TIL that we are in an interstellar space bubble where the density of gas is a lot less that the interstellar medium in the rest of the galaxy.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 05:50AM by Mtbguy56
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Wikipedia
Local Bubble
cavity in the interstellar medium which contains the Local Interstellar Cloud
TIL that the USS Arizona and USS Utah, two ships which were both destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, still continue to leak oil over 80 years later
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 07:52AM by Dont_Tell_Me_Now
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Honolulu Civil Beat
Oil Constantly Leaks From The USS Arizona. Is That An Environmental Problem?
The USS Arizona and USS Utah have leaked thousands of gallons of oil in Pearl Harbor since the 1941 attack and there’s no plan to stop the flow anytime soon.
TIL that after Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide before he was sentenced to prison, he was still employed in that position. His widow successfully applied for survivors benefits and received over $1 Million as he died while in office.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 12:13PM by Swiggy1957
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R. Budd Dwyer
American politician noted for his public suicide at a news conference (1939-1987)
TIL of Edward Dickinson Baker. A veteran and Senator for Oregon, he reenlisted in the Union Army as a Colonel at the outbreak of the American Civil War. He was the only Senator who simultaneously served as an active duty military officer, and the only sitting Congressman ever killed in battle.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 11:14AM by AdmiralAkbar1
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Edward Dickinson Baker
American politician (1811-1861)
TIL a second sequal to The Jungle Book was planned. It would have been about Baloo and Shere Khan being captured and sold off to a circus, and Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, and Bagheera deciding to save them both. Over the course of the film, Shere Khan regrets his hatred against humanity.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 01:03PM by Movie_Advance_101
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ScreenRant
10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Canceled Jungle Book 3
Here's everything Disney fans should know about the third canceled Jungle Book film.
TIL there are three species of wasp from Papua New Guinea that for some reason are each named after a presenter from Top Gear; Kereveta clarksoni, Kereveta hammoni and Kerevata jamesmayi
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 02:31PM by mrlonelywolf
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PubMed
Three new species of Kerevata (Braconidae: Rogadinae: Clinocentrini) from mainland Papua New Guinea - PubMed
Three new species of the distinctive, cyclostome, braconid wasp genus Kerevata (viz. Kerevata jamesmayi sp. nov., K. clarksoni sp. nov. and K. hammondi sp. nov.) from Mt Wilhelm, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea are described and illustrated, and a key provided…
TIL that Robert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper only to see his invention show up in Ford and Chrysler cars without giving him any credit or money whatsoever, after years of lawsuits he settled with ford for 10.2 million and won a judgment against Chrysler for $30 million
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 03:45PM by RockNrolllegend
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Interesting Engineering
How Robert Kearns Took on Ford and Chrysler and Won
When engineer Robert Kearns' invention of the intermittent windshield wiper showed up in Ford, Chrysler, and Mercedes-Benz cars, he took them to court, and won.
TIL the actual probability of hypothetical monkeys typing Hamlet if given enough time is "zero in any operational sense". If every proton in the universe were a monkey typing from the Big Bang until the end of the universe, it would take 10^360641 universes for a one in a trillion chance of success.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 03:37PM by F-O
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Infinite monkey theorem
humorously stated theorem that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.
