TIL that there is strong evidence the US sent residents back to the bikini atol post testing of nuclear weapons as it "affords the opportunity for a most valuable ecological radiation study on human beings ..." the relocation resulted in many premature deaths and disabilities in newborns.
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The Ecologist
Human radiation experiments in the Pacific
It was 60 years ago that the US devastated Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific with its Caste-Bravo nuclear bomb test, reports Glenn Alcalay. But did the US run another secret test - in which the Marshall Islanders were nuclear fallout guinea pigs?
TIL Ohio issues bright yellow “party plates” to drivers with DUI convictions.
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TIL: Mad magazine cartoonist, Al Jaffee at age 101, currently holds the longest-ever career as a comic artist working from 1942 - 2020.
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 08:00PM by today_okay
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Al Jaffee
American cartoonist
TIL after a disastrous flaw and costly repairs to the Hubble telescope dented public trust, Bob Williams was called crazy to bet his job and 10 precious days for observing "nothing" near the Big Dipper. The result was revolutionary beyond imagination, the first Hubble Deep Field photo
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Vox
The 1995 Hubble photo that changed astronomy
The Hubble Deep Field, explained by the man who made it happen.
TIL that Antoni Gaudí, one of Spain's greatest ever architects, once got hit by a tram. People who walked by him assumed he was a common beggar and ignored him until it was too late. He died of these injuries
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Antoni Gaudí
Spanish architect
TIL that if all the spores of a single giant puffball mushroom had a 100% germination success, followed by the same for its offspring, the resulting mass of fungi would amount to 800 times the volume of Earth
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Submitted July 13, 2022 at 10:36PM by Tidemand
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Species Spotlight - Puffballs (U.S. National Park Service)
TIL that until 2001 it was legal for Austrian farmers from the Vorarlberg region, to blow up deceased cows on mountains. This was done to avoid transporting them by helicopter which would've cost about 1500$ more in today's money.
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ABC News
No More Exploding Cows in Austria
TIL The Epic of Gilgamesh was lost to history. Archaeologists didn't rediscover the text until the 19th century
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Smithsonian Magazine
Lost Treasure
In Gilgamesh, scholars unearthed literary gold
TIL during the filming of “Friday the 13th” (1980), the film was shot over multiple locations in New Jersey in the summer of ‘79, one of them being a small town called Blairstown. It turned out that Lou Reed lived next door to the set, and he would sometimes visit & perform on the set of the film.
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EW.com
'On Location in Blairstown: The Making of Friday the 13th': Author Q&A
TiL the Alice in Chains EP "Jar of Flies" was originally recorded by the band in order to to test their chemistry with their new bassist Mike Inez. They had no plans to release the tracks until their label heard them. It went on to became the first EP to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Charts.
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Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on January 25, 1994, through Columbia Records. This is Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, preceded by 1992's Sap, and it is the first EP in music history to debut at…
TIL the Big Bang wasn’t actually an explosion that happened in the center of the universe, there is not even a center to the universe. It has happened and has been happening everywhere all at once.
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webb.nasa.gov
Webb and the Big Bang - Webb/NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in…
TIL that the FCC prohibits replications of the Emergency Alert System tone. Broadcasters misusing it can be sanctioned and fined. In 2013, the trailer for Olympus Has Fallen had EAS tones and cable providers were fined $1.9 million dollars.
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Emergency Alert System
U.S. radio/TV system for public alerts of threats to public safety since 1997
TIL HPV can affect men as well. The virus causes 95% of anal cancer, about 64% of oropharyngeal (tonsils, throat, base of tongue) cancers, and rarer cancers, such as penile cancers. There is currently no approved screening test for HPV in men.
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Does HPV affect men? | Cervical Screening
HPV can affect men as well. The virus causes 95% of anal cancer, about 64% of oropharyngeal cancers, and rarer cancers, such as penile cancers. Learn more here
TIL wet cement can cause chemical burns
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Healthline
Treating and Preventing Cement (Concrete) Chemical Burns
Concrete burns are caused by chemicals in wet cement. If you get wet concrete on your skin, follow these steps.
TIL Microsoft held a mock funeral for iPhone because they thought the windows phone 7 was going to smash apple in sales
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CNET
Microsoft's funeral for the iPhone (photos)
A ship party for Windows Phone 7 includes a mock funeral for the iPhone and BlackBerry, among other antics.
TIL that in 2017 a sailor was stranded and alone on a cargo ship near the Suez Canal for almost 4 years. Since the owner was having financial difficulties and the captain had gone ashore, the local court declared the sailor the legal guardian.
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BBC News
Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years
Mohammed Aisha had been living on a ship marooned off Egypt's Red Sea coast for four years.
TIL Sigmund Freud was the first to state that cerebral palsy can be caused by abnormal development before birth. He noticed that some children who experienced oxygen loss during childbirth were not affected, while others were
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Cerebral Palsy Guidance
Cerebral Palsy History | Cerebral Palsy Guidance
The history of cerebral palsy and the innovators that helped define it, is what helps today’s children with cerebral palsy live more productive lives.
TIL slime molds are problem solvers, scooting around on pseudopods before ballooning to release their spores. They can find the shortest path through a maze, and they inspired a slime-mold algorithm that researchers used to map filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies in the universe.
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NASA
Slime Mold Simulations Used to Map Dark Matter Holding Universe Together
The behavior of one of nature's humblest creatures is helping astronomers probe the largest structures in the universe. There is an uncanny resemblance between the networks single-cell slime molds create to seek food and the vast cobweb structure of filaments…
TIL Stephen Gough, "Naked Rambler", walked the length of the UK naked. He attempted to do it again in 2005 and 2006 but was arrested, and has spent much of the intervening years in prison, having been repeatedly arrested for public nudity.
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Stephen Gough
British activist and Royal Marine
TIL hippos are actually not great swimmers. Instead, they mostly move with a sort of slow-motion gallop along the riverbed and they must be denser than water
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Submitted July 14, 2022 at 06:20PM by Elver-Galarga7
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BBC Science Focus Magazine
If you dropped a hippopotamus off the side of a ship, would it sink to the bottom of the ocean?
Asked by: Brian Kirkby, via email
TIL humans produce fewer tears as they get older
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Submitted July 14, 2022 at 07:54PM by doozersworkhard9
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Healthline
What Are Tears Made Of? 17 Facts About Tears That May Surprise You
Have you ever wondered what tears are made of? The answer might surprise you. And do crocodiles cry? We'll tell you some surprising facts about tears.