What, when, where, why, who, and how? - Pierre Bourdieu reading time
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TIL that, the astronomer Patrick Moore, whose fiancΓ©e was killed by a German bomb in 1943, said in 2012 that β€œWe must take care. The Germans will try again, given another chance” and β€œthe only good Kraut is a dead Kraut.” [source, comments]
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TIL in the Maori language the name for France is Wiwi (from overhearing the French say "Oui Oui" denoting agreement) [source, comments]
TIL in 1971, an activist group wanted to break into an FBI office to steal draft records. They knew they couldn't pick the lock, so they left a note on the door that said, "Please don't lock this door tonight." It worked. [source, comments]
TIL that in 1997, a poacher wounded a tiger and stole part of its kill. The tiger found the poacher's cabin, destroyed his belongings, waited at least half a day for him to return, then killed and ate him. [source, comments]
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TIL ironically, the novel Fahrenheit 451 has been banned, censored, or redacted in several schools since its publication, including at a school in Montgomery County, Texas, in 2006, where the parents where offended by the burning of the Bible. The book was also burned in Apartheid South Africa. [source, comments]
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"Where would we be?" 1898 Puck, mocking Senator Henry Cabot Lodge for being anti-immigrant
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