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TIL In 2013, it was proved that there are infinite pairs of prime numbers that differ by less than 70 million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitang_Zhang#Research
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TIL that at the time of Pope Sisinnius' election, he was so weakened by gout that he was unable to feed himself with his hands. His papacy lasted just 20 days, from January 15 until his death on February 4 of 708.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sisinnius#:~:text=sisinnius%20was%20ridden%20with%20gout%20and%20could%20not%20feed%20himself%20using%20his%20hands
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TIL that although American Samoa is a territory, those born there are US nationals, not citizens. They can hold a US passport and can freely enter or live anywhere in the United State, but cannot apply flr citizenship unless they are outside of American Samoa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States
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TIL the Secret Service was originally created in 1865 to combat counterfeiting. At that time, nearly 1/3 of currency in the U.S. was fake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#Early_years
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what is the strongest breath mint?
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LPT Ever notice how Bar Keepers Friend starts clumping shortly after opening? That crappy sticker seal is a deliberate inefficiency, designed to allow moisture in, which encourages clumping and promotes overuse. Transfer it to a sealed container like a mason jar to extend shelf life!
Another trick is to add a couple of silica packets to absorb any moisture that gets inside the jar. You can buy them in bulk, and they're also reusable! I attach a couple to the inside of my mason jar lids. When they get saturated, I just bake them in the oven at 200°F (93°C) for 1-2 hours, and they're as good as new!
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YSK there are ways to manage your mail inboxes from online shopping site spams
Why YSK: All of us have our emails cluttered with spam emails from online shopping sites, mostly announcing their useless deals and sales or random offers on particular products. There are apps such as Flash. co , SimpleLogin, AnonDaddy which creates a proxy email for you and leads all spam emails into that particular email id, decluttering your mail inboxes. Flash. co is a differentiator as it provides AI based sorting of mails. Apart from these there are chrome extensions such as Clean Email and LeaveMeAlone which sort the mails based on the sender and content of the mail. Otherwise turning off mail notifications from shopping sites is always the best alternative to these options unless you are really addicted to flash sales and deals ;)
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LPT: When buying a Used Car, run a search on Google for the VIN number.
Whenever you are interested in buying a Used vehicle, make sure you search the internet for its VIN. Often times you will be able to check if you are getting a good deal or not, but the biggest benefit is finding older photos of the vehicle on any "bid" auction sites that show it as being wrecked or totaled previously.
You can sometimes even find the police reports or damage reports from City websites with regard to your used vehicle if it was involved in an incident prior.
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TIL that Navajo language was used to carry top-secret messages during the Pacific campaign, WW2. Navajo, a native american language, is incredibly complex and obscure, it was thought to be impossible to decipher by the Japanese Army
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/little-known-facts-about-wwii
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TIL that one of Edward VII's mistresses, Alice Keppel, was the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles. Camilla was the mistress and later wife of Prince (now King) Charles, Edward’s great-great-grandson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Keppel
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TIL Susanna Hoffs was NOT the designated lead singer of The Bangles. All four members sang - it just so happened that most of the band's big hits had Hoffs as lead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bangles#Disbandment_(1989)
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LPT: If you're learning any new skill, don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle. Everyone starts somewhere, and consistent practice matters more than natural talent.
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TIL that two decades prior to Elizabeth Holmes (CEO of Theranos) being convicted of fraud in 2022, her father, Christian Holmes IV, had been one of the vice presidents of Enron.
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/did-elizabeth-holmes-dad-work-at-enron-48736269?ref=396548
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TIL Anne Rice's birth name was Howard Allen. She became 'Anne' on her first day of school, when a nun asked her what her name was. She told the nun 'Anne' because she considered it a pretty name. Her mother, who was with her, let it go without correcting her and then legally changed her name in 1947
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Rice#New_Orleans_and_Texas:~:text=About%20her%20male,%5B23%5D
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LPT Spam, Scam, unwanted calls? Answer and immediately hit mute.
Automated systems, spam calls, and scammers will typically note the line as dead.
Dead lines also have no value to sell.
This has not failed me so far and has been my personal favorite life pro tip to share, I hope it helps someone!
