TIL The Flag of Malta features the George Cross because it was awarded to Malta by King George VI in 1942.
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Flag of Malta
flag of the nation of Malta
TIL that hummingbirds can fly backward because they can manipulate their feathers to change pitch, which affects whether they move up or down, and yaw, which affects whether they move right or left.
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Can Hummingbirds Fly Backwards? 5 Amazing Hummingbirds Facts Explained - Backyard Birds
Hummingbirds seem to defy gravity. They can fly sideways and upside down, but can they also fly backward?
TIL about Janet Stephens, a hair stylist turned hairstyle archeologist. She visited a museum in 2001 and realized historians were wrong about hairstyles on Greek and Roman statues being wigs. She recreated the styles and published her findings in The Journal of Roman Archaeology.
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Smithsonian Magazine
This Woman Is a Hair-Style Archaeologist
Like a superhero of the coiffe, Janet Stephens spends her days as a regular hair dresser and her nights recreating the hairstyles of ancient Rome
TIL in 1516 Germany passed the Reinheitsgebot law stating only water, barley and hops be used to make beer. This was due to sanitation reasons and because unscrupulous brewers sometimes added hallucinogenic plants to their brew.
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The Bavarian Beer Purity Law
TIL Ordinary South Korean citizens could not get a passport and travel abroad until 1989, right after the end of dictatorship. Until 1992, South Koreans who wanted to travel abroad still had to go through anti-communist education
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After travel rules relaxed, Koreans took to skies
Jan. 1, 1989, was no ordinary New Year’s Day for Korea.
Beginning that day, any Korean person who wished to travel overseas could do so freely. Before then, only a few special people - such as students enrolled in foreign schools, overseas worke
Beginning that day, any Korean person who wished to travel overseas could do so freely. Before then, only a few special people - such as students enrolled in foreign schools, overseas worke
TIL that the female G-spot is named after Ernst Gräfenberg, a progressive Jewish medical doctor who studied female sexual physiology (including female ejaculation) well ahead of his time.
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Portrait of Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg
The Edythe Griffinger Portal is a curated selection of items from the Art and Objects Collection, Archives, and Library of the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI).
TIL Freenet, the first darknet and the network often cited as the beginning of the "dark web", was originally a thesis project by Edinburgh University student Ian Clarke. It received a B.
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The dark side of the internet
In the 'deep web', Freenet software allows users complete anonymity as they share illegal information
TIL that Hadrian renamed Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina and converted Jewish temple to temple of Jupiter which caused a Jewish revolt against Roman Empire.
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Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: תְּפוּצָה, romanized: təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: גָּלוּת gālūṯ; Yiddish: golus) is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts…
TIL There were more than 300,000 Christian converts in Japan around 1600. After the failed Shimabara Rebellion led by a Christian samurai, 37,000 Christian rebels and sympathizers got beheaded by the shogunate forces.
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Shimabara Rebellion
The Shimabara Rebellion (島原の乱, Shimabara no ran), also known as the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion (島原･天草の乱, Shimabara-Amakusa no ran) or Shimabara-Amakusa Ikki (島原･天草一揆), was an uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan…
TIL Mount St. Helens is a non-technical climb and it takes most climbers 8 to 12 hours roundtrip to hike to summit, but entry into the crater is strictly prohibited
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TIL In 16th - 17th century Europe and America, the concept of 'bundling' was widely used. This process allowed courting couples to share a bed, fully clothed with a 'bundling board' to separate them. This allowed a pair to talk and get to know each other in the safe confines of the girl's house.
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UKTV Play
UKTV Play is the on demand home of Dave, Drama, W & Yesterday channels. Watch live TV, stream box sets and catch up on your favourite shows. A brilliant mix, just like you.
TIL The Misfits (1961 film) was the last completed film for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, with Gable dying two days after filming ended. In August 2018, an un-released nude scene where Marilyn Monroe exposes herself while making love with Clark Gable's character was discovered.
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The Misfits (1961 film)
1961 film by John Huston
TIL The Parthenon in Athens was largely intact for over 2000 years. The heavily damaged ruins we see today are not due to natural forces or the passage of time but rather a massive explosion in 1687.
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Parthenon
former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
TIL the blast of air you feel when walking into a store is to prevent insects from flying in.
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Air door
device used to prevent air from moving from one open space to another
TIL Despite being the inventor of organized basketball, Dr. James Naismith is the only coach in the history of the University of Kansas’ basketball program to have an overall losing record (55-60)
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TIL The Yupik people of Alaska and Siberia do not consider themselves Inuit and are ethnically different. They favor the term Yupik, Yupiit, or Eskimo. In Canada, Inuit is the preferred term, while in Greenland, they use Greenlanders or Kalaallit
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The Inuit People
The Inuit are Indigenous people who live in the Arctic regions from Alaska to Siberia. The Yupik people of Alaska and Siberia do not consider themselves Inuit.
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TIL of Hannah Beswick; who was so afraid of being buried alive that she paid her physician to be kept above ground and be provisionally checked for signs of life after she died. She was finally buried 110 years after her death, being declared "irrevocably and unmistakably dead"
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Manchester Mummy
British eccentric
TIL No one born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia
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The Curious Link Between Blindness and Schizophrenia
This might blow your mind: No one who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now, that's a mic drop moment for brain researchers.
TIL Die Hard was based on the book, "Nothing Lasts Forever." John McClane's original name was Joseph Leland. Furthermore, the first book in the series was made into a film as well, with the lead played by Frank Sinatra, titled, "The Detective", in 1968.
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Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel)
1979 thriller novel by Roderick Thorp
TIL - According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress
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Broke - ESPN Films: 30 for 30
Many athletes are sucked into bad financial decisions after years of living the high life. A story of the dark side of success.
TIL that the Yautja alien in Predator (1987) was originally played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, until he was fired due to the actor experiencing dehydration during production.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme Was Fired From Predator Movie For Dehydration
Jean-Claude Van Damme fired from Predator movie.