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junho 30, 2023
TIL that in addition to being a drug cheat. Lance Armstrong is also been accused of being a technical cheat. Its alleged he used a tiny motor on his bike. This is supported by video evidence of unusual recurring movements he made in races to engage the engine on the bike just before acceleration.
junho 30, 2023
TIL that the founder of the notorious Bumfights video series was caught trying to ship stolen baby parts out of Thailand in 2018
junho 30, 2023
TIL that Coober Pedy the town in Australia famous for Opal mines and underground houses (built to escape the heat) literally translates in the aboriginal language to "white man in a hole".
junho 30, 2023
TIL that when Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was criticized for wearing no. 88 (a code used by nazis) he claimed to not have known about the meaning and had only chosen it because no. 01 had been denied which he'd wanted due to his admiration for the "Gerneral Lee" from Dukes of Hazard.
junho 30, 2023
TIL 'Footloose' the movie is based on a real place of Elmore OK which banned dancing between 1898 to 1980
junho 30, 2023
TIL the song Hey There Delilah was written about a woman who had a different boyfriend and turned down the lead singer of the band.
junho 30, 2023
TIL in Japan raw eggs are generally safe to eat. This is because the country has developed a "super egg machine" that checks the inside of the eggs for salmonella using spectroscopic analysis. It also cleans the eggs without breaking their shells dries them and packages them so they are safe.
junho 29, 2023
TIL: That the tradition of death row meals started due to a fear of ghosts. In ancient Greece they fed them in order to prevent the people coming back from the underworld as "hungry ghosts" as that was one of their greatest fears.
junho 29, 2023
TIL a study from 2015 showed evidence that polar bears are submissive to grizzly bears even when the latter is smaller fewer and/or not acting aggressively. Polar bears acted submissively towards grizzlies in 132/137 interspecific interactions at whale carcasses.
junho 29, 2023
TIL according to international space law space is defined as common heritage of humanity which makes territorial claims in space prohibited. The main purposes of this law are to prevent colonial claims and militarization of space.
junho 29, 2023
TIL after Rush's 1975 album "Caress of Steel" had disappointing sales Mercury Records considered dropping the band. However they were allowed to make one more album. Despite pressure from the label to go commercial Rush ignored them and in 1976 released their breakthrough prog-rock album: "2112.
junho 29, 2023
TIL Black mold can essentially cause you to lose your personality. Toxic Mold Syndrome primarily affects the respiratory symptoms. But it has also been linked to more serious long-term effects on the brain like memory loss insomnia anxiety depression trouble concentrating and confusion.
junho 29, 2023
TIL that mayonnaise consists of only four ingredients. Egg yolk oil salt and some acidic ingredient such as vinegar or lemon juice.
junho 28, 2023
TIL that the Amazon River drains about 61 million gallons (230 million liters) of water into the ocean per second. This is greater than that of the world's next seven largest rivers combined and accounts for 20% of total river water discharge worldwide.
junho 28, 2023
TIL the most widely used Language in North America during the 1700s and 1800s was not English or Spanish but a universal form of Sign Language now known as Plains Sign. It allowed natives and colonists to cross language barriers and trade easily.
junho 28, 2023
TIL On the night of October 12 2010 69 days after the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed all 33 miners that had been trapped almost half mile underground were all rescued. Currently this is still the longest underground survival story in history.
junho 28, 2023
TIL intelligent people are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs
junho 28, 2023
TIL the Mormon church is the wealthiest religious institution in the world with estimated assets between 80 and 100 billion dollars.
junho 27, 2023
TIL that in 2013 the number of U.S. children named Cheese skyrocketed by 450 percent.
junho 27, 2023
TIL: In 2010 New Jersey lost $400 million in federal education reform money due to submitting data from the wrong school year. This lost them 4.8 points making them fall 3 points short of receiving federal aid which went to Ohio instead. People have called this a "stunning $400 million mistake"
junho 27, 2023
TIL about Woods Metal. Because it melts at low temperatures it was used to make joke spoons that would melt in hot soup. It is also highly toxic.
junho 27, 2023
TIL that Alexander the Great founded as many as 13 cities during his rule ten of which had Alexandria in their name.
junho 27, 2023
TIL that a bolt of lightning is four times hotter than the surface of the sun
junho 27, 2023
TIL The name Chicago comes from the Algonquin language: shikaakwa meaning striped skunk or onion.
