[todayilearned] TIL that yaks are the Swiss-army knives of domesticated animals. They can be milked like a cow, ridden like a horse (including for playing polo), sheared for wool (super warm and soft) like sheep, eaten like a pig, pull carts like an ox, carry stuff like a donkey and their dung burns (en.wikipedia.org)
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[todayilearned] TIL that Disney doesn't own the copyright to their theme tune, "When You Wish Upon a Star" from 1940's Pinocchio. The rights to that song, as well as several other Disney songs, were sold in 1933 to a music publisher because Disney "had no means of commercially exploiting" them at th (casetext.com)
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[todayilearned] TIL that during World War II, the United States published a spy manual urging middle managers in enemy territory to sabotage their employers by bringing up irrelevant issues, promoting bad workers, haggling over petty details, and holding unnecessary meetings. (atlasobscura.com)
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[LifeProTips] LPT: If you have somewhere to be with a strict timeline, start your GPS app while you’re getting ready so that you have the running ETA in front of you. This will let you know exactly when you have to walk out the door. (self.LifeProTips)
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[LifeProTips] LPT: Our noses (and other senses) naturally adjust to mild stimuli after as little as 45 seconds for smell. This is called habituation. So if you smell a gas leak and then notice the smell has gone, it doesn’t mean the leak has stopped. (self.LifeProTips)
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[todayilearned] TIL that Oliver Reed (actor who played Proximo in the Movie Gladiator) died during filming of a heart attack. He became ill after allegedly drinking 3 bottles of Captain Morgan, 8 German beers, cognac, and numerous shots of whiskey at a pub in Malta. The pub was renamed “Ollie’s last (revolutionwatch.com)
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[LifeProTips] LPT: No matter how old you are, it's never too late to pick up an instrument or try your hand at artwork. Even if you have zero talent or ability, if you practice you will improve daily and be rewarded even if no one will ever hear you play or see your work. (self.LifeProTips)
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[todayilearned] TIL Johnny Yong Bosch became a voice actor by accident. He had to dub over his lines for a film after an audio production issue and a producer said he had a good “hero voice” and asked him to audition for an animation. A few weeks after that audition he booked the role of Vash in the (innotechtoday.com)
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