TIL that historically, the first thing to break down in times of widespread calamity is the exchange of food between rural and urban areas, leading inevitably to food shortages.
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Econlib
Disaster and Recovery - Econlib
Defeated in battle and ravaged by bombing in the course of World War II, Germany and Japan nevertheless made postwar recoveries that startled the world. Within ten years these nations were once again considerable economic powers. A decade later, each had…
TIL that many female workers at Ravensbrück concentration were forced to produce army uniforms for the Nazis. They deliberately sabotaged them. An example of this is that they made the heels of socks too narrow or defective. This gave soldiers painful blisters on their feet.
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TIL that in 1943, the life of a 2 ½ year old Jewish boy named Josef Schleifstein was saved after his father hid him in a large sack when they arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp. He was eventually found, but the guards took a liking to him and saw him as a "camp mascot". He survived the war.
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Joseph Schleifstein
Polish-born American, Buchenwald survivor at age 4
TIL that in 1940 Disney's movie "Fantasia" invented the concept of stereo sound, eventually changing the music industry forever. To promote the film, Disney created a surround sound system called "Fantasound" that used multiple speakers spread across a room to immerse audiences in the film's music
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How Disney's Fantasia Changed Music | Dreamsounds
In this episode of Dreamsounds, I take a closer look at Fantasia to show you how it changed the music industry.
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TIL 129 million Americans have only one option for broadband internet service in their area – equating to about 40 percent of the country.
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Submitted March 17, 2020 at 08:23PM by truehalf
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TIL that the term, Luck of the Irish, was originally an insult. It was said sarcastically as the Irish have historically had bad luck, such as the potato famine.
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Midwestern Scout
The History of St. Patrick’s Day
Once again, the time of the year in which rivers run green is approaching. For those of us who have some Irish heritage, it is a day to celebrate our lineage. Yet, what do we really know about St. …
TIL of Viktor Pestek, a 19-year-old S.S. guard at Auschwitz who was so disgusted by the camp that he began to help Jews escape. He was discovered and executed by his fellow guards. To this day he has never been formally recognized for his actions.
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Siegfried Lederer's escape from Auschwitz
1944 prisoner escape from Auschwitz concentration camp
TIL that since 2016, the U.S.'s suicide rate is so high that it has contributed to the CDC's reported drop in American life expectancy
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Vox
Suicides are at the highest rate in decades, CDC report shows
Suicide is rare, but it’s increasing in America.
TIL if your headphone plug has 1 stripe, it's mono; if it has 2 stripes, it's stereo; if it has 3 stripes, it's stereo and also passes microphone input
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GeeksMate
Ever Wondered Why Some of the Earphones Have Two Rings While Others Have Three?
They do matter though.
TIL from 1917 and 1926, 4,000 workers were told that the luminous paint (radium) used for watch dials was harmless, and were encouraged to lick their brushes to form a fine point. These “radium girls" experienced gruesome effects. Radiation could even be detected above their graves.
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Parker Waichman LLP
20 Materials We Realized Far Too Late Were Hazardous
What’s a substance we all assumed was safe but has actually turned out to be deadly? From tobacco to asbestos to radium, unsafe consumer products and hazardous materials cling to the air inside homes, are sprayed onto suburban lawns, sit in pill bottles,…
TIL Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) was so upset that the other actors could laugh and be happy while she had to be so cold and heartless that near the end of production she removed her dress and stood in only her panties to prove she was not a cold-hearted monster
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Medium
Daily Dialogue — September 18, 2016
Nurse Ratched: You know Billy, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this. Billy: Um, um, well, y-y-y-you d-d-d-don’t have to t-t-t-tell her, Miss Ratched. Nurse Ratched: I don’t have…
TIL Despite being a symbol for the antiestablishment, the rights to the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta are owned by WarnerMedia. They had $33 billion in revenue in 2018 and Guy Fawkes masks contribute to that number.
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TIME.com
How Time Warner Profits from the ‘Anonymous’ Hackers | TIME.com
It’s quite ironic, actually. In their attempts to take down large corporations, Anonymous actually pads the pockets of one of them. (via New York Times) The hacker group Anonymous is responsible for attacks on Visa, defense contractors, the Church of Scientology…
TIL the Barenaked Ladies song “One Week” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard charts — where it remained for exactly one week.
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One Week (song)
"One Week" is a song by the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies, and is the first single from their 1998 album Stunt. It was written by Ed Robertson, who is featured on the lead vocal of the rapped verses. Steven Page sings lead on the song's chorus, while…
TIL that one of the first American spies was a women during the Revolutionary War. To this day, her identity is not known and is referred to only as Agent 355.
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Agent 355
spy
TIL Christopher Columbus used a book of astronomical tables when the next lunar eclipse would take place and use it to warn the indigenous people in Jamaica to treat his crew better or else the moon would rise red. Lunar eclipse happened, and they pleaded Columbus to restore the moon.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
9 Celestial Omens
Can the sky really predict events?
TIL for the movie Rango they had all the actors, including Johnny Depp, get together and act out each scene like a stage play in order to get a more organic animation reference.
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JOHNNY DEPP ACTING OUT FOR RANGO
TIL Keurig K-Cups are non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, and generate a ton of plastic waste. They are so environmentally unfriendly that its own inventor has said: “I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
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The Atlantic
If You Drink Coffee From Pods, You May Want to Reconsider
K-Cups are accumulating in landfills at alarming rates.
TIL Steven Spielberg's father, Arnold Spielberg, traveled to Moscow as part of a delegation of electrical engineers from Phoenix. The trip coincided with an incident that is the subject of Steven Spielberg's 2015 film "Bridge of Spies." He is also still alive today at 103 years old.
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Arnold Spielberg
American electrical engineer
TIL A member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was denied the right to wear a colander in ID photos in Holland. Pastafarianism is considered a 'satire' and not a 'serious faith.'
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the Guardian
Spaghetti injunction: Pastafarianism is not a religion, Dutch court rules
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster follower denied right to wear colander in ID photos
TIL that Latvian folklorist Anna Bērzkalne wrote her 1942 doctoral thesis in English instead of German as a form of non-violent resistance to the Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II.
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Submitted March 18, 2020 at 10:51AM by RegisteredDomainName
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Anna Bērzkalne
Latvian educator folklorist
TIL stained glass originated to help illiterate people learn about the Bible
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Submitted March 18, 2020 at 04:43PM by sissu18
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Poor Man's Bible
works of art within churches and cathedrals