i am free (lemmy.world)
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TIL that the Pantheon (a former Roman temple, the name translates to "all gods" in ancient Greek), has actually been a Catholic church since 609 AD. (www.aaastateofplay.com)
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TIL that the connection between Parkinson's and pesticides was discovered after Californian drug users injected themselves with faulty heroin that contained a neurotoxin byproduct, subsequently exhibiting symptoms (www.iospress.com)
It was only in the early 1980s that the first tangible evidence connecting a toxicant with neurodegeneration came to light. In a tragic experiment of nature, a group of drug users in California accidentally injected themselves with a bad batch of designer heroin and began suffering from symptoms closely resembling those of...
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TIL George Harrison (Beatles) funded The Life of Brian (Monty Python) (youtu.be)
Can skip to 18:40 in this interview documentary of making the Monty Python movie The Life of Brian...
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TIL that Kurioshi, Japan, has purpose-built tsunami evacuation towers (kuroshio-kanko.net)
TIL each pawn in chess had a specific name/profession based on its starting position on the board (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcy (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL what the ancient Mesopotamians ate for dinner (www.bbc.com)
for the lamb stew known as tu’hu, first you get water. Then you sear leg meat in fat. In go salt, beer, onion, rocket, coriander, Persian shallot, cumin, beets, water. Crushed leek and garlic and more coriander, for a fiery taste. Then add kurrat, an Egyptian leek.
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TIL Morrissey wrote a novel that was published in 2015. It got a ton of negative reviews and won the "bad sex award for love scenes" that year. (www.theguardian.com)
The love scene in question:...
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Today I Learned - Babe Ruth Ended His Career As A Boston Brave In Philadelphia (www.youtube.com)
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TIL Queen ants can have lifespan of 20-30 years, and some worker ants can live several years. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Shortwave Listening Post - Online Shortwave Radio Receiver (www.chilton.com)
Listen to AM radio frequencies online
TIL Will Smith turned down Django because “Violence begets violence” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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TIL It is said that not even Nicolaus Copernicus ever saw planet Mercury. The reason is that, as an inner planet (to Earth), it will never angularly move away more than 28 degrees from the Sun (www.sav.sk)
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TIL that Al Capone's long lost older brother was a prohibition lawman in the Dakotas. The brothers lost contact for decades until reuniting later in Al's life. (www.grandforksherald.com)
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TIL: Queen frontman Freddie Mercury left his London estate to his ex-girlfriend, who put it up for sale at $38 million (www.elledecor.com)
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TIL the first Internet search engine was “Archie”, which was created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a postgraduate student at McGill University in Montreal. It’s still around today (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Trump was once a supporter for universal healthcare (www.ontheissues.org)
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TIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long run (www.fda.gov)
TIL about the "Dilberito," a vegetarian wrap concocted by Dilbert creator Scott Adams to tie into his comic strip. The product was a colossal failure, (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that on the day he was assassinated at least nine of Kennedy’s Secret Service agents were recovering from an all night bender that ended at 5:00 AM (www.irishcentral.com)
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TIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar system (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The first commercial graphing calculator was introduced by Casio in 1985 for $75. By 1986 it had been adopted by a program in Ohio schools, and other states soon followed (americanhistory.si.edu)
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