TIL there was a stereotype that the Scottish people are cheap. The use of the term 'Scotch' in the name was a pejorative meaning "stingy" in the 1920s and 1930s. This is where the brand name Scotch (eg Scotch Tape, Scotch Brite) is from.
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Cheap Scots and Disappearing Stereotypes - Sociological Images
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
TIL that the sun has only completed 20 orbits (galactic years) around our galaxy since its birth.
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Period of the Sun's Orbit around the Galaxy (Cosmic Year) - The Physics Factbook
TIL that your own voice seems lower to you because its mostly transmitted through skull, and bone conduction transmits low frequency sound better
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Pedantus
Bone conduction: why your own voice sounds different to you
Low frequency sounds are better transmitted through bone than high frequency sounds. This is why people tend to feel the low bass notes in music more than the higher pitched notes. This is also why your own voice sounds different to you than it does to other…
TIL that in 1763, members of the Ojibwe and Sauk tribes took over a British fort by holding a baggatiway (like lacross) match in front of it on King George III's birthday & inviting the Brits, who let players chase the ball thru the fort gate, secretly being handed tomahawks by women as they went in
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MyNorth.com
Deadly Lacrosse Game in Mackinac Straits at Fort Michilimackinac in 1763
On a June day in 1763, the commandant of Fort Michilimackinac was invited to watch a game of baggatiway between the Ojibwe and Sauk. Leave it to a Brit to assume it simply would be a polite afternoon on the lawn.
TIL that the small "climbing boys" who were forced up chimneys to clean them sometimes had fires lit underneath them deliberately to encourage them to climb if they were reluctant, and would sometimes get caught in the flames and burn to death
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Geri Walton
Climbing Boys of the 1700 and 1800s - Geri Walton
A climbing boy, also known as a chimney sweep, was an occupation some children performed during the 1700 and 1800s. Climbing boys were frequently orphans
TIL of Sylphium, an ancient plant the Romans considered worth its weight in silver. It was used as a seasoning, perfume, aphrodisiac, medicine, and contraceptive. The exact identity of the plant remains a topic of debate and mystery, with many believing it to be extinct.
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Silphium (antiquity)
extinct plant
TIL that a KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it
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Los Angeles Times
Neither U.S. Spy Nor KGB Foe Could Turn the Other
Cold War: Soviet quit the effort, but CIA agent persisted. And a remarkable, nearly fatal, friendship developed.
TIL Humans will walk in circles when lost unless there is some sort of external reference point.
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Why We Walk in Circles
Confirming a common belief, researchers find that people really do walk in circles when lost
TIL South Park song "Blame Canada" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 72nd Academy Awards. This created controversy because all nominated songs are traditionally performed during the Oscar broadcast, but because the song contained the word fuck, which the FCC prohibits
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Blame Canada
"Blame Canada" is a satirical song from the 1999 animated film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, written by Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman. In the song, the parents of the fictional South Park, led by Sheila Broflovski (Mary Kay Bergman), decided to blame Canada…
TIL South Park song "Blame Canada" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 72nd Academy Awards. This created controversy because all nominated songs are traditionally performed during the Oscar broadcast, but because the song contained the word fuck, which the FCC prohibits
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Blame Canada
"Blame Canada" is a satirical song from the 1999 animated film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, written by Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman. In the song, the parents of the fictional South Park, led by Sheila Broflovski (Mary Kay Bergman), decided to blame Canada…
TIL in 2012 a librarian at a high school in Tupelo Mississippi discovered a library card in the back of an old book signed in 1948 by a then 13 year old Elvis Presley. It is the oldest known autograph by Elvis.
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Elvis Presley News
Elvis Autograph Oldest Known Elvis Presley Signature
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TIL that in 2016, Mozart CDs outsold Beyonce, Drake, and Adele CDs.
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TIL that in 2016, Mozart CDs outsold Beyonce, Drake, and Adele CDs.
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TIL - That artist James Barry had a niece who lived as a man in order to be a surgeon, only being discovered to be female after her death. Born Margaret Bulkley, She used the name James Barry, climbed the ranks of the army to Inspector General, and performed the first successful C-Section in Africa.
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James Barry (surgeon)
19th century British surgeon known for medical reforms and personal life
TIL Rich people used to hire peasants to be living “garden gnomes” in their yard
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Atlas Obscura
Before the Garden Gnome, the Ornamental Hermit: A Real Person Paid to Dress like a Druid
While some gardeners might now throw in a gnome statue among their flowers and shrubberies, back in the 18th century wealthy estate owners were hiring real...
TIL laws restricting Chinese people to merchant visas made many Chinese restaurants in the U.S. These visas were only for fancy shops and the person had to run it for a year. Some groups used all their cash to open a nice restaurant and then switch who ran it each year so that they'd all get visas.
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TIL laws restricting Chinese people to merchant visas made many...
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TIL in Italy, Donald Duck has had for 50 years a superpowered alter-ego who started off with grappling hooks and is now an intergalactic warrior with a rocket-shield-glove that houses the digital consciousness of his mentor.
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Donald Duck in comics
Donald Duck, a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company, is today the star of dozens of comic-book and comic-strip stories published each month (in certain parts of the world, each week) around the world. In many European countries, Donald is…
TIL Pterodactyls are not dinosaurs. They are extinct reptiles.
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Pterodactylus
The Pterodactyl (Pterodactylus from Greek pterodáktylos (πτεροδάκτυλος) meaning 'winged finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified…
TIL in 1989 a Thai worker stole 91kg of rare jewelry and valuable gems from a Saudi prince in Saudi Arabia. He fled the country and most of the valuables were never found. Four Saudi men who travelled to Thailand to investigate were killed. The countries have had no diplomatic ties since then.
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Thomson Reuters Foundation News
The curse of the blue diamond
The curse of the blue diamond has struck Thailand once again
TIL although Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously, the 2011 Prize in Physiology and Medicine for Ralph M. Steinman still stands because the committee was unaware he had died three days before the announcement.
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Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
TIL that "bull," meaning falsehood or nonsense, predates "bullshit" by centuries, and has no etymological connection to the word for male cattle.
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Bullshit
slang profanity term
TIL of the ‘Window Tax’, where people were taxed based on the number of windows they had on their houses. This was used in the 18th century as a simple method to calculate tax obligations. However, many people bricked up their windows, leading to health problems.
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Window tax
property tax based on the number of windows in a house