TIL Female Bark lice have spined penises they use to mate with unwilling partners for up to 70 hours
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Advanced Science News
The Unusual Genitalia of Bark Lice
Given the plurality of different genital shapes used by the animal kingdom, it is perhaps unusual that a female “penis” had not been observed before 2014.
TIL that the Holy Roman Empire was the First Reich
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Submitted August 08, 2022 at 08:38AM by Alehti
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Review: The First Reich on JSTOR
Aram Bakshian Jr., The First Reich, The National Interest, No. 146, AMERICA’S ASSAD QUANDARY (November/December 2016), pp. 88-96
TIL Galileo Ferraris' invention of Induction Motor, as well as the Three-Phase power systems proceeded Telsa's by 8 months. Infact, The inventor of the Modern Induction Motor (Squirrel Cage) and Three-Phase Power Systems Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, attributed Ferraris as his precursor.
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Galileo Ferraris - Engineering Hall of Fame
Father of 3 phase AC electric power
TIL on 2008, in Douai, France, a bridegroom sued to annul his marriage because the bride wasn't virgin and had lied on the subject. He won in the High Court but lost in appeal
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2008 French mistaken virginity case
On 1 April 2008, the high court of Lille (France) annulled a marriage on the grounds of "mistaken essential qualities of the spouse" in accordance with article 180 paragraph 2 [archive] of the French civil code. The woman was not a virgin at the time of the…
TIL a distant relative of modern dragonflies had a wingspan of about 30 inches
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Meganisoptera
Order of Giant Dragonflies
TIL that not only did Richard Edlund engineer the computerised cameras used in the original Star Wars but he also designed the original Star Trek font, was a highly respected rock photographer AND also invented the Pignose guitar amp. Wow.
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TIL that the first commercial plastic, Celluloid, was invented to replace ivory as a material for billiard balls, as elephants were being hunted to near extinction to keep up with the demand. Unfortunately it was so flammable that the balls would sometimes explode on impact.
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Billiard ball
ball used in cue sports
TIL Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," was and remains a virgin
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Was The Unabomber The Original Incel? Unpacking Ted Kaczynski's Relationships With Women | Oxygen Official Site
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski had a complicated, and at times, hostile relationship with women.
When he was arrested in 1996 for his bombing spree — which killed three people and injured 23 between 1978 and 1995 — he was 54 and had never had a girlfriend. He…
When he was arrested in 1996 for his bombing spree — which killed three people and injured 23 between 1978 and 1995 — he was 54 and had never had a girlfriend. He…
TIL of the "Dave Matthews Chicago River Incident", where a tour bus for the Dave Matthews Band emptied its septic tank while over a bridge with a grated deck, resulting in the sewage falling directly onto a sight-seeing boat with rooftop seating
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Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident
2004 environmental incident in Chicago, Illinois
TIL that through a combination of using limes instead of lemons, long term storage of the juice, and exposure to copper the scurvy-prevention power of citrus juice was nullified and scurvy saw a resurgence in the arctic and antarctic explorations of the late 1800s and early 1900s
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TIL: that Margaret Cho suffered kidney failure from rapid weight loss after her appearance was criticized by executive producer Gail Berman of the show All-American Girl.
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Margaret Cho
American actress and comedian
TIL the original signed manuscripts of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto were nearly lost in WWII when being transported for safekeeping to Prussia by train in the care of a librarian. The train came under aerial bombardment and the librarian escaped to a nearby forest with the scores hidden in his coat.
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Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
The Nearly Lost Brandenburg Concertos
The Brandenburg Concerti by Johann Sebastian Bach were originally titled “Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments” and composed as a set of six works for concerto grosso. Presented by the composer to …
TIL in 2007, Somali pirates siezed a North Korean cargo vessel. The ship's distress call was responded by an American Warship where they retook the ship and gave medical assistance to North Koreans. After this incident, the North Korean media expressed gratitude to the the United States.
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Dai Hong Dan incident
The Dai Hong Dan incident took place on 29 October 2007, when the North Korean cargo vessel MV Dai Hong Dan was attacked and temporarily seized by Somali pirates off Somalia. The following day, the crew of the vessel overpowered the pirates with the support…
TIL 36-yr-old Jamie Siminoff founded the company Doorbot in 2013 and went on Shark Tank to raise $700k. Jamie refused the lone shark offer from Kevin, rebranded the company as Ring, brought on Shaquille O'Neal as investor and spokesperson, and in 2018 sold Ring to Amazon for $1.2-1.8 billion.
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Ring (company)
manufacturer of home automation and surveillance products
TIL: In ancient Rome actors had a very low social status and were seen as little better than prostitutes
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Latin Language Blog | Language and Culture of the Ancient Latin-Speaking World
Being an Actor in Ancient Rome | Latin Language Blog
Salvete Omnes! After the Emmy's this weekend, where we have seen actors and actresses honored and pampered, so we're gonna be looking at the life of actors in Ancient Rome and just how different it was for them. Roman mosaic depicting actors and an aulos…
TIL: 242 known languages went extinct during the 20th century
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List of languages by time of extinction
Wikimedia list article
TIL that one of the worst droughts in recorded history occurred in Texas during the 1950's. Huge lakes and rivers dried up completely, grass nearly died out leading to massive dust storms, and 50% of Texas' farming industry was dead by the end of the decade.
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1950s Texas drought
The 1950s Texas drought was a period between 1949 and 1957 in which the state received 30 to 50% less rain than normal, while temperatures rose above average. During this time, Texans experienced the second-, third-, and eighth-driest single years ever in…
TIL On July 26, 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descended on Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota devastating millions of acres of crops. It was so thick that it blocked out the sun and one could shovel the grasshoppers with a scoop. Cornstalks were eaten to the ground and fields left completely bare.
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HISTORY
Grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops
On July 26, 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the American heartland, devastating millions of acres. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota,
TIL about Thomas Edison's filming and assistance in the electrocution, poisoning, and strangulation of Topsy the circus elephant on Coney Island.
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 04:40AM by EnvironmentalValue18
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Electrocuting an Elephant
1903 silent film
TIL Ancient Greeks referred to Subsaharan Africans as Aethiopians, meaning “burnt-face people”. Aethiopia referred to all of the inhabited land found to the south of Egypt. The Greek historian Herodotus stated, “the men are taller, handsomer, and longer lived than anywhere else.”
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 07:09AM by Ihateredditorsalot2
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Aethiopia
geographical region in classical Greek literature for the upper Nile and areas south of the Sahara
TIL In 1980, a 30 year old man ate the entirety of a small Cessna aircraft, consumed over the course of 2 years
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Submitted August 09, 2022 at 06:09AM by adarnasiykh19
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Michel Lotito
French eater (1950-2007)