TIL the unit “carat” for jewellery comes from the carob seed, which was used to measure their weight in ancient times. A carat, or 0.2g, is equivalent to the weight of a carob seed.
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Jewelrywise
Diamond Carat Weight
Diamonds are weighed in units called carats, the easiest of the 4Cs to determine.
TIL of Jólabókaflóðið, an Icelandic tradition of giving books at Christmas. Books are so popular as gifts that, per capita, they read the most books on Earth and publishing occurs just months before Christmas. Many celebrate Christmas by lying in bed eating chocolates and reading one of their books!
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Mentalfloss
The Christmas Book Flood: Iceland’s Literature-Loving Holiday Tradition
Jólabókaflóðið, Iceland's long-running Christmas tradition, involves books, bed, and chocolate—all our favorite things.
TIL the 1947 classic "It's a Wonderful Life" was a box-office flop, and didn't become popular until the late 70's when its copyright expired and TV channels could play it for free.
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The Independent
How It’s a Wonderful Life went from box office failure to Christmas classic
Frank Capra and James Stewart’s tale of a man on the verge of suicide failed to do well in cinemas, but then became an enduring festive classic. Alexandra Pollard explores why
TIL the animated movies of The Hobbit and The Return of the King were animated by an anime studio that would later become Studio Ghibli
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Wikipedia
The Hobbit (1977 film)
1977 animated film directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.
TIL When the Soviet Union collapsed records were found that showed that they had been intentionally inciting the black community in the US and Africa, including falsely teaching black people that America created AIDS to kill them off.
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Wikipedia
Operation INFEKTION
KGB disinformation campaign
TIL Psychology research shows that people love to hate do-gooders (especially at work). Highly co-operative and generous people can attract hatred and social punishment, especially in competitive circumstances.
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U of G News
People Love to Hate on Do-Gooders, Especially at Work
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be a do-gooder, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Highly cooperative and generous people can attract hatred and social punishment, especially in competitive circumstances, the research found.
The study got picked…
Highly cooperative and generous people can attract hatred and social punishment, especially in competitive circumstances, the research found.
The study got picked…
TIL that Prince was supposed to sing the hook on Kendrick Lamar's "Complexion (A Zulu Love). Prince heard and loved the record, and the concept of the record got both of them talking until they realized they didn't record anything and they ran out of time in the studio.
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Pitchfork
Prince Was Originally Tapped to Appear on Kendrick Lamar's "Complexion (A Zulu Love)"
The Purple One joined Lamar in the studio for the To Pimp a Butterfly sessions
TIL there is one prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials that is still living, Ben Ferencz, he turns 101 in March.
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Wikipedia
Ben Ferencz
Rumenien-born American lawyer
TIL that after the holidays, there is a spike of pets being returned to animals shelters due to them being gifted with little thought to the long term responsibilities of pet ownership.
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WTKR
Pets returned to local shelters after holiday excitement wears off
Soon, a little animal becomes a big responsibility.
TIL that after the holidays, there is a spike of pets being returned to animals shelters due to them being gifted with little thought to the long term responsibilities of pet ownership.
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WTKR
Pets returned to local shelters after holiday excitement wears off
Soon, a little animal becomes a big responsibility.
TIL a field of seagrass converts carbon dioxide to oxygen at over 8x the rate of a forest the same size.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Underwater Meadows of Seagrass Could Be the Ideal Carbon Sinks
Many ecosystems absorb and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, and seagrass is one of the most efficient natural carbon storage environments
TIL about Jimmy the Crow who appeared in over 1,000 features from the ‘30s through the ‘50s. He was trained in an assortment of tricks, such as typing, opening letters, and even riding a tiny motorcycle. Jimmy Stewart said he was the “smartest actor” on the set of It’s A Wonderful Life.
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Wikipedia
Jimmy the raven
raven featured in numerous Hollywood films
TIL One of the top glitter manufacturers in the USA cannot name their biggest client, since the client doesn't want it known they use glitter. When a manager was asked if they could name them in a New York Times interview they instantly replied, "No, I absolutely know that I can’t."
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The Cut
The Great Glitter Conspiracy of 2018
How can anyone rest without knowing who is secretly buying so much glitter?
TIL Mongolians in the Imperial Era were lactose intolerant, and despite being nomadic with large herds of sheep, goats and sometimes camels, rarely drank milk. When water was in short supply, they commonly used to drink horse's blood by draining it from the horse's neck without killing it.
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Ancient History Encyclopedia
Food & Drink in the Mongol Empire
The diet of the Mongols was greatly influenced by their nomadic way of life with dairy products and meat from their herds of sheep, goats, oxen, camels, and yaks dominating. Fruit, vegetables, herbs...
TIL that the copyright for Anne Franke's diary was due to expire in 2016. To prevent it from falling into public domain, in 2015 the Anne Frank foundation added her father Otto Frank as a co-author.
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Wikipedia
The Diary of a Young Girl
famous diary of a 13-year old Dutch Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis to escape the Holocaust
TIL Baileys was invented in 1973 by a South African man, David Gluckman, working for a London marketing agency designing drinks for an Irish company. The name was inspired by a local restaurant, Baileys Bistro.
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The Irish Times
In 1973, I invented a ‘girly drink’ called Baileys
We got £3,000 all-in for the creation of the world’s most successful cream liqueur
TIL some of James Doohan’s (Scotty the Engineer from the original Star Trek series) ashes are hidden in the floor of the International Space Station after being smuggled there in 1998.
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Wikipedia
James Doohan
Canadian character and voice actor
TIL the world's first seat belt law was put into place in 1970 in Victoria, Australia and that Volvo shared the patent for the three-point seat belt for free.
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Seat belt
vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop
TIL The whole reason Hansel and Gretel were lost in the forest is because their stepmother intentionally abandoned them there
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Hansel and Gretel
German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
TIL that in 1988 the UK banned a song for saying two groups of Irish people had been tortured into wrongful convictions. 3 years later it was found to be true and they were released.
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Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
1988 song performed by The Pogues
TIL the Seinfeld episode "The Pen" was the only one that did not feature George. Jason Alexander so incensed that he threatened to leave the show if the writers ever turned in another script that excluded his character.
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VULTURE
All 169 Seinfeld Episodes, Ranked From Worst to Best
What are the best Seinfeld episodes? And what are the worst? We ranked every single episode of the show to find out just that.