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TIL that, in addition to ethical concerns, Ford's Theatre won't put on "Our American Cousin" (the show Lincoln was assasinated during) in part because it's a comedy that just isn't very funny
https://fords.org/why-fords-doesnt-produce-our-american-cousin/
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TIL Tolkien and CS Lewis hated Disney, with Tolkien branding Walt's movies as “disgusting” and “hopelessly corrupted” and calling him a "cheat"
https://winteriscoming.net/2021/02/20/jrr-tolkien-felt-loathing-towards-walt-disney-and-movies-lord-of-the-rings-hobbit/
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TIL of the liver shot in combat sports. This is a. shot to the right side of the ribcage and is excruciatingly painful and can incapacitate a person instantly. The punch shocks the liver causing the victim to lose focus and drive and often results in TKOs in combat sports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_shot
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TIL Macho Man Randy Savage released a full length rap album in 2005, the title track Be a Man is a dis track towards Hulk Hogan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_a_Man_(Randy_Savage_album)
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TIL in the 17th century, young upper-class men in Europe would travel across the continent in a rite of passage known as The Grand Tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour
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TIL the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that sank in 2012, resulting in the death of 32 people, had been carrying a large amount of mafia-owned cocaine when it sank and traces of it were found in Captain Francesco Schettino's hair samples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster
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TIL that Marlon Brando often refused to memorize his lines for movies like The Godfather. Instead, the crew used cue cards placed around the set, even on other actors. Brando claimed this approach made his performances feel more real and spontaneous, capturing the uncertainty of real conversations.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1252118/marlon-brando-godfather-queue-cards-more-than-memory-aid/
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TIL the first known recipe for a PB&J sandwich dates back to 1901
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_and_jelly_sandwich
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TIL: The burial sites in Medina and Mecca for the Prophet Muhammad's family members were destroyed to make room for the Hajj pilgrimages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_early_Islamic_heritage_sites_in_Saudi_Arabia
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TIL: Lawyer Andrew G. Haley was the world's first practitioner of Space Law. He was was pivotal in founding the International Institute of Space Law which provides guidelines on how the law should apply to space and extraterrestrial beings. He died in 1966, 3 years before the moon landing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_G._Haley
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TIL in 1959, thirty TV Westerns aired during prime time in the US; none had been canceled that season, while 14 new ones had appeared. In one week in March 1959, eight of the top ten shows were Westerns. In addition, an estimated $125 million in toys based on TV Westerns were sold that year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerns_on_television
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TIL that due to their long association with humans, dogs have evolved the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet, which would be inadequate for other canid species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog
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TIL: When Texas entered the Union as a slave state in 1845, a legal technicality created an ungoverned, lawless strip of land (which later became the Oklahoma panhandle). People from Kansas moved in to evade strict alcohol laws and the (unofficial) capital was called "Beer City".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_City,_Oklahoma
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TIL The shipwreck of M/S Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea on September 28, 1994 and caused 852 deaths, is only about 80 meters below sea level. If you were to put the ship on her transom with the bow pointing to the sky, about half of the ship would be above the surface of the water.
https://www.vrak.se/en/wrecks-and-remains/estonia/
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TIL why NHL Stadiums sound an air horn after a goal is scored. Thank Bill Wirtz, owner of both Chicago Stadium and the Blackhawks, who liked the sound of his air horn on his yacht, so he had one installed inside the stadium in 1973. His uncle's company made it, and most NHL horns come from them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_horn
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TIL Pakistan accidentally took down Youtube for the entire globe in 2008 in an attempt to block it
https://www.cnet.com/culture/how-pakistan-knocked-youtube-offline-and-how-to-make-sure-it-never-happens-again/
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TIL in 1952, more than 100,000 U.S. Army troops descended on Lampasas, Texas as part of Operation Longhorn, a military exercise that trained soldiers how to retake a town from communist invaders
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Central-Texas-lost-war-of-1952-11115386.php
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TIL more than 86% of psychologists have themselves sought therapy (average of 221 sessions), and 62% identify as depressed, themselves.
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/pro-a0031182.pdf
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TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.
https://guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-female-murderer#:~:text=The%20most%20prolific%20female%20murderer,ostensibly%20to%20preserve%20her%20youth.
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TIL The Brooklyn Bridge was inaugurated in 1883 and was considered an engineering marvel at the time. However, rumors of its weakness caused a public panic that led to the death of about 12 people. To restore confidence in the bridge's strength, P.T. Barnum marched 21 elephants and 17 camels across
https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/elephants-panic-brooklyn-bridge-1883
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TIL Actor Peter Dante, famous for his appearance in Adam Sandler films, has not appeared in a Sandler film since 2013, following an incidence in which he called a hotel worker the N-word for not recognizing him
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dante?wprov=sfla1
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TIL Protein folding is the process where newly formed protein in the cell, changes from a long, unstable coil into a specific 3D shape. This final structure allows the protein to carry out its biological function. Many proteins fold spontaneously, some require enzymes or certain chemical conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_folding
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TIL Multiple places in Europe have a tradition of making Love-Spoons, which are decoratively carved spoons given to women by their suitors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovespoon
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TIL Ghost moons — if they really exist — are swirling clouds of dust that share Earth’s orbit, staying ahead of or behind Earth as it goes around the Sun. Officially called “Kordylewski clouds,” ghost moons were first reported in the 1960s and were only tentatively confirmed in 2018.
https://www.planetary.org/articles/the-quasi-moons-of-earth
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TIL of Mettbröchen, a German dish served as raw minced pork spread on a roll and sprinkled with raw onions.
https://germanculture.com.ua/main-dishes/mettbrotchen/
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TIL Two main populations of Dingos (West and East) do not share close ancestry and might represent separate waves of Humans bringing domesticated Dogs/Wolves into Australia 8,000 to 3,000 years ago.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-09/ancient-dna-study-suggests-dingoes-preserve-genetic-heritage/104065490
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TIL: Dominant female cotton-top tamarin monkeys use pheromones to stop subordinate females from breeding. The pheremones suppress sexual behavior and delay puberty. In the event that more than one female in a group becomes pregnant, only one of the pregnancies will survive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton-top_tamarin
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TIL That there were pilotless drones as early as the 1950's and one inadvertently caused multiple incidents of civilian property damage, near civilian misses, and a 1,000 acre forest fire while the US Air Force struggled to shoot it out of the sky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale
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TIL that Operation Denver was an active measure disinformation campaign run by the KGB in the 1980s to plant the idea that the United States had invented HIV/AIDS as part of a biological weapons research project at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Denver
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TIL Samuel L. Jackson's famous line "I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" in the theatrical cut of Snakes on a Plane didn't come from the original screenplay, but was instead inspired by a fan-made trailer for the movie.
https://www.avclub.com/read-this-it-s-been-10-motherfucking-years-since-snake-1798250854#:~:text=In%20the%20theatrical%20cut%20of%20the%20movie%2C%20Jackson%E2%80%99s%20most%20famous%20line%20(%E2%80%9CI%20have%20had%20it%20with%20these%20motherfucking%20snakes%20on%20a%20motherfucking%20plane!%E2%80%9D)%20came%20not%20from%20the%20original%20screenplay%20but%20was%20instead%20inspired%20by%20a%20fan%20trailer
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