Sestertius ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Comet NEOWISE ( en.wikipedia.org )
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TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members." ( en.wikipedia.org )
From Wikipedia:...
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One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge ( en.wikipedia.org )
Shadows from the Walls of Death ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Shouting fire in a crowded theater ( en.wikipedia.org )
Frenetic random activity periods ("the zoomies") ( en.wikipedia.org )
Mudflat hiking ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Reber Plan ( en.wikipedia.org )
Also known as the San Francisco Bay Plan, it was a 20th century campaign to cut off and reclaim a large portion of the SF Bay, turning it into two freshwater lakes. Modeling efforts determined it would have been an unprecedented environmental catastrophe.
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TIL about the SS Eastland, which rolled over while docked in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The incident is considered the biggest loss of life on the North American Great Lakes. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1di0jp3/til_about_the_ss_eastland_which_rolled_over_while/...
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TIL That Zoboomafoo was the lemur's stage name, with the full name being "Jovian Marcus Kendall" ( en.wikipedia.org )
As an extra TIL, he has grandchildren!...
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Just Watched Cloud Atlas (first time) ( en.wikipedia.org )
I never got around to watching it when it came out, and I think I'd completely missed the critical reception and box-office failure it received. Which saddened me to read after the watch, I have to say, as I was really happy to have watched it....
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White Lady ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Cold-stimulus headache ("brain freeze") ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Persilschein ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recording ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dgvx14/til_that_the_vincent_prices_spoken_word_portion/...
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Highway of Death ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Gegenschein ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Aum Shinrikyo ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Dutch roll ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Herkimer diamond ( en.wikipedia.org )
A double terminated quartz crystal known for its clarity and size
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Heartbeat in the Brain - Lost 1970 documentary in which the director/subject drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill ( en.wikipedia.org )
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California Institute of Abnormalarts ( en.wikipedia.org )
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TIL about the Union of the Comoros; an archipelagic country off the southeast coast of Africa with an estimated population of 1 million people. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dfkn3n/til_about_the_union_of_the_comoros_an/...
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