TIL Canada had considered annexing the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean region. In the 1980s, local islanders in favor of joining the Canadian federation reached a peak support of 90%.
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Submitted January 03, 2021 at 10:23PM by Vicinity613
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Wikipedia
Proposed Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The potential annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands by Canada is a recurring proposal on the future political status of the island territory. The islands are currently a British Overseas Territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
TIL A Florida Family Unknowingly Consumed Steak Fajitas Tainted With LSD. The Mother Was Pregnant and Gave Birth While Under the Influence.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 02:59AM by SOwED
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NBC News
Family Eats LSD-Tainted Meat, Goes Home With a New Brother
<p>Mom has a healthy son as she and her family are treated at a Tampa hospital in what police say was an isolated incident.</p>
TIL Eliot Ness was only 27 years old when he led the group of federal agents that helped take down Al Capone.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 05:36AM by UnforcedErrer
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Wikipedia
Eliot Ness
American law enforcement official (1903-1957)
TIL that Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Antarctica and New Zealand are the only countries in the world with no native or wild snake populations.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 05:50AM by t0rche
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TIL Researchers have developed a self-cleaning surface which uses nano-scale surface engineering and chemistry. It can repel/prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria. The material can be shrink-wrapped onto door handles, railings, and other surfaces
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 04:07AM by what_is_the_deal_
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brighterworld.mcmaster.ca
The ultimate non-stick coating
Researchers create a self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs, with medical settings and food industry in mind
TIL a local folk remedy in Boho, Ireland was to place soil from the local church under a pillow while you slept to cure infections. In 2018 a microbiologist found the churchyard's soil contains a previously unknown strain of streptomyces which can be used to create antibiotics
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 09:22AM by Hot-Platypus-0112
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BBC News
Ancient Fermanagh cure gets modern makeover
Scientists find an ancient folk remedy can help in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
TIL Marlon Brando was expelled from high school for driving a motorcycle in the hallways
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 06:44AM by bland_dad
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Wikipedia
Marlon Brando
American actor, film director, and activist (1924-2004)
TIL that when David Attenborough's series "Blue Planet II" aired in 2017, so many Chinese fans downloaded the programme on the country’s online Tencent Video channel that the internet in China temporarily slowed down
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 09:21AM by malalatargaryen
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www.standard.co.uk
Blue Planet II is 'so popular in China it caused internet problems'
Viewers said the show was so 'beautiful' it had moved them to tears
TIL that hairdresser/archaeologist/YouTube personality Janet Stephens taught herself to recreate ancient Roman and Greek hairstyles by studying the back of a bust of Roman Empress Julia Domna’s head at Walters Art Museum and finding a footnote for the definition of the Latin word acus, or needle.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 12:24PM by thexhild
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The Cut
The YouTube Beauty Expert Who Re-creates Ancient Roman Hair
Meet Janet Stephens, hairdresser-archaeologist.
TIL Only one man in history has ever turned down the Nobel Peace Prize: Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat and politician, Le Duc Tho. For his role as Vietnam’s chief negotiator in the Paris Peace Accords, in 1973 he was jointly awarded the prize alongside his American counterpart, Henry Kissinger.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 10:25AM by dxbmea
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TIL a human skull recovered in the back garden of broadcaster Sir David Attenborough belonged to a woman murdered in 1879
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 03:57PM by Tadhg
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BBC News
'Barnes mystery' of Attenborough garden skull solved
A skull found in the garden of broadcaster Sir David Attenborough in south-west London belongs to a woman murdered in 1879, a coroner rules.
TIL sound therapists came together to create a song specifically designed to reduce anxiety. Listening to that one song — “Weightless” — resulted in a 65% reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and a 35% reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 05:38PM by savorymonk
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Fast Company
Neuroscience says listening to this song reduces anxiety by up to 65%
Sound therapies have long been used to help us cope.
TIL that in the film Jaws, the shark was malfunctioning. Spielberg had to use certain POV shots and John William's score to increase the tension, and other cues (ie barrels, dorsal fins, etc) to note the shark's presence. This is a highly influential filmmaking choice and Jaws is an extreme success.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 05:20PM by dcdiehardfan
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ScreenRant
Jaws: How A Malfunctioning Shark Created A Classic Horror Movie Technique
Jaws' influential filmmaking was because the shark didn't work.
TIL When Stan Lee first introduced Spider-Man the publisher turned him down. Stan Lee didn't give up and snuck Spider-Man in to the last issue of the shuttered series Amazing Fantasy which went on to become a success.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 03:41PM by GQveracity
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Time
How Spider-Man Was Born
The comic-book writer was told his superhero would never catch on
TIL the operation of the largest fraud in US history was fairly simple. Bernie Madoff deposited all his investors' money into his Chase bank account and paid them off as necessary. At its height his account balance was over $5 billion. The scheme collapsed when he ran out of money.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 08:15PM by Elyk2020
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Wikipedia
Bernie Madoff
American former businessman, stockbroker, investment advisor, financier and white collar criminal
TIL that Andre Tchaikowski, a Polish composer, donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company, asking that it be used as a prop on stage. The skull was used as Yorick's skull in a 2008 production of Hamlet.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 09:57PM by thisCantBeBad
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TIL that Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" was sold at auction in 1958 for £45, and again in 2005 for under $10,000. In 2011, it was authenticated as a Leonardo original. It was then sold in 2013 for $75 million, sold again for $127.5 million, and later sold at auction in 2017 for $450.3 million
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 07:42PM by malalatargaryen
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Wikipedia
Salvator Mundi (Leonardo)
painting by Leonardo da Vinci
TIL Red Rocks Amphitheatre was removed from consideration for the award for best outdoor venue in the word because it kept winning over and over (11 times). The award is now known as the Red Rocks Award.
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Submitted January 05, 2021 at 12:15AM by thrice1187
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Wikipedia
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
concert venue near Morrison, Colorado, United States of America
TIL K-pop members have to sign lengthy contracts which enforce them to practice a lot, gives the labels control over how they dress, what they say, and even who they have a romantic relationship with. Also, the government tailors schools to create talented singers and dancers. It is a business.
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Submitted January 04, 2021 at 10:44PM by PeakBeyondTheVeil
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BBC News
The dark side of South Korean pop music
South Korea's pop industry is big business in Asia. As K-Pop sets its sights on Europe and the US, will this force a change in the way it treats its artists?
TIL Eliot Ness, famous for taking down feared gangster and bootlegger Al Capone, died a penniless alcoholic that no one had heard of. His autobiography was published after his death and only then did he become famous with TV shows and movies being made of his exploits.
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Submitted January 05, 2021 at 01:28AM by Bluest_waters
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Wikipedia
Eliot Ness
American law enforcement official (1903-1957)
TIL astronomer Harlow Shapley firmly believed that there was only one galaxy in the universe but when he was presented with an evidence that disproved his view, he said "it destroyed his universe." Then he completely changed his view and devoted his subsequent career in mapping 76,000 galaxies.
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Submitted January 05, 2021 at 02:39AM by A-Dumb-Ass
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Wikipedia
Harlow Shapley
American astronomer