Today I learned that there is a professional peruvian footballer with the name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López, named after Osama bin Laden whose brothers name is Sadam Husein named after the former president of Iraq.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Vinladen
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TIL that there were women gladiators, known as “gladiatrices”. They fought against each other or against animals to entertain their audience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiatrix
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TIL: Venmo processor Plaid gets ALL transaction history for ALL accounts when connecting your checking account. Language under Data Access and Sharing.
https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/articles/221073067-Verifying-Your-Bank-Account
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TIL - if you wrapped a rope around the earth and then increased the rope by 1 foot above the original rope, it would only require 6.28 feet more of rope.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/egbIh5aic-k
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TIL A 46 year old man tracked and attacked a 13 year old kid after being repeatedly killed and taunted by the boy in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-chokes-kid-for-beating-him-in-call-of-duty-game/
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TIL that the celestial bodies or any objects in space we see in space are actually from the past due to how long it takes for light to travel back to Earth.
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/space-night-sky-look-back-in-time
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TIL Chess players can burn up to 6000 calories per day during a tournament. The 1984 World Chess Championships was called off after 5 months, after one of the competitors lost 22 pounds.
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TIL about self-inflaming plants, such as this cistus plant, which ignites itself to outcompete surrounding flora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qub37PdT9rw
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1bmax4p/til_about_selfinflaming_plants_such_as_this/
TIL that France sent the first cat into space in 1963. Félicette was a stray cat from the streets of Paris and was one of 14 cats trained for spaceflight. She survived her trip but was euthanised 2 months later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9licette
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TIL that double reed wind instrument players were found to have lower rates of obstructive sleep apnea
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365082/
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TIL: Since the year 2000, 5 new elements have been added to the periodic table. The 7th row of the periodic table is finally filled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_chemical_elements
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TIL the founder of TGI Fridays opened the first location in Manhattan in 1965 because he was single and wanted to create a place to meet women, especially airline stewardesses and fashion models. TGI Fridays was also one of the first to use promotions such as ladies' night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGI_Fridays
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TIL a 35-year-old Japanese man Ryuta Watanabe has 4 wives and 2 girlfriends, has not worked in over a decade and aims to have the most kids in Japanese history with 54 kids.
https://nextshark.com/watanabe-ryuta-four-wives-tokugawa-ienari
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TIL some women born with a double uterus (Uterus didelphys) actually have two periods per month, and require two samples to be taken during smear tests, one from each cervix
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a12463573/uterus-didelphys/
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TIL the most successful pirate of all time was a Chinese woman. She became so powerful that she negotiated with the Chinese government to retire in exchange for not being prosecuted and was able to keep a fleet of ships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao
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TIL Julius Caesar, kidnapped by pirates, demanded they increase his ransom. After his release, he captured and crucified them, fulfilling his promise made during captivity.
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-time-julius-caesar-was-captured-by-pirates
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TIL Brazil has a law that releases inmates during Christmas and many other holidays. In 2022, 43% of them have escaped.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67871776
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TIL about "Windows Refund Day", an event in 1999 where Linux laptop owners protested at Microsoft headquarters because they couldn't get a refund for their bundled copy of Windows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Refund_Day
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TIL That heading directly to the curb is not the safest path to avoid an oncoming vehicle.
https://youtu.be/MhmBYe2d7_s?si=EB3LAaevSDSARMSO
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TIL Nintendo doesn't make their games completely in house and that they keep refusing to say who makes the game until the end credits.
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