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hdmnep , in TIL about Wu-Tang Clan's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,' an album so exclusive, only one copy was ever produced.

I recently learned about this album too and lowkey would be interested in it. I wonder if it was on what.cd at some point…

Crackhappy , in TIL that Prey is the first ever feature film available in a full Comanche dub
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By far the best Predator movie, hands down.

Deceptichum , in TIL scientists in a restricted zone, closed off to the public, discovered a plant grown out of the solidified lava. It was a tomato plant. Further research concluded it was from a tomato seed grown...
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Iceland named the new island Surtsey, after Surtr, a mythical Norse fire-giant who will probably show up in a Thor movie someday.

And only a few years later he did in Ragnarok. Good guess writer!

StrangeName , in TIL the UK’s oldest joke is a crude riddle that features in the Exeter Codex and dates back to the 10th Century AD - What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked bef...

What hangs at a man’s thigh and wants to poke the hole that it’s often poked before?
Answer: A key

Tommy_the_Gun , in TIL of Kevin Budden, who caught a deadly taipan by hand and hitchhiked to town still holding the snake. He lost his grip and was bitten, but bagged the snake and made the driver promise to get it t...
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Your title gets cut off for me, so:

While attempting to bag the snake, Budden was bitten on his left thumb but was successful in placing the captured snake in a bag. Extracting a promise from the truck driver that he would get the snake to someone who would transport it south to researchers, Budden was taken for medical treatment. Not having any antivenom for taipans, Budden was given tiger snake antivenom. Although that helped counter the coagulating effect of taipan venom, it did not overcome the second effect of the taipan venom which paralyses the nervous system. Though doctors were initially hopeful he would recover, he died the following afternoon.

Guy_Fieris_Hair , in TIL scientists in a restricted zone, closed off to the public, discovered a plant grown out of the solidified lava. It was a tomato plant. Further research concluded it was from a tomato seed grown...

"The plant had to be eradicated with extreme prejudice " lol

stevehobbes , in TIL that 80s child actress Judith Barsi made so much money by 4th grade, her family bought a house in West Hills. She died at age 10 when her father killed the entire family. Her final films, “The ...

So awful. Just horrible.

Minsk_trust , in TIL that 80s child actress Judith Barsi made so much money by 4th grade, her family bought a house in West Hills. She died at age 10 when her father killed the entire family. Her final films, “The ...

Well that was a fucked up read with my breakfast. Definitely some common threads with the I’m Glad My Mother Is Dead book if anybody is into hearing more about what it’s like to grow up in Hollywood.

FlyingSquid , in NASA used math to prove astrological dates are meaningless.
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I’ve never believed in astrology, but I’m a Scorpio and we’re naturally skeptical.

realz , in TIL that despite a growing population, full time college enrollment peaked in 2010 and has been dropping ever since

If only college education wasn’t that expensive…

Also, it sucks that many PHd programs limit that amount of time you can be employed. I would love to pursue doctorate if 1/ I could afford it 2/ do it while keeping my job.

average650 ,
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I don't think a PhD is or should be possible with a full time job. Maybe for truly exceptional individuals.

Maybe some moonlighting would be okay.

RestrictedAccount ,

If you know the field well enough to add to it and can defend your dissertation, you have earned your degree.

The full time job requirements are to limit the pool of applicants to the rich and those desperate enough to kiss however many rings and assholes demanded.

Einstein worked while pursuing his Ph.D. Think of the advances people with that philosophy have denied the world.

kugel7c ,

Shouldn't writing a PHD be a paid position to begin with? One where the uni pays the person getting the PHD. It at least relatively commonly is here in Germany, especially if the field needs capable researchers.

average650 ,
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Absolutely! Phd students should be paid. In my country and Field (Engineering/Sciences in the US) basically everyone is paid. Not as well as they ought to be, but still paid. If you are seeking a PhD and aren't getting paid.... someone is telling you you shouldn't get a PhD...

razorwiregoatlick , in TIL in Japan raw eggs are generally safe to eat. This is because the country has developed a "super egg machine" that checks the inside of the eggs for salmonella using spectroscopic analysis. It a...
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Most eggs sold in American stores are pasteurized. It is most likely fine to eat raw eggs bought in America as well. You just need to avoid the unpasteurized ones which I have never seen sold in stores. I’m not saying they aren’t, I just don’t see them.

tal , in TIL in Japan raw eggs are generally safe to eat. This is because the country has developed a "super egg machine" that checks the inside of the eggs for salmonella using spectroscopic analysis. It a...
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You can get pasteurized eggs, which will kill off bacteria in the egg. Does slightly affect consistency, though, so depends on what you're using it for.

Drunemeton , in TIL in 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA before he installed some PC software. The agreement included a clause offering 'financial compensation' to licensees who actually read the licens...
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Yeah, but that was 2005.

I think they’ve added a page per year since…

ChrisRo , in TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market
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For people that wonder „hey there are deserts full of sand“, that is a different sand. To built things you need sand with edges. The sand in the deserts is round.

canthidium , in TIL In Korea babies are classed as 1 year old at birth (they'll be changing to 0 this week to align with international standards)
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I’m Korean, but I was born in the US so it’s never really affected me much, but it was always funny trying to explain it. It gets even weirder. Not only are we 1 on the day of birth, we turn 2 on the next New Years Day. My birthday is in December so I was 2 around 2 weeks after I was born. It shouldn’t be too much of an issue in Korea because on government documents and laws they use actual age like the rest of the world. It’s only really celebrating things that the extra age is used. There’s a lot of cultural/traditional things to celebrate. The 100 day mark, as this was a common time that infants died so making it to 100 meant you were probably going to survive. Also Lunar New Year celebrations. But as far as functional things, normal age has been used, but this should limit a lot of the confusion.

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