TIL that Great Britain accidentally adopted the gold standard in 1717 due to Isaac Newton (who was at the time the master of the Royal Mint) setting the exchange rate of silver to gold too low, thereby causing silver to go out of circulation.
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Submitted July 17, 2022 at 06:17PM by TheOnlyBliebervik
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Gold standard
monetary system based on the value of gold
TIL that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone was so prone to exploding that Samsung released an update to brick any unreturned devices.
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Submitted July 17, 2022 at 10:49PM by Paracortex
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Consumerist
Verizon Will Allow Samsung To Brick Remaining Galaxy Note 7 Phones In January
Last week, Samsung announced that it will soon push out a software update for the Galaxy Note 7 that will have the effect of rendering the recalled device useless. At…
TIL that over 20 US States have official militaries not subject to the jurisdiction or command of the Federal Government. They are known as a State Defense Force.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 12:48AM by brownbranch76
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State defense force
military unit under control of a U.S. state government
TIL that Coca-Cola sells 1.9 billion drinks per day
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 01:13AM by Rattiom32
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How many drinks does The Coca-Cola Company sell worldwide each day?| Frequently Asked Questions | Coca-Cola GB
Find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Coca-Cola products
TIL that bee's don't like pink lady's slipper orchids bc their flowers are too tight and dry. The large folds of the petals squeeze and trap the bee's while offering no nectar after bee'ing tricked into getting covered in pollen for free.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 03:21AM by Senior_Accident2278
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The Natural Web
Pink Lady’s Slipper – So lovely, so deceptive!
On a recent trip to Vermont, Pink Lady’s Slipper orchids (Cypripedium acaule), also called Moccasin Flower, were just emerging from their winter blanket of leaves, shyly raising their showy pink bl…
TIL Warren Buffet whose net worth is around $100B today, didn't reach $1B until he was in his 50s
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 03:18AM by Squid_Contestant_69
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MicroCapClub
Warren Buffett’s Net Worth By Age - MicroCapClub
Warren Buffett’s right hand man, Charlie Munger is quoted, “The first $100,000 is a bitch”. Warren Buffett made his first $100,000 in the early 1950’s when he was still an ... Read More
TIL Zoo´s have an instant kill list in case of a mass escape. At the top of the list is the Chimpanzee, because they are known to hunt other primates.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 04:45AM by Hippie_Litch
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Escaped chimpanzees first on shoot-to-kill list at Wellington Zoo
Wellington Zoo has sharp shooters on hand to kill animals if there is a mass escape and first in the firing line are chimpanzees.
TIL Julius Chambers of the New-York Tribune had himself committed to an asylum in 1872, and his account led to the release of 12 patients who were not mentally ill, a reorganization of the staff, and a change in the lunacy laws
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 08:45AM by jacknunn
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Julius Chambers
Julius Chambers, F.R.G.S., (November 21, 1850 – February 12, 1920) was an American author, editor, journalist, travel writer, and activist against psychiatric abuse.
TIL the "snake oil salesman" is attributed to Clark Stanley who gained national attention marketing snake oil at the 1893 World's Fair. In 1916 a USDA analysis concluded there was no snake oil in his concoction at all, and that it was 99% mineral oil. He was fined $20 ($543.69 in 2022).
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TIL that some whirlpools(eddies) in oceans can be as big as 90 miles (150 kilometers) in diameter.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 03:05AM by mejaness
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TIL about Carl Tanzler, a man that developed an obsession with Elena de Hoyos, a woman 32 years his junior, and two years after she died, he dug up her corpse and kept it in his bed for 7 years.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 12:21PM by zoezie
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Bird In Flight
In Bed with Death: A Story of a Man Who Lived with the Body of His Loved One for Seven Years
Her name was Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. A young black-haired Cuban woman and Tanzler met for the first time in 1930 in the Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida. The young woman’s mother brought her in to see a doctor: at 21, she was dying of tuberculosis.
TIL that the German battleship Tirpitz's route along Norway can still be traced by trees along the coast that were damaged by artificial fog.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 01:50PM by gustavotherecliner
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Popular Mechanics
How the Nazis' Largest Battleship Is Still Affecting Norway Today
Decades after it sunk, the battleship Tirpitz is still stunting the environment.
TIL that a robot fish invented to mimic the natural predator of the 'mosquitofish' was so effective that it altered their behaviour, physiology and fertility, effectively "scaring them to death".
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 03:48PM by robertthomsonanim
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'Scaring it to death': Study finds robot fish are removing invasive species in Australian waters
Researchers at the University of Western Australia built a robot fish in 2018 that they used to scare away one of the world's most invasive species, the mosquitofish.
TIL that in 2013 baseball great Mike Piazza appeared in a production of the Miami City Ballet whose school his daughter attended. Piazza said he did this in an attempt to raise the profile of ballet among sports fans.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 04:22PM by astarisaslave
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NBC 6 South Florida
Mike Piazza Makes His Debut With Miami City Ballet
The former Marlins player played a gangster in “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.”
TIL That the date of February 30, 1712, was a real date on the Swedish calendar, created after the Swedish Empire's attempts to convert to the Gregorian Calendar backfired, leading them to convert back to the Julian Calendar by adding Feb 30.
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List of non-standard dates
description of non-standard dates used in calendars for various reasons
TIL There was so much shit in the streets of 14th century Paris that multiple roads had names which originated from the french word for shit, "merde": rue Merdeux, rue Merdelet, rue Merdusson, rue des Merdons, and rue Merdiere. There was also a rue de Pipi, or "Urine Street".
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Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or simply, the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Afro-Eurasia from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the death of 75–200 million…
TIL that John Parr's hit song St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) is only vaguely about the movie, but is specifically about (and directly inspired by) Canadian athlete Rick Hansen. Hansen was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness of spinal cord injuries at the time.
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St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" is a song by British singer John Parr from the 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire. It hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on 7 September 1985, remaining there for two weeks. It was the main theme for Joel Schumacher's film, and…
TiL that in the early 70's, the cannabis strain "Acapulco Gold" was so popular at Columbia University that the college had a dedicated smuggling route via Austin, Texas.
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Acapulco Gold
cannabis strain
TIL Eleanor Roosevelt held her own press conferences where only female journalists were allowed. This ensured they kept their jobs during Depression-era layoffs, earning a steady income & professional status.
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Submitted July 18, 2022 at 10:01PM by Pfeffer_Prinz
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TIL of the "evil" number Belphegor’s Prime: 1000000000000066600000000000001. It's a palindromic prime w/ 666 in the middle, & 13 zeros on each side (plus horn-like 1s). It's named after a Prince of Hell responsible for ingenious discoveries, and its symbol is the Greek letter pi (π), but upside down
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Belphegor's prime
the prime number 10³⁰+666×10¹⁴+1
TIL "1" wasn't considered a number by Ancient Greeks (even Aristotle & Euclid). Numbers were *multitudes* of units (1 was the unit). "One is the seed of number but not number." This view didn't change til 1701 AD, when 1 was defined as a number in the first math dictionary: "Mathematicks Made Easie"
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Smithsonian Magazine
Is One A Number? According to ‘Mathematicks Made Easie,’ Yes
The ancient Greeks, and people for almost 2,000 years after them, argued over whether one was a number