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TIL that for six generations, from 1688 to 1840, members of the Sanson family were the executioners in Paris. Charles-Henri Sanson performed 2,918 executions, including that of Louis XVI, and his son Henri executed Marie-Antoinette.

by whatilearned April 1, 2023, 12:51 am

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TIL Ohio has license plates reading “Birthplace of Aviation” and North Carolina reads “First in Flight” because the two states both claim the Wright Brothers as their own. The Wrights performed the first controlled, powered flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. but built their plane in Ohio

by whatilearned March 18, 2023, 10:22 pm

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TIL that gummy bears were originally called “dancing bears” and were inspired by the trained bears that performed at circuses and festivals in Europe in the 19th century

by whatilearned March 8, 2023, 8:32 am

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TIL – ENYA has never gone on a concert tour or even performed a solo concert, despite being Ireland’s best-selling solo artist and 2nd overall behind U2.

by whatilearned February 23, 2023, 9:11 pm

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TIL that the person who has most often performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is actress Marlee Matlin, who has provided ASL Sign Language translations three times.

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 2:38 am

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TIL controversial Minister Louis Farrakhan who has made many negative statements about Jewish People in the past is a symphony-level classic violin musician and in 1993 he performed a Mendessohn composition he said was an effort to heal a rift between him and the Jewish community.

by whatilearned February 7, 2023, 6:16 pm

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TIL In 1784 King Louis XVI of France commissioned several scientists to investigate amimal magnetism. One of the scientists was Benjamin Franklin who performed one the first systematic controlled trials and found no evidence of animal magnetism.

by whatilearned January 31, 2023, 2:28 pm

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TIL: In 2020, a study was performed by asking pedestrians to cross a street hundreds of times and found that the likelihood of a car slowing down decreases by 3% for every $1000 in car value. The study followed up a Finnish study which concluded Audi, BMW, and Mercedes drivers were unempathetic.

by whatilearned January 14, 2023, 11:04 am

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TIL about Brady Feigl and his doppelganger, Brady Feigl. In addition to sharing a name and extreme similarities in appearance, each was a minor league baseball pitcher and had the same elbow surgery performed by the same doctor. A DNA test confirmed no relation.

by whatilearned January 12, 2023, 4:01 pm

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TIL Brian Patrick Carroll, the guitarist known professionally as “Buckethead”, has recorded over 300 studio albums, four special releases, one EP, and has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists.

by whatilearned January 12, 2023, 3:05 am

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TIL that, when translated, the “haka” – the Maori war dance performed by NZ sports teams – mentions a hairy man who makes the sun shine.

by whatilearned January 10, 2023, 7:18 am

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TIL Rhinoplasty(nose reconstruction surgery) has been performed since 3000 BC in Egypt, and a 600 BC Indian technique using a flap of skin from the cheek to reconstruct the nose is still in use today.

by whatilearned December 30, 2022, 10:42 pm

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