TIL the inventor of the bra, Caresse Crosby, came up with the idea because she didn’t want to wear a corset to a dance at age 19. She also had a dog named Clytoris.
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Caresse Crosby
American publisher, activist, and inventor of the bra
TIL: The critters most commonly referred to as daddy longlegs spiders are not spiders. They are Opiliones and also known as harvestmen. They are also arachnids, but are more closely related to scorpions . Hence, they don't produce venom or silk and don't have fangs either,and are completely harmless
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ZME Science
Myth bashing: Are daddy longlegs spiders?
It's more confusing than it seems.
TIL: Contrary to myth, bats aren't blind. Research shows that depending on the circumstances, bats sometimes prefer using eyesight to sound when hunting. In fact, many bats don't echolocate at all. These species have particularly sharp vision, and can even see ultraviolet light
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Are Bats Really Blind?
They’ve got great hearing, but is there truth to being “blind as a bat”?
TIL when he accepted the role of Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Caine said he wanted to play it, "like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company," as if there were no puppets around him. On set, he had to walk across narrow planks between the Muppets and their performers.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 American Christmas musical fantasy comedy film directed by Brian Henson (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Jerry Juhl. The fourth theatrical film in The Muppets franchise, it was the first film to…
TIL of Vladimir Bukovsky, who spent a total of 12 years in psychiatric hospitals, labour camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union. During his time in prison he co-wrote a manual instructing victims of political psychiatry how to behave during interrogation to avoid being diagnosed as mentally ill.
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Vladimir Bukovsky
Soviet dissident; prominent in the Soviet dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s and spent a total of twelve years in psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps and prisons within the Soviet Union
TIL that Chadwick Boseman gave a portion of his own salary for the movie ‘21 Bridges' to co-star Sienna Miller when the studio refused to match her demands.
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BBC News
Chadwick Boseman gave some of his 21 Bridges salary to co-star Sienna Miller
The British actress says Boseman took a pay cut in order to raise her salary on the film 21 Bridges.
TIL that George Lucas was such a big fan of the Daffy Duck short "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century" that he requested that it be shown in front of all showings of Star Wars during its initial theatrical run.
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Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1953 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones
TIL If Pinocchio says 'my nose grows now' he causes a paradox. This was proposed in 2001 by an 11 year old.
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Pinocchio paradox
The Pinocchio paradox arises when Pinocchio says "My nose grows now" and is a version of the liar paradox. The liar paradox is defined in philosophy and logic as the statement "This sentence is false." Any attempts to assign a classical binary truth value…
TIL the "Doctor" title was appropriated by physicians, who took it FROM academia. History has dictated the use of the courtesy title Dr by physicians and general practitioners. However, surgeons do not use the title of Dr and, due to the origins of surgery with the barber surgeons.
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Doctor (title)
honorific title for a holder of a doctoral degree
TIL that the United Fruit Company, which orchestrated coups in Latin America to expand their control and whose actions led to the Banana Massacre (the killing of hundreds of striking workers) and the term 'banana republic' is known today as Chiquita.
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Harvard Business Review
The Controversial History of United Fruit
Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones discusses the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. (now Chiquita Brands International). Jones examines the impact and role of the…
TIL Tom Hanks, who played Mr. Rogers in “ A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood”, is Mr. Rogers’ sixth cousin.
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TIL Teddy Roosevelt's son fought in WWI as a pilot, he was killed in a dogfight and his plane crashed behind the enemy lines, the germans gave him a full military burial with honor. Reportedly, they admired that a president's son chose to fight.
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HISTORY
Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s youngest son, is killed
On July 14, 1918, Quentin Roosevelt, a pilot in the United States Air Service and the fourth son of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, is shot down and
TIL If funding remained at 1969 Apollo mission levels, NASA planned to develop such elements as a lunar orbit station in 1978, a lunar surface base in 1980, and a manned mission to Mars in 1981 or 1983
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TIL Ashley Madison, a popular dating site for married people looking to have an affair, had so many fake accounts that in 2012 an employee tasked with creating these fake accounts sued the company due to "repetitive stress injury". The case settled out of court.
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Ashley Madison
Canadian-based online dating service
TIL when the band 'Busted' was asked about the Jonas Brothers' cover of their song 'Year 3000', member Matt Willis said "Dude, they paid my mortgage for four years, I'm stoked to bits. Thank you very much Jonas Brothers"
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Year 3000
"Year 3000" is a song performed by British pop punk band Busted. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album Busted (2002).
TIL the lyricist for the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can!) won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.
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Paul Francis Webster
American lyricist
TIL An Indian village plants 111 trees every time a girl is born.
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Atlas Obscura
An Indian Village Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl Is Born
The initiative aims to promote gender equality and has boosted the village's economy.
Today I learned that the term white elephant came from the king of Thailand giving giant white elephants as gifts to people he did not like in hopes of bankrupting the receiver of the gift with the expenses of caring for an elephant.
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Mentalfloss
What's the Origin of White Elephant Parties?
The term 'white elephant' has been used since at least the 1800s to refer to a less-than-desirable gift.
TIL Kid Rock was not actually raised poor, or in a trailer. He grew up in a 5500 square foot home on a six acre estate, helping his family pick apples from their orchards and care for their horses.
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Kid Rock
American singer-songwriter and rapper
TIL that while 4-8% of people have at least one food allergy, a large proportion of people in developed countries believe they have food allergies when they actually do not have them.
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Food allergy
hypersensitivity reaction type I disease that is an abnormal response to a food, triggered by the body's immune system
TIL That domesticated blueberries are only just over 100 years old and were thought to be impossible to domesticate until it was discovered they thrive in acidic soil
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University of Illinois Extension
History of the Blueberry
It’s hard to imagine a foodscape without blueberries. My family grows them, picks them, eats them fresh and freezes a good supply for the rest of the year. Throughout winter we regularly eat them in smoothies, pancakes and other baked goods. The fruits…