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TIL k-pop phenomenon only happened because Jurassic Park. In early 90s, Korean Government officials issued a report for the president stating the movie revenue was almost equivalent of exporting 1.5 Million Hyundai cars. As a response, the government invested a lot of money in cultural...
#kd #rkp #persut #peruss #hallitus #kokoomus #oikeisto #kulttuuri #kaupallista #leikkaukset
19h ago
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Cloudflare Radar (@cloudflareradar@noc.social)
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Attached: 1 image Join @dbelson@mastodon.social (Cloudflare) and @danyork@mastodon.social (Internet Society) at 3pm ET/12pm PT on 14-Nov (today!) as they review notable #Internet disruptions observed during the 3rd quarter. Tune in live on CloudflareTV: ...
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TIL Carbohydrates are glucose supplements, not an essential nutrient. Our body can produce almost all the glucose we need from fats through gluconeogenesis. https://www.virtahealth.com/blog/why-dont-need-dietary-carbohydrates #til...
on Sep 5
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Attached: 1 image TIL Alcohol isn't allowed on the International Space Station. It's not banned purely for intoxication or health risk. It's banned because alcohol is a volatile compound which can damage the ISS' water filtration system. NASA also bans mouthwash, aftershave and perfumes for...
on Sep 5
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Attached: 1 image TIL the doctor who discovered washing hands saves lives was sent to an insane asylum where the guards beat him to death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis #til...
on Wed, 7PM
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TIL about Nobel Disease aka Nobelitis - Tendency for Some Nobel Winners to Embrace Fringe Beliefs Later in Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq42do/til_about_nobel_disease_aka_nobelitis_tendency/
on Wed, 6AM
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Attached: 1 image TIL researchers studying nominative determinism found that orthopedic surgeons are more likely to have the surname "Limb" than is expected by chance (Limb, Limb, Limb, & Limb, 2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism?wprov=sfti1 #til...
on Tue, 10PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL: unmarried and childless women are the happiest subgroup in the population. And they are more likely to live longer than their married and child-rearing...
on Tue, 7PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL on November 12, 1970, officials with the Oregon Highway Patrol decided to remove an eight-ton beached sperm whale with fifty times more dynamite than a veteran suggested. The resulting explosion blew chunks of whale everywhere, one of which flattened the veteran's...
on Tue, 5PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL In China, drivers will rather run over and kill the pedestrians they hit, as death compensation fees is like lower than medical for survivors https://scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1856923/do-some-chinese-drivers-prefer-kill-just-injure-pedestrians-us #til...
on Tue, 10AM
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Attached: 1 image TIL with a radius between 640 and 764 times that of the Sun, the surface of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse (the tenth-brightest star in the night), if it were at the centre of our Solar System, would lie beyond the asteroid belt and it would engulf the orbits of Mercury,...
on Mon, 6PM
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"‘#EndtheFed’: Elon Musk endorses plan to let presidents meddle with Federal Reserve after Trump election win" https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/09/elon-musk-endorses-trump-intervene-federal-reserve.html You know, because nothing says "fixing the economy" quite like political interference in the...
on Mon, 1AM
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Attached: 1 image TIL Microsoft released the AI chatbot Tay (short for "Thinking About You"), designed to mimic a 19-year-old American, on March 23, 2016. It became a PR disaster when it learned offensive language from trolls, causing Microsoft to shut it down after just 16 hours and sparking...
on Mon, 12AM
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Attached: 1 image TIL in 1991, the Criterion Collection released the first three 007 films on laserdisc, featuring extensive crew commentary. Almost immediately, all remaining copies were recalled by Criterion due to the content of those commentaries, including insults to cast and crew and...
on Sun, 8PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL tater tots were invented in 1953 by Nephi and Golden Grigg, as a way to utilize leftover potato scraps. Initially, consumers viewed them as too cheap and low-quality. After the Griggs simply raised the price, tater tots gained in popularity and became a sought after snack...
on Sat, 8PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL that Michael Bay was originally attached to direct the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. However, he later left the project because he couldn't find a way to approach the material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan#Development #til...
on Sat, 7PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL in 2011 a drunken moose in Sweden became stuck in an apple tree while attempting to eat more fermented apples. Responding firefighters managed to bend the tree down far enough for the moose to slide off the branches and be set...
on Sat, 10AM
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Attached: 1 image TIL that penguins propose with pebbles! Male penguins find the smoothest rock they can and offer it to their mate as a way to start building a family together. https://www.bbcearth.com/news/the-gift-to-win-a-penguins-heart #til...
on Fri, 6PM
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Attached: 1 image TIL: In honor of National Stout Day, the best selling stout ale in the world, Guinness, is actually ruby red in color. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/guinness-is-red-not-black_n_58b705c7e4b023018c6c3822 #til...
on Nov 7
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Attached: 1 image TIL of Steal This Wiki, an updated version of Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book", a guide to fighting corporations and unjust governments https://stealthiswiki.com/special/index #til...
on Nov 7
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Attached: 1 image TIL Chinese eunuchs, who had both the penis and testicles cut off with a knife at once to qualify as high-ranking civil servants. Eunuchs were considered 'pure', while those under ten were termed 'thoroughly pure'. This system lasted from 146 AD until 1924, and the last...
on Nov 7
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TIL that the Association of German National Jews was a group of Jewish Germans who supported Hitler in the early 1930s hoping for assimilation, but its members were later persecuted and sent to concentration camps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews #til...
on Nov 7
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Attached: 1 image TIL Minnesota is the only state to have consecutively voted blue in every presidential election since 1976 (past 13 elections), and the only state to have never voted for Reagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election#Results_by_state #til...
