u/tyrion2024

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TIL the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sank 3 times in 6 months. The third & final time it sank occurred when it attacked & sank the USS Housatonic, a US Navy warship. The submarine was just 20 feet (6.1m) from the Housatonic, when its deployed torpedo exploded, which caused the submarine to sink

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u/tyrion2024 — 5 days ago

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TIL for the first time, researchers observed mother leopard seals caring for their deceased offspring. This rare behavior is known as 'postmortem attentive behavior', or PAB. One mother seal attended to her pup's corpse for 20 days, which is one of the longest observed bouts of PAB ever recorded.

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u/tyrion2024 — 5 days ago

▲ 25 r/AskReddit

For those of you who watched The Challenger disaster live on TV, where were you & how did you react?

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u/tyrion2024 — 6 days ago

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TIL in 1979 Clairol released a shampoo called "Touch of Yogurt", which quickly became one of the highest profile product flops of all time. Many consumers were apparently confused as to what they had bought as there were reported cases of people getting very sick after eating the shampoo.

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u/tyrion2024 — 6 days ago

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TIL 70% of the legitimate pregnancies attributed to Henry VIII & his 6 wives resulted in miscarriage or stillbirth. By comparison, only 10% of the recorded pregnancies involving 31 noblemen closely associated with Henry had the same outcomes.

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u/tyrion2024 — 7 days ago

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TIL the average shot length in English language films has declined from about 12 seconds per shot in 1930 to about 2.5 seconds per shot in 2014.

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u/tyrion2024 — 8 days ago

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TIL a lot of people in the crowd at the execution of Charles I really didn't think the execution was going to happen; they believed he was semi-divine. Afterwards, the crowd dipped their clothing & handkerchiefs in the blood of the king. They believed it had magical properties & would protect them.

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u/tyrion2024 — 10 days ago

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TIL in 2018 an engineer on the capsized MV Nyerere (a passenger ferry) in Lake Victoria named Augustine Charahani survived over 40 hours in a shrinking air pocket in a flooding engine room. Feeling faint & hungry, with the room about two-thirds flooded, he finally felt a rescue diver grab his ankle.

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u/tyrion2024 — 10 days ago

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TIL a copy of the 1649 death warrant of Charles I is displayed in the robing room used by the monarch (during the State Opening of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster) as a ceremonial reminder of what can happen to a monarch who attempts to interfere with Parliament.

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u/tyrion2024 — 10 days ago

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TIL Sir Mix-a-Lot got the idea for the song "Baby Got Back" after he & his then gf watched one of the Spuds MacKenzie ads for Budweiser that featured "thin, valley girl-esque models". He & his gf decided to dedicate a song to curvy women of color; they sought to "broaden the definition of beauty."

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u/tyrion2024 — 11 days ago

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TIL Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty (the second heaviest woman in history) had the highest recorded BMI at 251. She was 4 feet 7.5 inches (141cm) tall and weighed around 1,100 lbs (500kg). However, she lost about 720 lbs (325kg) before she died in 2017 at age 37 due to underlying comorbid conditions.

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u/tyrion2024 — 11 days ago

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TIL the found footage horror film The Last Broadcast (1998) is credited as the first feature-length film shot and edited entirely on consumer-level digital equipment. Despite mixed critical reviews, the movie was a commercial success. It grossed $4 million worldwide on an estimated $900 budget.

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u/tyrion2024 — 11 days ago

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TIL each year in the US more than 200 people die as a result of riding in the cargo area of pickup trucks. More than half of these deaths are children and teenagers.

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u/tyrion2024 — 11 days ago

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TIL not only did Jack Nicholson secure a percentage of Batman's profits, he also negotiated a percentage of the merchandise sales from Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin (even though he only appeared in Batman). In total, he earned over $60 million (~$150 million in 2025).

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u/tyrion2024 — 17 days ago

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TIL after Pixar decided that Toy Story 2 needed to be completely remade from scratch, animators had less than a year to finish the entire film. Pixar President Edwin Catmull later revealed that "a full third of the staff" ended up with a repetitive strain injury by the time the film was finished.

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u/tyrion2024 — 18 days ago

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TIL on average, train drivers in the US are involved in three fatalities over the course of a career. Since a train needs at least a mile to come to a stop, the drivers are sometimes unable to prevent a collision with a person in the train's path.

