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TIL: Every year, about 30,000 people in the US lose a finger. The two most common causes: doors and power tools.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/105783-how-to-avoid-the-most-common-finger-loss-accidents
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TIL Tesla is the only major American auto manufacturer not represented by a union in the US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_and_unions
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TIL In 1978, a bolt got lodged in a bottlenose dolphin's (named Mr. Spock) throat during tank maintenance. With surgery ruled out as too dangerous, Northen CA theme park, Marine World, reached out to the Golden State Warriors 6'9" center, Clifford Ray, to use his long arm to retrieve the bolt.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/04/03/clifford-ray-nba-saves-dolphins-long-arms/2049159/
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YSK: Taking a short pause in speeches or presentations is a lot better than saying ‘um’ and ‘uh.’
Why YSK: It’s a hard habit to break, but it’s a skill you should really try to learn. I can’t count how many times I’ve been listening to someone speak and all I can focus on is the shear amount of times I hear them say “uh, uh, uh.”
Replacing that with a short pause sounds extremely better, trust me. That pause might seem like a long time when you’re in front of people, but I promise it’s not.
Edit: This is public speaking advice, not judging. I, nor anyone else, will send you to the shadow realm because you said “um” once while speaking. It’s okay to say it, just don’t use it between every sentence.
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Til Americans have accumulated $21 billion Worth of unused gift cards. Almost 2/3 of people have a card and half of those will likely lose the gift card before using it
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/business/gift-cards-unused/index.html
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TIL that when slavery was abolished in the French colonies in 1848, the native population of the largest island in Madagascar rebelled against the French government because they were heavily involved in the slave trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosy_Be
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LPT To effectively set healthy boundaries, follow this template: When you , I felt . Please do/don’t . is important to me. (More in the post)
As a people pleaser, I’m often guilty of failing to set boundaries. This quickly turns me into a doormat and leads to me feeling overwhelmed, stressed, resentful and disconnected. I realized this while going through the Betwixt app, which someone in another sub recommended as a way to self-reflect through an interactive fantasy story.
What I also realized was that the reason I don’t set boundaries is that I’m afraid to appear too “needy” and I’m also too worried I’ll look selfish or mean. Sometimes I just don’t believe I have a right to ask for what I want.
I bet many of you can relate to this. So, here is a template that has helped me enormously to start setting healthy and compassionate boundaries with other people. Just fill in the blanks with your particular details:
When you \__________, I felt ______________.
Please do/don’t ___________.
_____________ is important to me.
For example:
When you continued sending work requests while I was on annual leave, I felt anxious and overwhelmed. Please don’t contact me during holidays or weekends. Having defined work and rest periods is important to me.
It’s important to note that this doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the response you want out of others. However, I try to remind myself that it’s my responsibility to communicate my boundaries clearly and compassionately, but it’s not my responsibility to make things okay for them.
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LPT REQUEST! How to not fall in love with every girl I talk to?
I know it's not love but infatuation, I'm aware of that but deep down I want to be loved so badly that I seem to see my potential partner in every woman I talk with. I know it's not healthy but I don't know what to do.
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LPT Does anyone feel like they are waiting for something to start their life ?
Why does it feel like I'm waiting for something like the right timing or something to start working on my life when the fact is I wasted 5 years of my life. I basically wasted my early 20s and now that I'm in my mid20s I still keep doing same thing but the environment has changed so much as I reflect deeply. The people I know now gotten married or in serious relationship, majority of them finished college and now working full time jobs that pays great. Working on their future and striving for success. Meanwhile, I still feel like I'm stuck in this middle of the ocean. Waiting and waiting like my mind just feel frozen. Seasons changes and new year arrives but I'm still living my life in this fixed mindset and when I realized so much things have changed. I feel behind in life. I don't understand what's holding me back from doing anything.
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TIL that the children’s song “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” is a sanitized version of “Do Your Balls Hang Low?”, which was popular with British soldiers in WWI. General Douglas Haig once heard a column of soldiers singing it and went to berate their commander, only to find the commander singing along.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Your_Ears_Hang_Low%3F
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How can i clean this algae out my water fixture?
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TIL the bow of the USS New York was forged using 7.5 tons of recycled World Trade Center steel
https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/USS-New-York-A-City-on-the-Sea/
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TIL Of Xenophon, who was described as the greatest general that preceded Alexander the Great. Xenophon was the father of retreating and successfully led his 10,000 men out of Persia following betrayal and constant attacks by the Persians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon
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TIL toilet paper wasn’t “splinter free” until the 1930’s
https://www.history.com/news/toilet-paper-hygiene-ancient-rome-china
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TIL that in 2005, a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia nominated a fire hydrant to run for the Board of Governors (and even acted as its "translator"). The hydrant pulled in 900 votes, missing a seat by six ballots.
https://macleans.ca/education/uniandcollege/joey-coleman-2/
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TIL Abu Dhabi has a 75 year lease on all of the parking meters in Chicago. In a decade they’ve already made back their investment.
https://www.bettergov.org/2010/11/16/chicagos-parking-meter-deal-a-lesson-in-worst-practices/
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LPT: How to Master the Two Finger Whistle
Hello Everyone!
