TIL the state of California produces half of the fruit and vegetables consumed in the US, as well as 99% of artichokes and walnuts and 95% of garlic.
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Los Angeles Times
California farmers: How the state feeds a nation
You know how the rest of the country likes to make fun of California, but how much would they miss us if we were gone?
TIL Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail comes from cooperatively owned cranberry farms where 100% of product profits are returned to farmers.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 07:37PM by cdnkevin
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Business Insider
How Ocean Spray harvests 220 billion cranberries a year
Cranberry farms are a part of a large cooperative. Each year, Ocean Spray facilities produce about 88 million cans of cranberry sauce.
TIL After a composer released a song that was just 60 seconds of silence, he was sued by the estate of a man who had released a similar track, called 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. His defense was, "I have been able to say in one minute what he could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds"
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Cnn
CNN.com - Composer pays for piece of silence - Sep. 23, 2002
A bizarre legal battle over a minute's silence in a recorded song has ended with a six-figure out-of-court settlement.
TIL that Triboulet, jester of Francis I, saved his life thanks to his vivaciousness. After making fun of a king's mistress, he was sentenced to death and had to choose the way he would die. Sharp minded, he asked to die of old age, leaving the King voiceless his sentence was commuted to banishment.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 09:53PM by hypersite
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Triboulet
French jester
TIL A helicopter pilot flew to 40820 feet, setting a world record for the highest altitude reached by a helicopter. However, when he started to descend, the engine failed, but he safely landed the helicopter with absolutely no power - a world record for the highest unpowered descent by a helicopter.
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 10:51PM by lefttha
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Jean Boulet
French aviator
TIL Star Wars was released in the Navajo Language, the first motion picture to be translated into a Native American language
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Submitted November 04, 2019 at 10:36PM by HurricaneBetsy
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Smithsonian
How Do You Say ‘Star Wars’ In Navajo?
The Navajo Nation teamed up with Lucasfilm to translate the classic space opera
TIL that Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, hated the name of his comic, which was chosen by his syndicate (he wanted to call it Li'l Folks). As a result, most Peanuts collections and animated specials, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, don't actually use Peanuts in the title.
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Wikipedia
Peanuts
comic strip by Charles M. Schulz
TIL that when a bee hive becomes too full, bees will form a "Senate" comprised of older, more experienced bees to seek a new location. When a bee finds a good spot, it begins dancing to motion other bees toward it. Then, they vote on it by dancing as a collective until a consensus is reached.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 03:29AM by ChairmanZuck
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TIL that when a bee hive becomes too full, bees will form a...
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TIL that in the 1964 movie A Distant Trumpet, many of the Navajo Native America went off script and would joke around in their language. No one bothered to translate what they said until the 2009 documentary Reel Injun did just that.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 01:26AM by Xx_WeeEeeEEedd_xX420
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Gizmodo
Reel Injun Looks at 100 Years of Native Americans in Film
"Growing up on the Reservation, the only show in town was movie night in the church basement," director Neil Diamond says in the opening of the documentary Reel Injun. "Raised on cowboys and Indians, we cheered for the cowboys, never realizing we were the…
TIL Adidas does not sponsor players who are Scientologists
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 10:46AM by Bokbreath
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TIL Hypnic jerks (that jolt you get that wakes you up just before you fall asleep) may well be left over from when we were tree-dwelling monkeys: the jerk reflex prevented us from falling asleep on an unsafe branch.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 01:22PM by MoanerLeaser
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TIL Hypnic jerks (that jolt you get that wakes you up just before...
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TIL that in the 19th century, America was notorious for exporting adulterated food and counterfeiting European products, similar to how China is regarded by the West today.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 09:17AM by the_benighted_states
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TIL that in the 19th century, America was notorious for exporting...
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TIL of Paint Drying, a 10 hour movie about paint drying on a wall. Created as a protest to force British Board of Film Classification watch all 10 hours to rate the movie
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 06:24AM by notpreposterous
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Mashable
Man forces UK film censors to watch 10 hours of paint drying
Somewhere in London, two people have just watched paint dry for 10 hours.
TIL Enya has never undertaken a concert tour, yet she is Ireland's bestselling solo artist and second-bestselling artist behind U2, selling an estimated 75 million records worldwide
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Enya
Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
TIL in 2012, the Walmart with the most Facebook likes would get a visit from Pitbull. Internet pranksters quickly made the most remote Walmart in the US (located in Kodiak, Alaska) the most liked Walmart page. Pitbull kept his promise and performed there.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 04:23PM by brooklynmoon
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YouTube
Kodiak, Alaska Welcomes Pitbull
The Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska received the most Facebook likes, so Walmart and Sheets sent him there. Watch what happens as he is welcomed by over 1,000 Kodiak Residents and 100 Walmart Associates.
TIL that Charles Darwin was an avid beetle collector. One day he found 2 rare beetles and seized one in each hand. He then saw a third one, and thus put one of the beetles he already had into his mouth. It ejected some acid and burnt his tongue, forcing him to spit it out. He lost 2 of the beetles.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 03:01PM by Tokyono
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TIL in 2012, Mountain Dew asked the internet to name their new apple drink. Before the poll was shut down, the top four names were: "Fapple", "Gushing Granny", "Diabeetus" and "Hitler did nothing wrong".
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 04:38PM by brooklynmoon
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TIME.com
Mountain Dew’s ‘Dub the Dew’ Online Poll Goes Horribly Wrong
Hackers struck a promotional website for the soft drink, and chaos ensued.
TIL hummingbirds consume between 3.14 - 7.6 calories per day and a human with similar metabolism would consume about 155,000 calories in a day.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 03:54PM by CalmerNyouR
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TIL hummingbirds consume between 3.14 - 7.6 calories per day and a...
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TIL LEGO launched 'braille bricks' for children to learn braille. The product is currently being tested in various languages too: Danish, Norwegian, English, Portuguese, German, Spanish, and French.
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 06:27PM by -AMARYANA-
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Design Milk
LEGO Launches Braille Bricks for Children to Learn Braille - Design Milk
LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group announced their new project to help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille through custom LEGO Braille Bricks.
TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead...
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 07:29PM by closeviewing
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Wikipedia
The God That Failed (song)
song by American heavy metal band Metallica
TIL Alan Turing, WW2 codebreaker and father of modern computer science, was also a world-class distance runner of his time. He ran a 2:46 marathon in 1949 (2:36 won an olympic gold in 1948). His local running club discovered him when he overtook them repeatedly while out running alone for relaxation
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Submitted November 05, 2019 at 11:23PM by mynameipaul
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TIL Alan Turing, WW2 codebreaker and father of modern computer...
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