TIL: As of 2015, Japan's pachinko market generates more gambling revenue than that of Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore combined.
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Pachinko
Japanese arcade/gambling game
TIL: American bankers made hundred of millions by pretending to trade aluminum, thus driving the price up.
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Submitted October 30, 2019 at 04:30AM by jamescookenotthatone
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NY Times
A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold
Regulators have allowed banks to buy companies that trade in commodities, resulting in huge profits for the banks and higher prices for consumers.
TIL rabies victims develop an aversion to water because the virus reproduces in the salivary glands; drinking water would reduce the risk of spreading to new hosts.
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Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: violent movements, uncontrolled…
TIL that for over 100 years, Canada forced many Indigenous children to attend Residential schools away from their families years at a time. The quality of instruction was sub-par, many children were physically, sexually, and mentally abused, and at least 4000 children died in the school system.
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National Post
At least 4,000 aboriginal children died in residential schools, commission finds
Some children died as runaways and were found frozen to death in snowy fields; others who tried to escape their abusers drowned
TIL: The actor who played Marvin in Pulp Fiction is the voice of Herme's from Futurama, Samurai Jack & more!
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Phil LaMarr
Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and impressionist. He was a featured cast member on the sketch comedy series Mad TV and has had an extensive voice acting career, with roles in animated series including Justice…
TIL in 2001, a baby bear, lion, and tiger were rescued from a drug dealers house in Atlanta. They had bonded as a trio and remained friends for over 15 years. Usually as animals grow older, they grow apart from other species, but these three remained close and even lived in the same habitat.
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HuffPost
How A Lion, Tiger And Bear Became Ride-Or-Die Friends
"Their terrifying early months in life bonded the three together."
TIL that Steve Irwin paid for one of his security guards to go and train MMA at one of the best gyms in the USA, that security guard, Kyle Noke, would go on to fight in the UFC and credits Irwin as a major reason why he achieved his dreams.
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TIL The Buddha recommended eating rice porridge, saying "There are these five benefits in rice porridge. What five? It stills hunger, dispels thirst, settles wind, cleans out the bladder, and promotes the digestion of the remnants of undigested food. These are the five benefits of rice porridge."
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Congee
Congee or conjee (/ˈkɒndʒi/ Odia: କାଞ୍ଜି) is a type of rice porridge or gruel popular in many Asian countries originally from India. When eaten as plain rice congee, it is most often served with side dishes. When additional ingredients such as meat, fish…
TIL Ewan McGregor, who famously played Obi-Wan Kenobi, has a brother - Colin McGregor who is a British RAF pilot and his call-sign is "Obi Two".
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The Scottish Sun
Ewan McGregor forced brother to splash the cash on his own VHS copy of Trainspotting
TRAINSPOTTING star Ewan McGregor forced his brother to buy a VHS copy of him starring in the cult film when it was orginally released. The former RAF pilot took to social media, ahead of tonight…
TIL: Decades of studies have shown that parenting has the largest effect on a child's grades, not the quality of the school. Affluent families produce better grades regardless of the school due to having more interactions with their parents, resulting in a 30 million average word gap by age 3.
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TIME.com
Parents Can Influence Their Child's School Performance Simply By Talking
A new study shows that parental involvement matters more for performance than schools, but that doesn't mean going to PTA meetings
TIL that Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas and to satisfy SAG rules he had to change it due to some obscure guy with the same name.
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Michael Keaton
American actor, producer, and director
TIL In 2001, the Mongolian Navy consisted of just 7 members, and only 1 of them knew how to swim
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Mongolian Armed Forces
military of Mongolia
TIL of the ABC TV show Turn-On, which debuted February 1969. The first episode was so bad, one affiliate refused to return to it after the commercial break. Several west coast affiliates refused to air the show at all. Before the first episode had finished playing, the show was cancelled.
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Submitted October 30, 2019 at 07:49PM by Humorous_Melon
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Turn-On
American sketch comedy television series
TIL TIL Steve McQueen was demoted to private seven times by the Marines; he then saved the lives of other Marines by pulling them from a sinking tank, after which he was assigned to guard the presidential yacht of US President Harry Truman
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Steve McQueen
American actor
TIL of king penguin, Lala who was injured and nursed back to health in Japan. He didn't leave so the family adopted him and lived in a air-conditioned room. He walked around the neighborhood and got himself fishes from the store. He lived with the family for 10 years before dying of old age in 1996.
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YouTube
Pet Penguin in Japan
This is one smart penguin!
TIL that Kirk Douglass, the father of Michael Douglass (who is 75 years old), is STILL alive. Born in 1916, he is 102 years old and currently one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age.
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Submitted October 30, 2019 at 09:24PM by G_man252
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Kirk Douglas
American stage and film actor
TIL The US government imposed a livestock reduction on the Navajo in the 1930s. They bulldozed trenches,herded sheep and goats into them, coated them in flammable liquid, and burned them alive. They were promised land expansion that never materialized. From the memoir of Chester Nez, Code Talker.
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Shmoop
Code Talker Chapter 8 Summary
Free summary and analysis of Chapter 8 in Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila's Code Talker that won't make you snore. We promise.
TIL about Dewey Beard, the last Native American veteran of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. In 1892, his family was killed by the US Army at the Wounded Knee Massacre, and he was shot. In 1942, the Department of War confiscated his land to form a firing range. He died in poverty in 1955.
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Submitted October 30, 2019 at 10:16PM by Ganesha811
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Dewey Beard
Lakota warrior
TIL in 2013 a local tv station anchor read the names of 4 pilots involved in a crash landing for Asiana Flight 214 into SFO from a telepromptor as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow, without realizing the names were obvious trolling. Four members of the station lost their jobs.
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Submitted October 31, 2019 at 12:04AM by CRM2018
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SFGate
KTVU producers fired over Asiana pilots' fake names
KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over the on-air gaffe involving the fake names of those Asiana airline pilots that became an instant YouTube hit - and a major embarrassment to the station. Station sources confirmed late Wednesday that…
TIL honey bees aren't native to North America. When they arrived from Europe they spread out faster than the colonists, and Native Americans considered the appearance of the "white man's fly" to indicate the approach of European settlers
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Submitted October 31, 2019 at 02:44AM by lemon_cake_or_death
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TIL that if a cat headbutts you the cat is marking you with their scent and headbutting is typically used for bonding and social purposes.
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Submitted October 31, 2019 at 03:55AM by Moonrider257812
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FreakyPet
Cat Behavior 101: Why Do Cats Headbutt?
If a person wants to headbutt you, chances are, you know exactly what they’re trying to convey. So, what exactly does a cat mean when it head butts you? Many cat owners experience their cat randomly jumping onto their lap and headbutting them. Some people…