junho 27, 2023
TIL that Tootsie Rolls are just chocolate flavored taffy
junho 26, 2023
TIL that at the opening ceremonies to the 1936 Summer Olympics the event organizers made the mistake of shooting off a cannon after they had released hundreds of pigeons. While the cannon shot blanks the sound of the shot scared the birds so much that they defecated on the athletes below.
junho 26, 2023
TIL Red Bulls famous slogan Red Bull gives you wings was changed to Red Bull gives you wiiings after a $13million lawsuit that accused the company of fraudulent advertising because the drink did not give people wings or elevated abilities of any kind.
junho 26, 2023
TIL about Grizzly 399. A female bear from the Grand Tetons that bucks the trend of living into her old age and giving birth to triplets instead of twins. She chooses to live in close proximity to humans for their protection and has become a social media celebrity and tourist attraction.
junho 26, 2023
TIL: In 1990 Tom Stuker bought a lifetime pass from United Airlines for $290000. He has since flown 23 million miles and calls the purchase the 'best investment' of his life.
junho 26, 2023
TIL: Until as recently as 2020 tattoos in Japan could only be legally performed by licensed medical professionals. South Korea still has this restriction.
junho 25, 2023
TIL that Oceangate blew up a 1/3 scale carbon fiber hull model during 6000 psi testing at the University of Washington shook the whole building and had to pay for the pressure sensors destroyed.
junho 25, 2023
TIL that if you're a communist - or were in the past 10 years - the US prevents you from becoming a citizen
junho 25, 2023
TIL Fairy Shrimp are a species that lives in ephemeral pools of rainwater and completes its lifecycle by laying eggs by the time those pools dry up. Its eggs then wait until the next time that pool fills even years or decades and the cycle repeats
junho 25, 2023
TIL that International Shooting Union barred women from shooting with men in 1993 after Zhang Shan won the gold medal in Skeet Shooting in 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
junho 24, 2023
TIL that airliners use 1 gallon of gas each second!
junho 24, 2023
TIL fish have thoughts and feelings they like to have fun and they achieve stress relief through soothing physical contact like monkeys and humans do (think mutual grooming or massage therapy). They grieve if they lose their mate and fish who can't get with their desired lover become pessimistic.
junho 24, 2023
TIL that the choir in the title sequence of Mr Bean is singing Ecce homo qui est faba which translates to Behold the man who is a bean. in Latin.
junho 24, 2023
TIL about Prince Mikasa who was Japanese Emperor Hirohito's brother and repeatedly criticized the regime's war crimes during and after World War II including proposing that the Emperor resign in 1945 to take responsibility for the war
junho 23, 2023
TIL the bizantines had to deal with a whale that attacked ships in the Bosporus Strait for 50 years
junho 23, 2023
TIL that women can give birth to twins with different biological fathers (heteropaternal superfecundation). The frequency has not been established but one study found it occurred in around 1 in every 42 cases of fraternal twins whose parents were involved in paternity disputes.
junho 23, 2023
TIL that Adolf Hitler favored Clark Gable above all other actors. During World War II Hitler offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and bring Gable to him unscathed.
junho 23, 2023
TIL I learned about the HMS Thesis submarine disaster. It had an escape chamber that saved 4 lives but the fifth person panicked when using it dooming all 98 others aboard.
junho 23, 2023
TIL "Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat" was an unofficial mascot of the 2000 Summer Olympics. He proved so popular that the Australian Olympic Committee attempted to ban athletes appearing with Fatso to stop him upstaging their official mascots.
junho 23, 2023
TIL Of Titanic Thompson a prolific hustler and golfer of the early 20th century. One of Thompson's tricks was to play righthanded win and offer to play double or nothing lefthanded he was naturally lefthanded. In his time a professional golfer could earn 30000$ a year he earned that in a week.
junho 23, 2023
TIL A Surgeon in Germany killed 4 patients because he used lemon juice instead of antiseptic
junho 23, 2023
TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.
junho 22, 2023
TIL that filmmaker James Cameron has visited the Titanic 33 times including once when he was trapped for 16 hours due to on-board technical issues
junho 22, 2023
TIL that the line "There's one for you nineteen for me" in the Beatles song "Taxman" was not an exaggeration - at the time the highest UK tax rate was 95%.
junho 22, 2023
TIL that Gabe Newell president of the video game company Valve which created steam owns Inkfish an ocean-exploration research organisation which currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans with their deep-submergence vehicle Limiting Factor
junho 21, 2023
TIL Russia has over 2500 nuclear generators scattered throughout its countryside
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