TIL in the Middle Ages, Christians believed that Muslims worshipped a god named Termagant
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Termagant
Medieval European term and character
TIL Prehistoric monkeys migrated from Africa to South America by traversing the Atlantic Ocean on natural rafts
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Smithsonian Magazine
More Than 30 Million Years Ago, Monkeys Rafted Across the Atlantic to South America
Fossil teeth uncovered in Peru reveal that an extinct family of primates, thought to have lived only in Africa, made it across the ocean
TIL of Pope Celestine V, who was elected as pope against his will. Five months into his reign, he decreed that popes had the right to resign, then resigned. He was then imprisoned by his successor, who feared the former pope could undermine his authority, and died in prison two years later.
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Pope Celestine V
Pope of the Catholic Church from July to December 1294
TIL since 2013 the Dutch have held the annual Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. The Championships take place on a raised storm barrier facing the sea, and during storms of wind force 7 or higher. Competitors use upright single-speed bikes for the 8.5km course, all into a head/side wind.
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Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships
Dutch cycling time trial Championships, held by storm
TIL back in 1945, a physicist at Kodak in Rochester discovered the secret Manhattan project atomic testing 2000 miles away in New Mexico due to straw containing traces of Cerium-141. The straw was sourced from milling plants in Indiana and Iowa that was used to make the film packaging.
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Popular Mechanics
When Kodak Accidentally Discovered A-Bomb Testing
Two thousand miles away from the U.S. A-bomb tests in 1945, something weird was happening to Kodak's film.
TIL that the religious group known as the Shakers are completely celibate and cannot have children, so they can only gain new members by converting outsiders. As a result, there were only two people in the last existing Shaker community as of 2020, although they gained a single new member in 2021.
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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
village in United States of America
TIL in 2006, Creed's lead singer Scott Stapp attempted suicide by jumping off a hotel balcony, only to be rescued 2 hours later by rapper T.I.
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MTV
T.I. Kept Quiet About Scott Stapp Suicide Attempt For Years
T.I. kept quiet about Scott Stapp's suicide attempt for years. "Only those that were present were those that needed to know," Tip tells VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live" about his 2006 encounter with the Creed frontman.
TIL that in 1944 a Sci-fi writer wrote a short story describing nuclear bombs and their construction methods called "Deadline". It was so accurate that the Counter intelligence Corps feared a leak or spy on the Manhattan Project. In actuality the info was always there in public scientific journals.
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Deadline (science fiction story)
1944 science fiction short story
TIL roadrunners are actually much slower than coyotes. A roadrunner sprints at about 20 mph (or 32 km/h), whereas a coyote's top speed can reach over 40 mph (or 64 km/h).
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Roadrunner
genus of birds
TIL That there was a plan to overthrow FDR by top business leaders when he first got elected because of his New Deal.
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the Guardian
Why is so little known about the 1930s coup attempt against FDR? | Sally Denton
Business leaders like JP Morgan and Irénée du Pont were accused by a retired major general of plotting to install a fascist dictator
TIL that Spitting Cobras emerged in the fossil record around the same time as early humans. It is speculated that the reason these snakes spray venom is because of the pressure humans in particular put on them. The spraying of venom from a distance countered the humans' use of projectile weapons.
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The Conversation
Spitting cobras may have evolved unique venom to defend from ancient humans
A toxin unique to spitting cobras means their venom causes more pain than other snakes.
TIL In 1997 a number of people from Kentucky developed CJD (aka human mad cow disease). It was discovered that all had consumed squirrel brains.
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Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
degenerative brain disease caused by prions
TIL the average person produces 11,000 gallons (41600 L) of pee in their lifetime, enough to fill up two 16-foot above ground pools two times.
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TIL the FBI and other countries set up a fake "secure" messaging app to monitor criminal communication which led to multiple arrests globally
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ANOM
international police sting operation between 2018 and 2021
TIL that The British Pound is the oldest currency in the world, it has been used for over 1,200 years and dated back to Anglo-Saxon era. Back then it equivalent to 1 pound of silver. One pound back then could buy you 15 cows.
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TBI Bank
What is the oldest currency in circulation in the world and what do we know about it? | TBI Bank
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TIL that the Spanish basketball team that won the 2000 special olympics were faking their disability
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Yahoo
Olympic scandals: The revolting Spanish sham at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games
A few weeks after Spain’s victory in the basketball tournament for the mentally disabled, an undercover journalist revealed the unthinkable: 10 of the 12 sacred players were in fact… not truly handicapped!
TIL tiny Neolithic baby spoons indicate that new baby gruels were an important innovation in prehistoric baby-care, freeing up women to have more babies & leading to unprecedented population growth
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journals.plos.org
Bone spoons for prehistoric babies: Detection of human teeth marks on the Neolithic artefacts from the site Grad-Starčevo (Serbia)
Around 8000 years ago, throughout the Neolithic world a new type of artefact appeared, small spoons masterly made from cattle bone, usually interpreted as tools, due to their intensive traces of use. Contrary to those interpretations, the small dimensions…
TIL that after the Portuguese dictator Salazar went into coma, he was dismissed as Prime Minister. When he emerged from it and recovered lucidity, no one wanted to tell him he had been removed from power, instead he was allowed to "rule" in privacy until his death 2 years later
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António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
TIL of Elizabeth Jennings Graham, an African-American woman who, in 1854, successfully sued NYC's Third Avenue Railway for denying her a seat on horsecar helping to lead to the desegregation of the city’s public transportation
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New York Transit Museum
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a 24-year-old black New Yorker stood her ground on an omnibus. With courage and perseverance, she won the first recorded legal victory for equal rights on public transportation. Hear her story.
TIL that cats have about 130,000 hairs per square inch of their body. For comparison, an entire human head has about 100,000 total hairs.
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Petco
Combing Out a Mat from Your Cat's Hair or Fur | Petco
Cat hair gets tangled in areas that have lots of rubbing or movement. Learn how to prevent matted cat fur, the supplies to use, and when to consult a professional.
TIL That chronologically, humanity is closer in time to the T-Rex (68-66 mya), than the T-Rex was to the Stegosaurus (155-145 mya).
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