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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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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Submitted June 28, 2022 at 05:35PM by ButtholeBanquets
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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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OUP Academic
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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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.…
TIL that an average wind turbine produces enough energy to power 940 average U.S. homes
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 04:38AM by whycurseonme
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TechObservatory
How Much Energy Does a Wind Turbine Produce? - TechObservatory
TIL that Hormel Foods keeps a file of hatemail they've received from American soldiers who had to eat the notorious food product while at war overseas
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 05:16AM by BrokenEye3
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Eater
A Brief History of Spam, an American Meat Icon
For a six-ingredient food product, it's taken on a life of its own. Spam — the square-shaped mash-up of pork, water, salt, potato starch, sugar, and sodium nitrate — recently celebrated its 77th...
TIL a bankrupted con-artist from Oregon was able to purchase a bank license and opened a offshore bank in Grenada by claiming to own a 4 pound ruby worth $20 million dollars and a appraisal document proving its worth. The ruby was owned by a man in California who didn't know the scammer.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 04:55AM by delano1998
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CNBC
Conned in the Carribean Evidence Files
Van Brink (a.k.a. Gilbert Ziegler) purchased a bank license for First International Bank of Grenada (FIBG) in 1997 for $50,000. It was the beginning of one of the biggest offshore banking scams in recent history. Click to learn how this led to investors losing…
TIL the movie ‘My Neighbor Totoro’, which released in 1988, only had eight animators working on it for eight months.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 08:00AM by usagi_in_wonderland
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EW.com
Exclusive: Studio Ghibli co-founder teases Hayao Miyazaki's next 'big, fantastical' film
Toshio Suzuki, a producer at Studio Ghibli, also hinted at the new "computer-generated" animated movie from Miyazaki's son.
TIL that cigars have beetle larvae. Under the right temperature and humidity, they can hatch and infest whole cigar boxes.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 11:31AM by Pumpkinskydie
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Cigar Aficionado
Fighting Tobacco Beetles | Cigar Aficionado
It's every cigar smoker's nightmare -- a close encounter with tobacco beetles. These pinhead-sized insects can turn a humidor full of precious cigars into an unsmokable mess. | Cigar Aficionado
TIL In 1969, an American destroyer named USS Frank E. Evans collided with an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea at 3:00am because the commanding officer was asleep and left two inexperienced lieutenants in charge. The ship turned the wrong way, collided, & sank, killing 74 people
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USS Frank E. Evans
United States destroyer
TIL that women’s tears contain pheromones that lower men’s testosterone levels.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 03:20PM by muhmuhmuny
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Nature
Women's tears contain chemical cues
Nature - Female weeping dampens sexual arousal in men.
TIL Sigmund Freud lived as a tenant in his Vienna apartment for 47 years with his wife, 6 children, and sister in law from 1891 to 1938. It was transformed into the Freud Museum in 1971
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 08:38AM by vancouver_reader
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Mintlounge
Story of Sigmund Freud’s home
Sigmund Freud's home in Vienna is hallowed ground for fans of the father of pyschoanalysis
TIL that the Capitol was designed to have George Washington's tomb on public display. Both houses passed bills saying he should be buried there, and his wife consented, but due to various delays it took until 1830 for it to be viable. After an attempted theft of his head, the project was cancelled.
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Submitted June 29, 2022 at 05:15PM by derstherower
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Washington's Tomb (United States Capitol)
empty burial chamber in DC, USA