TIL award-winning writer William Goldman would make up bedtime stories for his daughters (4yo & 7yo). One of them wanted tales of princesses, the other wanted brides, so he combined them. These stories became his next book: "The Princess Bride"
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The Princess Bride (novel)
novel by William Goldman
TIL Snoop Dogg had a sketch comedy show called "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle" in 2002 on MTV. It lasted for eight episodes. The show was canceled after the rapper asked for $1 million to return for a second season.
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Doggy Fizzle Televizzle
television series
TIL You actually burn more calories in the cold weather than warm weather.
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ASFA
Do You Burn More Calories in Cold Weather?
Private personal training can help you get back on track for the ultimate calorie burning workout. With the arrival of cooler months, many program wellness coaches have taken advantage of outdoor workouts to burn more calories. Current research in fitness…
TIL George Washington was the nation's largest whiskey producer. He made 11,000 gallons in 1799
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Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
George Washington, Distiller - Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
TIL due to a blight that wiped out most N. American Chestnut trees, most domestic Chestnut hardwood is salvaged from old support beams or fallen trees and is very rare/expensive.
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Woodworking Network
American Chestnut Makes a Comeback | Woodworking Network
When botanists were grappling with the harsh realities of the arrival of the emerald ash borer to U.S. forests, most referenced the devastation that might come to ash trees in terms of another native tree, all but wiped out by blight. That tree was the American…
TIL 108 billion people have lived on Earth. And nearly half, 52 billion, have been killed by mosquitoes
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Vox
Mosquitoes might be humanity’s greatest foe. Should we get rid of them?
The pesky insect is the deadliest animal in human history.
TIL that in 1889 a dam owned by an exclusive hunting and fishing club gave way, causing a flood that killed 2,209 people in southern Pennsylvania. The club's members included many of the richest men in America and efforts to hold it legally responsible went nowhere.
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South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
historic district in Pennsylvania, United States
TIL: Compared with meat-eaters, vegetarians are more likely to have a higher educational level, whereas vegans have a lower education level.
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Comparison of Sociodemographic and Nutritional Characteristics between Self-Reported Vegetarians, Vegans, and Meat-Eaters from…
Background: There is a growing trend for vegetarian and vegan diets in many Western countries. Epidemiological evidence suggesting that such diets may help in maintaining good health is rising. However, dietary and sociodemographic characteristics of ...
TIL that Jimmy Page was told that his new band would be a disaster and "go down like a lead balloon." He changed the spelling of "lead" to "led" (so it wouldn't be mispronounced "leed") and changed "balloon" to "zeppelin", naming the band Led Zeppelin
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are cited as one of…
TIL in 400 BCE Persian engineers created a ice machine in the desert.
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Yakhchāl
traditional type of evaporative cooler
TIL that Neanderthal DNA makes up roughly 1.8% of Asian genomes, 1.7% of European genomes, and 0.5% of African genomes
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Smithsonian Magazine
Modern Humans May Have More Neanderthal DNA Than Previously Thought
A new study is the first to identify a significant amount of Neanderthal DNA in African populations
TIL About Maleo, a type of bird that lay eggs in a self incubating nest, the precocial chicks emerge fully independent and even able to fly with no help from their parents.
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Maleo
species of bird
TIL The US brand Champion pioneered the production of sweatshirts after developing a process that allowed the use of thicker materials such as French Terry cotton. Then, in 1930, Champion sewed the first hood onto a sweatshirt to keep workers in upstate New York warm, thus also pioneering the hoodie
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SANVT
History of The Hoodie / Hooded Sweatshirt | SANVT
The hooded sweatshirt has become a versatile wardrobe staple. Here, we look into the long and controversial history of the "hoodie".
TIL for the ancient Maya, turkeys were considered gifted with exceptional powers and harmful to humans from the nocturnal and dream space. They are portrayed as godlike figures in Maya religious imagery, and at least one Maya ruler included the word for turkey in his royal nickname.
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Turkeys Were Once Worshipped As God - Opera News
Turkeys these days are mostly as vessels for stuffing on your thanksgiving table. But in 300 B.C., the birds were viewed by the Maya as vessels of the
TIL the U.S. claims 4 disputed territories (against Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, and Marshall Islands), claims 5 inhabited territories, and 7 uninhabited territories. Residents are either non-citizen U.S. nationals or U.S. citizens with lesser rights.
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Geology
Map of U.S. Territories
U.S. Territories shown on a world map.
TIL that in 1951, the future President of Botswana (then a member of the Botswanan Royal Family) and his wife were exiled to the UK for 5 years, as the South African government disapproved of their interracial marriage and the UK did not want to imperil their access to cheap resources in SA.
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Ruth Williams Khama
First Lady of Botswana (1923-2002)
TIL heavy malt taxation during the Napoleonic wars caused Scotch distilleries to use more raw grains; unintentionally increasing the quality.
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Scotch whisky
malt or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland in a manner specified by law
TIL: Coastal species are using plastic trash as rafts to spread across the oceans
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Nature
Emergence of a neopelagic community through the establishment of coastal species on the high seas
Nature Communications - Discoveries of persistent coastal species in the open ocean shift our understanding of biogeographic barriers. Floating plastic debris from pollution now supports a novel...
TIL that in Singapore, one would require a permit to own a car known as the Certificate of Entitlement (COE), often costing as much as the vehicle itself, if not more. Introduced in 1990, its implementation is largely due to regulate the growth of cars in the country.
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TIL Sumerians counted with the 3 knuckles of the 4 upper fingers on one hand, then tracked groupings with all 5 fingers on the other hand. This is why seconds and minutes are still measured sexagesimally (base 60 = 3 x 4 x 5)
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TIL the Saturn V rocket, which first took humans to the Moon, weighed just under three million kilogrammes before launch, or roughly the weight of 400 elephants. More than 90% of this weight was fuel alone, leaving a payload of just 43,000 kilogrammes to reach the Moon's orbit.
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Moon dust could be used to make rocket fuel
Moon dust can be used to create the materials needed to explore space.