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TIL The reason The Simpsons are so crudely drawn in their first appearances on the Tracey Ullman Show was because Matt Groening had sent in basic sketches assuming they'd be cleaned up by the animators, but the animators just traced over his drawings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson#Design
https://redd.it/1frb287
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TIL: According to a 2016 study, having a first-class section on an airplane quadruples the chances of an air rage incident. Furthermore, loading economy passengers through first class doubles the chances again.
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/class-inequity-fuels-air-rage/
https://redd.it/1frm1xq
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TIL Hermann Görner, a legendary German strongman, still holds the record for the heaviest right-hand deadlift, lifting 301 kg (664 lb) in 1920, a feat recognized by Guinness World Records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6rner
https://redd.it/1fqqgst
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TIL T.E. Lawrence's (Lawrence of Arabia) death in a motorcycle accident made one of his doctors study what he saw as the unnecessary loss of life by motorcycle despatch riders through head injuries which led to the increased use of crash helmets by both military and civilian motorcyclists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_helmet
https://redd.it/1fqmghs
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TIL that Lady Gaga is the only female artist to achieve four singles each selling at least 10 million copies globally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga
https://redd.it/1fqpx8m
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TIL that Petra is a female black swan who made headlines between 2006 and 2008 for falling in love with a pedalo shaped like a swan on the Aasee, a lake in Münster, Germany. Reported missing in January 2009, she was finally found on another lake, this time with a partner of her own species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_%28swan%29?wprov=sfla1
https://redd.it/1fqmsbm
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TIL after a boy in the 1930s found what looked like a "great lump of coal", his family used it as a doorstop for a decade until his dad had "a little look at it." This led to the realization it was the world's largest black sapphire. After being faceted, the Black Star of Queensland is 733 carats.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/famous-australian-sapphires-richardson-collection-gemfields/101788816#:~:text=From%20dull%20doorstop%20to%20worn%20by%20Cher
https://redd.it/1fqjcpy
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TIL "The Blues Brothers" (1980) held the world record for the most cars destroyed in one film, 104 cars.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)
https://redd.it/1fpu3u9
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TIL that following Michael Jackson's death, his sister discovered two hard disks at her brother's home that contained more than 100 unreleased songs, many of which were unregistered. In 2010, Sony signed a deal with Jackson's estate to release 10 posthumous albums, but only 3 were ever released
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_songs_recorded_by_Michael_Jackson
https://redd.it/1fpq61x
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TIL In 1376, the Pope excommunicated the entire Florentine government, banned the city from all religious activity, sanctioned florentine companies abroad by forbiding christians from dealing with them and made it legal for all christians, anywhere, to capture or enslave florentine citizens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Eight_Saints#War
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TIL In 1952 a doctor in France released a deadly virus to kill rabbits on his estate, which then killed 90% of France's rabbits within two years
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/february/darwins-rabbit-is-revealing-how-the-animals-became-immune-to-myxomatosis.html
https://redd.it/1fpy8uh
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TIL Mark Ruffalo woke from a dream that told him he had a brain tumor. He got a CT scan the following day confirming he had a benign tumor behind his left ear. The tumor was removed, and he is deaf in that ear as a result of the surgery.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/entertainment/mark-ruffalo-brain-tumor/index.html
https://redd.it/1fq6gfb
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TIL a pair of fossilized hadrosaur vertebrae exists with a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth embedded inside, surrounded by healed bone growth. This indicates the animal was attacked by a T. rex and survived.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/lost-worlds/2013/jul/15/dinosaurs-fossils
https://redd.it/1fpbgth
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TIL Muhammad Ali dedicated his defeat of Joe Frazier in the 1975 boxing heavyweight championship to one of his favorite actors, Christopher Lee, best known at the time for playing Dracula & Bond villain Scaramanga
https://www.gamesradar.com/the-total-film-interview-christopher-lee/
https://redd.it/1fp87zo
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TIL: The number one top grossing movie that never hit #1 during its release was 2023's Oppenheimer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)#Box_office
https://redd.it/1fp9ol1
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TIL That the third season of 'Finding Your Roots' was delayed after it was discovered the show heavily edited an episode featuring Ben Affleck. Affleck pressured the show to do so after he was shown one of his ancestors was a slave owner.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/25/417455657/after-ben-affleck-scandal-pbs-postpones-finding-your-roots
https://redd.it/1frejft
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TIL following the Civil War an estimated one-third to one-half of circulating currency was counterfeit
https://www.secretservice.gov/about/faq/general
https://redd.it/1fqsvmf
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TIL Nancy Faust was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970-2010, and was the first stadium organist to start playing tunes from advertising, TV shows, and popular music. She missed only 5 games in her 40 years, due to the birth of her son. She is recognized at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Faust
https://redd.it/1fqs64h
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TIL: Luxury designer, Jonathan Schwinge designed a Tetrahedron Superyacht which puts the yacht above the water to avoid turbulence. However, no one has funded the project yet.
