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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TIL Janis Joplin's will stipulated that $2500 go to throwing a hard-partying funeral for her. The funeral was held in a popular rock venue she used to have shows at and many of her musician friends performed. The 300 attendees got drunk and partied hard.
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Mentalfloss
Going Out With a Bang: Janis Joplin's Hard-Partying Wake
When Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970, she left behind a will that included an offbeat stipulation: $2500 to fund a hard-partying wake in her memory.
TIL that during the Black Death, the physician to the Papacy recognized that bloodletting was ineffective, but he continued to prescribe bleeding for members of the Roman Curia, whom he disliked. He also claimed that all true cases of plague were caused by astrological factors, and were incurable
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Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality, or the Plague) was the deadliest pandemic recorded in human history. The Black Death resulted in the deaths of up to 75–200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa, peaking in Europe…
TIL the Hindenburg Zepplin had a smoking lounge. The room was pressurized to prevent Hydrogen from leaking in and the airships stewards scrutinized passengers who left the room to make sure they weren't bringing out lit cigarettes or pipes.
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LZ 129 Hindenburg
German airship
TIL at the beginning of the 19/20 English Premier League football (soccer) season, a fan jokingly placed a £10 bet on infamous Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard not scoring all season. He lost out on £670 when Lingard scored with his final touch in the final minute of the season’s final game.
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Jesse Lingard's 98th-minute goal cost a fan £670 - FutballNews.com
Jesse Lingard's 98th-minute goal cost a fan £670. Manchester United's Jesse Lingard's 98th-minute goal against Leicester on Sunday came at a very high price
TIL that Kyrgyzstan is more distant from the ocean than any other nation. At a minimum of 1620 miles from any ocean, it is the most land-locked state in the world
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Central Asia Rally
Kyrgyzstan: The Furthest Country From Any Ocean - Central Asia Rally
Did you know that Kyrgyzstan is the furthest country from any ocean? Despite that, it's home to some of the most gorgeous lakes in the world.
TIL Mel Gibson and Liam Neeson were largely considered to play James Bond in the movie "Goldeneye". Neeson turned it down because he wasn't interested in action films at the time and Gibson was too busy with his project "Braveheart" despite being recommended by Sean Connery.
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List of actors considered for the James Bond character
Wikimedia list article
TIL After Sir Terry Pratchetts death, Neil Gaiman had the only hard drive containing his unfinished novels crushed with a steamroller, as per the late fantasy writers request
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Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels destroyed by steamroller
Unpublished works are lost for ever with crushing of computer hard drive – as the late fantasy novelist had instructed
TIL Carol Burnett sued Family Guy after the show portrayed her cleaning the floor of a porn shop. The judge ruled against her under the 1st Amendment, but stated "the character Burnett created was far more creative than anything the Family Guy team could come up with on their own."
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Carol Burnett
American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, writer
TIL dogs would often dig up bodies and tombs in ancient Egypt, which was a problem because the dead and their belongings were sacred. So, the Egyptians gave the god Anubis a canine head and made him "protector of the dead."
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Anubis
Anubis or Inpu, Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (/əˈnjuːbɪs/;Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις, Egyptian: inpw, Coptic: .mw-parser-output .script-coptic{font-family:"New Athena Unicode","MPH 2B Damase","FreeSerif","Arial Coptic",Quivira,Analecta,Antinoou,"Sophia Nubian","Noto…
TIL that Maus is the only graphic novel, as of 2020, to win the Pulitzer Prize
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Maus
graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman
TIL about Triboulet, a notorious jester who was allowed to choose his own death after having insulted the Queen of France. He chose to die of old age, which make the King laughing so much, he banished him of the realm instead.
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Triboulet
French jester
TIL two Liverpool fans travelled to see Liverpool play against the Belgian team Genk - but by mistake, went to Ghent, 150 km away, only discovering their mistake an hour before the match. After hearing the story, the local team KAA Gent offered them to be VIP guests at an upcoming match against Genk
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Liverpool fans travel to wrong city
Two Liverpool fans missed their side's Champions League win over Genk on Tuesday - because they travelled to Ghent by mistake.
TIL that Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to space walk, became in June 2020 the only person to have visited both space and the deepest place on Earth, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
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BBC News
Kathy Sullivan: The woman who's made history in sea and space
Kathy Sullivan is the first person to ever travel to both space and the bottom of the ocean.
TIL NASA used Taco Bell tortillas for space missions - bread had too many crumbs so they used tortillas for standwiches, and NASA started making space tortillas. Taco Bell made a tortilla in the 90s with a 9 month shelf life, so NASA started using those instead.
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CNET
How NASA reinvented the tortilla, and other tales of food in space
What are NASA's secret recipes for feeding hungry astronauts when they're in orbit? CNET Road Trip 2014 bellied up to the space agency's Food Lab to find out.
TIL Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947 only after Bell Aircraft balked at the $150,000 bonus requested by their own test pilot. Yeager completed the task as part of his standard USAAF $283/month Captain’s salary.
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Chuck Yeager
Charles Elwood Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in…
TIL that in 1985 two bodies were discovered in a barrel in Bear Brook National Park, New Hampshire. 300 feet away was a second barrel containing two more bodies from the same murder, but it was not discovered until 15 years later in 2000. All four bodies remained unidentifiable until 2019.
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Bear Brook murders
The Bear Brook murders (also referred to as the Allenstown Four) are female murder victims, two being discovered in 1985 and two in 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire, United States. All four of the victims were either partially or…
TIL NBC executives hated the script for the Seinfeld episode, 'The Chinese Restaurant', and only agreed to allow it to be filmed after co-creator Larry David threatened to quit. It is now considered a ground-breaking episode of TV, and the best example of Seinfeld's 'show about nothing' premise
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The Chinese Restaurant
"The Chinese Restaurant" is the 11th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld's second season on NBC, and is the show's 16th episode overall. The episode revolves around protagonist Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and his friends Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and George…