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TIL that the Canadian Children’s program, The Friendly Giant, actually started in Madison, Wisconsin before CBC execs caught wind of it after it ran for nearly 4 years. Moving production to Toronto, the show ran until 1984 in syndication in Canada and the US.

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 4:08 am

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TIL that professional farters, or flatulists, were entertainers in ancient and medieval times whose routines consisted of passing gas in an amusing manner. They could produce “various rhythms and pitches with their intestinal wind”.

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 4:37 pm

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TIL about Glacier Mice, cousin to the marimo moss ball. It’s not well understood how they move, as they move in “herds,” and don’t seem to follow wind or slope direction. They can move about an inch a day, and they roll, not slide.

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 2:01 pm

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TIL Dennis Hopper’s last movie, The Other Side of The Wind was released eight years after his death and more than forty years after it had been filmed.

by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 6:59 am

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TIL about the tragic story of the The Flying Dutchman. A C-47 airplane, nicknamed The Flying Dutchman, was hit by a strong down draft of wind in New Guinea causing it to crash. The occupants who had survived carved daily entries on the door for those who would eventually find them.

by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 5:41 am

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Wind turbine giant Vestas confirms data breach following ‘cybersecurity

by ProgrammerDude November 22, 2021, 7:33 pm

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A man was hunting when a gust of wind blew, the gun fell over & discharged, shooting him in the genitals.

by cringeyjokesman November 20, 2021, 7:07 am

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TIL the ladders inside wind turbine towers are often attached with magnets to avoid drilling bolt holes in the tower that would weaken them.

by whatilearned November 15, 2021, 7:31 am

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The President invites the Pope to lunch on a boat. The Pope accepted and during lunch, a puff of wind blew the pontiff’s hat off, right into the water. It floated off about 50 feet, then the wind died down and it just floated in place.

by cringeyjokesman November 3, 2021, 9:08 pm

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TIL that in the childbirth scene of “Gone with the Wind” only the actors’ shadows are shown not for artistic reasons but to get around the Hays Code rule prohibiting sexual activity and childbirth onscreen. Melanie, Scarlett and Prissy are literally shown only as shadows on a wall due to the rule.

by whatilearned October 28, 2021, 8:46 pm

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TIL that when Hattie McDaniel became the first black person to win an Academy Award (for her performance in “Gone with the Wind”) in 1940, she was seated at a segregated table at the side of the room

by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 4:21 am

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What is the color of wind?

by cringeyjokesman September 27, 2021, 11:22 pm

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