Today I learned... many California inmates have served time by becoming forest firefighters
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Prisoner Workers Like California's Inmate Firefighters Are 'Uniquely Vulnerable,' ACLU Lawyer Says
As fighters with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection risk their lives battling wildfires in the state, they are joined by a group of nearly 4,000 inmates.
TIL that for $255,500 you can buy a package that lets you celebrate New Year's Eve in Sydney from 8pm - 2am, then fly on a private jet that arrives in Los Angeles at 8:30pm Dec. 31st, where you can celebrate New Year's Eve all over again.
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Rich people can now celebrate New Year's Eve twice with a private jet company that flies them around the world for R3.7 million
The party starts in Sydney on New Years' Eve at 8PM and continues with a 13.5-hour flight to Los Angeles, where guests ring in the New Year for a second time.
TIL an MIT researcher was concerned about the censorship of human genitalia on extraterrestrial messages, so he recorded & transmitted the sound of ballerinas' vaginas contracting. The Air Force terminated the project, but test messages made it to two nearby stars in 1996 & 1998.
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Poetica Vaginal
A short history of radio messages to ET: Joe Davis is an artist and a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the mid-1980s, he became concerned that no image of humans had been sent into space representing the details of human genitals…
TIL of Patch Hurty, a six-year-old from Connecticut who wrote letters to over 50 car brands and asked for their badges. Not only did most companies send him badging, but some added extra goodies, like a Lincoln Continental pencil sketch.
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Submitted October 26, 2019 at 12:03PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
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Popular Mechanics
This Kid Asked Each Car Company to Send Him a Decal. They Sent a Lot More Than That.
Way to go, car companies.
TIL that wigs became popular when men started wearing them to cover up patchy hair loss and rashes caused by the STD Syphilis.
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No Story Left Behind
The Complete Guide to Hair Loss Treatment in India - No Story Left Behind
This is an easy to follow, no-nonsense guide that will give you a complete overview of the many options available for hair loss treatment in India.
TIL of Francis Tsai, an artist who did work for Marvel, and was later diagnosed with ALS. When the disease paralyzed his arms, he learned to draw using his right foot on an iPhone. When he was no longer able to use his feet, he used eye-gaze technology in order to keep drawing.
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Francis Tsai
artist
TIL that the U.S. state of Minnesota is the longest-reigning subnational body in the US/Canada to not vote conservative in a federal election, longer than all other 49 U.S. states and the 10 provinces of Canada
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Submitted October 26, 2019 at 03:45PM by kagami_ATLAS
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United States presidential elections in Minnesota
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Minnesota, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1858, Minnesota has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
TIL "Simon" in Simon Says is different in other countries. In France it's Jack Says, Chinese is Teacher Says, Norway is The King Commands, and Ireland is O'Grady Says.
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Submitted October 26, 2019 at 06:05PM by emailrob
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Simon Says
Simon Says (or Simple Simon Says) is a children's game for three or more players. One player takes the role of "Simon" and issues instructions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or "stick out your tongue") to the other players, which should…
TIL that a plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel (about 4 liters) every second.
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Submitted October 26, 2019 at 05:31PM by sonicboomslang
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HowStuffWorks
How much fuel does an international plane use for a trip?
How much fuel does an international plane use for a trip?
TIL of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons who after betraying Louis XIII and succesfully beat his army at the Battle of La Marfée, accidentally killed himself when lifting the visor of his helmet with his pistol after the battle was over
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Louis, Count of Soissons
Louis de Bourbon (1 May 1604 – 6 July 1641) was Count of Soissons. He was the son of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Anne de Montafié. He was the second cousin of King Louis XIII of France and held the rank of prince of the blood.
TIL contrary to fears of 'idiocracy', IQ around the world has seen substantial increase, in Britain rising 14 IQ points since the 1940s. Better health, nutrition, education and standards of living are thought to be the cause
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Flynn effect
20th Century rise in overall human intelligence.
TIL in 1860s Missouri, “Snowflake” was a word used to describe people who were against the abolition of slavery.
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been-called-a-snowflake-the-it-new-insult
TIL that real dead bodies were used on the set of “Apocalypse Now.” The man who supplied them turned out to be a grave robber and was arrested.
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The strained making of 'Apocalypse Now'
If things had worked out differently, Apocalypse Now would have been directed by George Lucas in 1970, guerrilla-style in Vietnam itself, while the conflict was still raging. Rightly, no studio would
TIL Hanno of Carthage, the first explorer who wrote about Gorillas describes them as hairy, savage humans. His crew managed to capture 3 females alive but killed them and took their pelts, after they were deemed too dangerous to handle
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Hanno the Navigator
Carthaginian explorer
TIL it took Pixar almost 3 years of research to perfect Merida’s curly hair for their 2012 film Brave. They spent two months working on a scene where Merida removes her hood and the full volume of her hair is finally revealed.
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Inside Science
'Brave' Features Hair-Raising Animations
Team's technical achievements bring character to life.
TIL Dr. Phil and his staff have been accused of giving drugs and alcohol to addicts before appearing on his show in efforts to boost ratings.
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Dr. Phil says he rescues people from addiction. Others say his show puts guests’ health at risk
Some guests of the "Dr. Phil" show said they have been left without medical help as they face withdrawal from drugs, and one person said she was told where she…
TIL Singapore managed to solve their housing problem by building apartment buildings and leasing cheap apartments on 100 year leases. Only allowing a single lease per citizen.
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How do you solve a housing crisis? Study the example of Singapore
Singapore went from one of the worst housing shortages in the world to 90% home ownership. UK politicians can learn from its forceful approach
TIL the reason clocks run clockwise is because it is the way shadows move across a sundial in the northern hemisphere. The first clocks were designed that way because people wee just used to it.
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?
How the flat circle of time became the world's standard model.
TIL An 8 months Pregnant Mary Turner protested the lynching of her innocent husband Hayes Turner by a White mob in 1918 and threatened to have them arrested. In order to “teach her a lesson”, she and her unborn child were brutally murdered. No one was charged.
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May 1918 lynchings
American murder victim
TIL United States granted citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917 to allow them to be drafted to participate in World War I. Approximately 20,000 Puerto Ricans were drafted.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, the Seminal Catastrophe, and initially in North America as the European War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November…
TIL Scientists have claimed that The Biblical plagues that devastated Ancient Egypt in the Old Testament could all be explained. Toxic algae stained the Nile blood red, which forced frogs to leave the water, leading to insects and a volcanic eruption trigged more plagues
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Biblical plagues really happened say scientists
The Biblical plagues that devastated Ancient Egypt in the Old Testament were the result of global warming and a volcanic eruption, scientists have claimed.