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setembro 30, 2019
TIL Jules Verne's wrote a novel in 1863 which predicted gas-powered cars, fax machines, wind power, missiles, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet, and feminism. It was lost for over 100 years after his publisher deemed it too unbelievable to publish.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL Kurt Cobain wrote this text in the liner notes of Incesticide album: "I have a request to our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us — leave us the fuck alone! Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records."
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that President John Quincy Adams took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law, rather than a Bible.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that MRI of dogs revealed that dogs prioritize the smell of their owners above anything as dog owners' aroma causes an activation activation in the "reward center" of their brains, called the caudate nucleus.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL of Baggins Syndrome The mix of nostalgic longing for a home that no longer exists the way you remember, combined with the fact that seeing the world changes your perspective of the world.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL shortly after returning from the moon Buzz Aldrin began to suffer from alcoholism and depression. "I wanted to resume my duties, but there were no duties to resume. There was no goal, no sense of calling, no project worth pouring myself into."
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that various Nazis used a secret codeword to get exclusive service at a Nazi run brothel. Joseph Goebbels enjoyed “lesbian displays”, and an SS general enjoyed an all-night orgy with 20 girls. The building was tapped. Mussolini’s son in law was recorded expressing negative opinions of Hitler.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, was so goth that she lost her virginity on her mom's grave
setembro 30, 2019
TIL in New York City, over 690 subway trains were delayed due to people jumping on the track. And over 726 trains were delayed due to litter and garbage fires... in one month.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL more than one in four (28%) of all mobile app uninstalls stem from "too many ads and notifications."
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that one of the earliest instances of Phreaking, (hacking into telephone lines,) was discovered via blowing a Captain Crunch toy whistle into a phone line. This toy , coincidentally, rang at 2600 Hz, which is the exact tone that At&T used to determine that a caller had hung up.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL: British Navy officers play Britney Spears songs to scare off Somali pirates. The rationale of playing these songs is because, supposedly, Somali pirates have a strong dislike for western culture and music, which make Britney Spears’ songs a perfect fit to make them move on quickly.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL Charlie Chaplin was the subject of an FBI investigation due to alleged communist sympathies during the height of McCarthyism. He later said "As for politics, I am an anarchist. I hate government and rules - and fetters ... People must be free."
setembro 30, 2019
TIL Angel Lust (Death Erection) is when an erection in occurs in men after death. A number of Renaissance artists depicted a crucified Jesus with a death erection. This art was suppressed by the Catholic Church for several centuries.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL the Jamaican bobsled team received $30,000 in Dogecoin, funding their trip to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that in ancient Rome, giving fellatio was seen as a disgusting, shameful act, while receiving it wasn't. So sometimes petty crimes were solved by punishing the criminal through forcing him/her to perform fellatio on the victim of the crime, instead of taking the case to court.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL: for years Chrysler advertised their luxury cars as containing 'Corinthian leather' with Ricardo Montalbán as the spokesman. On Late Night with David Letterman Montalbán playfully admitted that the term meant nothing. The leather was actually sourced from New Jersey.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that during the run-up to the Gulf War, Muhammad Ali travelled to Iraq and personally secured the release of 15 American hostages being detained by Saddam Hussein, despite the US Government and press condemning the mission and Ali as 'another egomaniacal celebrity out of his depth'.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL when the Beatles were performing 'Twist and Shout' live, John Lennon would change the lyrics to 'I'm pissed with gout', and due to the screaming crowds, no one ever noticed.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL a dress was equipped with sensors to monitor how many times women were grabbed and touched at a night club without consent. The women actively asked not to be touched and moved away from men. The data showed they were touched nonconsensually 157 times in less than four hours.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL that moons can have moons, and they're called "moonmoons"
setembro 30, 2019
TIL it was first assumed that the sharks in the freshwater Lake Nicaragua were an endemic species, but it was later observed that the sharks were able to jump up and down the rapids of the freshwater San Juan River (which connects Lake Nicaragua and the Caribbean Sea) like salmon.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL about Mary Bowser, a former slave with a photographic memory who lived in the Confederate President's house during the Civil War. She was part of the Richmond spy ring and credited for getting the most valuable information of all the spies during the war.
