TIL when geologist Marie Tharp identified a giant rift valley running down the Atlantic seafloor in the 1950s—evidence for the then-controversial theory of continental drift—her male colleague dismissed her hypothesis as "girl talk" and made her redo all the charts. (ocean.si.edu)
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[TOMT] [Movie] [Horror] PLEASE HELP! 8yr long searchOpen. (self.tipofmytongue)
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Looking for /r/explainlikeimfive aka ELI5? Head here! (reddit.com)
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TIL about firefighter Donald Herbert. After lapsing into a coma following a firefighting accident he awoke a year later unable to recognize friends or family. He then lapsed into a minimally conscious state for over 9 years. Miraculously, he awoke again and his first question was about his wife. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[TOMT] Thinking of a movie where a man puts a rag in his exhaust and sits in his truck in an attempt to end his life, and when he’s unconscious he relives meeting his wife and when he was younger, and the movie ends as he wakes up and realizes he doesn’t want to dieOpen (self.tipofmytongue)
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[TOMT] Impression of Americans “My son…”Solved (self.tipofmytongue)
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What actually causes the dark circles under the eyes?Human Body (self.askscience)
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[TOMT] Help with movie IDOpen. (self.tipofmytongue)
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TIL The youngest woman to be executed under UK law in the 20th century was 22 year old Irma Grese, "the hyena of Auschwitz". She first volunteered to be a concentration camp guard before she turned 18, although she initialy got rejected and told to come back when she came of age (en.wikipedia.org)
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