TIL that in 2010 when Leslie Neilson died, ESPN published an obituary for his Naked Gun character Enrico Pallazzo.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 03:46AM by Poogoestheweasel
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ESPN.com
Hruby: Remembering the life of Enrico Pallazzo
Remembering legendary opera singer/umpire Enrico Pallazzo
TIL A company in the 90's made pencils with the anti-drug slogan "Too Cool to Do Drugs" but had to recall them because, when sharpened, they read "Do Drugs"
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 03:51AM by duralyon
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Snopes
Did These Pencils Accidentally Promote Doing Drugs?
Some mistakes are harder to erase.
TIL that yaks are the Swiss-army knives of domesticated animals. They can be milked like a cow, ridden like a horse (including for playing polo), sheared for wool (super warm and soft) like sheep, eaten like a pig, pull carts like an ox, carry stuff like a donkey and their dung burns like wood
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 06:35AM by LiveFreeDieRepeat
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Yak
species of mammal
TIL that the CIA's analysis of Osama bin Laden's PC found a “fairly extensive” hentai collection, a Steam account with Counter-Strike, FFVII, and Animal Crossing, as well as 28 crochet tutorial videos among 174GB of mostly-western entertainment
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 06:56AM by musicforthedeaf
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HISTORY
9 Unexpected Things Navy SEALs Discovered in Osama bin Laden’s Compound
From al Qaeda emails to Disney films to pornography, the terrorist leader had a wide array of diversions in his Pakistan hideout.
TIL: The USA Declared the Marianas trench a National monument
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 07:12AM by dubtwenty
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Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
Marine national monument in the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
TIL that dandelions are edible and are actually really nutritious and can be eaten raw
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 11:26AM by Madarathequincy
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Cleveland Clinic
Can You Eat Dandelions? 5 Reasons to Try It Today
The potential health benefits of dandelions in your diet
TIL that the New Zealand govt maintains an online tool predicting when you have a 50% probability of dying by. Based on your current age and sex, and using historical data on age of death and implied trends, it spits out the age at which you are predicted to have a 50% chance of dying by.
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www.stats.govt.nz
How long will I live? | Stats NZ
Get an indication of the age you're likely to live to.
TIL that cannabis and hops both belong to the same family, Cannabaceae.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 02:39PM by kinbeat
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Cannabaceae
Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis (hemp), Humulus (hops) and Celtis (hackberries). Celtis is by far the largest…
TIL El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel was sentenced to 3 years in prison for assisting her husband in his criminal enterprise. A minimum sentence of 10 years was originally planned. Government rumours assure her cooperation. Her life is now at risk, as the cartel does not forgive traitors or suspectes.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 02:58PM by No-Job3724
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the Guardian
El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro sentenced to three years in US prison
Coronel admitted to acting as a courier between Joaquín Guzmán and other members of the Sinaloa cartel while he was in prison
TIL that if a juror believes the law is unjust, they have to right to find a defendant "Not Guilty" regardless of the evidence.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 04:15PM by el_gregorio
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Jury nullification
when a jury finds a defendant not guilty because they disagree with a law or its punishment
TIL the US has a population density of only 34 people per square kilometer. By comparison the Netherlands has a density of 457 per km and Bangladesh is at 1087 per km. If the US had the same density as Bangladesh there would be a staggering 10.5 Billion Americans.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 04:29PM by untipoquenojuega
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List of countries and dependencies by population density
Wikimedia list article
TIL that the packaging colour for air-dropped humanitarian ration packs had to be changed from yellow to salmon after someone realised that the same shade of yellow was also used for air-dropped cluster bombs.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 05:03PM by RussellHobbsToaster
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Humanitarian daily ration
Humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) are food rations manufactured in the United States intended to be supplied to civilians and other non-military personnel in humanitarian crises. Each is intended to serve as a single person's full daily food supply, and contain…
TIL Walmart's former CEO is planning to build a brand new city for 5 million people somewhere in Appalachia or the American West desert
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 06:34PM by HistoricalTomato8109
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Telosa
planned city megaproject in the United States
TIL that the last American pilot to become an ace (score 5 or more air-to-air combat kills) was Richard Stephen Richie. He scored his 5th kill in August, 1972. Since him, no American pilot has more than 3 kills.
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Richard Stephen Ritchie
Brigadier General Richard Stephen "Steve" Ritchie (born June 25, 1942) served as an officer in the United States Air Force and the Colorado Air National Guard, and a general officer in the Air Force Reserve. Ritchie joined Navy Commander Randy Cunningham…
TIL Victoria's Secret Bombshell scent perfume is as effective against mosquitos as Repel 100 Insect Repellent or OFF Deep Woods insect repellent sprays
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 07:23PM by Obi-Wan_Gin
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Efficacy of Some Commercially Available Insect Repellents for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Diptera:…
Abstract. Reducing the number of host-vector interactions is an effective way to reduce the spread of vector-borne diseases. Repellents are widely used to prote
TIL about cold reading, a technique used by mediums and psychics in which the reader, through strategic questioning, gets the subject to reveal information, and through clever psychology convinces them the information actually came from the reader rather than themselves.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 07:57PM by manicMechanic1
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Cold reading
set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums
TIL the office cubicle was created by designer Robert Propst for Herman Miller and released in 1968 under the name "Action Office II". It was meant to encourage spontaneous conversation and idea sharing.
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 06:00PM by PantaRhei60
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archive.pinupmagazine.org
LIVE ACTION: Inventor Robert Propst and the History of the Modern Cubicle
Looking back at the father of the modern cubicle (who also designed children’s playgrounds and livestock marking devices).
TIL about Bhutanese talking stamps, which you can play on a record player to hear folk songs and learn about the history of Bhutan
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 03:48PM by c_h_a_r_
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Worksthatwork
Little Ambassadors of the Country
Before Bhutan was famous for its Gross National Happiness program, it was known for its remarkable stamps.
TIL that Prince Philip's 'affectionate' nickname for queen Elizabeth was 'cabbage.'
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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 10:50PM by je97
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Town & Country
Prince Philip's Pet Name for the Queen Is Beyond Adorable
The royal couple has been married almost 70 years.
TIL that the Farallon Islands, off the coast of San Francisco, California, has the highest rodent density of any island in the world, with over a thousand mice per acre. Visitors to the islands can, at times, see the ground moving when the mice are burrowing their underground tunnels.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 02:01AM by ralphbernardo
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the Guardian
'Truly astounding': inside the Farallon Islands' battle against a plague of mice
With more than a thousand mice per acre, an ecosystem is under threat. But poison could make things even worse
TIL Celine Dion once said she got along more with older children and adults while as a child, preferring to not go to school due to being bullied; her brother would eventually introduce 12-year-old Celine to 38-year-old Rene, who would be her career manager and eventual husband.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 03:10AM by Nantashilikestodraw
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Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ (/seɪˌliːn diˈɒn/; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French language artist of all time.…