TIL that in addition to using the stars, Micronesians navigated the Pacific by recognizing and interpreting different type of ocean swells, even using them to pinpoint the existence of islands hundreds of miles away. Marshallese islanders additionally made stick maps of these ocean swell patterns.
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Marshall Islands stick chart
Micronesian navigational aid
TIL that John Ratcliffe (the bad guy in Pocahontas) was actually for trading with Native American Indians and was disliked for doing this by his fellow colonists. He was eventually killed by Native Americans though by being skinned alive from the feet up by mussel shells
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John Ratcliffe (governor)
Colonial governor of Virginia
TIL India faces 50 year cycles of rat floods. The cycle is driven by the flowering cycle of bamboo that produces excesses of seeds that increase the rat population. The last mautam (Melocanna baccifera driven event) occured 2007-8 and the next thingtam (Bambusa tulda driven) is to occur in 2025-6.
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Mautam
cyclic ecological phenomenon
TIL Hall of Fame QB Bret Favre almost died in a car accident at age 22, less than a mile from his destination. His car flipped three times, was freed after his brother smashed the windows with a golf club, and later had 30in of his small intestines removed by doctors.
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Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre (/fɑːrv/ (listen) FARV; born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. Favre had 321 consecutive starts from 1992…
TIL during a preview of the Sistine Chapel paintings, one of the Pope's men criticized all the "disgraceful" nudity. So Michaelangelo painted the critic's likeness into the Last Judgement, wearing nothing but a snake that's biting his dick.
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Biagio da Cesena
Papal Master of Ceremonies
TIL that in the D-Day landings of 1944, only about 14 percent of the force were infantry, 6 percent were tank crews, and the rest were "rear area functions," - Logistics, medical staff, etc.
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TIL Minnesota isn't the land of 10,000 lakes, but is the land of over 14,300 (named) lakes.
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Minnesota: Land of How Many Lakes? | Minnesota Sea Grant
Growing up in Minnesota, I felt some pride that we must be the most "lakey” state in the nation because we had 10,000 lakes. Of course, I didn’t think we had exactly 10,000 of them, but I could imagine the consternation early explorers would have felt had…
TIL the original Ninja Turtles comic was full of references to Daredevil: they got their powers after a blind man was hit by a truck carrying radioactive ooze (just like in DD), their main enemy clan was The Foot (in DD it's The Hand), and their sensei was Splinter (like DD's mentor: Stick).
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)
American comic book published by Mirage Studios, started in May 1984
TIL Bruce Springsteen's hit "Born in the U.S.A." isn't celebrating patriotism, but criticizing war, and relating veterans' hardships
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TIL that the sons of Chang and Eng Bunker, who were the origin of the term "Siamese Twins" for conjoined twins, fought on the Confederate side during the US Civil War. Chang's son Christopher and Eng's son Stephen both fought as Confederate Cavalrymen, in separate units.
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American Battlefield Trust
Chang and Eng Bunker
The origins of the phrase “Siamese Twins,” Chang and Eng Bunker were conjoined twins who operated a plantation in North Carolina during the Civil War. Born...
TIL that seaweeds, like kelp, are not plants. They belong in the kingdom Protista. Seaweeds lack the vascular system and roots of a plant; they can absorb the water and nutrients they need directly from the ocean.
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Portsmouth Herald
Seaweed actually not plants at all
The jury is out on seaweeds; some people probably hear the word and think about sushi, some think about beautiful underwater seaweed forests floating up toward the sun, gently swaying with the curren…
TIL in 2011, a South Korean mall had to be evacuated after a 17-person dance class matched the natural resonance of the building it to violently shake for 10 minutes
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Techno Mart
Techno Mart refers to either of two different shopping malls in Seoul, South Korea. The Gangbyeon branch, located in Gwangjin District, contains an estimated 2000 electronics and appliances stores. The Sindorim branch is located in Guro District.
TIL: Gaston Glock began as a manufacturer of curtain rods in the 1960s, and knives for the Austrian military in the 1970s, and did not design or manufacture a firearm until he was 52 years old
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Gaston Glock
Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock
TIL that during Hammurabi’s reign all debt was cancelled for all citizens, in 1792, 1780, 1771, and 1762 BC.
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CADTM
The Long Tradition of Debt Cancellation in Mesopotamia and Egypt from 3000 to 1000 BC – CADTM
We must pierce the smoke-screen of creditors and re-establish the historical truth. Repeated and generalised debt cancellation has occurred throughout…
TIL In 1978, President Carter oversaw the installation of the first computers in the White House: a Hewlett-Packard HP 3000, water-cooled IBM laser printer, and Xerox Alto desktop computer for the Oval Office. Reagan later removed the Xerox Alto in 1981
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Midland Daily News
Check out the first computer in the White House
The dawn of the White House’s digital age began with President Jimmy Carter, according...
TIL that the Amy Winehouse song ‘Me & Mr. Jones’ was written about her relationship with Nasir Jones, who is best known as the influential rapper Nas.
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TIL The average height of Chinese men rose nearly 9 cm from 1984 to 2019
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Average height of Chinese men sees the biggest rise of nearly 9 cm over 35 years: report
The average height of Chinese men increased by nearly 9 centimeters over 35 years between 1985 and 2019. This has become a trending topic on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo on Wednesday, with over 104,000 likes.
TIL a single Egyptian diplomatic car has accumulated 1,983 unpaid New York City parking tickets, totaling $223,265. Diplomatic vehicles in total owe $15.7 million in parking fines.
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the Guardian
New York City is owed $500m in parking fines. No one is paying up
The repeated violations of a weed-themed company are just the tip of the iceberg in maddening city to get around
TIL eucalyptus trees can store gold in their leaves after transporting it all the way from their roots
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Smithsonian Magazine
Gold Particles in Eucalyptus Trees Can Reveal Deposits Deep Underground
The plants can absorb gold particles in their roots and transport them up to their leaves--a finding that could be a boon for mining companies
TIL in 2006 a Romanian man, Florin Fodor, was charged for trying to illegally immigrate to Canada multiple times. He was first deported from Canada in 2000, and then in 2006 he attempted to enter again by sailing from Greenland to Nunavut in a 20 foot fiberglass boat.
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Florin Fodor
Romanian who attempted to enter Canada illegally
TIL about the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII. “In the first four months of 1942, German U-boats ravaged the shipping lanes off North Carolina, sinking almost 40 ships during that period. It is an often overlooked piece of American history.”
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Coastal Review
When World War II Was On the Outer Banks | Coastal Review
Once the United States entered World War II, the battles fought in the Atlantic off the North Carolina coast changed the way of life for those that called the Outer Banks home.