Voltaire had enough money to sit around and think all day because he noticed a flaw in the national lottery which he exploited to win half a million livre, worth as much as $120 million today by some measures

Smithsonian Magazine

Voltaire: Enlightenment Philosopher and Lottery Scammer

The French government was trying to raise money by running a bond lottery, but a group of intellectuals had other ideas

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL Priests Can’t Report Confessions, Even if It's a Murder

The Seal of Confession

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL Jane Goodall observed a 4 year "civil war" among chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park. The conflict involved kidnapping, organized violence, and the total annihilation of a breakaway group, shocking Goodall who previously thought chimps were peaceful.

Gombe Chimpanzee War - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL Voltaire most famous quote isn't about HRE. It's "With great power comes great responsibility"

Power - Wikiquote

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL about "Superfest," a brand of nearly indestructible drinking glasses invented in Communist Germany. They were 15x stronger than standard glass, but production was shut down after the collapse of East Germany in favour of planned obsolence

Superfest - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL that today, 122 years ago, the Wright brothers made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk—Orville’s first flight lasted just 12 seconds and went 120 feet.

The Wright Brothers Made History at Kitty Hawk

Wilbur and Orville Wright made history in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They made the first powered, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air flying m...

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL that if Louisiana were a country it would have the second highest incarceration rate in the entire world, behind only El Salvador

List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 month ago

TIL that the Clair Obscur franchise is tied for the second-most awarded game franchise of all time with nine awards, second only to Final Fantasy's ten

The Game Awards - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL that building the Great Pyramid only required about 1 to 2 % of Ancient Egypt’s GDP-equivalent, according to leading Egyptologists. Despite its size, it barely strained the Old Kingdom economy, which had a huge agricultural surplus.

NOVA Online/Pyramids/Who Built the Pyramids?

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL - The Big Mac Index has been published since 1986 as an unofficial method to measure Purchasing Power Parity between currencies

Big Mac Index - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL that Pope Leo XIV plays Wordle and Words With Friends with his brothers

TODAY.com

Pope’s brother says they regularly do Wordle and shares more personal details about his life

It's (sometimes) fun and games being the pope's brother.

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL that in 1996 Caribbean authorities shot at a plane that Jimmy Buffet and Bono were on suspecting it was carrying drugs. Jimmy buffet later went on to write a song called Jamaica Mistaica and put it on his 1996 album Banana Wind.

Jamaica Mistaica Incident » Jimmy Buffett World

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL John F. Kennedy, who grew up in an affluent household in the 1920s, admitted he only learned about the Great Depression from the books he read at Harvard.

Miller Center

John F. Kennedy: Life Before the Presidency | Miller Center

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL that during the "fantasy comedy" era of the 1960s, NBC debuted a show called "My Mother the Car", which features a deceased mother reincarnated as an antique car who communicates with her son through the car radio. It lasted one season and is considered the 2nd worst show of all time.

My Mother the Car - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 2 months ago

TIL The Washington Redskins were the last NFL team to racially integrate under pressure from the federal government, finally doing so in 1962. The 1961 team finished last place at 1-12-1

George Preston Marshall - Wikipedia

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