TIL that Ronald McDonald isn’t allowed to tell children where the hamburgers really come from, “if they asked where the food came from [we were told to say] that the hamburgers grow in a patch with the French fries next to them”
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TIL after Universidad del Mar was closed by Chilean government due to major financial irregularities, artist Papas Fritas managed to enter its vault and burn tuition contracts amounting to $500 million, making difficult to prove students owed the university this money
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Submitted February 08, 2021 at 10:18PM by Johannes_P
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the Guardian
Chile students' debts go up in smoke
Artist named Fried Potatoes removed tuition contracts he says were worth up to $500m from private university and burned them
TIL Male fruit flies drink more alcohol, or will start drinking, if they have been sexually rejected by females.
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Submitted February 08, 2021 at 07:51PM by MaeSolug
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Nature News & Comment
Rejected flies turn to booze
Single neurotransmitter underlies rewards from sex and alcohol.
TIL of the USS New York, a ship in the US Navy forged partially from steel that was salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in 9/11. The ship's motto is "Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget."
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Submitted February 08, 2021 at 11:20PM by Fadoinga
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Wikipedia
USS New York (LPD-21)
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
TIL When Diana Ross performed the Super Bowl halftime show in the middle of her last number, a helicopter landed in the middle of the field, she boarded it, and continued singing "take me higher, I will survive" as she flew out of the stadium.
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Submitted February 08, 2021 at 05:29PM by okgodlemmehaveit
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YouTube
I Will Survive -Take Me Higher -Diana Ross At Sun Devil Stadium
In February 2021, Abel tesfaye ( known professionally as the Weeknd ), watched this and referenced it at a press conference ( see on you tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2igHNanLvk ) for his upcoming superbowl halftime show .
TIL in 1921 a Danish geologist discovered a tiny island on the northern coast of Greenland and named it "Kaffeklubben Island" after an informal academic club held at the Copenhagen Mineralogical Museum. He didn't know that he had just named the northernmost point of land on Earth after a coffee club
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 12:47AM by allfangs
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Wikipedia
Kaffeklubben Island
island
TIL that Los Angeles County has a bigger population (10.04 million) than 40 US states. (9.986 million or less)
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 05:29AM by AgtBurtMacklin
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kids.kiddle.co
List of U.S. states by population Facts for Kids
Learn List of U.S. states by population facts for kids
TIL that Pluto is legally a planet when it passes over the skies of New Mexico, whereas it is a dwarf planet for the rest of the world.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 04:09AM by jt_ftc_8942
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reddit
TIL that Pluto is legally a planet when it passes over the skies...
Posted in r/todayilearned by u/jt_ftc_8942 • 560 points and 90 comments
TIL Kate Winslet Keeps Her Oscar in the Bathroom so that her guests can play around and make speeches in the mirror
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 07:31AM by hugo_patino
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Vanity Fair
The Great Reason Kate Winslet Keeps Her Oscar in the Bathroom
Go ahead, practice your speech.
TIL Industrial designer Sara Little Turnbull was hired in 1958 by 3M to design a new bra cup. She ended up designing the N95 respirator.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 07:49AM by mud_tug
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Msn
Remembering Sara Little Turnbull, Whose Bra Cup Design Became the N95 Mask
The coronavirus pandemic has made something of a celebrity out of the N95 mask, a particle-filtering face covering that’s long been used to protect wearers from inhaling or exhaling pathogens. (The “95” refers to the fact it can block 95 percent of airborne…
TIL the “Great Depression” did not originally refer to 1929, but instead to an earlier depression in 1873, later renamed the “Long Depression”
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 06:36AM by WhereIsYourMind
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Wikipedia
Long Depression
worldwide economic recession from 1873 to 1879
TIL Alejandro Jodorowsky set out to make a film adaptation of Dune that would star Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, and Salvador Dali with a score by Pink Floyd, concept art by Moebius and H.R. Giger, and a run time of 10 to 14 hours. Dubbed "the greatest movie never made", it failed to secure funding.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 08:45AM by modianota
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Wikipedia
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 documentary by Frank Pavich
TIL Hindu holy books 'Vedas' refer to a "third sex," roughly defined as people for whom sex is not procreative, either through impotence or a lack of desire for the opposite sex. Members of the third sex are sometimes sometimes recognized for having divine powers or insights.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 01:01PM by CherryBlackEyes
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HRC
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Hinduism
Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions, and Hindus constitute a sixth of the world’s population today. As a result, homosexuality is a complex matter in Hinduism and depends heavily on culture.
TIL that Koi carps bread outside of Japan live on average 15 years, while the average age of Japanese koi is 40 years and the oldest recorded lifespan is 226 years (the Koi named Hanako lived from 1751 to 1977).
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 10:51AM by J0shua1985
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 10:51AM by J0shua1985
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Wikipedia
Hanako (fish)
scarlet koi fish (c. 1751 – 1977)
TIL that tamales were once as popular across America as hamburgers and hotdogs. And the height of their popularity was known as The Tamale Wars, as vendors at times were so competitive that it caused murders, riots, and shoot outs.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 07:35AM by Nickadeamus36
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Atlas Obscura
A Short History of America’s ‘Tamale Wars’
Their popularity made for some bloody turf wars.
TIL about Project GUNMAN, the discovery of primitive keylogging technology installed by the KGB into the IBM Selectric typewriters used in the US Embassy in Moscow, enabling the Soviets to steal US secrets for eight years.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 03:31PM by NakedAlchemist
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 03:31PM by NakedAlchemist
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reddit
TIL about Project GUNMAN, the discovery of primitive keylogging...
Posted in r/todayilearned by u/NakedAlchemist • 430 points and 19 comments
TIL Breakdancing has become an Olympic sport. “Breaking” officially added to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Games.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 03:11PM by what_is_the_deal_
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ESPN.com
Break dancing gets Olympic status to debut at Paris Games in 2024
The IOC has granted Olympic status to break dancing. The sport will be called breaking and debut at the 2024 Games in Paris.
TIL that if the tense your legs very hard when you stand up after sitting for a while, you won’t become dizzy or lightheaded
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 04:35PM by CountryiumRoadicus
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Harvard Health
Dizzy spells when you stand up: When should you worry? - Harvard Health
Orthostatic hypotension is a drop in blood pressure when standing up. If it ever leads to loss of consciousness or a fall, it can be dangerous.
TIL after most of Manchester United's starting line-up died in a plane crash in 1958, Real Madrid offered to loan out Alfredo Di Stéfano, the world's best player, to Manchester United. All the parties agreed, but England's FA blocked the loan, because "it would halt the progress of a British player"
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 05:29PM by malalatargaryen
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These Football Times
When Real Madrid offered Alfredo Di Stefano to Manchester United
After the tragedy of the Munich Air Disaster, Real Madrid stepped up in their support of Manchester United, even offering them their greatest player
TIL there is a daisy that makes your mouth feel like it is being electrocuted
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 03:58PM by DanielleAntenucci
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 03:58PM by DanielleAntenucci
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Wikipedia
Acmella oleracea
species of plant
TIL 5 men volunteered to stand directly under a Nuclear Blast in 1959, with a sixth man who didn't volunteer. None suffered immediate harm, but all later developed cancer.
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Submitted February 09, 2021 at 06:54PM by LimitedLicense
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Popular Mechanics
The Day Five Men Willingly Stood Under a Nuclear Explosion
This bizarre and tragic bit of nuclear history happened 59 years ago today.