TIL Half of the men in the famous photo "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" were dead less than a week after the photo was taken.
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
item in the National Archives and Records Administration's holdings
TIL the inventor of the Erector Set also released an "Atomic Energy Laboratory" that included real uranium ore. One suggested activity was to play "hide and seek with the gamma ray source" by using the included Geiger counter to find a radioactive sample hidden in a room.
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Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab is a toy lab set that was produced by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, who was an American athlete, magician, toy-maker, business man, and inventor of the well-known Erector Set. The Atomic Energy Lab was released by the A. C. Gilbert…
TIL that in 2038, we will have another Y2K-style software issue with dates, as 32 bit software can't represent time past Tuesday, 19 January 2038. Times beyond that will be stored internally as a negative number, which these systems will interpret as Friday, 13 December 1901
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Year 2038 problem
problem affecting digital systems that store system time as a signed 32-bit integer
TIL Medicine cabinets are one of the worst places to store medicine because of the high temperatures and humidities of bathrooms
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ABC News
Medicine Cabinet the Worst Place to Store Meds
If there is one place you shouldn't store your medication, it's the exact place where you probably are: the medicine cabinet in your bathroom.
TIL actor Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's eldest son who, while filming The Crow, was accidentaly shot and killed by a co-star with a prop gun that had a dummy round tip lodged inside the barrel. After a year of re-shoots the movie was released and met critical acclaim and is now considered a cult classic.
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Flickering Myth
The tragic story behind the death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow
Luke Owen looks back at the death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow… On March 30th 1993, Brandon Lee walked onto the set of The Crow in Wilmington, North Carolina. Less than 24 hours later, he was dead. Based on the comic of the same name, The Crow was…
TIL in Anchorage, Alaska, many large animals, such as moose, are hit by vehicles. While Motorists get first rights to roadkill; Charity groups sign up to collect large roadkill and the meat is donated to the needy.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
What happens to roadkill?
In Anchorage, Alaska, many large animals, such as moose, are hit by vehicles like road trains, especially during the long winter nights. Motorists get first rights to roadkill. Charity groups sign up to collect large roadkill and the meat is donated to the…
TIL that the fruit, orange, was named before the color, which was commonly referred to as “yellow-red.” Hence why people with orange hair are called “redheads” and not “orangeheads.”
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Mentalfloss
Which Came First: Orange the Color or Orange the Fruit?
It's obvious that oranges are orange, but what came first? Is the fruit named for its color. or is the color named for the fruit?
TIL Jimmy Carter's family were all farmers for 350 years and no member of his father’s family had ever finished high school. Carter's childhood dream was "to go to the Naval Academy, get a college education, and serve in the U.S. Navy"
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Navy Live
The Navy, the Presidency and World War II: The Wartime Service of Six Sailor Presidents - Navy Live
From Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division As we celebrate Preside
TIL the Nation of Islam believes that white people were made by a black scientist named Yakub 6600 years ago. Whites were exiled to Europe, lived in caves, and were eventually drawn out by Moses. Moses tried to civilize them, but he gave up and blew up 300 of the worst with dynamite.
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Yakub (Nation of Islam)
noted black scientist within the beliefs of the Nation of Islam
TIL a cow in Poland escaped on its way to the slaughterhouse, broke through a metal fence, swam to a nearby island, and was allowed to live there after its owner gave up trying to recapture it.
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The Independent
Cow escapes on way to slaughterhouse, smashes through metal fence, breaks arm of man trying to catch her then swims to safety on…
A cow has been living alone on an island, attacking anyone who comes near, after staging a miraculous escape on its way to a slaughterhouse. The animal made its bid for safety last month after it
TIL that in 1985, a Colombian girl was trapped in a volcanic mudflow, and was trapped up to her waist. She was mostly alert and was interviewed. Knowing she would die, volunteers and rescuer did their best to comfort her. She died after 60 hours, and her photo became iconic.
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Omayra Sánchez
volcano victim from Colombia
TIL that when the Baltimore Colts tried to move to Indianapolis, the owner feared that the government would attempt to keep the team in the city by eminent domain. He secretly packed up everything in trucks in the middle of the night and was in Indiana before the government realized they were gone.
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Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis
NFL franchise relocation
TIL A blind lady in Ireland was brought to court twice for not having a TV licence, despite blind persons being exempt from requiring one.
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Independent.ie
An Post defends decision to prosecute blind woman twice for not having TV licence
A woman who lost her sight during a serious assault 10 years ago has been prosecuted twice for not having a TV licence.
TIL The supreme court concluded that US citizens have the right to refuse presidential pardons. George Wilson fought a presidential pardon and won a hanging.
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LII / Legal Information Institute
UNITED STATES v. GEORGE WILSON.
TIL that in 1948 a high school student by the name of Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264.4 hours for a science fair project. He was monitored by a Stanford sleep researcher and contributed notably to the science community. Following he slept for 14 hours and suffered no observable health issues.
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Randy Gardner (record holder)
American sleeplessness world record holder
TIL that Lewis and Clark's campsite 'travelers rest' was located by detecting mercury left behind in their stool samples. To combat constepation they consumed pills which contained the metal, mercury doesnt biodegrade so it's still detectable in multiple site locations across America.
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Mentalfloss
Mercury in Latrines Helped Historians Follow Lewis and Clark
The expedition's members occasionally got constipated, and relied on Dr. Rush's Bilious Pill.
TIL the birth rate in the U.S. in 2018 fell to the lowest level in 32 years. For perspective, this was lower than in the years after the Great Depression.
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NBC News
Birth rate in the U.S. drops again, to its lowest level in 32 years
On the upside, teen births are at record lows, and more women in their late 30s and early 40s are having babies.
TIL What is dead may never die: Astronomers discovered a "zombie" star that went supernova in 1954...then exploded again in 2014. According to the study's lead author, "This supernova breaks everything we thought we knew about how they work."
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Astronomy.com
What is dead may never die
Astronomers discovered a bizarre star that went supernova not once, but twice.
TIL during Richard Ramirez’s murder spree, after it was revealed that shoe prints from Los Angeles crime scenes matched one in San Francisco, San Francisco’s then mayor revealed the information on TV. This enraged police as they knew Ramirez would see it and thus destroy evidence. Which he did.
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Richard Ramirez
American serial killer
TIL that 'Kung-Fu Panda' (2008) was so successful in China that it caused a national debate on why Westerners made a better film about Chinese culture than the Chinese themselves
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Reuters
"Kung Fu Panda" prompts soul-searching in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than just a box-office hit in China, animated Hollywood comedy “Kung Fu Panda” has led Chinese artists to find fault with their own film industry and call for fewer government controls on culture.
TIL the words "isle" and "island" are completely unrelated and derived from different languages.
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False cognate
False cognates are pairs of words that seem to be cognates because of similar sounds and meaning, but have different etymologies; they can be within the same language or from different languages, even within the same family. For example, the English word…