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TIL about the Herero and Nama genocide which happened in 1904-6 in which Germany exterminated the peoples of Namibia. They did it to compete with Britain and argued they shouldn't be stripped of their colonies because Britain did similar things.
Herero and Nama genocide - Wikipedia
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TIL male genitalia can appear to “harden” after death. Postmortem “Erection” (Priapism) is often colloquially called a “death erection” is a documented, though relatively rare, forensic phenomenon.
Postmortem Changes - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
A body undergoes complex and intricate changes after death.[1] Postmortem changes depend on a diverse range of variables. Factors such as ambient t...
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TIL that HIV-positive patients can receive organ transplants from HIV-positive donors under special protocols.
HOPE in Action: A Prospective Multicenter Pilot Study of Liver Transplantation from Donors with HIV to Recipients with HIV - PMC
Liver transplantation (LT) from donors-with-HIV to recipients-with-HIV (HIV D+/R+) is permitted under the HOPE Act. There are only 3 international ...
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TIL after being dismissed as “rapping Proclaimers” during auditions, an early 2000’s Scottish hip-hop duo took on American identities, pretending to be from California. They kept up the ruse long enough to get a deal with Sony, appear on MTV, and tour with Eminem’s group before they were found out. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/5455291/billy-boyd-silibil-n-brains-california-schemin-untold-story/ #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1u314r4/til_after_being_dismissed_as_rapping_proclaimers/
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TIL that one gamer played a game of Civilization II which developed into a 10-year long stalemate.
PC Gamer
'A hellish nightmare': Remembering the most famous Civilization game ever played, Civ 2's 'Eternal War' | PC Gamer
Someone once played a single game of Civilization 2 for a decade and the result was a ruined earth and endless war in 3991 AD.
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TIL after a woman dropped her phone, she slipped face-first into a 10-cm wide gap between two large boulders & landed upside down in the 3-meter deep crevice. She survived in that inverted position for 7 hours before being rescued (and which would've been fatal for most people at just couple hours).
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Woman wedged upside down between rocks for 7 hours after trying to retrieve her phone
An Australian woman tried to grab her lost phone between boulders and became stuck upside down for seven hours before being rescued.
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TIL that homeschooling virtually erases the link between household income and academic success. While public schoolers average the 50th percentile, homeschoolers consistently hit the 65th–80th, regardless of their family's wealth or if their parents are certified teachers.
Fast Facts on Homeschooling | National Home Education Research Institute
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TIL Nicolas Cage was never paid the $100K he was promised to star in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) despite winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role. Director Mike Figgis was also never paid his $100K salary. The studio said the film never made a profit even though the $4m movie grossed $32m.
Nicolas Cage Never Paid $100K Leaving Las Vegas Fee Says Mike Figgis
Writer-director Mike Figgis reveals that Leaving Las Vegas star Nicolas Cage was never paid his $100,000 acting fee and more on THR Podcast It Happ...
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TIL in the 1980s, A&W launched a third-pound burger that they sold for the same price as the quarter-pound burgers of their competitors. The release flopped, because people mistakenly believed a third of a pound was smaller than a quarter of a pound.
A&W Restaurants - The Truth About A&W's Third-Pound Burger and the Major Math Mix-Up
Looking for some hometown goodness? Take a look at what's going on at your local A&W, stop in and lets us know how we're doing!
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