TIL Darius McCollum, a New Yorker diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, has been arrested over 30 times for impersonating transit employees, stealing trains and buses, and driving their routes - complete with making safety announcements and passenger stops.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 01:59PM by Str33twise84
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the Guardian
Man arrested 30 times for bus and train thefts just wants to work on the subway
Darius McCollum has become an unlikely folk hero for illegally commandeering New York City’s trains and buses, in an attempt to fulfill his childhood dream
TIL That Zoroastrianism was the official Religion of the first Persian Empire
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 03:19PM by WhiteLotusWarrior
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Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, romanized: Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The Kingdom'), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire that was based in Western Asia and founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. It reached…
TIL about Khuk Khi Kai, a jail in Thailand which was designed so that prisoners were subjected to a regular shower of chicken poop
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 12:14PM by flopsychops
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Khuk Khi Kai
Former prison in Chanthaburi, Thailand
TIL that Henry Ford believed jazz music was unwholesome. So, to protect wholesome culture, he used his money to have square dancing taught in public schools.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 04:43PM by ButtholeBanquets
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TIL the last widow of an American Civil War soldier died in 2020. Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936 when she was 17 and he was 93. He married her so she would receive his pension as a way of repaying her father for helping him with chores. She kept the marriage secret until 2017.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 05:45PM by PikesPique
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Wikipedia
American Civil War widows who survived into the 21st century
Wikipedia list article
TIL Listening to Mozart daily can reduce the frequency of epileptic seizures
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 06:47PM by yintianshi
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Mental Daily
Listening to Mozart may help reduce seizure frequency among patients with epilepsy
The findings were released in the peer-reviewed journal Epilepsia Open.
TIL that pancakes have been enjoyed by humans for over 5,000 years. Evidence of primitive pancakes were discovered in the stomach contents of Otzi the Iceman, a 5,300 year old glacial mummy.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 05:59PM by GarciaNovela
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Kulick's Pancake Recipes
20 Flipping Fantastic Facts About Pancakes | Kulick's Pancake Recipes
TIL one of the most mad Roman emperors wasn't actually called 'Caligula'. It was a nickname given to him as a kid by his father's soldiers, while being on campaign with them in Germania. The name means 'little boots' in Latin and is a reference to the child-sized military gear he would wear
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 06:10PM by Pickle_flavored_Mail
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TIL that 83% of radiologists missed a gorilla that was inserted into images of the lungs during a nodule detection task.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 07:03PM by awkwarddoublehawk
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PubMed Central (PMC)
“The invisible gorilla strikes again: Sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers”
We like to think that we would notice the occurrence of an unexpected yet salient event in our world. However, we know that people often miss such events if they are engaged in a different task, a phenomenon known as “inattentional blindness.” ...
TIL that Gary Larson creator of the Far Side comic has started making new Far Side comics since his retirement back in ‘95!
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 08:44PM by Alicecrylily
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TIL the first YouTube comment to reach one million likes was Seth Everman commenting "I'm the bald guy" on the music video for Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy." Everman had also released a cover of "Bad Guy" using a fan, an N64 and his couch as instruments.
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Alternative Press Magazine
Billie Eilish “bad guy” video comment becomes first to get 1 million likes
A YouTube user has broken the record for the amount of likes o a single comment on the Billie Eilish music video for “bad guy”. YouTuber Seth Everman
TIL that listening to your favorite music for just 15 minutes a day lowers stress levels, anxiety, sadness and a depressed mood .
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 08:35PM by Ok_Ask_733000
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Verywell Mind
How Listening to Music Can Have Psychological Benefits
Music is a popular form of entertainment that also has many powerful psychological benefits. Discover how music can benefit your mind and wellness.
TIL The largest city by area in the U.S. is Sitka, Alaska (population: 8,458) which stretches over 4,815 square miles, almost four times bigger than the state of Rhode Island
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 08:17PM by prezuiwf
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Sitka, Alaska
city-borough in Alaska, USA
TIL male testicles are always visibly moving due to responses to temperature and arousal changes.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 08:11PM by KeplerOrion
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Healthline
Scrotum Overview
The scrotum is a sac of skin that contains several important parts of the male reproductive system. We’ll go over the different parts of the scrotum and how they function. You’ll also learn about the kinds of conditions that affect the scrotum, how to recognize…
TIL James Cameron sold the rights the script of The Terminator for $1, so he could direct it.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 07:27PM by Electrical-Cow-5147
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ScreenRant
The Terminator: James Cameron’s HUGE Mistake To Direct The Movie
James Cameron made an interesting sacrifice to be able to direct The Terminator.
TIL we raise our right hand when we are sworn-in because convicts who previously recieved leniency from the court were branded on their hands so that they wouldn't receive it again
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 10:40PM by chatterwrack
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NWSidebar
Why Do We Raise Our Right Hands When Testifying Before the Court?
Learn the painful historical beginnings of this now commonplace courtroom ritual. “Please raise your right hand to take the oath” is a phrase that has become commonplace in the modern courtroom and…
TIL that strongest insect in the world is Horned Dung Beetle that can lift over 1100 times its body weight which equals to an average person lifting 2 fully loaded 18 wheel trucks above their heads.
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www.science.org
ScienceShot: World's Strongest Insect
Horned dung beetle can pull over 1000 times its own body weight
TIL that pilot and co-pilot of a plane eat different meals for meal service in case of food poisoning
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Submitted June 24, 2022 at 01:18AM by Bdtter
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News18
Surprising Reason Why Airplane Pilots, Co-pilots are Served Different Meals
Though in-flight meals are rarely contaminated, to avoid food poisoning and for passenger safety, separate meals are served.
TIL French artist, Yves Klein, sold a series of non-existent spaces in exchange for a weight of pure gold. Some accepted his offer. In 1959, almost 60 years after his death, a receipt he wrote to prove ownership of his invisible artworks sold for $1.16 million at Sotheby's auction house in Paris.
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Submitted June 24, 2022 at 03:25AM by SingLikeTinaTurner
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CNN
A receipt for 'invisible' art just sold for over $1 million
A handwritten receipt, which represents ownership of empty space imagined by conceptual artist Yves Klein in the 1950s, fetched $1.16 million at a Paris auction.
TIL in June 2021, a Diver off the coast of Massachusetts was swallowed by a whale. He was trapped in its mouth for nearly a minute before being belched out, surviving with minor injuries.
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Submitted June 24, 2022 at 04:13AM by iSneezy
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Cape Cod Times
'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale off Provincetown
“I was completely inside (the whale); it was completely black,” said Michael Packard as people compare the New England man to Jonah and the whale.
TIL Philippe Pétain, the commander of the French army from 1917 until 1940, was made prime minister a few days before France fell in 1940. Once Vichy France was created, he became head of state and collaborated with the Axis. After WWII, he was spared death because of his WWI service to the country.
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Submitted June 23, 2022 at 11:53PM by Kool_Kow
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Wikipedia
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856-1951)