I didn’t know where to post this, so I figured I’d do it here! This is definitely a dying art and I figured I’d spread the knowledge to keep it alive! If anyone has ever wanted to learn how to do that piercing two finger whistle, here’s a step-by-step guide.
Let me know how it goes! And if anyone else can already do this, feel free to comment as well.
Step One: cover your lips over your teeth. You don’t want there to be a ton of overlap as it can interfere with the ability to create a sound.
Step Two: take your thumb and index finger on one of your hands and make an okay sign, make sure that these two fingers are touching.
Step Three: this is the most important part of the technique. Take your two fingers and have them up pointing slightly upwards. Stick your tongue out and place your fingers right below the top of your tongue. As you put your tongue back in your mouth, make sure that it folds backwards. It doesn’t have to be folded exactly in half but it must fold back and make sure that your folded back tongue is pressed up against itself. Also make sure that there is a hole for the air to come out when you blow, which produces the whistle.
Step Four: make sure that your lower jaw is slightly in front of your upper jaw and blow. Another tip is to make sure that your tongue is bunched up and is applying pressure to your fingers as you do it.
It takes some time to find the sweet spot so keep at it. I hope these instructions aren’t confusing, I tried to be as detailed as possible because I’ve seen other posts and videos on this subject that are way too general, especially regarding the third step.
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TIL that the least obese country in the world is Vietnam. Its obesity rates stands at only 2.1%, which is lower than Uganda (5.3%), and significantly lower than the U.S. (41.9%)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate
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LPT Request: How do you say "It's none of your business" in a polite way
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TIL Charles Manson hypnotized Danny Trejo when they were in jail together.
https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/danny-trejo-says-charles-manson-once-hypnotized-him-in-jail/
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How can I apply pain relief patches on my back by myself without twisting my arm?
I'm a bulky man, and my arms are too stiff to bend into the right angle to apply the patch on my back. Applying these patches on my neck, shoulders and waist are fairly easy, but the very center of my back is a tricky spot for me to reach. Not to mention, these soft patches can curl up easily and the medicated surfaces are super sticky to be restored into a flat patch. I left my current not-so-smart solution in the comment. Can anyone provide me a better solution?
The patch is about the size of an A6 paper.
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TIL: In 2011, a UK man was legally banned from having sex due to his IQ of 48, the judge stating that despite his sex drive, he didn't have the mental capacity to understand health risks and should not have sex with anyone. This is legal due to the Court of Protection in Britain.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna41476929
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TIL before overdrive guitar pedals were invented, rock pioneer Link Wray would intentionally stab the speaker cone of his guitar amps with a pencil to achieve a distorted sound. This resulting effect can be heard on his 1958 song “Rumble”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_(music)
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TIL when Marie Curie fell into a depression, Einstein wrote her a letter telling her he felt lucky to have met her, and, referring to the newspaper articles constantly attacking her, he advised her “to simply not read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the reptile for whom it has been fabricated.”
https://www.biography.com/scientists/marie-curie-biography-facts
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TIL that priest Father Damien worked in Hawaii for 16 years, providing comfort to the lepers. He built homes and he treated lepers with his medical expertise. He prayed and comforted the dying. He later contracted leprosy but continued to give to the people and helped improve an orphanage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien
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TIL that despite the fact that 75% of the world's tornadoes happen in the US, the deadliest Tornadoes happen in Bangladesh. Of the 43 recorded Tornadoes with at least 100 people killed, 20 of them happened in what is now Bangladesh, compared to 15 in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tornadoes_causing_100_or_more_deaths
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TIL the team captain of the Thai soccer team that was rescued from the caves 5 years ago died from head injuries during a soccer camp in the UK 5 months ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64646039
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TIL with the exception of three Canadian cities, Elvis Presley never performed outside the United States
https://outsider.com/entertainment/elvis-presley-never-performed-outside-north-america-heres-why/
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YSK: Your job doesn't care about you
Why YSK: most people's main source of stress is work. Unless you're one of the rare few that genuinely loves their job, don't put in more than the bare minimum, for the sake of your own mental health. Your managers and supervisors are not your friends and will take advantage of your labor without hesitation. You're not a person to them, you're just another worker ant. They'll do anything they can to keep you submissive and obedient, and will try to make you feel like you're part of a "family" at your job. You're not. Your boss doesn't care if you have family or friends that you want to spend your time with, they think you working for them is more important and will pressure you into work under the guise that they are "blessing" you with hours and that you should be grateful to them for that. Use your time instead to do the things you love, as much as possible. You don't want to look back on your life when you're old and see nothing but work. That's not a life well-lived. So take time off when you need, and if you hate your job then consider looking into finding another one. Your job doesn't care about you.
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