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u/tyrion2024 — 18 days ago

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TIL of all spoils taken in battle, the most important & honorable among Romans were the Spolia Opima. Which were the spoils the commander-in-chief of a Roman army stripped from the leader of the foe in a field of battle. It's considered to have happened only 3 times in Roman history,

penelope.uchicago.edu

u/tyrion2024 — 19 days ago

▲ 6 r/AskReddit

Who will be the last person from the 20th century that history remembers?

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u/tyrion2024 — 19 days ago

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TIL in 1993 a 16-year-old boy posed as a NYC Subway motorman. He drove the A train & made every one of the 85 stops to Queens successfully (transporting ~2K people). However, he got caught after the emergency brakes were accidentally triggered, which caused a transit worker to show up at the scene.

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u/tyrion2024 — 23 days ago

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TIL in 2013 two men found 9 trees in Ecuador that were 100% pure Nacional cacao, a rare variety that was rediscovered a few years prior after being considered extinct since the 1920s. They then co-founded To'ak Chocolate, some of the world's most expensive chocolate (e.g. $490 for a 1.7oz candy bar)

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u/tyrion2024 — 24 days ago

TIL for the first time, researchers observed mother leopard seals caring for their deceased offspring. This rare behavior is known as 'postmortem attentive behavior', or PAB. One mother seal attended to her pup's corpse for 20 days, which is one of the longest observed bouts of PAB ever recorded.

For those of you who watched The Challenger disaster live on TV, where were you &amp; how did you react?

TIL in 1979 Clairol released a shampoo called "Touch of Yogurt", which quickly became one of the highest profile product flops of all time. Many consumers were apparently confused as to what they had bought as there were reported cases of people getting very sick after eating the shampoo.

TIL 70% of the legitimate pregnancies attributed to Henry VIII &amp; his 6 wives resulted in miscarriage or stillbirth. By comparison, only 10% of the recorded pregnancies involving 31 noblemen closely associated with Henry had the same outcomes.

TIL the average shot length in English language films has declined from about 12 seconds per shot in 1930 to about 2.5 seconds per shot in 2014.

TIL a copy of the 1649 death warrant of Charles I is displayed in the robing room used by the monarch (during the State Opening of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster) as a ceremonial reminder of what can happen to a monarch who attempts to interfere with Parliament.

TIL Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty (the second heaviest woman in history) had the highest recorded BMI at 251. She was 4 feet 7.5 inches (141cm) tall and weighed around 1,100 lbs (500kg). However, she lost about 720 lbs (325kg) before she died in 2017 at age 37 due to underlying comorbid conditions.

TIL the found footage horror film The Last Broadcast (1998) is credited as the first feature-length film shot and edited entirely on consumer-level digital equipment. Despite mixed critical reviews, the movie was a commercial success. It grossed $4 million worldwide on an estimated $900 budget.

TIL each year in the US more than 200 people die as a result of riding in the cargo area of pickup trucks. More than half of these deaths are children and teenagers.

TIL after Pixar decided that Toy Story 2 needed to be completely remade from scratch, animators had less than a year to finish the entire film. Pixar President Edwin Catmull later revealed that "a full third of the staff" ended up with a repetitive strain injury by the time the film was finished.

TIL on average, train drivers in the US are involved in three fatalities over the course of a career. Since a train needs at least a mile to come to a stop, the drivers are sometimes unable to prevent a collision with a person in the train's path.

TIL of all spoils taken in battle, the most important &amp; honorable among Romans were the Spolia Opima. Which were the spoils the commander-in-chief of a Roman army stripped from the leader of the foe in a field of battle. It's considered to have happened only 3 times in Roman history,

Who will be the last person from the 20th century that history remembers?

For those of you who watched The Challenger disaster live on TV, where were you & how did you react?

TIL 70% of the legitimate pregnancies attributed to Henry VIII & his 6 wives resulted in miscarriage or stillbirth. By comparison, only 10% of the recorded pregnancies involving 31 noblemen closely associated with Henry had the same outcomes.

TIL of all spoils taken in battle, the most important & honorable among Romans were the Spolia Opima. Which were the spoils the commander-in-chief of a Roman army stripped from the leader of the foe in a field of battle. It's considered to have happened only 3 times in Roman history,