on Nov 7
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Attached: 1 image TIL about the Japanese term Yaoyorozu No Kami (Eight Million Gods). The idea behind it is that there are countless gods, believed to be present in everything—weather, geography, landscapes, and even in things like tools, rice, kitchens and...
on Nov 7
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Attached: 1 image TIL that opposite sides of the dice will always add up to 7 https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Dice.html#:~:text=The%20value%20of%20the%20roll,counterclockwise%20order%20about%20a%20corner. #til...
on Nov 6
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Attached: 1 image TIL that in 2012, a crucified Jesus statue in India started dripping water from it's feet. Hundreds of believers flocked to the dripping cross, collecting and consuming the “holy” water. It was later revealed that the source of the water was a clogged toilet from a nearby...
on Nov 5
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Attached: 1 image TIL Apple Pie isn't all that American, despite the saying "As American as Apple Pie." Neither Apples nor Apple Pie are unique to, nor originally from America. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-apple-pie-linked-america-180963157/ #til...
on Nov 5
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Attached: 1 image TIL the reason why Hugh Grant was caught with a prostitute in his car was because he was repeatedly pressing the brake pedal with his foot, so his brake lights were flashing erratically, catching the attention of the...
on Nov 5
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Attached: 1 image TIL: There is currently someone in jail for 50 years in Thailand for insulting the king on social media. Thailand still has Lèse-majesté laws from 1908, which is the strictest defamation law in the world. Even insulting the King's pet or attempting to insult the King leads to...
on Nov 4
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Attached: 1 image Climate denial is a desperate movement ... no evidence/facts ... no science ... just lies ... propaganda ... and conspiracy theories ... when each is debunked for years ... they dream up new ones. And America may vote in a climate denier! For more read...
on Nov 3
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Attached: 1 image TIL that during the 19th Century, "&" was taught as the 27th letter of the alphabet. The alphabet ended with "X, Y, Z, and per se and", but this became slurred over time until it just became "ampersand". https://www.britannica.com/topic/ampersand #til...
on Nov 3
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Attached: 1 image TIL Nikola Tesla originally expected to live to 150 years, but later changed this estimate to 135 years after he gave up alcohol due to prohibition. He regularly charged his body to high voltages to help aid...
on Nov 3
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Attached: 1 image TIL there is a Japanese word, tsundoku, which means buying a book but letting it pile up and never reading it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gigvyi/til_there_is_a_japanese_word_tsundoku_which_means/
on Nov 3
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Attached: 1 image TIL: Holy water in a container can be topped up with unholy water. As long as the added water doesn’t exceed 50%, the whole container is still considered holy water. https://www.catholic.com/qa/adding-to-holy-water #til...
on Nov 2
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Attached: 1 image TIL that the first documented prototype of a "flying car" was created in 1917 by inventor Glenn Curtiss, known as the “Hammond Flying Car.” This innovative vehicle featured folding wings for transitioning between flying and...
on Nov 2
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Attached: 1 image TIL that the official inventor of the fire hydrant remains unknown because the patent was lost in a fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_hydrant?patent #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ggnw83/til_that_the_official_inventor_of_the_fire/
on Oct 31
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Attached: 1 image TIL that Martin Luther was an assiduous anti-Semite and that According to the prevailing opinion among historians, his anti-Jewish rhetoric contributed significantly to the development of antisemitism in Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther #til...
on Oct 31
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Attached: 1 image TIL that there are large (>200 m length) tanker ships that are built and operated solely to transport orange juice. https://www.theshipyardblog.com/orange-juice-tankers-how-your-breakfast-sails-the-seas/ #til...
on Oct 31
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The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions. https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2024-internet-disruption-summary/ #CloudflareRadar
on Oct 29
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Attached: 1 image TIL that according to an estimate by astronomer Simon Driver, there are about 70 sextillion stars (or 70 thousand million million million stars) in our observable universe. https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/08/19/4293562.htm #til...
on Oct 29
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Attached: 1 image TIL legendary session bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a...
on Oct 28
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Attached: 1 image TIL Americans over the age of 60 are entitled to one kilogram of free cheese every month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gdztti/til_americans_over_the_age_of_60_are_entitled_to/
on Oct 28
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Nico Erfurth (@masta@noc.social)
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Trump feat Putin meet Spice Girls If you wanna be a dictator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFI8zc9DUU
on Oct 27
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Attached: 1 image TIL the Hershey Kiss paper is called a Plume. It’s edible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey%27s_Kisses#Paper_plume #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gd1h6x/til_the_hershey_kiss_paper_is_called_a_plume_its/
on Oct 27
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TIL the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks we've initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovsiankina_effect #til...
on Oct 27
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Attached: 1 image TIL trees can communicate underground via a network of fungi called “Wood Wide Web” where they exchange information and nutrients. https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/biology-reference/plants-fungi/wood-wide-web-the-secret-ancient-internet-of-plants/ #til...
on Oct 26
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Attached: 1 image TIL Joe Burnett is the man who killed the man who killed the man who killed Jesse James https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Capehart_O%27Kelley #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gb5oza/til_joe_burnett_is_the_man_who_killed_the_man_who/
on Oct 24
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Attached: 1 image TIL 1 in 10 Brits believe “most robots have already developed higher levels of intelligence than humans” https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/how-intelligent-brits-think-robots-are #til...
on Oct 23
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Attached: 1 image TIL that Hugh Laurie has 10 Emmy nominations and has never won. 5 of the nominations are for 'House, MD' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Hugh_Laurie #til...
on Oct 22
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Attached: 1 image TIL cells contain a protein machine, called the proteasome, which takes misfolded proteins that can't be refolded and breaks them into smaller subunits. It is part of a system called the ubiquitin–proteasome, where ubiquitins detects the misfolded proteins and sends them to...
on Oct 22