TIL of William Walker, an American who wanted to add more slave states from Latin America. He invaded Mexico, failed after a year, invaded Nicaragua, surrendered to the US Navy after a year, tried to invade Nicaragua again, was arrested, then tried to invade Honduras and was finally executed.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
William Walker | American adventurer
William Walker, adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who succeeded in making himself president of Nicaragua (1856–57). In 1850 he migrated to California, where his interest in a colonization scheme in Lower California developed into filibustering…
TIL That after J.F Kennedy was assassinated, his brain was removed and stored in a locker at the National Archives. 3 years later the brain went missing, and has never been seen since,
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the Guardian
The president's brain is missing and other mysteriously mislaid body parts
President Kennedy isn't the only famous person to have lost a body part after death; Einstein, Beethoven and Galileo are among many others who rest in pieces
TIL some of the most successful films of all time, such as the Harry Potter series, were actually financial losses on paper. This is called creative accounting and it's a way for Hollywood studios to avoid paying actors, producers and directors based on net profits.
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PopMatters
Hollywood Creative Accounting, or, How to Hide a Hit and Still Profit From It
From Batsuits to Lawsuits, Hollywood Studios have a long history of hiding profits to claim that enormous hits were actually flops. How do they do this, and why?
TIL that green beans are the unripe, young fruit of the same bean plant that gives us kidney beans.
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Green bean
vegetable
TIL Married With Children never had canned laughter. They used only original laughter, applause, shouts etc. that came from the viewers while the series was filmed in front of them. Sometimes the audience had to be shut down for the show to continue.
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Bundyology
Bundyology - Making of Married... with Children
Making of Marrried... with Children with Al Bundy, Peggy Bundy, Kelly Bundy and Bud Bundy
TIL that Cockroaches are so repulsed by humans that if they're touched by a human, not only do they run away, but they wash themselves.
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TIL of Hedviga Golik a Croatian woman who died in front of her television in her apartment in Zagreb in 1966 and was found 42 years later in 2008
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Gizmodo
Woman Who Died While Watching TV Sat Unfound for 42 Years
Hedviga Golik made herself a cup of tea and sat down to watch some television in her hometown of Zagreb, Croatia. Sadly, she died in her chair. This was in 1966. She was just found, 42 years later, in her time capsule mausoleum where she's been sitting ever…
TIL The daughter of President Richard Nixon married the grandson of President Eisenhower.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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TIL a 24-year-old IT analyst managed to and was arrested for hacking into a public billboard and streaming a Japanese porn film which shocked motorists in Jakarta, Indonesia where access to online pornographic material is blocked
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BBC News
Indonesian arrested for streaming porn on billboard
A 24-year-old IT analyst is arrested for allegedly hacking into a public billboard to stream a pornographic film during rush hour in Jakarta, Indonesia.
TIL 89 years ago, in April 18, 1930, the BBC's news announcer reported "There is no news," and piano music was played for the rest of the 15-minute news segment.
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BBC News
'There is no news': What a change from 1930 to today
On this day in 1930, the BBC played piano music because there was no news.
TIL there were 8 US presidents before George Washington, and that after the United States declared itself independent they ran the new country for 1 year terms and played a huge role in the establishment of the nation, but have been mostly forgotten by history.
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TIL there were 8 US presidents before George Washington, and that...
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TIL In 1978, a man was sentenced to life in prison for forging an $88 check because he refused to accept a plea deal and had previously been convicted of two felonies. The Supreme Court upheld the decision.
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FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions.
FindLaw's searchable database of United States Supreme Court decisions since
TIL 40% of all female suicides are from India
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Nearly 40% of female suicides occur in India
Study indicates early marriage, male violence and patriarchal culture are to blame
TIL the infamous LAN party gamer duct taped to the ceiling is in the process of filming a documentary about the legendary day.
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Internet Legends: Duct-Taped Gamer
Home | Internet Legends: Duct-Taped Gamer
Upcoming film exploring the true story behind one of the internet's most famous photos - a pixelated image of a gamer duct-taped to the ceiling at a LAN party.
TIL the Bikini swimsuit was introduced by Louis Réard four days after the first nuclear device was detonated over the Bikini Atoll. Réard hoped that his swimsuit's revealing style would create an "explosive commercial and cultural reaction" similar to the social reaction the nuclear explosion.
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Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: 'Pikinni', [pʲiɡinnʲi], meaning "coconut place"), sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 (see Etymology section below for history and orthography of the endonym), is a coral reef…
TIL that in 1969, Candid Camera host Allen Funt was on a plane that was hijacked by two men demanding passage to Cuba. The passengers, having spotted Funt, believed the situation to be a hidden camera prank. He could not convince them otherwise until the plane actually landed in Cuba.
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Allen Funt
American television director
TIL about John Howard Griffin, who is best known for his project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep South of 1959 to see life and segregation from the other side of the color line.
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John Howard Griffin
American journalist & race activist
TIL in the original story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys do age, even in Neverland. The reason the group is always made up of children is because if they don't die by other means (which is common), Peter "thins them out." The author never clarifies whether this means they're executed or banished.
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TIL that some farmers in Bangladesh are now raising ducks instead of chicken because ducks can float during floods.
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The Atlantic
To Survive in a Wetter World, Raise Ducks, Not Chickens
Farmers in Bangladesh are adapting to climate change, and it’s having an impact in faraway places—including on restaurant menus.
TIL Bryan Cranston was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church, and performed weddings for $150 a service to help with his income in the initial days of his career.
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Bryan Cranston
American actor and director
TIL of Carl Unthan (1848-1929), a Prussian violinist who was born without arms. At the age of 10, he taught himself to play the violin by strapping it to a stool. If he broke a string- he replaced it and tuned it using only his toes. He was also a skilled marksman, operating a rifle with his feet.
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Carl Herman Unthan
German violinist