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TIL John Paul I was Pope for just 33 days prior to his death and is the most recent Italian born pope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
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LPT: You can reduce food waste by freezing half of your produce as soon as you come back from grocery shopping, especially when you’re living alone.
So maybe this is what everyone who lives alone does, but what I do is - as soon as I come back from grocery shopping, whatever in the day’s haul is freeze-able, I’ll freeze half of that.
For e.g. I get fruits to make smoothies, but I can never get to them fast enough, so I rinse and dry them and ziplock them into the freezer. No need of ice in smoothies now! I’m looking at you strawberries.
Pack of 5 chicken breasts.. 5 individuals containers or ziplocks so I don’t have to thaw the whole lot everytime I want just 1 ya know..
Of course bulk making ginger, garlic pastes and curries and freezing them in big silicone molds is always good and popular.
What other similar tips do you have to reduce food waste, when even the smallest packages last long time when you’re living alone? Or even in grocery shopping!
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LPT: If you want kids to stop doing a certain behaviour, tell them what to do, not what NOT to do.
It’s like saying, “Don’t look down!” when someone’s walking across a beam – suddenly, all they can think about is looking down. The brain fixates on the action, not the “don’t.” So instead of, “Stop jumping on the couch!” say, “Sit down on the couch.” Rather than, “Get off the road!” (which might make them think, “Cool, I’ll climb that tree!”), say, “Walk on the footpath.”
Can be applied to all facets of life, including work and personal adult relationships.
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LPT: When driving, be predictable, not polite.
It’s nice to be nice, but trying to be “nice” on the road can make things unnecessarily dangerous. Slowing down or stopping unexpectedly to let someone in, or wave someone through, when it’s not their turn, is being unpredictable – and that’s way more confusing (and risky) for other drivers than just sticking to the rules. The safest thing you can do is follow the road rules.
ETA: As an Australian, I want to know what do Americans have against roundabouts? I read about so many accidents or incidents that happen at “four-ways” that I feel could be avoided by a simple roundabout.
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LPT: If your teen has recently started driving, teach them how to change the tire safely on the car they will drive the most
I’m an older guy, but I’ve had to change flat tires on a road and even interstate highways at least a dozen times. Young drivers need to know how to find a safe way to pull off the road, plus every aspect of changing the tire.
Finding the spare, the jack, the wrench, and wheel chocks if you have them. Show them the jack points on the car, because newer cars will be damaged if you put a scissor jack in the wrong place. Loosen the lug nuts or lug bolts a little before jacking up the car. How to free frozen lug nuts. How to get the wheel off if it is stuck on. How to attach the tire, remove the jack, and then snug up the lugs.
I don’t mean to be sexist in any way, but speaking as a parent myself, it is critical than young ladies learn how to do this, and not just young men. Roadside assistance services are not always available, and unfortunately, not everyone who stops to help is an actual Good Samaritan.
A few more general tips, as I have had super bad luck with the sheer volume of flat tires I’ve had to fix.
- Every 2 years or so, loosen the lug nuts/bolts on all tires on all your cars, then re-tighten them. This is for 2 reasons. First, if the wheel has not been removed in a long time, the threads can be either rusted or micro-welded together, making it damn difficult to break the nut/bolt loose. I have had to find a piece of pipe that slipped over the wrench handle, then repeatedly jump on it, to break nuts loose. Second, if you take your car to a mechanic to have the tires rotated or to get new tires - these guys often use power tools to put the nut on, and they over-torque it, making it very hard to break loose with hand tools.
- put a very large rubber mallet or a 3 foot long, cleanly cut 4x4 in your trunk. Most cars that use lug bolts (instead of lug nuts) have a small (3/16-1/4 inch, or 4-6mm) cylindrical projection on the brake rotor, and a matching recess on the back side of the wheel. The reason for this thing is so you can lift up the tire and get it to mate with the brake rotor, then just rotate the wheel until the holes in the wheel line up with the threaded holes in the brake rotor, so you can insert the lug bolts while being able to keep the wheel roughly in place with one hand. If the wheel has not been removed for years, these two surfaces can seize, so that even after you remove the lug bolts, you still can’t get the wheel off. So essentially, you need to hit the wheel rim with a big “thumper” to break it loose.
