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TIL Grant Imahara made a lifelike Baby Yoda robot to visit children in hospitals and cheer them up before he passed away
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Imahara
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LPT: update your bank’s notification settings to notify you for every transaction
Use it especially or exclusively for credit cards. Know when you get charged and what, be reminded of subscriptions, and most importantly: know when you fall victim to fraud within seconds!
EDIT: I’m talking about text or app notifications so you get them realtime. Email is great but sloooow.
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LPT - A family member or friend is hospitalized? Bring them a pillow and a blanket.
Just saw another hospital post, and made me think of this one. Everytime I know a family member or close friend is hospitalized, even for a short time, I bring a 1-2 pillows and blanket. Even if they are just looking at an overnight in the ER.
I cant describe how much of a difference it makes to have a real pillow, and a nice blanket.
Be prepared to not see it again. And if you do, definitely wash it on hot.
The pillows and blankets provided by hospitals are awful. They are slippery, and/or scratchy. No judgememt to hospitals, they have to worry about sterilization more than comfort.
Ive never once had a nurse object to me bringing in these comfort items. If anything they are usually very nice about it and understand the difference between a home pillow and a hospital pillow. They will usually note the items in the file incase the person is transported to a different room.
Everytime I have done it, the person has specifically told me later that the pillow/blanket made a really big difference. You dont think you will want it until you have your head on a cheap plastic pillow and scratchy hospital blanket. Or worse, just a thin sheet.
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TIL the shrimp industry removes the eyes of female shrimp to increase reproduction, calling it "eyestalk ablation."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyestalk_ablation
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TIL Portuguese is most spoken language in the southern hemisphere
https://www.unesco.org/en/days/portuguese-language
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YSK: With top WWE star Roman Reigns coming out as MAGA and CM Punk saying they work for a MAGA company, and considering WWE's history, we can assume WWE is at least MAGA adjacent.
Why YSK? YSK what content your kids consume especially as their minds are still developing
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LPT: Going to a hospital? Bring a phone charger.
You don't know how long you'll be in that waiting room. Especially if it's not first come first serve.
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LPT: Save money on GA concert tickets with friends
When buying GA or Pit concert tickets for an event, check the price for singles, even if there are 2+ people in your group. Often, single tickets can be much cheaper than pairs and up. And the GA tickets are all exactly the same, unlike assigned seats. You can sometimes save a bunch of money on tickets by buying multiple singles rather than a larger pack!
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You can flush the toilet as you go - you don't have to sit above your ever building pile of poo.
Do guys not realize this? I've had so many roommates stink up the bathroom with their 20 minute poos because they just sit above their turd pile only to flush at the end.
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TIL: that First Lady Grace Coolidge acquired a pet raccoon meant to be eaten for Thanksgiving at the White House in 1926. Rather than becoming the main course, she became the official White House Raccoon and was named Rebecca.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_(raccoon)
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How to get a cork out of a bottle
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TIL Frank Herbert’s Dune was rejected by twenty publishers, and was finally accepted by Chilton, which was primarily known for car repair manuals.
https://www.jalopnik.com/dune-was-originally-published-by-a-car-repair-manual-co-1847940372/
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TIL Aretha Williams, was given up as a child and informally adopted by Bailey and Mary Jane Robinson. At 15, Aretha became pregnant by Bailey, her adoptive father, and gave birth to music legend Ray Charles. After divorcing Bailey, Mary Jane helped raise Ray alongside Aretha.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles
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TIL it was said that Frederick the Great had a physical disgust of women. He once shocked a dinner party with an offensive rant against "ghastly women you smelled ten miles around". When he saw his wife for the first time in six years, he only told her: "Madame has become more stout" and then left.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_of_Frederick_the_Great#Contemporary_opinion
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TIL that in Japan, more diapers are now sold for elderly people than for babies, reflecting the country’s aging population and shifting demographics.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68672186
https://redd.it/1k240vo
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LPT: Be careful when gifting someone something related to their hobby or obsessive interest, unless you also share that interest, or know very specifically what they want. "Outsiders" often unintentionally get bad gifts since they don't understand the ins and outs of that hobby.
https://redd.it/1k340gg
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LPT: Fill a water bottle a third up and stick it in your freezer overnight
For cold water that lasts the next day! Laying it sideways creates a horizontal ice cube throughout the bottle so it's cold as soon as you fill it and takes much longer to melt than tossing in a few ice cubes.
