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Another favorite pastime was digging a tunnel under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by elves" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."

Wikipedia cited a rather entertaining Time article as a citation for this.

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at Easter lunch somehow this topic came up. I had no idea it was squirrels making that noise. I thought it was birds

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A page from The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley

I guess it's not exactly surprising, but it seems to explain a lot of things I'm witnessing in my later adulthood. I've always felt deeply impressed by selfless heroes, but I never really pondered the profile of heroism.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/5698422

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/darwin-rover on 2025-04-20 12:48:16+00:00.

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I also learned that Desi Arnaz chooses Rubber-Top!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatti_di_Rovereta

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/5681248

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BedZestyclose3727 on 2025-04-18 08:08:57+00:00.

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I feel SO dumb right now 😭

I was watching a counterstrike video (I don't play CS) and the youtuber said "...who is one of the best North America players..." while a statistics page showed kill/death, win/loss, etc. But it also showed "NA". This along with the verbal "North America" was enough for the very lazy neurons in my brain finally make a basic connection that those two things are connected. I always assumed it just meant "somewhere we don't have an abbreviation for" or "location private" or something.

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The essay was on arc-welding. The plates were 1 foot by 2 foot and written with a welding torch.

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Diesel therapy is slang for prison transportation in the United States in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks; the term refers to the diesel fuel used in prisoner transport vehicles.[1]

It has been alleged that some inmates are deliberately sent to incorrect destinations as an exercise of diesel therapy.[2]Voluntary surrender at the prison where the inmate will serve his time is recommended as a way of avoiding diesel therapy.[3]

Diesel therapy is sometimes used on disruptive inmates, including gang members.[4]

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Researchers have come up with two new urinal designs to prevent the spillage of "ill-aimed pee."

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It is amazing!!

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Panama, afaik doesn't get paid. Just gets continued invasion threats no matter how much they bend over.

El Salvador could double its GDP if they can just keep 1.75M prisoners alive. ($35B/year)

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