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TIL that an English chemist named James Price claimed to be able to turn mercury into silver or gold. When asked by members of the Royal Society to perform the experiment in front of credible witnesses, he reluctantly agreed, only to drink poison in front of them instead.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Price_(chemist)
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TIL 65% of Staten Island voted to secede from the rest of New York City in 1993, only to have their efforts blocked by the State Assembly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_and_secession_in_New_York#Staten_Island_secession_from_New_York_City
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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.

https://blog.esl-languages.com/en/esl/celebrities-speak-languages/
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TIL about Lion City, an ancient underwater city in China that’s about 1,400 years old. It was purposely flooded in 1959 to create a hydroelectric dam and rediscovered in 2001 in excellent condition, with preserved homes, temple structures, paved roads, and even wood.

https://destinationhistorypod.com/episodes/shicheng
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Shi Cheng

Let’s head underwater to have a quick look around the ‘Atlantis of the East’ The how’s and why’s of this city ending up where it did is an interesting one, but it was a great move for preservation.
Chantelle Bryant (Destination: History)
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TIL that children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of brain activity as soldiers exposed to combat.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2011/dec/maltreated-children-show-same-pattern-brain-activity-combat-soldiers
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Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers

Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, new research has shown.
UCL News
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TIL that early PlayStation 1 consoles had a design flaw causing the laser to misalign over time, leading to disc read errors. A common workaround was to place the console upside down, which allowed gravity to realign the laser, enabling games to load properly.

https://www.androidauthority.com/playstation-history-1220628/
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PlayStation history: Every Sony console from PS1 to PS5

From the PS1 and PS2, to PSP and Vita, to the latest and greatest consoles, we take a look at the Sony PlayStation history.
Hadlee Simons (Android Authority)
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TIL that the term “banana republic” was coined by short story writer O. Henry, while he was living in Honduras to avoid his US trial for embezzlement.

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/11/erik-visits-an-american-grave-part-1747
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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,747 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is the grave of William Porter, better known as O.Henry. Born in 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Porter grew up middle class, the son of a physician. However, his mother died in childbirth when he was 3 years old.
Erik Loomis (Lawyers, Guns & Money)
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TIL that the Super Mario Bros. team initially found it illogical that Mario was hurt by stomping on turtles, leading them to design future games where Mario could safely jump on them. Also, Bowser was originally envisioned as an ox, but was redesigned as a turtle after Osamu Tezuka's suggestion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.#:~:text=Miyamoto%20also%20wante…
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TIL of Sun Yaoting, the last eunuch of China who had his penis and testicles removed at the age of eight. Less than two years before China abolish the monarchy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yaoting
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TIL that ancient numeral systems like Egyptian hieratic, Greek, Hebrew, Roman, Chinese, and early Indian Brahmi were all non-positional decimal systems, requiring large numbers of symbols. The world’s earliest positional decimal system was the Chinese rod calculus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal
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TIL the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark had the largest production budget in Broadway history at $75 million. When it closed after a three-year run, its investors had reportedly lost $60 million.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Turn_Off_the_Dark#:~:text=Having%20run%20on%20Broadway%20for%20over%20three%20years%2C%20the%20production%20failed%20to%20make%20…
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TIL the Bee Gees were born on the Isle of Man and then moved to Manchester. This makes them both Manx and Mancs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees
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TIL on his debut album, released when he was 19 years old, the musician Prince is credited as having played 27 different instruments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_You_(Prince_album)
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TIL Of the 45 persons who have served as President of the United States, at least half have displayed proficiency in speaking or writing a language other than English. Of these, only one, Martin Van Buren, learned English as his second language; his first language was Dutch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilingual_presidents_of_the_United_States
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TIL Richard Stockton, ancestor of OceanGate’s Ex-CEO Stockton Rush, was the only Declaration of Independence signer to renounce the American Revolution

https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence
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9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence

Nine surprising facts about the iconic founding document adopted on July 4, 1776.
Elizabeth Harrison (HISTORY)
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TIL that for several years after the acclaimed 1974 film The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three came out, transit authorities would avoid having trains scheduled at 1:23.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taking_of_Pelham_One_Two_Three_(1974_film)
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TIL in 2011 a drunken moose in Sweden became stuck in an apple tree while attempting to eat more fermented apples. Responding firefighters managed to bend the tree down far enough for the moose to slide off the branches and be set free.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44431492
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Take a bough! Rescuers free drunken moose stuck in tree

