TIL that a TV show called “This Is Your Life” invited Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Japanese minister and atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima. The show also featured a surprise guest, Robert Lewis, copilot o... (electricliterature.com)
by Mike Meginnis A 1950s television show did the unthinkable: surprise a victim of the Hiroshima bombing by introducing him to one of the bombers on live TV. Running from 1952 to 1961, This is Your Life was an emotionally intense experiment in early reality TV. Subjects were lured to the studio under false pretenses, then host...
TIL about the CSS Hunley, a confederate submarine that sank three times, killing her entire crew each time. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL not to microwave pancakes for 2 minutes
I learned this morning that if you microwave frozen pancakes for 2 minutes you’ll have to throw the plastic plate out
TIL the first modern, non-Indigenous legal precedent explicitly considering a canoe a "vessel" didn't happen in Canada until 2018. (admiraltylaw.com)
Also, I mentally read the defence’s argument about “muscular power” in the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer!
TIL how trash is disposed of in modern large submarines. Trash is deposited into a Trash Disposal Unit (TDU) which collects and compacts it into a galvanized steel can. A ball valve is opened allow... (en.wikipedia.org)
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... (www.wlv.ac.uk)
University of Wolverhampton is a large UK university based in the West Midlands, offering undergraduate degrees and postgraduate courses across 4 faculties.
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 ... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL: Car have subcription to unlock feature (www.theverge.com)
Well, that weird....
TIL many female insects mate only once in their lives. Insect populations can be controlled by releasing flocks of sterile males into the wild. Females mate with them, never give birth and simply die. (en.wikipedia.org)
How to Stop a Charging Dog When You're Out Walking (and don't have pepper spray...) (www.youtube.com)
Not my video…
TIL a mentally unstable man in Canada cut down a rare golden spruce tree, sacred to Indigenous people, to protest the logging industry. His trial was on the island where he cut down the tree. Feari... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Sam Kinison and Roseanne Barr were the inspiration for two leading roles on TV's "Married...With Children" and both turned it down (www.vulture.com)
While Married with Children hasn’t aged as well as some of the sitcoms that were its contemporaries, the show’s influence is vast. Married with Children changed the way American families were portrayed in TV sitcoms, taking a drastic departure […]
TIL Marlon Wayans was originally cast as Robin in Tim Burton's "Batman Returns". He signed for a two movie deal, but was cut from the film due to the number of characters. Wayans got paid $100,000 ... (www.slashfilm.com)
Tim Burton’s sequel Batman Returns almost featured a version of Robin the Boy Wonder played by Marlon Wayans.
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... (www.pcmag.com)
TIL that despite a growing population, full time college enrollment peaked in 2010 and has been dropping ever since (www2.deloitte.com)
Enrollment rates in higher education have been declining in the United States over the years as other countries catch up.
TIL the world's oldest terrarium / sealed bottle ecosystem has been thriving since 1960. The 10-gallon bottle is like a mini Earth. It has only been opened once in 53 years to add a bit more water ... (biologicperformance.com)
Checkout one of the oldest terrarium gardens in the world! Read the story of David Latimer’s sealed bottle ecosystem from the 1960’s.
TIL Wikipedia is an arm of the propaganda machine for politicians and gov't agencies (web.archive.org)
You can read more about Larry’s encyclosphere here: larrysanger.org/…/the-encyclosphere-is-greater-th…
TIL that the Longyou Caves, a mysterious network of man-made caves over 2,000 years old, were never recorded in any historical documents and were only rediscovered by local farmers in 1992. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that Bhutan doesn't recognize China in any way, shape or form (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the average man picks his nose around four times a day (www.bbc.com)
Poking around inside our nostrils is disgusting, unhygienic and potentially harmful, so it’s baffling that it’s as common as it is, says Jason G Goldman.
TIL that due to casino profit distributions, every Seminole Native American is a multi-millionaire by the time they turn 18 (moneyinc.com)
They say you have to work hard and chase your dreams, but if you belong to the wealthiest Native American tribe in the world, you can sleep through life
TIL that in addition to being a drug cheat. Lance Armstrong is also been accused of being a technical cheat. It’s alleged he used a tiny motor on his bike. This is supported by video evidence of un... (www.cyclingweekly.com)
Verdy says he doesn’t think Armstrong’s performances were possible on just EPO alone
TIL that the founder of the notorious “Bumfights” video series was caught trying to ship stolen baby parts out of Thailand in 2018 (coconuts.co)
Two Americans accused of stealing baby body parts and other human remains from the Siriraj Medical Museum have resurfaced seven months after fleeing Thailand.
TIL that in 2001, a US navy submarine performed an emergency ballast blow maneuver to impress civilians onboard. It surfaced at high speed directly under a Japanese ship and cut it in half, killing... (en.wikipedia.org)