https://www.luxuo.com/motoring/yachting/floating-superyacht-designed-by-jonathan-schwinge-hyswas-tetrahedron-super-yacht.html
https://redd.it/1fqjioc
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TIL That the "Akira Slide" is the most imitated scene from any movie/tv50 show and has been referenced in over 250 pieces of media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(1988_film)
https://redd.it/1fqzpj9
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TIL Matt Damon wanted The Bourne Conspiracy video game to be a puzzle game, and refused to lend his voice talent to the game when it was turned into a shooter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst#Legacy
https://redd.it/1fql70v
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TIL: Medieval European cuisine used to be more complex and flavorful. However, once spice became cheap and readily available to the poor, the elites started taking spices out of European cooking as they didn't want to be associated with the poor. This trend had lasting effects on European cuisine.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/03/26/394339284/how-snobbery-helped-take-the-spice-out-of-european-cooking
https://redd.it/1fq8van
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TIL that helium gas can disrupt iPhones by interfering with their internal clocks. This interference affects the phone's MEMS timing oscillator, causing the phone to crash repeatedly and lose connectivity. As a result, exposure to helium makes the device unstable and unable to function properly.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-a-helium-leak-disabled-every-iphone-in-a-medical-facility/
https://redd.it/1fpyfeo
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TIL for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, $40-$50 million was spent on developing the game, while $150-$160 million was spent on marketing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop
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TIL that American pornography had a 'golden age' between 1969 and 1984. This was marked by pornographic films receiving positive attention from movie critics and the general public, including mainstream broadcasting in cinemas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn
https://redd.it/1fpz3o3
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TIL: Shoes discovered in Titanic wreckage are typically found in pairs because they were worn by victims when they died. The bodies disintegrated but the shoes remain due to tannic acid in leather
https://www.unilad.com/news/world-news/titanic-wreckage-shoes-in-pairs-063498-20240712
https://redd.it/1fq488b
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TIL of Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiat woman who lived for two years, 8 months of those years alone, as a castaway on the uninhabited Wrangel Island. She survived by learning to hunt foxes, build boats, and sew parkas out of reindeer skin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack#:~:text=Ada%20Blackjack%20(n%C3%A9e%20Delutuk;%20May%2010,%201898%20%E2%80%93%20May%2029,
https://redd.it/1fp56pf
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TIL the average age for virginity loss in the USA is 17 years old.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-age-to-lose-virginity-by-state
https://redd.it/1fpfzr8
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TIL About the rural "Fasci Siciliani", a political movement in southern Italy which preached Socialism as the true faith of Christ, they held Crosses alongside red flags and pictures of Marx at their meetings, the movement spread like an epidemic reaching 300k members in 4 years before it was banned
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasci_Siciliani
https://redd.it/1fpduuu
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TIL that a basketball player, Boban Janković, frustrated with his fifth foul, slammed his head into a padded concrete post, leaving him unable to walk for the rest of his life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boban_Jankovi%C4%87
https://redd.it/1fp0p27
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