setembro 30, 2019
TIL about Alessandro Moreschi, the last Italian castrato singer, they would castrate the boys before puberty to retain the high voice, there is only one known recording of a castrato, he was around 50 years old when the recording was made, it is kind of eerie.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL about Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest animal on land at 187 years old.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL that the 80's series Miami Vice would spend $10,000 or more per episode to buy the rights to original recordings, including songs from Phil Collins, Depeche Mode, Bryan Adams, U2 and Gloria Stefan.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL that an Ikea in the Netherlands had to cancel their 1 euro breakfast special because it attracted too many customers and caused traffic jams on the highway.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL When Charles II died he had no legitimate heirs, but he did have several illegitimate children. Two of those children were ancestors of Princess Diana, so when William becomes king, he will be the first descendant of Charles II to take the throne.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL - A symbiotic fungus can turn regular pine trees into carnivorous plants that consume up to 90% of soil-dwelling insects the fungus-infected roots can reach for their nitrogen, which the trees use for growth
setembro 29, 2019
TIL that drinking OJ after brushing your teeth tastes bad because of a foaming ingredient in toothpaste which blocks your ability to taste sweetness, and you're left with the pure acidity and bitterness of the fruit.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL Bill Gates predicts that the growth of instructional software will replace textbooks. However, in a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books
setembro 29, 2019
TIL about Jack Trice. He was the second black college football player. Before his first game, he wrote about how proud he was to have the opportunity. He was intentionally targeted throughout the game, breaking his collarbone and causing internal bleeding, which in turn caused his death.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL: America's Interstate Highway System was motivated by National Defense as much as it was by commerce. The full name is "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". Eisenhower's military experience convinced him highways were needed to redeploy troops if America was invaded or nuked.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL In 2011 a fig tree that was "unusual for the area" was spotted growing in a cave. The tree had grown from a fig eaten by man who was killed with dynamite in the cave, 40 years prior. The dynamite blew a hole in the side of the cave, letting sunlight in, which enabled the fig tree to grow.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL of Hy-Brasil, a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years when it becomes visible. It is listed on several early maps, but still cannot be reached.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL at University Florida in 1924, a Catholic priest was kidnapped and castrated by KKK members, including the Gainesville mayor and police chief
setembro 29, 2019
TIL: J. R. R. Tolkien used the name "Bag End" as a calque of "cul-de-sac", to poke fun at the British use of French terms.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL that the Vatican has a single pharmacy. The Vatican claims it is the busiest pharmacy in the world with 2,000 daily visitors. Due to complicated Italian laws, the pharmacy has medicines available years before Italian pharmacies. People often visit to buy them.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL when South Australia voted to give women the vote, the bill was amended by the opposition to also give women the right to run for parliament. They thought this was too preposterous to pass, but it did and it was the first place in the world to do so.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL the Airbus A340 has been in service for over 26 years and has not had a single fatality
setembro 29, 2019
TIL of Israel Keyes, a serial killer who had no preferred victim type and never killed in the same area twice. For one murder, he flew to Chicago and rented a car to get to Vermont, then used a murder kit he’d hidden two years earlier. When shopping, he kept his phone off and only paid in cash.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL the production of Apocalypse Now had actual dead bodies on set, from someone who supplied bodies to medical schools for autopsies. It turned out he was a grave robber.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL that people can die from simply giving up on life. Senior research John Leach said “give-up-itis” can kill in just three weeks without help.
setembro 29, 2019
TIL that only 8% of NFL’s Pink Breast Cancer Awareness sales goes to charity
setembro 28, 2019
TIL one of Nirvana's most controversial performances was in 1993 at the Hollywood Rock Festival in São Paulo, after playing rough versions of their songs, they swapped instruments to play a set of badly rehearsed covers while they were booed by the audience and ended the show by demolishing the gear
setembro 28, 2019
TIL The largest Pyramid in the World is not in Egypt. It's actually located in Puebla, Mexico andis named the Great Pyramid of Cholula. It is an ancient Aztec temple with a base four times larger than Giza's, and nearly twice the volume. It's also hidden in a mountain.
setembro 28, 2019
TIL the word helicopter doesn't come from heli+copter but helico+pter from the Greek helico meaning spiral and pteron meaning wing
setembro 28, 2019
TIL that, at 63,800,000 square miles, the Pacific Ocean is larger than all of Earth's land area combined.
setembro 28, 2019
TIL that hummingbirds are only found in the Americas (and not in the rest of the world), but the oldest known hummingbird was actually a fossil collected in Germany.
setembro 28, 2019
TIL that in 2015, the US Air Force bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan for over an hour, and offered $6,000 in condolences to each of the families of the 42 dead.
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