TIL an imprisoned pimp sued Nike for $100 million in 2014, claiming that Nike should have warned him his Air Jordans were a dangerous weapon in disguise before he stomped on a man's face. The judge dismissed the case, but Nike still had to pay $1,456 in legal fees for their 90-second defense.
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Pimp who sued Nike loses case claiming Air Jordans he used to stomp john needed warning label
Judge Robert Durham agreed with Nike's attorneys and dismissed the convicted pimp's lawsuit before it could progress to trial.
TIL that children who have been in foster in care in the US have higher rates of PTSD than war veterans. Even children who have been abused/neglected fare better if they've remained in their homes than if they've been placed in foster care.
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National Coalition For Child Protection Reform
THE NCCPR QUICK READ
Child Welfare In America – An Overview For a printable pdf version of this publication, please click here.
TIL: Hackers Find Missing People for Fun. Trace Labs - these people work for free. And they look for missing people... just for fun. For them it's like a hobby or even a GAME. In fact, this non-profit organization holds competitions to collect information to solve cases on missing persons.
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Hackers Find Missing People for Fun
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The number of cyberattacks is increasing every year and anyone can become a victim. Your parents, your friends, your colleagues... and even you. But what if... what if you the coolest…
The number of cyberattacks is increasing every year and anyone can become a victim. Your parents, your friends, your colleagues... and even you. But what if... what if you the coolest…
TIL there is an annual tradition at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station where after the last flight of the season leaves (after which they're stuck for a few months), the crew holds a movie night where they watch all three film adaptations of "The Thing"
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These South Pole Scientists Who Watch The Thing Every Year Are Just Asking for Trouble [UPDATED]
If you spend all your time doing scientific research in a frozen tundra, one might suspect you’d be less likely to enjoy a film about a bunch of alien parasites who brutally murder scientists doing research in a frozen tundra. You’d be wrong, because that’s…
TIL 90% of Icelandic women went on strike both professionally and domestically in 1975. This led to the passage of equal pay legislation the following year.
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1975 Icelandic women's strike
On 24 October 1975, Icelandic women went on strike for the day to "demonstrate the indispensable work of women for Iceland’s economy and society" and to "protest wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices". It was then publicized domestically as Women's…
TIL: In 1978 Tim Allen was arrested after he was caught drug trafficking with over 650 grams of cocaine. He provided the names of other dealers in exchange for a sentence of 3 - 7 years than a possible life imprisonment, serving two years and four months in a Federal prison.
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Tim Allen
American actor and comedian
TIL about the extinct Antarctic wolf, which was the only land mammal native to the Falkland Islands and was so tame that "it was possible to lure the animal with a chunk of meat held in one hand, and kill it with a knife held in the other"
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Falkland Islands wolf
The Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), also known as the warrah (/ˈwɑːrə/ WAH-rə or /ˈwɑːrɑː/ WAH-rah) and occasionally as the Falkland Islands dog, Falkland Islands fox, or Antarctic wolf, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands.…
TIL in WW1, the British would fire giant stink bombs at the German trenches. The bombs smelled terrible but were harmless. This was done to compel the Germans to put on gasmasks, which made them less effective fighters, prior to an assault.
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Livens Projector
1910s 200 mm mortar of British origin
TIL in Russian culture "British Scientists," is a running joke and Internet meme used as an ironic reference to absurd news reports about scientific discoveries, particularly ones that have no practical value. For example, "British scientists debunked the myth that mice love cheese."
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British scientists (meme)
Russian Internet meme
TIL When actor Liam Neeson's wife, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009, he donated her organs. Her heart, kidneys, and liver are keeping three people alive.
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Liam Neeson reveals late wife Natasha Richardson donated organs
Liam Neeson has revealed that his late wife Natasha Richardson is 'keeping three people alive' after donating her organs following her shock death.
TIL that Jonah Hill had to be hospitalised while filming The Wolf of Wall Street because he snorted too much fake cocaine.
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Submitted November 11, 2020 at 06:05PM by misunderstoodbeing
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Jonah Hill ended up in hospital after snorting too much fake cocaine for Wolf of Wall Street
'We were literally doing fake coke for, like, seven months, every day'
TIL America's oldest, unbroken treaty relationship is with Morocco, which was the first nation to recognize the US. The treaty was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sultan Muhammad III. It has lasted 232 years and is called the "Treaty of Friendship".
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Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship
In December 1777, the Moroccan Sultan Muhammad III included the United States in a list of countries to which Morocco’s ports were open. Morocco thus became the first country whose head of state publicly recognized the newly independent United States.[failed…
TIL that the blue power ranger of mighty morphin left his role after homophobic harassment by the production crew which almost drove him to suicide
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Submitted November 11, 2020 at 06:38PM by hexomer
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David Yost
American actor
TIL A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess was written over a period of three weeks after he was misdiagnosed with brain cancer and given a year to live.He decided to spend that year writing five novels to provide for his wife after his death. Ironically, he outlived her.
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Anthony Burgess at 100
Sean Bell
TIL that Kurt Vonnegut adopted his sister’s three sons after she died of cancer two days after her husband died in a train accident.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American writer
TIL that many WWI battlefields are still so contaminated with unexploded ordinance and chemicals that human development is not allowed and wont be for at least another 300 - 500 years.
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Zone Rouge
Collective name for environmentally devastated WWI battlefields in northeast France
TIL after the passing of Marcia Wallace, the voice of Simpsons character Edna Krabappel, producers decided to retire the character. In the episode Four Regrettings and a Funeral, the traditional chalkboard gag in the opening sequence read, "We'll really miss you Mrs. K."
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Edna Krabappel
fictional character from The Simpsons franchise
TIL that in the 1997 UK general election the Liberal Democrats won the Winchester constituency by 2 votes. The Conservative incumbent legally challenged the result and secured a re-run of the election. The second time he lost by 21,556 votes!
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1997 Winchester by-election
The 1997 Winchester by election was a by-election to the UK House of Commons in the constituency of Winchester, Hampshire. Winchester was initially declared to have been won by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) with a majority of two votes at the general election…
TIL that when a Presidential Limo is taken out of service, the Secret Service blows the shit out of it with bullets and explosives to test its effectiveness and also conceal any secrets to its manufacture or design
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Submitted November 12, 2020 at 01:05AM by CatLick-Carwash
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Presidential state car (United States)
car of the president of the United States
TIL the first dinosaur skeleton discovered in the US was in 1858 in Haddonfield, N.J. After excavations were complete the dig was ignored, became a dump, and was lost until 1984 when a local Boy Scout decided his community project to qualify for Eagle Scout would be rediscovering the original site.
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Levins
Harosaurus foulkii: Marking the Excavation Site
The establishment of Hadrosaurus foulkii park in Haddonfield, New Jersey, 1984.
TIL In 1970, psychologist Timothy Leary was sentenced to 20 years in prison. On arrival, he was given a psychological evaluation (that he had designed himself) and answered the questions in a way that made him seem like a low risk. He was assigned to a lower-security prison from which he escaped.
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Timothy Leary
American psychologist (1920-1996)