TIL that some countries presume organ donor consent with a system known as 'opt-out'. Surprisingly, the only significant result (as of this 2019 study) has been a reduction in living organ donation
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TIL In 1968 the Swiss army accidentally fired 5 mortar shells into Liechtenstein hitting their only ski resort. Liechtenstein authorities said no one was hurt and they would "only mildly" protest
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Trove
Pocket 'war' - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 16 Oct 1968
VADUZ, Liechtenstein, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter). — Swiss soldiers today lobbed five mortar bombs into this pocket principality "without even ...
TIL the term "Seeing Eye Dog" only applies if the dog was trained by the non-profit group "The Seeing Eye" of Morristown, New Jersey. If the dog wasn't trained there, it is simply referred to as a "guide dog".
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Wikipedia
The Seeing Eye
non-profit organization in the USA
TIL that the artist who created Mike Tyson's face tattoo sued Warner Bros because the same design was used on Ed Helms' face in 'Hangover II'. The artist had previously copyrighted the image and Warner Bros ended up setting the law suit.
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U.S.
"Hangover" tattoo lawsuit settled
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fans of "The Hangover: Part II" can rest easy: the tattoo on Ed Helms' face is staying in the film.
TIL if you bought a lottery ticket in 16th Century England it came with the added bonus of being a 'get out of jail free card'. Every participant was granted immunity from one arrest, as long as the crime wasn't extremely serious, like murder or treason.
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Wikipedia
Lottery
gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize
TIL that on having your 7th child in Germany, you can apply to have the president be their Godfather.
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Deutsche Welle
Unlucky number seven causes headache for German president
Like many religions, Germany encourages its citizens to go forth and multiply. A family's seventh child automatically gets a bonus godfather - the German president. But what happens when the family has extremist views?
TIL The FBI attempted to bribe members of congress in the 80s by forming a fake company. A quarter of all members who were tested accepted the bribe, and were eventually convicted.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
ABSCAM | Federal Bureau of Investigation
On February 2, 1980, the world learned of our high-level investigation into public corruption and organized crime, infamously code-named ABSCAM.
TIL upon request, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his copy of the "I have a dream" speech he had just delivered to the then security guard George Raveling. Raveling has been offered as much as $3 million for the original copy but he has refused all offers.
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I Have a Dream
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic…
TIL Companies save more than $3 billion a year in unspent gift cards.
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CNBC
Consumers lose $3 billion a year in unspent gift cards
Gift cards provide retail companies with capital as they wait for them to be redeemed. In 2019, Amazon had $3.3 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards on the books.
TIL that Kevin Peter Hall who played 'Predator' opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first Predator movie, could not see out of the predator mask and had to rehearse his scenes with it off and memorize where everything was.
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Men's Journal
'Predator': 11 Wild Facts About the Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Film
The bugs. The heat. The jungle. The alien. And the ‘80s action superstar who was fired from playing the actual Predator. Here are the top Predator facts.
TIL in the first auto show in New York in 1899, every vehicle was electric with the exception of some steam powered cars.
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The Library of Congress
Automobile parade
The first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 by the Automobile Club of America, in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered machines. In the background is Madison Square Garden.…
TIL the Tolkien Estate sued Dungeons & Dragons for using the words dragon, dwarf, elf, ent, goblin, hobbit, orc, balrog, and warg. As a result, all but hobbit, ent, and balrog were ruled as public domain.
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ScreenRant
Lord Of The Rings' Complicated Legal History With Dungeons & Dragons
D&D has had to be wary of the Tolkien Estate.
TIL that BASE jumping is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. The sport has a death and injury rate 43 times higher than parachuting from a plane, and according to one study, a fatality rate of 1 out of every 60 jumpers.
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BASE jumping
activity where participants jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall
TIL The Common Swift Is the Record Holder for Longest Uninterrupted Flight. It can stay in the air for 10 months straight
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Audubon
The Common Swift Is the New Record Holder for Longest Uninterrupted
Scientists have found that the birds can stay in the air for 10 months straight. That is a very long time.
TIL that back in 2010, the White House had to assure people that the President's upcoming State of the Union address would not conflict with the season premiere of LOST (season 6)
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Cbsnews
White House to "Lost" Fans: Don't Worry about State of the Union
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Speech will Not Disrupt Season Premiere
TIL of William Rankin, one of only two people to ever survive falling all the way through a thunderstorm cloud. He would fall for almost 40 minutes while suffering frost bite, welts and other serious injuries
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Task & Purpose
The Incredible Story Of The Marine Who Rode Lightning
When Marine Lt. Col. William Henry Rankin ejected at 40,000 feet after his F-8 Crusader malfunctioned, things didn’t seem like they could get much worse.
TIL that a key reason that Pyramid Schemes are illegal is because of market saturation. If you started a pyramid scheme with 5 people and each person recruited 5 more people, by the 15th tier you would’ve exceeded the entire population of the earth.
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www.michigan.gov
Multi-Level Marketing or Illegal Pyramid Scheme?
TIL that Ibrahim the Mad, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was obsessed with large ladies and ordered his officers to search far and wide for the fattest women in the land to add to his harem
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Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire
Ibrahim (/ˌɪbrəˈhiːm/; Ottoman Turkish: ابراهيم; Turkish: İbrahim; 5 November 1615 – 18 August 1648) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648. He was born in İstanbul, the son of Ahmed I by Valide Kösem Sultan, an ethnic Greek originally…
TIL most people during the Victorian Era only had access to a full bath once a month. Newspaper and corncobs were used as toilet paper, and ammonia was used as a shampoo.
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Grunge
The Truth About Victorian-Era Hygiene
Personal hygiene wasn't quite at the point where any random citizen could stroll down to the local Walmart, grab a pack of soap, and head home to their shower.
TIL Darwin, Australia was named after Charles Darwin but before he published his theory of evolution. Captain Wickham sailed with Darwin during HMS Beagle's first voyage, then he named the area after his old crewmate during the second voyage when he surveyed Northern Australia.
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin /ˈdɑːrwɪn/ (listen) (DAR-win; Larrakia: Garramilla) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory.
TIL the creators of "Parks and Recreation" did research for the show by interviewing actual government officials. One said, "Well, I’m a libertarian, so I don’t really believe in the mission of my job. Yes, I’m aware of the irony." The character of Ron Swanson was born.
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Los Angeles Times
Making bureaucracy work: How NBC's 'Parks and Recreation' overcame bad buzz
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