An inebriated moose trying to get more fermenting apples apparently lost its balance and ended up stuck in an apple tree in Sweden, The Local website reports.
NBC News
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TIL about Father John Huddleston, a priest who helped King Charles II escape England when the King was 21 years old and was also the priest to hear the King's confession and conversion to the Catholic Church on his deathbed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Huddleston
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TIL about documents of Human-Orca encounters when SeaWorld used to let people get close to them. One of these stories mentions how an orca supposedly 'reverse trained' the Human, using the methods Orca trainers trained Orcas with, to pet them near their blowhole, because the human was hesitating to.

https://www.kintocetaceans.org/russell-hockins.html
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Russell Hockins

The true nature of the whale called killer I've always been good with animals; dogs, cats, horses, reptiles, they all like me.  However, I could see from my first encounter with a dolphin years...
Exploring the Cetacean-Human Relationship
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TIL the actor Sinbad was one of the worst debtors to the state of California in 2009, owing up to $2.5 million in income-tax to the state

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(comedian)
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TIL The Matrix’s “there is no spoon” boy grew up to play King George in Australia’s production of Hamilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Witt
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TIL the Ainu worship bears, seeing them as divine gifts that provide hide and meat. When they find a cub, they raise it lovingly in the village, sometimes feeding it breast milk, and treat it as a god. Once the bear reaches one or two years old, they ceremonially kill it, honoring its sacred role.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people
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TIL how devastating windows are to birds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/why-birds-hit-windows-and-how-you-can-help-prevent-it
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Why Birds Hit Windows—and How You Can Help Prevent It | All About Birds

Photo by Susan Spear/Cornell Lab. For birds, glass windows are worse than invisible. By reflecting foliage or sky, they look like inviting places to fl ...
Hugh Powell (All About Birds)
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TIL beets can turn your pee red 😅

https://www.healthline.com/health/beeturia
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Beeturia: Why Beets Cause Pink Pee in Some People and Not Others

Beeturia is a harmless condition in which your urine turns red after consuming beets. It occurs in about 14 percent of the population.
Valencia Higuera (Healthline Media)
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TIL that 'The Most Dangerous Animal in the World' was a 1963 exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. It featured a mirror and text describing the dangers humans pose to life on earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Animal_in_the_World
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TIL Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' was published to little fanfare and was nearly forgotten. However by the 1960s it had had been analysed more than any other work of literature that is studied in universities. It would serve as the basis for the movie 'Apocalypse Now', revered as a classic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Darkness
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TIL in 1854, Dr. Jules Baillarger depicted a mental illness expressed by switches between mania and depression. He named it dual-form insanity. Dr. Jean Falret described the same illness but named it circular insanity. They spent their lives disputing who first conceptualized it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Baillarger
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TIL The earth will complete 367 complete rotations this year; it takes 23 h 56 m for one rotation (a sidereal day).

https://www.aeronomie.be/en/encyclopedia/sidereal-day-definition
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Sidereal day, a definition

For planet Earth this is the rotational period relative to so called fixed stars and not to the Sun.
BIRA-IASB
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TIL a 2015 study involving 280 men found that viewing visual sexual stimuli was unrelated to experiencing erectile dysfunction with a partner, while it was related to a stronger desire for sex with a partner.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205011611530057X
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TIL the world record for the longest marathon theatre performance by an individual is 110 hours 46 minutes & was achieved by Adrian Hilton when he recited the complete works of William Shakespeare at a Shakespeare Festival in London in 1987.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-theatre-performance-individual
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Longest marathon theatre performance (individual)

This record is for the longest theatre performance based on the length of time an individual can continuously perform different plays one after the other. This record is to be attempted by an individual.
Guinness World Records
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TIL that in RuneScape, the "Party Hat," initially a common item from a 2001 holiday event, has become one of the game's most valuable assets. Originally considered worthless and often discarded, these hats are now rare collectibles, with some colors valued at billions of in-game gold.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/runescape/party-hat-most-expensive-item
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How Runescape’s party hat became so valuable

The humble party hat was designed to be a junk item, but now it's worth billions of in-game gold
Jordan Forward (PCGamesN)
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TIL that during World War II, a British zoo placed a female panda named Ming in an underground shelter to keep her safe from bombing raids. Ming became a local celebrity and was considered a symbol of resilience during the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_of_London
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TIL squirrels will adopt another squirrel's baby if its parents die or are unable to care for it.

https://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/06/squirrels_show.html
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TIL there's a 605-page Koran written in Saddam Hussein's blood

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/12/saddam-husseins-unfinished-mosques.html
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Saddam Hussein’s Unfinished Mosques

In the late 1990s, amidst rising poverty and with four million residents on the verge of famine, the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein deci...
Kaushik Patowary (Blogger)
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