TIL that St. Bernards are difficult to train and during the making of Stephen King's "Cujo" (1983) they had a backup Labrador with a St. Bernard suit. They also had to tie down the tails for each dog used in the film because they kept wagging their tails and looked too happy during filming.
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ScreenRant
Cujo: Every Animal (& Human) Used In The Stephen King Movie Explained
Who are the actors behind Cujo's St. Bernard?
TIL about an environmental organisation called Fuck for Forest (FFF) in Norway. They make money by offering sexually explicit videos and photographs online that can be accessed with a certain membership fee and donate part of the money to saving rainforests.
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Fuck for Forest
non-profit environmental organization founded in 2004 in Norway
TIL in 1989 in a real-life ‘Schitt’s Creek’ scenario actress Kim Basinger bought the town of Braselton, Georgia for $20m. She intended to build a tourist attraction, but it never materialised. 5 years later, she sold the land for $1m whilst facing personal bankruptcy.
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Braselton, Georgia
town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties, Georgia, United States
TIL about "Operation Moolah", which offered large cash rewards to North Korean pilots who defected with an intact MiG-15 jet fighter. However, the only defector who ever met the conditions, No Kum-sok, was unaware of the offer. He was still paid $100,000 ($967,289 in today's money).
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Operation Moolah
U.S. Air Force effort to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 aircraft during the Korean War
TIL when Secretariat (winner of the triple crown in 1973) died, his body was sent to the University of Kentucky for an autopsy. They found his heart weighed an astounding 22 pounds! The average weight of a mature Thoroughbred’s heart is a mere eight pounds.
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Swimming World News
The Heart of A Champion
Perhaps at this point you’re wondering why I’m writing about horses in Swimming World. Well, it’s because the “large heart gene” is not just a characteristic of horseracing champions; it is a characteristic of all champions. While no champion swims with a…
TIL Rolex is owned by a non-profit and operates without profit requirement or shareholders
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Hans Wilsdorf
German watchmaker
TIL at David Niven's funeral, the largest wreath was from the porters at Heathrow Airport with a card reading "To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king."
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David Niven
British actor and novelist (1910-1983)
TIL That the Twinkie diet study, which aimed to prove that only calories mattered for weight loss, was secretly (at the time) funded by Coca-Cola.
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Observer
Here Are The People Coca-Cola Has Paid To Manufacture Health Claims
Here are eleven of the most surprising health efforts that — turns out — received funds from Coca Cola to spread a pro-soda message.
TIL of China's Old Summer Palace, a complex of palaces 8x the size of the Vatican. Deemed the pinnacle of Chinese gardens, it also contains exquisite artworks and many historical treasures. In 1860, the British sacked and looted the Palace for 3 days, turning it into its current state of ruination.
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Old Summer Palace
The Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuanming Yuan (simplified Chinese: 圆明园; traditional Chinese: 圓明園; pinyin: Yuánmíng Yuán; lit. 'Gardens of Perfect Brightness'), originally called the Imperial Gardens (simplified Chinese: 御园; traditional Chinese:…
TIL the oldest known cave painting was discovered in Indonesia in 2019, and dates back 45,000 years.
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Artnet News
Archaeologists Have Discovered a Pristine 45,000-Year-Old Cave Painting of a Pig That May Be the Oldest Artwork in the World
“I was struck dumb,” one archaeologist said of the amazing discovery, which was made inside a cave in Indonesia.
TIL that Cheez-It's are not actually square, measuring 1.0 by 0.94 inches, making them rectangles.
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Submitted October 27, 2021 at 11:58PM by JacquesLobster
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Cheez-It
baked cheese crackers
[TIL] Frank Herbert felt that Star Wars was a ripoff of Dune and considered suing George Lucas
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Nerdist
Everything STAR WARS Borrowed From DUNE - Nerdist
George Lucas's Star Wars franchise wears many of its influences on its sleeve, most notably elements from Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel Dune.
TIL that in 1967 Jimi Hendrix was the opening act for The Monkees.
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Far Out Magazine
Inside the weird tour with Jimi Hendrix and The Monkees
It didn't go well.
TIL the world record deepest scuba dive was performed by Ahmed Gabr, a special forces officer on the Egyptian army. Ahmed reached a depth of 1090 ft. Although he was able to reach this depth in approximately 12 minutes, it took almost 15 hours for him to surface safely.
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Guinness World Records
Ahmed Gabr breaks record for deepest SCUBA dive at more than 1,000 feet
Egyptian took record plunge in Red Sea, breaks iconic mark that had stood for nearly a decade
TIL about the Scientific Responsibility award that honors scientists and engineers for exemplary actions often taken at significant personal cost. One recipient was Roger Boisjoly who tried to prevent the Challenger Shuttle disaster by highlighting that the O rings could fail in cold weather.
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AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
The AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility is given by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and honours scientists and engineers whose exemplary actions, often taken at significant personal cost, have served to foster scientific…
TIL two German brothers Adolf and Rudolf founded two of the biggest rival shoe companies Adidas and Puma after a family feud drove them apart. This conflict divided their home town to the point that employees of the two companies strictly avoided each other and stuck to separate bars and bakeries.
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Dassler brothers feud
conflict between two brothers and shoe manufacturers, Adolf "Adi" and Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler
TIL televangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business with West African warlord Charles Taylor, who "has been found responsible for aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history" and sentenced to 50 years for crimes against humanity.
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Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)
Liberian former politician who was the 22nd President of Liberia
TIL Nebraska passed a "Safe Haven Law" to ostensibly allow infants to be abandoned at certain locations without abandonment charges. However, it had no age cap, so people would abandon teenagers and older kids.
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Submitted October 28, 2021 at 09:47AM by Almighty-Arceus
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CBC
How a law meant to curb infanticide was used to abandon teens | CBC Radio
With good intentions, Nebraska passed its Safe Haven Law in 2008 without an age restriction. Many didn't expect older children would be dropped off.
TIL a father once jumped off a 100 foot bridge holding his 2 toddler sons after getting into an argument with their mother. The father was killed on impact, BOTH boys survived.
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Submitted October 28, 2021 at 01:07PM by hi_im_horse
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TIL In many US cities, taxicab medallions (city-issued license to operate a cab) routinely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single cab, can top a million dollars, and are the source of a debt crisis for drivers
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MarketWatch
$70 million in NYC taxi-cab debt forgiven
The largest holder of New York City taxi-medallion loans is throwing lifelines to thousands of drivers struggling to survive a collapse in ridership caused...
TIL that the band Weezer released an unofficial deluxe album package worth $25,000 where the buyer would receive a signed album, show tickets, and a vacation experience in the Galapagos Islands with frontman Rivers Cuomo. The "lucky buyer" ended up being long time fan and actor Rainn Wilson.
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Pitchfork
Rainn Wilson (“The Office”) Gets $25,000 “Weezer Experience Bundle”: Watch
“You know what’s so crazy? Is your name is Rivers and my name is Rainn, and they’re both such watery names. I mean, it’s like, what’s next? We’re gonna meet some kid named Lakey Boy?”