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TIL that most, if not all, uncontacted groups live in voluntary isolation - they are aware of the rest of the world, but choose to not have any contact. This is likely due to fear of diseases novel to them and violent clashes with traffickers and loggers.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Illogical_Blox t3_zlop4e
Submitted by Hrtzy t3_zl75dj
TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels to prevent resales. And these tapes influenced a generation of musicians in China.
radii.coSubmitted by fangz_fabricated t3_zkmyh1
TIL that in 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban American Football after 19 college students died that year playing the game. In response, 62 colleges and universities met in New York City to discuss rule changes, where they formed the athletic association that would become the NCAA.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy t3_zlftc4
TIL Henry Gray published the first edition of 'Gray's Anatomy', which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures at the age of 31 years. At the age of 26, he obtained the Astley Cooper prize of three hundred guineas for a dissertation "On the structure and Use of Spleen."
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by whoiskamalsingh t3_zioput
TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus from 'Sesame Street' was originally a friend of Big Bird's that everyone else thought was imaginary, and it was decided that he should be seen by other people to encourage children to talk about any abuse they might have suffered.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by davetowers646 t3_zkt9wb
TIL on the morning of July 26, 1184, Henry VI held court at the Petersberg Citadel. The weight of the assembled nobles caused the second story floor of the building to collapse. Most of the nobles fell into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where about 60 of them drowned in liquid shit.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by The_Critical_Cynic t3_zkduxg
TIL In 1939 chess Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf started regular simultaneous blindfold exhibitions hoping that international news coverage would reconnect him with family in Poland. He succeeded in setting the record and getting international coverage but his family had already been killed by nazis.
theguardian.comSubmitted by SigmaGrooveJamSet t3_zhvbtd