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TIL that Robocop actor, Peter Weller, earned a Ph. D in Italian Renaissance Art History in 2014

November 28, 2021, 11:50 pm
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TIL about a Turkish film made in 1974 called “Garip Kuş.” It was dubbed in English in Ireland and somehow made its way to Papua New Guinea by the name of “Bobby Teardrops,” where it has become hugely popular among diverse groups of women. Its effect on feminism was discussed in an academic paper.

November 28, 2021, 11:19 pm
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TIL there was a very successful Alice in Wonderland adaptation (1976 film) that also happened to be a porno…

November 28, 2021, 10:37 pm
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TIL the American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress Peggy Lee voiced not only Peg in the dog pound in Lady and the Tramp, but Darling and the two Siamese cats Si and Am.

November 28, 2021, 10:25 pm
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TIL Europe’s first beer fountain in Žalec, Slovenia was built by the town community using the tax money collected from a resident who won the Eurojackpot lottery. In the fountain, it’s possible to drink different beers from five taps with a special microchipped glass.

November 28, 2021, 10:01 pm
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TIL: that you can’t do drugs when playing chess competitively and you have to provide a urine sample for a drug test after each match.

November 28, 2021, 9:55 pm
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TIL that the organism Mycobacterium Leprae, which causes Leprosy, has never been successfully grown in a lab in non-living media. It can only be cultivated in animal specimens, specifically on armadillo feet. This makes the organism extremely difficult to study and nearly impossible to eradicate.

November 28, 2021, 9:31 pm
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TIL During WW II the US Army was aware that mail to soldiers was critical for morale, but overwhelmed with the volume and space it took to ship. So the resuscitated a British/Eastman Kodak method where every letter was photographed, and the film was shipped, then printed. It was called V Mail.

November 28, 2021, 9:14 pm
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TIL that a nuclear worker in Japan was exposed to 17 Sieverts of radiation (twice the amount that should kill a person). He was kept alive for 83 days, suffering serious radiation burns to his body, severe organ failure, and an almost zero white blood cell count.

November 28, 2021, 8:55 pm
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TIL Roosters have ‘spurs’, which are very sharp claw-like growths made of bone and keratin that protrude posteriorly from their legs near their feet.

November 28, 2021, 8:19 pm
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