TIL the original version of The Game of Life had a suicide square
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Lifehacker Australia
Today I Discovered Why The Original Game Of Life Had A 'Suicide' Ending
Usually these days we see cheery or campy old franchises getting a gritty, modernised reboot – but have you ever...
TIL that the surgeon August Bier tested on his own assistant a form of anesthesia consisting of injecting cocaine directly into the spine, and to check how effective it was, he stuck a needle in his leg, hit him in the shins with a hammer, ripped off his pubic hair and even squeezed his testicles.
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August Bier
surgeon (1861-1949)
TIL That "Barker’s Beauties," the models on The Price is Right, did not have contracts, but were were rehired on a week-to-week basis to keep their salaries low.
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Los Angeles Times
For Barker's Beauties, This Is Not a Game
Two longtime 'Price Is Right' models have been let go; producers say the show's changing.
TIL that Eddie Money didn’t like the demo of “Take me home tonight“ but knew he had to persuade Ronnie Spector to do the catch line of “be my baby“ from her 1963 hit. The success of their song helped revive his career and encouraged her to resume hers.
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Take Me Home Tonight (song)
"Take Me Home Tonight" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money. It was released in August 1986 as the lead single from his album Can't Hold Back. The song's chorus interpolates the Ronettes' 1963 hit "Be My Baby", with original vocalist Ronnie Spector…
TIL that the highest-ranking US military officer of Vietnamese descent is the only survivor of a family whose killer was photographed being shot in the head in a Pulitzer-winning photograph.
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Huan Nguyen
US Navy admiral
TIL that David Gilmour guitarist for Pink Floyd discovered a teenage Kate Bush and is largely responsible for starting her musical career
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Far Out Magazine
How Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour discovered a teenage Kate Bush
"It’s absolutely beautiful, isn’t it?"
TIL the author J.D. Salinger was a Sergeant in the US Fourth Infantry Division in WWII. He landed in the second wave at Utah Beach on D-Day, carrying a draft of "The Catcher in the Rye" with him there and through several battles, and at the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.
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AMERICAN HERITAGE
“Catcher in the Rye” on D-Day
J.D. Salinger carried a draft of his later-to-be-famous novel with him when he landed on the beach at Normandy.
TIL of "mail jumping", a form of mail delivery in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, USA where mail carriers ride along the side of a boat, jump off on to the dock, deliver mail, pick up outgoing mail, and jump back on to the boat all while the boat continues to move.
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Mail jumping
type of mail delivery
TIL that the winner of the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics, Fred Lorz, was later disqualified as he had hitched a ride in a car for part of the race
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Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States, took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles (40 km).
TIL that the german city Wolfsburg was entirely built for the workers of the volkswagen car factory, one of the largest factories in the world, at just under 6.5 million m² (70 million sq ft.) the roofs of the factory combined are bigger than monaco
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Wolfsburg | Germany
Wolfsburg, city, Lower Saxony Land (state), northern Germany. It lies along the Mittelland Canal, about 45 miles (70 km) east of Hannover. The village of Hesslingen, dating from about 700, was the first settlement near the site of Wolfsburg; the town was…
TIL that the first documented mention of adults playing cricket came from 1611, when two men were fined 12d each for failing to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket.
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Wisden
What Are Cricket's Origins?
When did cricket start?
TIL Even though George Washington defeated Cornwallis in 1781 at Yorktown, it still took almost 2 more years before the war was officially over with England.
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www.ushistory.org
Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris [ushistory.org]
British general Charles Cornwallis surrendered with 8000 troops at Yorktown, VA in 1781. This severe blow to the British was the last straw in their resistance to the American colonies Revolution, but the war would not officially end until September of 1783…
TIL there was an advert in the UK for the food 'faggots'. It was found to have breached the advertising standards code due to the line "I've got nothing against faggots, I just don't fancy them". Facebook also banned many users for using the word on their platform.
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Faggot (food)
traditional dish in the UK
TIL Dolly Parton had the Robert F. Thomas Chapel built at her Dollywood theme park to honor the mountain doctor who delivered her for a sack of cornmeal.
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Ospreyobserver
Faith & Footprints: Robert F. Thomas Chapel In Dollywood
In the middle of the popular Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee sits the Robert. F. Thomas Chapel. This small, one-room church is an iconic fixture
TIL that there is a village in China with 367 households but 39 pairs of twins, even chickens are reportedly laying eggs with double yolks.
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Mashable
Chinese village with 39 sets of twins can't explain how it has so many
Even the chickens have been laying "double yolk" eggs.
TIL when an electrocuted human gets launched across a room, it is not from the current itself, but rather our muscles contracting all at once from the current.
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Mental Floss
Does Hysterical Strength Really Exist?
You hear about cases every so often: a mother lifting a car to rescue a pinned child, performing a feat of strength not usually available to humans. Evidence is almost always anecdotal -- like when a man in Arizona lifted a car to free a cyclist who'd been…
TIL at a 1915 auction, Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge as a gift for his wife, but she hated it because she had sent him to buy a set of chairs. 3 years later, he gave it to his country on the conditions that the entrance fee would never cost more than a shilling and the locals could have free access.
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BBC News
The man who bought Stonehenge - and then gave it away
Today Stonehenge is England's most important monument, but 100 years ago it was up for sale.
TIL Dr Seuss's original Lorax drawings are found in Austin, at the presidential library of Lyndon B Johnson. Johnson and his wife were environmentalists and he called Seuss personally to thank him for donating the original artwork to the Johnson archive
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BBC News
Five interpretations of The Lorax
The Lorax has spent the past 40 years in the public consciousness, and during that time his image has evolved. Would his creator Dr Seuss even recognise him?
TIL the largest U.S. loss of life at sea was the HMS Rohna. This was hidden by the US to prevent the Nazis from knowing their remote guided missiles were effective.
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TIL that the world's oldest continuously operating library is in St. Catherine's monastery in Egypt. Built in the 550s AD by order of Emperor Justinian I, it contains one of the largest collections of early Christian icons, including the earliest known depiction of Jesus as "Christ Pantocrator"
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Saint Catherine's Monastery
Greek Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt
TIL the first and last Australian torchbearers for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games were Nova Peris & Cathy Freeman, who are both Aboriginal women, both Olympic gold medalists, both holders of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and were both previously awarded Young Australian of the Year.
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Olympics.com
Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay - Highlights
From the lighting ceremony in Olympia all the way to Sydney, re-visit the path of the Olympic torch in the lead up to the 2000 games.