TIL Philadelphia Threw a WWI Parade That Gave Thousands of Onlookers the Flu
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Smithsonian Magazine
World War I: 100 Years Later
The city sought to sell bonds to pay for the war effort, while bringing its citizens together during the infamous pandemic
TIL that infants require more General Anaesthetic than adults. For example a 6 month old baby requires almost 2x the amount to become unconscious than a 60 year old. My wife is studying Pharmacokinetics and I'm learning vicariously when she explains some the fascinating stuff. PubMed link as ref.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling of anesthetics in children: therapeutic implications. - PubMed - NCBI
Paediatr Drugs. 2006;8(3):139-50. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review
TIL that a gang of mobsters in NYC started a pizzeria called Ray's in the 1960s as a front for their drug dealing. Eventually Ray's pizza became almost as profitable as their drug dealing.
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New York Post
Secret mob history of Ray’s Pizza
Alfonso “Little Al” D’Arco, acting head of the Luchese crime family, was the first mob boss to turn government witness. He flipped for the feds in 1991 and helped send more than 50 mobsters to
Today I learned that when the PBS Newshour lists their major financial contributors at the end of the program, the "Rosalind P. Walter" they thank is Rosie the Riveter.
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Wikipedia
Rosalind P. Walter
American philanthropist and humanities advocate
TIL that in 1985, the mayors of Carthage and Rome met to formally end the 3rd Punic War after 2,131 years.
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Los Angeles Times
'Better Late Than Never' Category: Rome, Carthage Finally Make Peace
More than 2,000 years after Carthage sent Hannibal and his elephants across the Alps in pursuit of the Romans, and Rome in turn retaliated by assaulting and razing Carthage, the two cities are officially making peace.
TIL Nike paid $35 to then student designer Carolyn Davidson for their iconic “Swoosh” logo
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Awkward-Media
The True Story Of Carolyn Davidson And The Iconic Nike Logo
Nike co-founder Phil Knight hired graphic design student Carolyn Davidson to create the now-famous Nike logo.
TIL that a second is technically defined to be "9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom”.
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Discover Magazine
Why 1 Second Is 1 Second
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TIL that some people can voluntarily cause a rumbling sound in their ears by tensing the tensor tympani muscle.
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Tensor tympani muscle
muscle in the inner ear
TIL that the liquid in a bottle of perfume costs on average roughly $2 to make
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AOL.com
Behind the Spritz: What Really Goes Into a Bottle of $100 Perfume
How%20much%20does%20that%20fancy%20%24100-a-bottle%20department%20store%20perfume%20you%20wear%20really%20cost%20to%20make%3F%20The%20answer%20is%20one%20of%20the%20retail%20industry%27s%20dirty%20little%20secrets%20--%20and%20with%20good%20reason.%20
TIL that the French soldier Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king in 1818 when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family still rules in Sweden today
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Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV John or Carl John (Swedish and Norwegian: Karl XIV Johan; born Jean Bernadotte; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (proclaimed as Charles XIV John, but in recent times referred to accurately…
TIL that the location of a polling place can influence how people vote. For example, if it's at a school it may lead to people voting for increased funding to education.
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CNBC
The place where you vote affects what you'll vote for
We might get assigned to vote at a school, church, library or community center. But where we vote actually affects how we vote.
TIL: Sir George Everest did not want Mount Everest named after him. He objected that his surname could not be written in the Hindi language and that it was difficult for the locals to pronounce.
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OpenMind
The Man Who didn’t Want Everest to Bear his Name
"Everest" is a recognizable word for a large part of humanity but there was one person who did not agree that the highest mountain should bear this name
TIL about Carlos Kaiser, who managed to have a nearly 20-year career as a professional football (soccer) player despite rarely playing and never scoring. He faked injuries or got himself ejected to avoid having to play but still became a fan favorite. “Life,” he said, “is marketing.”
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the Guardian
The forgotten story of ... Carlos Kaiser, football's greatest conman
A new film tells the story of Carlos Kaiser, who was one of the most famous footballers in Brazil for over 20 years – even though he had no intention of ever kicking a ball
TIL A British school banned Sausage Rolls because they were considered unhealthy. The school requires pupils to show their lunchboxes to staff before and after they have eaten. Steve Fryer, whose son's sausage roll was confiscated, said the school should "stick to teaching kids".
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BBC News
Bradford school bans sausage rolls from packed lunches
The school policy does not allow sausage rolls or pork pies in packed lunches due to high salt content.
TIL that in 2006, a Norwegian woman living in an apartment above a pub, suddently found her kitchen tap pouring beer, and not water, due to a plumbing error in the pub.
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CBC
Kitchen tap in Norway spews beer, not water | CBC News
A bar worker in western Norway managed to turn water into beer for a lucky woman living in an apartment above the pub.
TIL that Burger King is called ’Hungry Jack’s’ in Australia because some bloke in Adelaide already had a snack stand called Burger King and wouldn't change it, so BK gave Jack (the original franchisee) some choices on names and he chose Hungry Jack’s.
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NewsComAu
Hungry Jack’s is a famous brand in Australia and the US. But for very different products.
AS THEY try and persuade us, the burgers are better at Hungry Jack’s. But for the fast food chain’s ultimate owners, what would be even better is if their Australian offshoot could be called the same name as they use in every other country in the world.
TIL that some soldiers' wounds began to glow after the battle of Shiloh, and this glow was associated with better survival rates. It's thought to have been caused by an antibiotic-producing bacteria.
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Mentalfloss
Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark
They called it “Angel’s Glow.”
TIL The actor that played the Telletubby, Tinky Winky, died alone on a street in Liverpool from alcoholism at the age of 52.
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Sky News
Alcohol and hypothermia killed Tinky Winky actor Simon Shelton, inquest rules
Simon Shelton, who had a medical history of alcoholism, was found dead on a street in Liverpool in January.
TIL that the depictions of the mafia in The Sopranos were so accurate, that real members thought that they were being spied on. These conversations were overheard, when the FBI were indeed spying on them.
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Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Why Real Mobsters Thought 'The Sopranos' Had a Source Inside the Mafia
When FBI agents listened to wiretaps of wiseguys, they heard them talking about 'The Sopranos' -- and how convincing it was.
TIL I learned the source of the internet myth that Mr. Rogers was a sniper: The screenwriters of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood say they discovered in their research that there was another Fred Rogers who was a sharpshooter for the Marines, and his self-promotion confused a lot of people online
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MovieMaker Magazine
Mister Rogers Wasn't a Sniper, But Here's How That Rumor Started
Remember the Mister Rogers sniper/Navy SEAL urban myth? The "Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" writers reveal where the rumor about Fred Rogers started
TIL In a 2019 Gallup poll, Americans rated the honesty and ethics of different professions: Nurses (85%) at the top for the 18th year in a row, followed by Engineers (66%) and Medical Doctors (65%); and Car salespeople (9%) at the bottom, just under Members of Congress (12%) and Senators (13%).
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US News & World Report
Americans Rate Nurses As Most Honest, Poll Finds
While nurses are rated as the most honest workers, much of America distrusts members of Congress.