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TIL about the "Lost Apple Project," an biodiversity concern where volunteers pick their way through fields and ravines in rural Idaho and Washington state, searching for abandoned orchards from the region’s agricultural past.
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Submitted November 01, 2021 at 11:42PM by Aboveground_Plush
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TIL Absolute pitch is the rare ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone.
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Submitted November 01, 2021 at 09:17PM by violetdragons
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TIL Rats are part of the animal group Rodentia. This group constitutes 40% of all mammals and consists of animals where their upper and lower incisors continuously grow. This largely is why rodents constantly chew and cause so much damage to property.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 03:27AM by SonOfQuora
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TIL that corned beef is named for the large grains of rock salt (also called "corns" of salt) that are used to treat the meat.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 08:48AM by mr_mini_doxie
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TIL that acclaimed UK/US author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for 10 years after Iran issued a death warrant against him for writing "The Satanic Verses", spent much of that time playing Super Mario Bros. The game's influence can be seen in the two children’s novels he wrote for his sons.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 09:28AM by geekteam6
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TIL that during the Medieval era, European royal households would employ a 'mustardarius', whose sole purpose was to supervise the cultivation and preparation of mustard.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 12:34PM by AbathaCrispy
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TIL in 2019, a UK government agency declared that anyone with at least 30,000 followers on social media is classified a 'celebrity' and can't breach advertising regulations.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 01:43PM by 3hjaf
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TIL the cute whimsical bronze sculptures in the NYC Union Square Subway station we created by artist Tom Otterness who in 1977 adopted a dog, tied it to a fence and shot it for an “art” film.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 01:20PM by SuffrnSuccotash
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TIL that Sugar Ray Robinson a famous boxer had a Disturbing Dream that He Killed Someone in the Boxing ring the day before his match. After being convinced to fight, his opponent Jimmy Doyle gets knocked out by a left hook by Sugar ray in the 8th round later dying the next day.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 03:20PM by willymakapakaa
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TIL Singer-songwriter Pam Reynolds was able to accurately recall medical staff conversations and surgical procedures performed on her during a surgery in which she was clinically dead
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 04:16PM by generaldis
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TIL that when Willem Dafoe flew to the Philippines in 1986 to film 'Platoon', his plane got stuck and he eventually ended up joining the EDSA People Power Revolution, a nonviolent revolution that officially ousted Ferdinand Marcos, its former dictator.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 05:14PM by bitchyswiftie
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TIL "pigging" is where a pipeline crew places a plug-like mass or a special machine into a pipe, which is pushed along by the fluid and cleans the surfaces as it goes. These objects became known as pigs because of the squealing sound they made as they traveled the pipe.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 05:58PM by AnthillOmbudsman
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TIL that in No Time to Die, the cobbled streets of Matera, Italy did not have sufficient grip for the film's opening car chase. The crew got around this by pouring Coca-Cola all over the road, making it sticky and allowing the drivers to perform the stunts.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 07:26PM by chubwhump
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TIL that "No Country For Old Men" had to suspend production because the crew for "There Will Be Blood" was testing pyrotechnics in the same area and created too much smoke.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 09:16PM by OpulentOwl
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TIL after the film Deliverance was released in 1972, tourism became the main source of income in Rabun County, Georgia, where the movie was made. Visitors arrived by the tens of thousands. A $20 million whitewater rafting industry now exists in the county.
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Submitted November 02, 2021 at 10:08PM by AnthillOmbudsman
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