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TIL upon the death of her husband, Albert, Queen Victoria entered a state of mourning and wore black for the rest of her life. When she died and was laid in a coffin, she was dressed in a white gown and wedding veil. Albert's dressing gown was placed with her, along with a plaster cast of his hand.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 03:24AM by who_died_of_ennui
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TIL George A. Romero, legendary horror director of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, got his start directing short films for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 05:56AM by braviamod
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TIL Dave Thomas named the hamburger chain “Wendy’s” after his daughter Melinda. Wendy was actually born Melinda Lou Thomas but her siblings had difficulty pronouncing her name and called her “Wenda.” Thus, the nickname Wendy was born.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 07:21AM by what_is_the_deal_
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TIL about the ancient Italian city of Matera, where up until the 1950’s, some people were living in caves as old as 9,000 years
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 08:23AM by burgersandmemes
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TIL of Tibs the Great, who kept the British Post Office headquarters in London completely mouse-free during his 14 years of service, from 1950-1964. In 1952 there was "public outrage" that the Post Office cats had not had a pay rise since 1873, and the issue was later raised in the House of Commons.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 10:58AM by who_died_of_ennui
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TIL scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 11:30AM by AberdeenBumbledorf69
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TIL that Sir David Attenborough reached 1 million followers on Instagram in four hours and 44 minutes, breaking the world record, previously owned by Jennifer Aniston, who reached 1 million followers in five hours and 16 minutes
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 01:27PM by CharlieMoore123
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TIL Scientists developed a brain implant that can "read people's minds and turn their thoughts to speech." Entire spoken sentences can be generated using electrical signals from brain activity. It is not yet perfect, but can be helpful for people with diseases which cause speech loss.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 03:18PM by amansaggu26
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TIL despite inventions from the lightning rod to bifocals Ben Franklin refused to patent any of his, stating, "... as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 04:10PM by JustAManFromThePast
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TIL about "Myst Island" a proposed theme park at Disney World. A limited number of guests would get ferried to an 11-acre island designed like Myst. They'd spend hours there, exploring areas and discovering clues non-linearly. Theoretically, no 2 guests would have the same adventure.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 04:58PM by howmuchbanana
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TIL that Tolkien wrote yearly letters to his children as if they were from Father Christmas. They started off as simple Happy Christmas letters but grew more complex including a polar bear sidekick, the man on the moon, goblins, snow-elves, pictures, and he even developed an Arktik language.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 05:55PM by Danaged
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TIL about Sanada Masayuki, the head of Sanada clan in the 16th century, sent his older son to join the Tokugawa army and his younger son to the opposing army at the Battle of Sekigahara, the turning point in feudal Japan, to ensure the survival of the clan, regardless of the outcome.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 02:02PM by aguafr3sca
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TIL that in September 1945 Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett defied US restrictions and snuck into Hiroshima by train. Burchett was the first to tell the world about the effects of radiation on the victims of the bombing, which the US denied both before and after his story was published.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 08:32PM by brg36
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TIL that Charles Lazarus, the founder of Toys R Us, died at age 94 one day before the company began liquidating their stores due to bankruptcy.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 05:42PM by derstherower
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TIL that a 12 inch tall, 9 year old terrier with a heart condition named George saved the lives of 5 children who were being attacked by pit bulls by charging and fighting them. Gorge died of his injuries. He was posthumously given several medals.
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 10:16PM by PaintingRemote3085
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TIL that during World War II in Australia, there was a dog whose hearing was so acute that it could warn airforce personnel of incoming Japanese planes 20 minutes before they arrived, and before they showed up on radar. "Gunner" could also differentiate the sounds of allied and enemy aircraft.
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Submitted December 24, 2020 at 12:02AM by blihk
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TIL the main cause of "soft errors" in computer memory is cosmic rays. Systems buried in caves have a negligible rate of cosmic-ray induced soft errors; computers on mountains have a far higher error rate than at sea level; and the rate of errors in aircraft can be over 300 times the sea level rate
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Submitted December 23, 2020 at 09:00PM by malalatargaryen
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