TIL New Zealand had MTV 5 years before it launched, called Radio With Pictures. From 1976, The show had VJs, quality music videos, and band features. It gave valuable exposure to New Zealand artists and was the inspiration for MTV when Mike Nesmith of the Monkees saw the show and told MTV's creator
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Radio with Pictures
Radio with Pictures was an early music video program, airing on New Zealand broadcaster TV2 (later South Pacific Television) from 1976 to 1989. "RadPix" aired as a weekly, late night series featuring adult and alternative music.
TIL Many civilizations believed that the "tooth worm" existed, a superstition that existed until the 18th century. A cuneiform tablet from the seventh century BCE titled “The Legend of the Worm” tells the tale of the tooth worm, a demon which drinks the blood and eats the roots of the teeth
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TIL on 2016, Murray Pringle managed to obtain the Pringle baronetcy over cousin Simon after DNA testing proved Simon's grandfather wasn't the biological son of Sir Norman Pringle, 8th Baronet but was utterly unrelated to the clan
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the Guardian
DNA evidence proves accountant is true heir to Scottish baronetcy
Pioneering case settles family feud by verifying Murray Pringle’s hereditary claim to 17th-century baronetcy of Stichill
TIL that the largest pyramid in the world is located in Mexico, not in Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Tepanapa has a base four times the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Submitted July 04, 2022 at 01:23PM by EWhitworth85
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Atlas Obscura
The Great Pyramid of Cholula
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
TIL that newborn foals have soft "tentacles" on their hooves. It's to protect the mother's uterus and birth canal from the sharp edges during pregnancy and birth.
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Can You Actually
Eponychium: Hooves Of A Newborn Foal Look Incredibly Unsettling
What am I looking at?! Would probably be the question everyone is thinking right about now. This needs a million double takes, because it looks quite unsettling. In all seriousness, this is what a foal’s hooves looks like just a few minutes after birth. This…
TIL the boy whose exorcism was the inspiration behind The Exorcist grew up to be a NASA engineer. His work contributed to the Apollo mission in the '60s.
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Boy whose case inspired The Exorcist is named by US magazine
The boy, previously known as Roland Doe, underwent exorcisms in Cottage City, Maryland, and St Louis, Missouri, in 1949
TIL that the first words on the moon of Pete Conrad, commander of Apollo 12, were "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." to win a 500$ bet with an Italian reporter. He never received the money.
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Pete Conrad
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, and test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad…
TIL of Lauren Stratford (Wilson) who wrote a book claiming that she was in a Satanic cult in which she sacrificed her own child. After magazine reporters exposed her as never having a child, she changed her name and claimed to be a holocaust survivor, and was exposed again by the same magazine.
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Laurel Rose Willson
Disgraced American writer
TIL that most Native Americans died because of Eurasian Germs like Smallpox, not because of European military success in the New World
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Native American disease and epidemics
diseases spread, mainly by European colonists, with harsh effects on Native Americans
TIL: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Both Wrestled; Both Are in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
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TIL that Omar bin Laden the fourth-eldest son of Osama bin Laden is an artist and author and his art is displayed in exhibitions in France, where he resides
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Omar bin Laden
one of the sons of Osama bin Laden
TIL Trent Reznor recorded Nine Inch Nails debut album Pretty Hate Machine on his own at night while working as a janitor at Right Track Studios in Cleveland.
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Grunge
The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails was formed in 1988. The history of Nine Inch Nails is full of tragedy, including struggles with addiction, censorship, and band conflicts.
TIL There is no difference between “saltwater” taffy and regular taffy. It is simply a marketing gimmick in coastal regions with origins in Atlantic City
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Warrell Creations
Taffy Facts | The Origin of Taffy Pulling | Warrell Creations
Ever wonder where taffy pull parties began? Check out these taffy facts describing where taffy pulling began, how taffy is made commercially, and more!
TIL that Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford is very secretive about his bass tone. He even goes so far as to put effects on his pedalboard that he doesn't use, make his own gear, and remove the labels off some of his effects.
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Tim Commerford
American bassist
TIL Britney Spears’ songs were blasted by the British Merchant Navy to drive away Somali pirates
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NBC News
Britney Spears' music used to drive away Somali pirates
TIL Montpelier, Vermont is the only US capital without a McDonald's
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Montpelier, Vermont
capital of Vermont, United States and seat of Washington County
TIL Claire Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers and eventual 14th Air Force Commander, built a brothel. "His men were going to visit brothels, regardless of what the rules said," and it was "better to have his "boys" visit a brothel that was regularly inspected to reduce venereal diseases."
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Claire Lee Chennault
Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in World War II.
TIL that chimpanzees are NOT 5 times stronger than humans. A chimpanzee's muscular performance can in fact only produce around 1.35-1.5 times the performance that human muscle can produce. This means that a large and athletic person will be as strong as a chimpanzee.
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TIL 377 people have completed the ascent to K2's summit. There have been 91 deaths during attempted climbs.
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Submitted July 05, 2022 at 04:55AM by yombato
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K2
second-highest mountain on Earth, located on the China–Pakistan border in a region also claimed by India
TIL Story Musgrave is the most formally educated astronaut with seven academic degrees and only astronaut to have flown on all five space shuttles.
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Submitted July 05, 2022 at 06:37AM by analog_aesthetics
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Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut to…
TIL Gene Roddenberry, creator of the original Star Trek series, as well as the Star Trek feature films, as well as the TNG series, was one of the first humans in 1997 to have his ashes carried into Earth’s orbit.
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H&I
Did you know Gene Roddenberry had his ashes launched into space?
Both Roddenberry and Doohan have visited the final frontier.