Hope this lengthy LPT helps keep you and your kids more safe, if they get a flat.
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My hand is dying from note-taking. How do you all survive this?
Okay, so I'm a student, and I swear my hand is about to fall off from typing notes all day in lectures and then even MORE typing when I'm writing essays. I'm trying to find ways to speed things up because it's really killing my productivity and making me dread studying.
Anyone else experiencing this? What do you guys do to avoid hand pain and get through a ton of writing faster?
I've tried a few things already... Like, speech-to-text, obviously. The built-in stuff on my Mac is okay for short messages, but it's honestly kinda clunky for anything longer. I heard someone mention an app called WillowVoice, but I haven't tried it yet. Are there any other voice dictation apps that people swear by? I'd prefer something offline if possible because I don't always have a good internet connection in class.
Also, what about note-taking strategies in general? Are you guys all keyboard warriors, or do you use other methods? Thinking about trying mind maps or something, but I'm not sure if that would work for me.
Basically, I'm open to any tips or tricks to avoid RSI and just be more efficient. My hand (and my grades!) will thank you!
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TIL in February 1936, Pope Pius XI recieved a mesage from Hitler congratulating him on the anniversary of his coronation. Pius' response critizied Hitler's regime with such force that Germany's foreign secretary tried to suppress the response, but Pius insisted that the message be given to Hitler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI#:~:text=In%20February%201936,forwarded%20to%20Hitler
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LPT: Rinse your ice for a couple of seconds to prevent loss of fizz from drinks
Most ice has rough edges initially which create nucleation sites when adding to fizzy drinks. These sites can cause the dissolved carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the drink to form bubbles more quickly leading to a faster loss of carbonation. It feels weird but a quick initial wash has helped me keep my fizzy drinks fizzy in the summer for years.
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TIL of Ford Think, a "neighborhood electric vehicle" that Ford sold in the early 2000s, that were prone to an instrument cluster failure which would also brick the entire vehicle.
https://hackaday.com/tag/instrument-cluster/
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TIL British accents noticeable change within the UK every 25 miles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7843058.stm
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TIL How scientists taught monkeys the concept of money. Not long after, the first prostitute monkey appeared
https://www.zmescience.com/research/how-scientists-tught-monkeys-the-concept-of-money-not-long-after-the-first-prostitute-monkey-appeared/
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TIL that Auschwitz had a brothel (Block 24) where female prisoners were forced to have sex with selected male inmates as part of a reward system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_camp_brothels_in_World_War_II
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LPT: In touristy areas, tourist trap restaurants may have high online ratings from clueless tourists. Sort Google Reviews by "Newest" & look for reviews in the local language (e.g. “See original Greek”) from "local" names to find honest opinions. If the locals are loving it too, then it is good.
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Life changing hacks for clogged/swollen sinuses
There has to be somebody on here who can help me out with this. So I’ve had year round sinus congestion doesn’t matter the season. I was seeing an allergist but all they kept giving me was two nose sprays and Zyrtec and it helped very little. I decided to stop going and I’m trying to find some other solution. I know someone has had the same issue as me and I’m desperately looking for some suggestions. The gist of my issues is this: my nose feels stuffy I blow it and it’s like nothing changed so I’m sssuming my sinuses are swollen??? Every day it’s either both my nostrils are clogged or at least one is clogged I have never really been able to breathe out of both of my nostrils in a long time. I’m just frustrated at this point also I’m allergic to ibuprofen so that doesn’t help me either. I’ve become a mouth breather and it’s so embarrassing and sometimes I even will wheeze when I’m breathing from my mouth???? Plz someone give some suggestions that helped you with sinus congestion 😭😭😭😭
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Ways to make furniture immovable on carpet
I am looking for ideas to make furniture as difficult as possible to move on carpet. The furniture is single accent chairs weighing about 20 LBs each. For context, grippers won’t work. I work at a live in youth home with teenagers with extreme behaviour issues. The new furniture we were provided with is super light, and the teenagers keep moving the chairs together to do inappropriate things. (It’s in the living room so I can’t just take it out and they have no seating) if anyone has any ideas or product suggestions that would make it difficult to move, it would be greatly appreciated. I’m willing to DIY something up also if need be.
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