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TIL that 18 y/o J.S. Bach taught rowdy older students and often clashed with them. After calling one a "nanny goat bassoonist," the student responded by calling him a "dirty dog" and hit him with a stick. Bach drew his sword and pierced the student's jacket, only stopping when passers-by rushed in
https://www.wpr.org/culture/bach-draws-his-sword
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TIL Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz negotiated an upfront payment of $10 million each for voicing the sequel to Shrek (2001). This was an increase from the $350,000 each received for the first film. Also, the three actors were expected to each work between 15-18 hours in total on Shrek 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_2#:~:text=In%202001%2C%20soon,%5B21%5D
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TIL that Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the respected commander of German forces in East Africa during WW1 was offered a job by Hitler in 1935. He told Hitler to "go fuck himself" though other reports say he didn't "put it that politely."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck#East_African_war_and_the_population
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TIL After defeating the French and capturing King Francis in battle 1525, Emperor Charles V agreed to release Francis in exchange for a treaty instead of invading France, which led contemporaries like Machiavelli to call him "mad" and a "fool". As soon as he was released, Francis annuled the treaty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Charles_V#League_of_Cognac
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TIL in 2013 a kayaker was trapped by a crocodile on an Australian island for 2 weeks. Each time he attempted to leave in his 8-ft kayak, the croc (estimated to be more than twice that size) would chase him & block his exit. A local man rescued him after investigating a light coming from the island.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ryan-blair-trapped-crocodile-australian-island_n_3862914
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LPT: Do you really love to do something? Go the extra mile with it.
You won't regret it.
Put some more effort to bump it up a notch and it will always pay you back with an even better experience.
Do you enjoy climbing? Buy yourself some great climbing shoes.
Enjoy baking? Get yourself that nice mixer.
Play guitar? Make sure you have a good quality one that is a joy to play.
And it doesn't have to be a big purchase it can even be a thrifty approach that helps teach you a new hobby or just helps you learn something new.
It can even be a skill or hobby that you add to your repertoire that enhances other things in your life. If you love to hike/camp then maybe you can get into fishing too. Love to host parties? Maybe learn to cook tasty food for it.
If you can afford to, and I know that's a big "if" these days. It always helps to take care of yourself and the things you love to do. It will pay you back in more ways than one.
I hope this isn't too obvious of a LPT for everyone, but I feel like this is the kind of thing that even when you already "know" it, it's good to be reminded of it every now and then. Take care of yourselves.
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LPT Request - how do i get egg smell out of plates?!
every time i want a poached egg even after washing the plate and cutlery they carry that awful distinct eggy eggy egg smell and im ngl guys it's slowly eating me alive. right now all i do is wash my plates, wait 30 minutes, smell it and gag, then wash it again hoping for a better outcome. eventually, after 4 or so washes the small goes away. god forbid i accidently put a eggy fork in the dishwasher; all the plates will reek of egg. im just wondering if anyone has any tips for quickly getting rid of the smell when eating eggs?
edit: i appreciate everyone saying im eating rotten eggs, but i can assure you im not. ive lived in multiple places, eaten very many eggs in my life, and this problem always happens to me and my friends lol. im also talking about handwashing and dishwashing, both are eggy smelly. thanks!
second edit: gang apparently only some people have the "gene" to smell it. similar to the coriander/cilantro dishwasher taste lol.
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TIL in 1975, McDonald's opened their first drive-thru to allow soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca to order food. At the time, soldiers weren’t allowed to leave their vehicle while in uniform if they were off-post.
https://www.kgun9.com/absolutely-az/fort-huachuca-soldiers-inspired-first-mcdonalds-drive-thru-nearly-50-years-ago
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LPT: You can plan and buy your Halloween costume right now
As a constant procrastinator, Halloween was always tough to get everything when I needed it. I started planning and buying my Halloween costumes randomly during the year when I have more time and it makes Halloween so much less stressful.
https://redd.it/1k2a8at
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How to get a cork out of a bottle
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LPT: Psychology hack if you struggle with insomnia
As someone who's suffered with insomnia / poor sleep quality for most of my life, I've tried a lot to fix my sleep. One thing I'd recommend is paradoxical intent. Its a psychological technique that doctors actually prescribe to patients with insomnia and its pretty simple. When you find yourself awake, instead of trying to bruteforce yourself asleep, simply keep your eyes open and do the opposite, it'll ease the pressure of trying to force yourself asleep and paradoxically help you go to sleep a lot faster. Personally it helped me out a lot as well as the 4-7-8 trick..
https://redd.it/1k25ihj
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LPT: 5 minute habit to get better sleep at night
Been on a pretty long sleep self-improvement journey and I've found that watching the sunset for 5 minutes every day is probably the highest ROI habit that you can have for getting deeper sleep, it signals to your brain that its getting late and to start winding down, and it happens at relatively the same time every day so its easy to set an alarm. If you're struggling to get good sleep definitely try this out.
https://redd.it/1k24xa9
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LPT: There may be money waiting for you to claim.
Google "unclaimed property" in your state. Any kind of rebate or refund or other asset that a company owes you, by law, has to be turned into your state's unclaimed property department. In my case it is treasury.alabama.gov. I received a rebate from Staples that I mistook for junk mail. It was waiting for me to claim. My son has money waiting to be claimed. My deceased father-in-law has several items that my MIL is working on claiming. I noticed a woman with the same last name as I has a bunch of accounts owed to her. I tried contacting her on Facebook, but she never responded. If she even saw my message, I wouldn't blame her for being suspicious that a random person messaged her telling her how she could get several hundred dollars (or more) for free. It's all legit though.
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