TIL that Abraham Lincoln had a grandson, Abraham Lincoln II, who was born after his assassination and died at the age of 16.
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Robert Todd Lincoln - Wikipedia
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TIL that in 1911 in what is known as the "Hayırsızada Dog Massacre" 80,000 of Istanbul's dogs were rounded up and banished to the island of Sivriada where most of them later died of starvation or drowning
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Sivriada - Wikipedia
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TIL that DJ Mustard's given name is Dijon
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Mustard (music producer) - Wikipedia
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TIL Ferrari, Kowalski, Smith are all occupational surnames refering to blacksmiths. It is the most common occupational name in Europe.
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Ferrari (surname) - Wikipedia
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TIL “Macho Man” Randy Savage played for the STL Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds before becoming a wrestler
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The Telegraph
Macho Man Randy Savage died 14 years ago, played in minors for Cards
Before he was Macho Man, he was Randy Poffo, a minor leaguer for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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TIL that fleas were used as biological weapons. During WW2, the Japanese army dropped fleas with Y. Pestis in China.
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Flea - Wikipedia
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TIL that Pope Innocent VIII was the first known recipient of an attempted blood transfusion. After falling into a coma in 1492, his doctor paid 3 young boys a ducat each to become blood donors. The physician then attempted to give their blood to the Pope by mouth. The Pope and the 3 boys all died
https://sahistory.org.za/dated-event/first-successful-non-direct-blood-tran…
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TIL that green products sell better when marketed as helping people rather than helping the planet
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652619334456
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TIL about Stargazers, a family of fish that eyes on the top of their heads. They usually catch food by hiding in the sand and leaping upwards when the prey passes overhead.
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Stargazer (fish) - Wikipedia
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TIL that about 90–95% of the body’s serotonin is made in the gut, not the brain. Intestinal cells and gut microbes regulate its production, and while it mainly controls digestion and inflammation, it also influences brain signaling, mood, and risk for conditions like depression and anxiety.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-024-01743-1
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TIL: Tom Cruise filmed the motorcycle cliff jump stunt in Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One over 500 times in practice before performing the real jump six times for the movie. It’s considered one of the most dangerous stunts ever attempted on film.
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Tom Cruise Explains 'Mission Impossible 7' Motorcycle Stunt on Day One of Filming
Tom Cruise filmed the "Dead Reckoning" motorcycle stunt on the first day of filming so that if he died other parts of the movie wouldn't be wa...
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TIL Sean Connery had such a bad time on the set of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" in 2003 that it made him decide to retire from acting and publicly complain about "the idiots that make hollywood films these days"
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Screen Rant
Sean Connery's Final Movie Appearance Was 20 Years Ago Today: Why It Made Him Retire
Sean Connery was tired of Hollywood idiots.
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TIL nonviolent civil resistance is far more effective in producing change than violent campaigns
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Harvard Gazette
Why nonviolent resistance beats violent force in effecting social, political change
Harvard Professor Erica Chenoweth discovers nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in effecting change than violent campaigns.
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TIL that 2 to the power of 0 is 1. In fact, anything (other than 0) to the power of 0 is 1. Contrary to my intuition that it should be 0.
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Anything to the Zero Power: Why 1? – The Math Doctors
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TIL about Dream-reality confusion (DRC) – a psychological term for when people have difficulty distinguishing dream experiences from waking memories. People can live their entire life believing events from their past actually happened when indeed it was always just a dream and nothing more.
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NeuWrite San Diego
When Dreams Become Reality
Dream-Reality Confusion in Borderline Personality Disorder Introduction Image source: The American Academy of Pediatrics. (2023) When you look back...
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TIL 10k acres of Tohono O'odham reservation was flooded by a dam in 1960. In compensation, the Tribe could add unincorporated land to its reservation. Instead of a rural area, the Tribe won a lawsuit to build a casino in unincorporated land in the Phoenix Metro Area over AZ's objections in 2017
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-folds-hand-in-casino-settlement-d…
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TIL During the funeral of William Sherman, Joseph Johnston served as pallbearer. He kept his hat off in respect despite rainy weather; when told to put on his hat, he refused on the idea Sherman would not put on a hat at Johnston's funeral. He died the next month due to the cold caught that day.
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Joseph E. Johnston - Wikipedia
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TIL about the Cokeville, Wyoming hostage crisis, where in 1986, ex-marshal David Young stormed an elementary school and took 154 people hostage, claiming he did so to "reign over intelligent children." Before he could surrender, his homemade gasoline bomb backfired, killing Young and his wife.
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1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis - Wikipedia
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TIL that there is a basketball court directly above the U.S. Supreme Court named “Highest Court in the Land”
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Atlas Obscura
The Highest Court In the Land in Washington
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
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TIL - we use all of our brains. Constantly.
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MIT McGovern Institute
Do we only use 10 percent of our brain? - MIT McGovern Institute
Movies like “Limitless” and “Lucy” play on the notion that humans use only 10 percent of their brains—and those who unloc...
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