TIL that there was a blind bisexual goose who fell in love with two swans and helped raise 60+ of their babies
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New Zealand goose: How one blind bisexual bird became an icon
Henry the goose spent many years in a love triangle with two swans, helping raise their children.
TIL that 300 million years ago, trees didn't rot because the microbes to do so didn't exist yet.
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Ars Technica
Why was most of the Earth’s coal made all at once?
It wasn’t because fungi couldn’t break down early trees, study argues.
TIL Julius Caesar would personally conduct espionage on his enemies. Once, he even dressed up as a Gaul and snuck behind enemy lines. When his soldiers failed to sneak him back, he boarded a Gaul ship blockading the Romans and sailed back into Roman territory without anyone noticing.
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Suetonius • Life of Julius Caesar
An English translation, linked to the original Latin text. Part of a very large site on classical Antiquity, with many other ancient works.
TIL The name "orangutan" is derived from the Malay and Indonesian words orang, meaning "person", and hutan, meaning "forest", thus "person of the forest".
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Orangutan
The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans…
TIL during the Punic Wars, the Romans realized they had no clue how to build ships. They decided to rent row boats, run aground a Carthaginian ship, and plagiarize the designs. The entire first fleet of their new Navy was based off this ship, but learning to row proved more challenging.
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Polybius • Histories — Book 1
Part of a complete English translation of Polybius. Site contains many Greek and Latin texts, translations and related material.
TIL Industry, California is a city in California with only 219 residents, but over 3,000 businesses and 67,000 workers.
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City of Industry, California
City of Industry, often referred to simply as Industry, is an industrial suburb of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Home to over 3,000 businesses and 67,000 jobs, but only 219 residents according…
TIL a woman in France accidentally received a phone bill of €11,721,000,000,000,000 (million billion). This was 5000x the GDP of France at the time. It took several days of wrangling before the phone company finally admitted it was a mistake and she owed just €117.21. They let her off.
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French phone company rings up a bill of €11,721,000,000,000,000
Jobless customer 'nearly had a heart attack' after receiving demand for 5,000 times gross domestic product of France
TIL babies don't have object permanence, meaning the concept of something existing without them perceiving it is foreign to them. Anything they can't see, doesn't exist.
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Healthline
What Is Object Permanence and At What Age Do Babies Develop It?
Object permanence is when your baby understands that things (and people) that are out of sight still exist. We'll tell you when it happens and some fun games you can play when it does.
TIL Ikea is the largest charity in the world, and being a non-profit means they pay just 3.5% in tax instead of the 18% rate they should be paying.
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Fast Company
Ikea Is A Nonprofit, And Yes, That’s Every Bit As Fishy As It Sounds
Ikea makes billions tax-free by operating the world’s largest “charity.” Here’s how.
TIL of Jack Unterweger, an Austrian serial killer. After murdering an 18-year-old girl, he got a life sentence, but became an author and campaigned to get himself released after just 15 years. He then became a reporter, reporting on his own crimes as he proceeded to kill at least 9 more people.
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Jack Unterweger
Austrian serial killer
TIL that George Wallace, the governor who tried to stop two black students from attending the University of Alabama, became a born-again Christian in the late 70s, rebuked his support for segregation, and when reelected in the 80s, made a record number of black appointees to state positions.
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George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama
TIL Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had marijuana in them.
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TIL Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through...
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TIL that following the death of Heath Ledger midway through the filming of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus', Jude Law, Jonny Depp and Colin Farrell who took over the unfinished role of Heath's character, donated their paychecks to his then 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger.
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TIL that following the death of Heath Ledger midway through the...
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TIL You are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.
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Submitted October 13, 2019 at 04:13PM by HydroKilla
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Florida Museum
NYC Biting Injuries
* Information not available. Source of New York City biting injury data: New York City Health Department statistics quoted by U.P.I. (1982), A.P. (1986) and Newsday (1988) Source of shark attack da…
TIL Dirk Willems, jailed for his devotion to being an Anabaptist, escaped from prison. But when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice, Willems turned around to save the guard. He was then recaptured, tortured, and killed.
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Dirk Willems
Dutch pacificist
TIL In 2007, seeds were found frozen below the permafrost. Thought to have been buried by Arctic ground squirrels around 31,500 to 32,300 years ago in the Ice Age. Out of 600,000 seeds, three embryos successfully germinated into plants. Currently the oldest confirmed viable seeds on Earth.
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Oldest viable seed
There are several candidates for the oldest viable seed:
TIL of the Harlem Hellfighters an all black unit who fought in WWI. And of Henry Johnson who single handedly fought off a German trench raid. This bunch of jazz loving heroes were also credited with bringing Jazz to Europe. Tonight's post run beer is dedicated to these great heroes.
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TIL of Cassius M. Clay, a politician and rabid abolitionist. He was once shot during a debate, and chased down his assassin, stabbing him & throwing him off an embankment. He later fended off 6 men, even though they had guns and he only had a bowie knife. He was a candidate to be Lincoln's VP.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)
American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia
TIL Studio Ghibli caps their merchandise income at 10 billion yen, in fear that any more commercialization would make their characters 'die instantly'
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Submitted October 13, 2019 at 09:26PM by anjumahmed
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Anime News Network
Ghibli Co-Founder Toshio Suzuki Discusses Why Studio Did Not Seek Growth
"With regards to merchandise, we resolved not to make more than 10 billion yen."
TIL that researchers found fossils of a "Mega Penguin" that stood over 6ft tall and weighed in at over 250lbs.
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Submitted October 14, 2019 at 12:09AM by WiReY_GuY
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Giant penguin fossil shows bird was taller than most humans
Analysis of 37m-year-old fossil unearthed in Antarctica shows species would have dwarfed today’s biggest living penguins
TIL that a European fungus, accidentally spread to North America in 2006, has caused Bat populations across the US and Canada to plummet by over 90%. Formerly very common bat species now face extinction, having already almost entirely disappeared over the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada
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White-nose syndrome
Fungal disease affecting bats