TIL about Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia activist and archivist who recorded hundreds of thousands of hours of television news footage spanning 35 years, from 1977 until her death in 2012 at age 83. At around 71,000 hours, this is the world’s most comprehensive independent archive of modern TV news. by whatilearned November 26, 2021, 3:30 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL That Rod Stewart has a giant model train set, spanning 1,500 square feet and based on postwar Manhattan, that took him two decades to build by whatilearned August 23, 2021, 10:10 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL volunteer Miss Frank E. Buttolph was responsible for saving and donating 25,000 menus spanning 1850s thru the early 1900s to the New York public library. The collection provides a slice of life historical perspective to ordinary people’s lives by whatilearned July 31, 2021, 1:59 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL that in 2018, geneticists published the largest family tree spanning 5 centuries and 11 generations. This includes 13 million individuals and Kevin Bacon, making it the largest Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ever assembled. by whatilearned July 23, 2021, 11:04 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL about LBJ’s affair spanning decades with Alice Glass, a humanitarian who eventually ended it when the president escalated military action in Vietnam. by whatilearned July 14, 2021, 1:53 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Pancreatic Cancer Grows More Slowly Than Thought Pancreatic cancer develops and spreads much more slowly than has been thought, with the timeline from when it first forms to when it kills spanning two decades or more, a study shows. by DailyHealthNews July 1, 2021, 9:47 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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