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Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button (9to5mac.com)
Despite site-stopping protests by mods and users, Reddit leadership chose to brute force its way through any reasonable way of…
TIL the Coffee Break was first utilized during WWII at a necktie factory in Colorado. Wigwam Weavers gave two coffee breaks a day to its workers so that the caffeine boost would increase productivity. (www.eater.com)
The history of coffee’s role in the American workplace is driven by caffeine’s ability to stimulate capitalism
TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market (www.popularmechanics.com)
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart.
TIL that the Amazon River drains about 61 million gallons (230 million liters) of water into the ocean per second. This is greater than that of the world's next seven largest rivers combined and ac... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the most widely used Language in North America during the 1700s and 1800s was not English or Spanish but a universal form of Sign Language now known as Plains Sign. It allowed natives and colon... (en.wikipedia.org)
Mojang exits Reddit, says they '"no longer feel that Reddit is an appropriate place to post official content or refer [its] players to". (www.pcgamer.com)
If you want official updates from the Minecraft dev team, you better not look on Reddit. A post from a Reddit user bearing the name sliced_lime and a flair indicating they are the Minecraft Java Tech
TIL the Mormon church is the wealthiest religious institution in the world with estimated assets between 80 and 100 billion dollars. (finance.yahoo.com)
In this article, we will take a look at Mormon Church’s 15 biggest stock positions. To see more such companies, go directly to Mormon Church’s 5 Biggest Stock Positions. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church, has over $40 billion worth of stocks positions as of the end of the […]
TIL that in 2013 the number of U.S. children named “Cheese” skyrocketed by 450 percent. (nymag.com)
What about Milk? Table is a good name, too.
TIL NBA player Shawn Bradley was once fined $10,000 for not going to a mandatory team meeting at a strip club due to his Mormon beliefs. He was also called “The Stormin’ Morman” during his professi... (www.complex.com)
In his new “30 for 30” short, Shawn Bradley admits that he got fined $10,000 once for refusing to attend a team meeting at a strip club.
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)
TIL about Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine. Operating from around the early 1990s to 2018, this machine would dispense rare discontinued beverages. Supposedly the nearby businesses had no idea w... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL A Chicago man who bought $1,000 in stock about 70 years ago has given the resulting $2 million to a wildlife charity (www.usatoday.com)
A lifelong Boy Scout who bought $1,000 in Walgreens stock about 70 years ago donated the resulting $2 million to the Audubon Society.
TIL that in 1967 the DSV "Alvin" was attacked by a swordfish at 610m below the ocean surface. The swordfish became trapped in the Alvin's skin, and the Alvin was forced to make an emergency surface... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL of a machine lubricant called Thames Mud Butter, made from fats that were skimmed from the sewage effluent of late 19th century London. (thamesfestivaltrust.org)
What does the past smell like? Explore a unique part of London’s heritage through the sense of smell.
TIL that the Semai are a people of Malaysia who consider that making someone unhappy, especially by imposing one's own wishes, is taboo, so they don't have leaders, they don't punish their children... (en.wikipedia.org)
Google Says the Reddit Blackout Made Search Worse (gizmodo.com)
A senior Google VP said earlier this month that Google users who couldn’t add “Reddit” to their queries were “not quite happy” following the protest.
TIL Jungholz is an Austrian village that is only accessible via Germany. Because of access issues the village followed German customs since 1868 and used the Deutsche Mark until 2002. The odd place... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe. Following the 1920 Great Debate between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL about Wood’s Metal. Because it melts at low temperatures, it was used to make joke spoons that would melt in hot soup. It is also highly toxic. (en.wikipedia.org)
Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)
Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.
Reddit mods are calling for an ‘affordable return’ for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
Some of Reddit’s most popular communities have posted open letters to the company with a series of requests regarding many key issues at the heart of the recent protests on the platform. They want a response by June 29th.
NASA is recycling 98 percent of astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS into drinkable water (www.engadget.com)
This week, NASA revealed that the International Space Station’s Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) is recycling 98 percent of all water astronauts bring aboard the station…
TIL in 1974 the Cleveland Indians held a Ten Cent Beer promotion that resulted in on-field streaking, fans lighting fireworks in the stands, and pelting of players with hotdogs that culminated in a... (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Poison Dart frogs are completely non-toxic when captive bred (dart frogs are commonly bred in captivity), even wild-caught poison dart frogs gradually lose their potency in captivity. (perryponders.com)
One of the most poisonous animals on Earth is the Poison Dart Frog. However, when kept in captivity the poisonous nature of the frog completely disappears.