TIL in 1942 a British forest guard in India made an alarming discovery, he stumbled across a frozen lake surrounded by hundreds of human skeletons.On studying the skeletons, scientists reached an unexpected conclusion - The hundreds of people all died from a sudden and severe hailstorm in 850 AD.
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Slate Magazine
Ancient Skeletons Killed From Above
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopk ...
TIL in the early 19th century the US Senate's desks were updated to make them more usable (i.e. a writing box and an extra drawer). Daniel Webster refused to update his desk, thinking it was a waste of money. The desk is still used as nobody wants to get rid of it since it belonged to Daniel Webster
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Mentalfloss
The Hot Seats: 5 Famous Senate Desks
The historic moments that happened at these desks—and the Senate VIPs who sat behind them—mean that some have taken on lives of their own.
TIL Inmates of a nazi labour camp in northern Germany's marshes were banned from singing political songs, so they wrote a "soldier" hymn to themselves being "peat bog soldiers". When the SS made them perform it at the "concentration camp circus" the anti-nazi song was so catchy, the SS sang along.
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Peat Bog Soldiers
Recorded by The Wakes -The Red & The Green 2013
TIL Henry Cavendish, noted for his discovery of hydrogen, was a "notoriously shy man". He communicated with his female servants only by notes. By one account, Cavendish had a back staircase added to his house to avoid encountering his housekeeper.
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Henry Cavendish
British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist
TIL Home Depot founder Ken Lagone and his wife donated $100,000,000 to fund free tuition for every student attending New York University's medical school
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CNBC
Billionaire Ken Langone: Free medical school tuition is my way of sharing the American dream
"We live in the greatest country on earth," billionaire Ken Langone says.
TIL both the Dinklebergs from Fairly Oddparents, and the Dinks from Doug, are in reference to the acronym D.I.N.K which stands for dual income no kids. This is why they both are more well off than the main character families as they don’t spend money on kids.
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DINK
family lifestyle
TIL North Korea lured women from around the world for a "job in Japan" - only to marry them off to American defectors in North Korea. After one was released, she returned back to North Korea because she was shamed for being pregnant back home
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The961
The Story of How North Korea Abducted 4 Lebanese Women
One of the women said that "she and three other Lebanese women were deceived by North Korean agents and taken to Pyongyang in August 1978."
TIL the real reason why the 2003 hit “Elf” never made a sequel is because the star of the movie, Will Ferrell, did not get along with the director of the movie, Jon Favreau. It was fellow actor, James Caan, who spilled the beans and revealed the truth of the matter.
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Movieweb
The Real Reason ‘Elf 2’ Will Never Happen According to James Caan
James Caan originally thought working on the first Elf movie back in 2003 was going to kick off a franchise.
TIL the deepest hole humans have dug is known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole in the far northwest of Russia. It is 40,230ft deep (12.2km). The locals say that can hear the screams of souls tortured in hell. It took the Soviets 20 years before the end of The Cold War scrapped the project.
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Atlas Obscura
Kola Superdeep Borehole
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
TIL when President Gerald Ford wanted to end a conversation in the Oval Office he would signal Liberty, his golden retriever, and she would go to the guest wagging her tail, creating a natural break.
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Liberty (dog)
golden Retriever owned by Gerald Ford and family
TIL In 1913, The Daily Mail suspected its competitor The Daily Standard was copying its news stories. The Daily Mail published a hoax article claiming the SS Waratah had been discovered in Antarctica. The Daily Standard also published the story and added a statement from the harbourmaster
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SS Waratah
ship
TIL The novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is so incomprehensible that no two plot summaries made have ever agreed with each other. Some have even said any attempt to work out the plot is impossible and a waste of time.
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Finnegans Wake
comic fiction by James Joyce
TIL After World War 2 Canada had the 4th largest air force, 5th largest navy, and the largest volunteer army in the world.
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Canadian Armed Forces
combined military forces of Canada
TIL that HTTP error code 451 (unavailable for legal reasons, e.g. censorship) is a reference to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
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HTTP 451
HTTP response status code
TIL Nancy Grace Roman: called ‘The Mother of Hubble’ telescope program. NASA's 1st chief astronomer. She paved the way in taking Hubble Space Telescope from an idea to reality. Her interest to astronomy was sparked because of her walks with her mom who would show her constellation and auroras.
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NASA Solar System Exploration
Nancy Roman (1925-2018) | Astronomer / "Mother of Hubble" – NASA Solar System Exploration
"If you enjoy puzzles, science or engineering may be the field for you. Scientific research and engineering is a continuous series of solving puzzles."
TIL Ketamine was given to boys trapped in a cave to keep them unconscious & to prevent them from panicking during their six day rescue
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Business Insider
The boys trapped in a Thai cave were given ketamine to stop them from panicking during their terrifying rescue
Rescue divers were taught how to administer the drug, and re-sedate the boys throughout the dangerous crossing.
TIL that the cottage where Ulysses Grant finished his memoirs is now an historic monument and is kept how it was when he died. On his desk is a large bottle of liquid cocaine. Park rangers check it annually to make sure it is all there.
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Americanheritage1
Ulysses S Grant: Cigars, Cocaine and Cancer
While many presidents have been plagued with cancer, Ulysses S. Grant was the only president to pass away from the disease.
TIL about Revolt, a book in which farm animals revolt and take over their farm in order to introduce equality, with things quickly denigrating into abuse and terror. The story was meant as a metaphor for the Bolshevik Revolution and was published 21 years before George Orwell's Animal Farm.
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Władysław Reymont
Polish novelist
TIL that Pink Floyd's The Wall is implied to be an endless loop. The final song, Outside the Wall, ends with the words "Isn't this where...", and the album begins with the words "... we came in?" with a continuation of the melody of the last song, hinting at the cyclical nature of Water's theme.
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The Wall
The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released 30 November 1979 on Harvest and Columbia Records. It is a rock opera that explores Pink, a jaded rockstar whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society forms a figurative…
TIL there was a rumor that that there was an exclusive, powerful black card that American Express offers, having worked with Amex before, comedian Jerry Seinfeld called up the President of Amex and asked him it. Turns out there wasn't one after all, so they made one and made Jerry the first holder
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CNBC
American Express offers an elite credit card for the super rich—thanks perhaps to Jerry Seinfeld
The American Express Centurion, or Black Card, supposedly helps cardholders buy anything they desire, no matter how inaccessible.
TIL about Hannah Sabata, a 19 year old Nebraska woman who stole $6000 from a bank in 2012. After the crime she immediately posted a video to YouTube titled "Chick Bank Robber" where she held bundles of cash up to the camera and bragged about what she'd done. She was caught the same day.
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CBS News
Self-proclaimed "chick bank robber" seen on YouTube video, arrested
A 19-year-old Nebraska woman allegedly robbed a bank and then is seen on a YouTube video bragging about the crime
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