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TIL of Doug Tompkins, a high school drop-out and the co-founder of North Face and Esprit. He eventually sold both businesses and started to do conservation work in South America with his second wife, former CEO of Patagonia. A very experienced outdoorsman, he died from hypothermia while kayaking.
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Submitted February 21, 2021 at 08:54PM by WigboldCrumb
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TIL of the "Rihanna Curse," which saw countries like the U.K., New Zealand, and Romania experiencing the worst storms in their history at the same time that "Umbrella" topped each country's charts. Once the song got bumped from the top spot, the weather subsided.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 12:29AM by graysonhester
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TIL that Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer for the 1933-1937 construction of the Golden Gate bridge made safety a high priority on the project. It was the first construction site in America to require workers to wear hard hats.
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Submitted February 21, 2021 at 11:30PM by CyberSibey
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TIL The chemical in catnip and silver vine, iridoid nepetalactol, that turns cats on is actually a mosquito repellent. Cats have evolved an endophin response to plants with this chemical to protect themselves from bites on the face. They aren't just having fun.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 12:25AM by jimb2
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TIL Noninvasive spinal stimulation enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands. A team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries — three of them completely paralyzed — have regained use of their hands and fingers
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 04:05AM by no_lifeguard_on_duti
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TIL that John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, planet many apple trees on US soil throughout his life. Contrary to popular opinion, they weren't meant to be eaten as they were extremely bitter. Rather, they were made to be turned into hard apple cider.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 01:13AM by dcdiehardfan
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TIL that playing action video games can train the mind to make the right decisions faster. Video game players can develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, such as everyday activities like driving, reading small print, or navigating around town.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 04:17AM by operator139
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TIL the martial arts style portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2010 movie "The Book of Eli" is called Kali and is the national martial arts form of the Philippines. It teaches to focus on and react to angles of attack rather than particular strikes/attacks.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 03:32AM by timoleo
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TIL that a 50% chance of rain doesn’t mean that it’s a 50/50 it’ll rain that day, but rather it means that 50% of the forecasted area will see some form of rain.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 09:35AM by MoeS00
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TIL that in the 1960s the CIA paid climbers to put nuclear powered spy devices in the Himalayas to monitor Chinese nuclear weapons tests. Some of the devices were left unattended and were subsequently lost.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 05:45AM by syncedto
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TIL That when people first started using the telephone they would often yell into the wrong part, and when they did get on the phone, they had to figure out what to say to start a conversation: “Ahoy” was Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred option.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 01:41PM by DystopianAdvocate
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TIL that Majel Barrett, the voice of the Starfleet computer on Star Trek, recorded an entire library of phonetic sounds before she died which allowed her voice to be used as the computer for future generations.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 04:51PM by alicedoesstuff
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TIL that US presidents used to give out special presidential packs of cigarettes to guests boarding Air Force One, they were later changed to packs of presidential M&M's over health concerns
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 06:09PM by arturo182
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TIL about a psychological phenomenon known as psychic numbing, the idea that “the more people die, the less we care”. We not only become numb to the significance of increasing numbers, but our compassion can actually fade as numbers increase.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 06:55PM by Jumpman707
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TIL that the release of Rise of the Skywalker on Disney+ was set to Star Wars Day (May 4th) in most places, but it was delayed by one day in the Netherlands. May 4th is the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi forces in their country, and it is their equivalent of Remembrance Day or Memorial Day.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 03:09PM by Jale89
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TIL in 2005, San Jose State University erected a statue commemorating alumni Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the 1968 Olympic medalist podium. Peter Norman, the 2nd place medalist, insisted his place be left empty so visitors could stand with Smith and Carlos against racism.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 07:54PM by shogi_x
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TIL the film Donnie Darko took only 28 days to shoot; coincidentally the timer in the movie counting down to the end of the world is approximately 28 days.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 07:36PM by sephirothreturns
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TIL that wrinkles in the brain are an evolutionary trait - folds allow more brain matter to fit in the skull without increasing the skull's size.
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Submitted February 22, 2021 at 03:39PM by TheUnholyMacrol
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