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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Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of…
TIL Samuel L. Jackson requested that Mace Windu have a purple lightsaber in Attack of the Clones so that he could find himself onscreen during the massive climactic battle with multiple Jedi.
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Why Samuel L. Jackson has a purple light sabre | The Graham Norton Show - BBC
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Samuel L. Jackson chats about his purple light sabre and Graham gives him a toy one to play with.
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Samuel L. Jackson chats about his purple light sabre and Graham gives him a toy one to play with.
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TIL the entire set of The Mandalorian was digitally rendered using Unreal Engine 4 - in real time
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Unreal Engine
Forging new paths for filmmakers on The Mandalorian
Epic Games technical lead Jeff Farris explains how Unreal Engine forged a new production path on "The Mandalorian" Season 1.
TIL that actor Jim Belushi has taken up cannabis farming in Oregon
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Portland Monthly
Why Actor Jim Belushi Traded Hollywood for a Pot Farm in Southern Oregon
The guy from 'K9' and 'Red Heat' now sells the strain smoked on 'Saturday Night Live' back in the 1970s in Portland.
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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George A. Romero Got His Start On Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Night of the Life Lessons.
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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Why Wendy's Founder Dave Thomas Regretted Naming the Hamburger Chain After His Daughter
Wendy Thomas-Morse revealed in a new interview that prior to his death, her dad Dave Thomas apologized for putting her name on the chain
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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Sassi di Matera
human settlement in Matera, Province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy
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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Tibs the Great
British Post Office's "number one cat"
TIL scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.
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National Geographic News
First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber
To scientists' delight, the incredible appendage from 99 million years ago is covered in feathers.
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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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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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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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was a British American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading writer, printer, political philosopher, politician, Freemason…
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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Disney Almost Created A ‘Myst’ Theme Park
The Creator of Myst confirms the long-running rumor that Disney almost created a Myst theme park on an island that is part of Walt Disney World Resort.
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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The Father Christmas Letters
book
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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Sanada Masayuki
daimyo
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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Wilfred Burchett
Australian journalist
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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Charles Lazarus
American businessman and founder of Toys "R" Us
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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George (dog)
New Zealand dog (died 2007)
TIL that The Beatles refused to play if the audience was segregated
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Idris Elba meets Paul McCartney - An exclusive interview looking at Paul McCartney's career and new album - BBC Sounds
An exclusive interview looking back over Paul's career and his latest album, McCartney III
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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Gunner (dog)
dog
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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Soft error
In electronics and computing, a soft error is a type of error where a signal or datum is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either to be a mistake in design or construction, or a broken component. A soft error is also a signal or…