TIL when Patrick Stewart grew a comb over as a young bald man, some friends of his invited him on a picnic, then forcibly held him down, cut it off, and told him "You be yourself. No more hiding."
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Patrick Stewart interview - Parkinson - BBC
Patrick Stewart reveals all on the subject of baldness, particularly how it has affected his future and relationships. Free video clip from the classic BBC talk show, Parkinson.
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TIL that for months, scientists in France could not figure out why seagulls they were tracking were traveling far inland, away from their breeding colony. Eventually, they traced the seagulls' path and discovered they were visiting a chip factory.
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Submitted December 16, 2019 at 06:36PM by Kandoh
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Lesser black-backed gulls make daily trips to Mouscron
Oostende, 2013.06.18 - A research project initiated this spring by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) has revealed that the behaviour of 5 herring gulls and 22 lesser black-backed gulls fitted with a GPS transmitter is highly varied. The…
TIL after three failed marriages, Whoopi Goldberg came to the conclusion that she's much happier living by herself, explaining: “I don’t want somebody in my house.”
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TIL after three failed marriages, Whoopi Goldberg came to the...
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TIL the Women’s Suffrage parade of 1908 included thousands of men. Suffrage leader Maud Malone said “There were as many men as women who took part that day in our demonstration … It only seems right that whenever possible I should speak up and defend the men … men have always been our best backers”
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Maud Malone: The New York City Suffrage Parade of 1908 (U.S. National Park Service)
TIL of Matvey Kuzmin, known as 'Lone Wolf', the oldest person to be awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. During WW2, a Nazi battalion paid him to lead them to the rear of Russian defenses. Instead, he led the battalion directly into an ambush. Realizing his betrayal, the Nazis killed him. He was 83.
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Matvey Kuzmin
Hero of the Soviet Union
TIL of Devon Lee who on Feb 23rd, 1885, was attempted to be hung 3 separate times, but all 3 failed due to a faulty door that worked perfectly fine when Lee wasn't on deck. After the 3rd failed attempt, due to the law, he was returned to his cell and eventually acquitted some years later.
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BBC - Devon - History - A shadow of doubt - the story of the man they couldn't hang
His given name was John Lee, but he became known simply as the man they couldn't hang.
TIL Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise. This is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.
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Submitted December 16, 2019 at 11:09PM by Mr-Thursday
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ScreenRant
The Simpsons’ Original Twist Revealed Homer Was Krusty
There's a reason why Homer Simpson and Krusty the Clown resemble each other: Originally on The Simpsons, Homer WAS secretly Krusty!
TIL Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn, Playboy’s online operations as well as adult film production companies Brazzers, Digital Playground, Men.com, WhyNotBi.com, Reality Kings, and Sean Cody, and more are owned by just one company.
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Slate Magazine
There Is a Porn Monopoly, and Its Name Is MindGeek
Video sites are by far the biggest consumers of bandwidth on the Web: Netflix, YouTube, Twitch … MindGeek. Or maybe that last one doesn’t ring a bell?...
TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory currently earns just $8-9 every three months from royalty payments.
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Wonka film’s Charlie shares memories
WATERTOWN — With golden tickets in hand, about 200 lined up Saturday morning to watch the original “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” as part of the Snowtown Film Festival.
TIL about Zell Kravinsky, who donated his kidney to a poor African American man. He calculated the chances of dying from the procedure at 1 in 4,000, and said "to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger".
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Zell Kravinsky
American investor
TIL of Julie D’Aubigny, who was a 17th-century bisexual French opera singer who once took vows at a convent just so she could have sex with another nun, and then set it on fire. When she kissed a women at a ball, she was challenged to a duel by 3 men and she then beat them all.
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History Hustle
Mademoiselle Maupin, the 17th-century bisexual sword-fighting singer
Her story will astonish you
TIL that the Persian Army brought an immense block of marble to the Battle of Marathon, intending to build a monument of their victory. Captured by the Greeks, they sculpted a statue of Nemesis, the goddess who cuts down those with too much pride
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Nemesis
Goddess of Greek mythology
TIL Cilantro and Coriander come from the same plant. Cilantro is the leaves, and Coriander is the seeds.
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Submitted December 17, 2019 at 03:01AM by MichaelShahanMFT
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What’s the difference between cilantro and coriander
TIL that composer John Williams has been nominated for 51 Academy Awards (winning 5) second only to Walt Disney who has 59. Williams has been nominated in six different decades, receiving his first for Valley of the Dolls in 1968 and his last for Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2018.
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Vanity Fair
John Williams Just Broke His Own Oscar Nomination Record—Again
The Last Jedi composer is the most nominated living person in Oscar history.
TIL Once a year, fish swim to Mexico for an orgy so loud it can deafen dolphins and sea lions
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Once a year, fish swim to Mexico for an orgy so loud it can deafen dolphins
Their mating calls sound like machine guns.
TIL of the Parthian shot, an ancient military tactic where archers on horses would feign retreat and then turn their bodies while at full gallop to shoot at the pursuing enemy. It required great skill to master. Without a stirrup, the rider relied solely on pressure from his legs to guide his horse.
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Parthian shot
The Parthian shot is a light horse military tactic made famous in the West by the Parthians, an ancient Iranian people. While in real or feigned retreat their horse archers would turn their bodies back in full gallop to shoot at the pursuing enemy. The maneuver…
TIL that Microsoft Flight Simulator is the longest-running software product line for Microsoft at 37 years old, predating Windows by three years
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Microsoft Flight Simulator
video game series
TIL BBC journalists requested an interview with Facebook because they weren't removing child abuse photos. Facebook asked to be sent the photos as proof. When journalists sent the photos, Facebook reported the them to the police because distributing child abuse imagery is illegal.
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Submitted December 17, 2019 at 05:46PM by BenChapmanOfficial
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Facebook criticised over child images
A senior MP says he is disturbed Facebook refused to remove sexualised images of children.
TIL France was the first Weatern European Country to decriminalize homosexuality way back in 1791. The man who presented it, Louis-Michel le Peletier, stated that only "true crimes" ought to be punished, and not "superstition"
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Out
Today in Gay History: France Becomes First West European Country to Decriminalize Homosexuality
The French got the right idea much earlier than other major nations, decriminalizing homosexuality in 1791.
TIL that fake Christmas trees were invented by a company that made toilet brushes and were made on the same machinery.
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Submitted December 17, 2019 at 04:27PM by Julioscoundrel
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Artificial Christmas tree, made by the Addis Brush Co., 1930s
TIL That Scientists discovered a species of fungus at Chernobyl that uses the gamma radiation from the nuclear waste as a food source
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Submitted December 17, 2019 at 06:27PM by Umber0010
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Radiotrophic fungus
fungus which apparently metabolizes ionizing radiation