TIL that autopsy performed on Martin Luther King Jr. after his assassination revealed that his heart was in the condition of a 60-year-old man rather than that of a 39-year-old such as King, which was believed to be a result of the stress of King's 13 years in the civil rights movement.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 03:33PM by zamo97
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
TIL Washington State's largest food bank, Northwest Harvest, was forced to relocate after the landowner, Trinity Parish Church, planned to demolish the site and build a 30-story tower to fund church renovations.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 04:17PM by Torley_
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TIL Fidel Castro during his first 6 months as President of Cuba built 1000 KM of roads, spent $300 million on water and sanitation projects, constructed 800 houses every month, & set a cap for landholdings to 993 acres per owner.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 04:57PM by MarineKingPrime_
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Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (/ˈkæstroʊ/;American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from…
TIL that in May 25, 2003, two men boarded an empty Boeing 727 at an airport in Angola and flew off into the sunset. The FBI and CIA conducted a massive search, but neither the men nor the plane was ever seen or heard from again. it is one of the largest aircraft ever to disappear.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 04:01PM by peta-chad88
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2003 Angola Boeing 727 disappearance
stolen aircraft incident at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
TIL: Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome. More than 200 were discovered in Pompeii, and most of the houses had no dining or kitchen areas, suggesting that cooking at home was not common.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 04:35PM by A-Delonix-Regia
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Take-out
a prepared meal or other food items, purchased at a restaurant or fast food outlet to be consumed offsite
TIL Brendon Grimshaw purchased Moyenne Island off Seychelles for £8,000 and was its sole inhabitant from 1973 until his death in 2012. He transformed it, planting 16,000 trees and introducing 2,000 birds and 120 giant tortoises. He was offered $50m for it, but had it declared a national park instead
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 06:32PM by SojourningCPA
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Breaking Travel News
Seychelles’ Brendon Grimshaw, owner of Moyenne island, dies at age 87
British born Brendon Grimshaw, the owner of Moyenne Island and Seychelles’ very own modern-day Robinson Crusoe has died in Victoria at the age of 87.
TIL a Dutch teenager who was going bungee jumping in Spain fell to her death when the instructor who had poor English said “no jump” but she interpreted it as “now jump”
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 07:40PM by thisisnprnews
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news
Two guilty in bungee horror death
<p class="story-block__standfirst">TWO bungee jumping staffers have been found guilty of manslaughter after a teen heard “now jump” instead of “no jump” from an instructor with poor English.</p>
TIL that the oldest known graffiti in Pompeii says; ‘Gaius Pumidius Diphilus was here’, along with the date October 3, 78 BC.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 07:59PM by jesstheprequel
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Pompeii Tours
What kinds of artefacts were found in Pompeii?
The ancient city was buried for decades, leaving behind a bucket load of artefacts for us to marvel at. Read about them here and view our tours today!
TIL about DART Mission, a test to see if crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid can change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be discovered. In September 2022, a space probe is set to crash into a moonlet of asteroid Didymos to assess the future potential of such technologies.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 03:06PM by racc15
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NASA
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission
NASA brings you images, videos and features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get updates on missions, watch NASA TV, read blogs, view the latest discoveries, and more.
TIL that chemist Fritz Haber, who’s discovery of synthesizing ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, is credited for saving billions of lives. He also was a pioneer of the first chemical weapons used in WW1. His wife was so horrified of his role in chlorine gas attacks that she killed herself.
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Submitted January 22, 2022 at 07:48PM by HotFlamingo7676
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the Guardian
From fertiliser to Zyklon B: 100 years of the scientific discovery that brought life and death
It's 100 years since Fritz Haber found a way to synthesise ammonia – helping to feed billions but also to kill millions, and contributing to the pollution of the planet
TIL that some peoples in New Guinea have entire languages that are used only when harvesting a specific kind of nut because they believe that their ordinary language is bad for the nut's health.
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Submitted January 23, 2022 at 12:49AM by JosephvonEichendorff
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Pandanus language
use of special language in Papua / New Guinea to avoid using mundane speech in the presence of the staple food plants in the genus Pandanus
TIL that during times when people were burnt at the stake, bags of gunpowder were sometimes tied around the victim's necks to shorten their suffering.
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Submitted January 23, 2022 at 01:22AM by beanmarmalade
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Encyclopedia Britannica
burning at the stake | History & Facts
Burning at the stake, a method of execution practiced in Babylonia and ancient Israel and later adopted in Europe and North America.
TIL China owns all the Pandas in the world and rents them out to other countries zoos for around $1-2 million per Panda per year.
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Submitted January 23, 2022 at 02:28AM by Leicabawse
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Bbc
Why paying for pandas is not so black and white
The grey areas around paying for our favourite bamboo-loving bears