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TIL Cary Elwes, of Cary Elwes-fame, is the descendent of John Elwes, an eccentric miser and inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge.

by whatilearned May 23, 2023, 8:34 pm

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TIL That during a duet between John Lennon and Chuck Berry on a 1972 episode of ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ the show’s sound engineer cut off the mic of Yoko Ono who had been interrupting with incomprehensible wailing during a rendition of ‘Memphis Tennessee’.

by whatilearned May 22, 2023, 2:54 pm

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TIL that the longest running laboratory experiment in history, the Pitch Drop experiment, had its seventh drop fall in 1988. However, nobody witnessed it and its custodian, Professor John Mainstone, had stepped out to get a drink the moment the drop occurred.

by whatilearned May 20, 2023, 3:04 am

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TIL The first Papal visit to a mosque was in May 2001. Pope John Paul II took off his shoes and entered the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, to visit the tomb of John the Baptist (who is called Yah-ya el-Mamadan by Muslims).

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 1:12 pm

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TIL that in 1903 President Teddy Roosevelt spent three nights camping with John Muir in Yosemite. For many this is considered the most significant event in the history of conservation.

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 2:33 am

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TIL that Dr. John Gueriguian, a medical reviewer at the FDA, warned about the toxic effects of Rezulin, but after the company developing the drug complained, he was removed and his review was deleted by FDA. Rezulin ended up killing dozens of people and resulted in hundreds of liver toxicities.

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 12:48 am

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TIL about Dr. Samuel Mudd Sr., an American physician who rendered aid to John Wilkes Booth after President Lincoln’s assassination and then covered up Booth’s location when questioned by authorities. Mudd was convicted of conspiring to assassinate the president but avoided execution by one vote.

by whatilearned May 15, 2023, 6:29 pm

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Tim, Tom, and Long John were taking a walk across a bridge.

by cringeyjokesman May 14, 2023, 5:14 am

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TIL: USC removed their John Wayne exhibit because of the bigoted remarks he had made during his life.

by whatilearned May 11, 2023, 9:04 pm

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TIL: Prior to 2005, Catholic cardinals participating in papal conclaves were housed in the Apostolic Palace, sleeping on cots in makeshift bedrooms in hallways or offices. Pope John II changed the rules for future conclaves, allowing participants to room in a nearby guest house.

by whatilearned May 8, 2023, 2:40 am

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TIL an 1861 Japanese book about the “history” of the United States included such colorful scenes as George Washington punching a tiger and John Adams killing a giant snake

by whatilearned May 6, 2023, 5:25 pm

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I asked ChatGPT to write the song ‘Gamer’ based on ‘Dream’ by John Lennon

by CopyPastaArchive May 3, 2023, 3:01 pm

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