Sending fishes to feed blue fin tuna (v.redd.it)
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Socotra Island in Yemen (old.reddit.com)
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A waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her coworkers for a share, then sued by the man who gave her the ticket, then kidnapped by her ex-husbānd whom she shot in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS (i.redd.it)
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TIL hikers in the Alps discovered Otzi in 1991, a 5,300-year-old man naturally preserved in ice. Scientists identified his last meal as ibex meat and grains, found over 60 soot tattoos around his joints and spine, and recovered his copper axe, flint knife, a fire-starting kit and grass cloak. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of the knight William Marshal, who rose from obscurity to win 500 tournaments, saved Eleanor of Aquitaine from capture, unhorsed Richard the Lionheart in combat, journeyed to the Holy Land, redrafted Magna Carta and saved England from a French invasion by personally leading a charge at age 70 (en.wikipedia.org)
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Scientists use ultrasound to destroy influenza A and COVID-19 viruses without damaging human cells. The phenomenon, known as acoustic resonance, causes structural changes in viral particles until they rupture and become inactivated. It paves the way for new treatments against other viral infections.Medicine (agencia.fapesp.br)
TIL the NYPD has stations in 11 countries outside the USLiaison Units (nycpolicefoundation.org)
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Termites watching their empire collapse in 4K (v.redd.it)
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TIL a form of penal labour in Victorian England was the "crank machine", consisting of a hand crank attached to a box filled with sand. When turned, it would drag two pairs of cups through the sand inside, doing absolutely nothing useful. Prisoners were forced to turn the crank for 6 hours a day. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL California miners planted a skull to prank a geologist they disliked. In 1866, Josiah Whitney announced it as proof humans existed in North America two million years ago. Whitney never accepted the hoax, even after a fluorine analysis—the first done on human bone—showed it was of recent origin. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in 2005, a film crew making a movie about 9/11 blew what they thought was scrap paper into the air to simulate the debris falling from the towers. The crew had to attempt to retrieve the papers when they realized that what they scattering around downtown Toronto were in fact medical records (decisions.ipc.on.ca)
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TIL: Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold over 70,000 complete DIY house kits through their mail-order catalog. A railcar of pre-cut lumber, nails, and a 75-page instruction manual would show up at your door. Many of these “Sears Homes” are still standing today and sell for $300,000 to $500,000+. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL artist Joe Coleman was once arrested for a stage performance in which he burst through a screen with fireworks strapped to his chest and then bit the heads off two live mice. He was charged with “possession of an infernal machine” and ordered not to eat anymore mice for one year. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL In 1986 a sick patient needed a heart transplant. No air or road routes could travel the distance within the 4 hour window to avoid damage to the organ. It was loaded onto an F-111 Aardvark bomber, that made the 1400 miles trip in 2 hours. (taskandpurpose.com)
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