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TIL that Deltora Quest, the Children's Fantasy Books by Australian Writer Emily Rodda, Has Its Own Anime, Which Started Airing 2 Years After the Series Ended, from 2007-2008, and has 13 Episodes of Original Content Not Found in the Books. It Even Spawned a Nintendo DS Game, Released Only in Japan.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by PrecariouslyPeculiar t3_11yay63
TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke.
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TIL of Camila O'Gorman & priest Ladislao Gutiérrez, who started a clandestine relationship and in 1847 escaped Buenos Aires, only to be found months later and executed while O'Gorman was pregnant. The execution appalled both friends and enemies of Juan Manuel de Rosas, who ordered the execution.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Crua-Chan_Lad t3_10lfme7
TIL there is a genetic disorder many people have with something called Lipoprotein (a), and it puts people at high risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, and aortic stenosis. It’s 100% genetic, can’t be corrected, and can only be treated with aggressive cholesterol control.
familyheart.orgSubmitted by questionhorror t3_zz3ot9
TIL Dennis Wilson of the The Beach Boys and Charles Manson spent the summer of 1968 living together at Wilson's home. At the time Manson was angling for a record contract, and Wilson, who took to calling him "the Wizard," introduced him to friends and industry executive.
somuchgreatmusic.comSubmitted by MightGuy420x t3_10067bb
TIL that the Flag of Puerto Rico's colors are not specifically defined. While its independence-era flags used a sky blue, and its readoption in 1952 used a dark blue to match the US flag, there is no official definition for what shade of blue must be used in the flag.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by RexSueciae t3_zwo6ek
TIL That in 1840s Australia, there was a rumor about a European women held against her will by the Kurnai people. For two years, the native people of the area were hunted, with a boy being captured. After arranging a meeting, the natives arrived with a statue; the figurehead from the ship, Britannia
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by gingkared184 t3_zzoqn4
TIL The Stranger (1946) was the first Hollywood film to include footage of the Holocaust. The film's director, Orson Welles, who saw footage at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in May 1945, described the newsreels as "putrefaction of the soul, a perfect spiritual garbage"
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by jamescookenotthatone t3_ze4gxg