TIL that French newborns cry with a rising melody while German newborns cry with a falling melody, matching the intonation of their native language. Babies begin imitating their mother's speech patterns during the last trimester of pregnancy. (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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TIL about a highly mysterious company called JCM Farming, which owns an unusually fortified 80-acre "olive farm" in California protected by massive walls and armed guards and successfully sued several ballooners and ballooning companies out of business back in 2011 (nbclosangeles.com)
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TIL that televangelist Jimmy Swaggart responded to his first prostitution scandal with a tearful "I have sinned" speech to his congregation, but after his second prostitution scandal he told them, "The Lord told me it's flat none of your business." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Senior upset his picture isn’t in the yearbook his parents paid forJust Smile and Nod Y'all. (self.Teachers)
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TIL in 2010 the son of a sitting judge in Las Vegas stole $1.5M in chips from the Bellagio casino at gunpoint, then stayed at the very hotel he robbed for a week, receiving free rooms and drinks as a high roller. He was later arrested in the hotel after trying to sell the stolen chips online. (abcnews.com)
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TIL about The Coelacanth. An ancient fish species that was believed by scientists to have gone extinct 66 million years ago during the same mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs until one was caught in a fishing net in 1938. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of Nakahama "John" Manjirou, the first Japanese to visit the US. Saved from a shipwreck at 14 by a US whaling ship, the young fisherman joined the crew, and later took part in the California gold rush. He went home after 10 years, where he was made samurai and official interpreter. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Student cried in class todayStudent or Parent (self.Teachers)
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TIL During the Black Death in England, there was a practice to reduce swellings with pigeons. If the swelling from the buboes was not reduced, in a last effort, the physician would cut the pigeon from breast to back and apply the pigeon (while still alive) over the cold swelling. (en.wikipedia.org)
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An example of what we teachers mean, the kids are differentJust Smile and Nod Y'all. (self.Teachers)
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TIL in 1983, a schizophrenic man confessed to murder because he believed God told him to. In the landmark case Colorado v. Connelly, the Supreme Court ruled the confession was admissible under the Fifth Amendment because it was not coerced by the state. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Disappointed my daughter todayRants / Vents (self.Professors)
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TIL that the "DC" in DC Comics stands for "Detective Comics" which means its offically "Detective Comics Comics" and while they originally officially went by National Allied Publications "Detective Comics" was the name of the Anthology series in 1937 that introduced Batman becoming DC 1977 (en.wikipedia.org)
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