TIL that due to the scarcity of food in their natural habitat, newborn wild Axolotls will resort to cannibalism and eat their siblings' limbs. The victims still have chances to survive though, since the Axolotl can regenerate not only limbs but major organs such as gills at any stage in its life.
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Meet the axolotl: A cannibalistic salamander that regenerates its limbs and might help us better understand human stem cell therapy
Lots of amphibians can regrow limbs after an injury. But no species does it better than the axolotl, a salamander that can regenerate fully developed organs at any point in its life. Now, Northeastern associate professor James Monaghan is testing whether…
Today I Learned that the image of Smokey the Bear undergoes more enforced regulation than the American flag. This is not hyperbole, the US government has to give explicit permission for anyone to have a costume, and does not allow Smokey The Bear to be depicted in any way that is demeaning to him.
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Vox
Only you can preserve Smokey Bear's dignity
The US government has put a surprising amount of energy into keeping Smokey Bear's image squeaky-clean for all those decades.
TIL The Beatles song "Savoy Truffle" was about Eric Clapton, who at the time was having a candy addiction. George Harrison wrote the song as a warning to him.
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MPR News
The famous sweet tooth that inspired the Beatles' 'Savoy Truffle'
George Harrison wrote the song, and said in an interview that it was inspired by his friend Eric Clapton's love of sweet treats. Clapton had just come back from an appointment with his dentist, who told him he had to give up candy.
TIL that the inventor of Ring Doorbell (initially called DoorBot) was on Shark Tank and didn't get a deal.
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GeekWire
Shark Tank’s billion-dollar blunder: How startup Ring went from TV rejection to Amazon acquisition
On this episode of the Numbers Geek podcast, we continue our look at the numbers behind Shark Tank with the story of Ring — from garage invention to TV rejection to billion-dollar acquisition. As “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary said at the time of the…
TIL that when Hattie McDaniel became the first black person to win an Academy Award (for her performance in "Gone with the Wind") in 1940, she was seated at a segregated table at the side of the room
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Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to…
TIL David Bowie considered becoming a Buddhist monk, & studied for a few months in 1967 before a Lama told him he should follow music instead. His ashes were scattered in Bali in accordance with Buddhist rituals
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David Bowie
English singer-songwriter and actor
TIL Even after being falsely prosecuted in the Dreyfus Affair Alfred Dreyfus returned to the French army and fought in World War One. Dreyfus fought at the Battle of Verdun and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus (/ˈdreɪfəs/ DRAY-fəs, also US: /ˈdraɪ-/ DRY-, French: [alfʁɛd dʁɛfys]; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most controversial…
TIL that during the development of The Last of Us: Part 2, it was reported some employees were hoping the game would fail to show people crunch development isn't viable. The game ended up doing extremely well.
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The Last of Us Part II
2020 action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog
TIL two main contending candidates for dark matter are the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) and the Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Object (MACHO)
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TIL that a cricket match took place between a team of one-armed men against a one-legged team. “After much incident” the match ended in a narrow victory for the one-armed.
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One-armed versus one-legged cricket
sport
TIL When Assyrian priests saw a bad omen aimed at the King they used a ritual called The Substitute King. A commoner was found to replace the king while he went in hiding. The man lived as the king absorbing the evil spirits. When the omen passed the commoner was killed and the king returned.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Solar Eclipse and the Substitute King
Associate Curator Sarah Graff reveals an ancient Assyrian ritual performed during a solar eclipse and involving the creation of a substitute king.
TIL that a fumi-e was a likeness of Jesus or Mary which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step on, in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion.
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Fumi-e
picture of Christian figures to be stepped upon by suspected Christians in Japan
TIL that most people can’t tell the difference between a 4K and and 8K TV.
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Screenrant
4K Vs 8K: Upgrade Not Worth It & Here's The Evidence
Tech More Trailers Lists Podcasts Top Movies Comics Game News Game Features Game Guides Game Reviews Horror Reality Follow Follow ScreenRant.com Something New All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers The source for...
TIL the Scots Guards of the UK took part in the Batang Kali Massacre which say 24 unarmed civilians executed. 6 of them confessed to committing the massacre and their testimonies were corroborated by forensic evidence, though intervention by the British government attempted to halt any investigation
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Scots Guards
part of the Guards Division; Foot Guards regiment of the British Army
TIL the lyrics at the end of 'Sweet Child of Mine' were literal. Axel Rose and his music producer were discussing what to do with the end of the song and Rose started saying to himself "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" The producer suggested singing that and that's how it made it in the song.
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Sweet Child o' Mine
"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses. It appeared on their debut album Appetite for Destruction. The song was released in June 1988 as the album's third single, and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's only…
TIL Croatia's children concentration camp in Sisak was so brutal that even the Nazis questioned it. Some children were killed by being given poisoned milk or gruel laced with caustic soda.
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Sisak concentration camp
concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia
TIL that the Luna Moth only survives 6-7 days once reaching adulthood because it has no mouth and dies of starvation.
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Finger Lakes Land Trust
Goddess of the Moon: the life history of the Luna Moth
The luna moth is a living avatar of the moon—at rest by day, on the move by night, exquisitely pale, subtle yet spectacular.
TIL French author Victor Hugo was a huge sex addict. It is said that on the day his funeral, all brothels in Paris, France closed for a day of mourning allowing the prostitutes to pay their respects to a loyal client.
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the Guardian
Party tricks and naked writing: the eccentric life of Victor Hugo
Worshipped as a saint in Vietnam, beloved by the sex workers of Paris, with a party trick involving an orange – as Les Misérables comes to the BBC, let’s celebrate Hugo’s individualist spirit
TIL the bread clip was invented by Floyd G. Paxton when he was flying home on an airliner in 1952 and opened a bag of peanuts, whereupon he realized he had no way to reclose it. He rummaged through his wallet and found an expired credit card and hand-carved his first bag clip with a small pen knife.
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Bread clip
device used to hold plastic bags closed, such as common packages for sliced bread
TIL that in the late 1960s, airlines Air India commissioned famous artist Salvador Dali to design an ashtray for the airline. Dali agreed but asked for an elephant as payment. A 2-year-old baby elephant named "big baby" was flown from Bangalore to Cadaques, a small Catalonian town where Dali Lived.
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Live History India
Salvador Dali, Air India Ashtrays and a Baby Elephant
World-famous surrealist Salvador Dali was commissioned by Air India to design an ashtray for the airline.
TIL in 1985, in the midst of the cold war, US President Ronald Reagan and USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev made a pact to put both their countries differences aside and have their militaries join as one if an alien invasion ever happened.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion
The 40th President of the United States was a big science-fiction fan