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#TIL there’s another way of touch someone with hand: with finger knuckle.
As a female student of a male coach, position of my body had to be fixed with physical touch when verbal instructions were not clear or understandable. Such a touch with knuckle sensed very differently from my back, it was not intrusive at all from my side. Also a knuckle is not able to get tactile perception as well as finger on the other hand. As a gesture, knuckle touch is much more polite. I never knew it till today.
So apparently the term "patch" in software development comes from punched paper tape.
"Small corrections to the programmed sequence could be done by patching over portions of the paper tape and re-punching the holes in that section."
TIL Kelly, a dolphin, was rewarded with fish by her trainers for bringing them litter and dead gulls to clean her pool. She began hiding fish under a rock in her pool and used them to lure gulls, which she then brought to her trainers to receive more fish. She even taught her calf the same strategy.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.science
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TIL German chocolate cake, a layered chocolate cake filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting, originates in the United States and was named after English-American chocolate maker Samuel German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_chocolate_cake
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1artv5e/til_german_chocolate_cake_a_layered_chocolate/
TIL that despite his persona, Sam Elliott is not in any way southern. He was born in the Bay Area and grew up in Oregon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Elliott
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1aryss5/til_that_despite_his_persona_sam_elliott_is_not/
#TIL
为什么眼角膜移植成功率高达90%，而无需组织匹配和免疫抑制治疗？
眼睛可能没有单独的免疫系统，但确实有不同的免疫系统。
这种免疫特权也有一个缺点。当遇到过强的免疫反应时，很容易绕过免疫特权。
这会使特权组织面临附带损害的风险，因为它的自然防御更容易被破坏。
//好神奇，如果人体不承认眼球的存在，那么2077世界中的义眼也就有可能了🤔
TIL that American athlete Florence Griffith Joyner is the fastest woman ever recorded. The record is still standing after 35 years. She passed away at the age of 38.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Griffith_Joyner#Death
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1au4kdb/til_that_american_athlete_florence_griffith/
TIL that the first female crash test dummy was only implemented in 2022. Because of this, women are 73% more likely to be severely injured or killed in a car crash.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/high-tech-female-crash-test-dummies-could-improve-car-safety-why-aren-t-they-in-use-139818053702
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1av4667/til_that_the_first_female_crash_test_dummy_was/
TIL Joe McCarthy, the US Senator responsible for blacklisting thousands of Americans accused of being a communist, was a well known Nazi sympathizer who was largely responsible for ensuring that the vast majority of Nazi's were not prosecuted in Nuremberg
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/senator-mccarthys-nazi-problem-180975174/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1azc92z/til_joe_mccarthy_the_us_senator_responsible_for/
TIL Andrew Johnson was drunk when he made his inaugural address as Vice President of the US on March 4, 1865. Multiple sources say he was drunk for at least a week prior, he drank heavily the night before, and drank either three glasses of whisky or one glass of brandy the morning of the ceremony.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson%27s_drunk_vice-presidential_ina…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1axl3qp/til_andrew_johnson_was_drunk_when_he_made_his/
TIL the most successful pirate of all time was a Chinese woman. She became so powerful that she negotiated with the Chinese government to retire in exchange for not being prosecuted and was able to keep a fleet of ships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1bec1rn/til_the_most_successful_pirate_of_all_time_was_a/
Base64 为什么是 64？因为组成编码的字符总共有 64 个（0-9 a-z A-Z + /），这是 1987 年提出的针对电子邮件的一项标准化编码方式并沿用至今（RFC 989）。同时还存在其他 base 编码，例如 Bitcoin 源代码里用到的 Base58（1-9 a-z A-Z）去掉了容易混淆的 O、0、I、l；以及比 Base64 少了 + 和 / 的 Base62（0-9 a-z A-Z），你很有可能其实已经用过 Base62 来写随机 ID 生成的代码。#TIL
TIL: Sweden joining NATO marks first time in 500 years when all Nordic countries are allied to each other. Last such time was in 1523 when Kalmar Union dissolved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Union
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1b9u0pu/til_sweden_joining_nato_marks_first_time_in_500/
TIL: a former Italian porn star, Carlo Massi, quit porn to do research in applied mathematics, got his PhD, taught real analysis, became a professor, and then got sacked for being a former porn star. He sued and won against the university.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Masi
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1basvx3/til_a_former_italian_porn_star_carlo_massi_quit/
My partner decided “loaf” was a weird word so I looked up its etymology and now we know “lord” comes from “loaf-ward” ie guardian of the bread.
TIL a flight attendant saved a young girl who was being human trafficked and was accompanied by an older man who wouldn’t let her speak. Flight attendant left a note in the bathroom, the girl indicated she needed help. The pilot was informed, and authorities were waiting when the plane landed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38880612
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1bryu67/til_a_flight_attendant_saved_a_young_girl_who_was/
#TIL 今天学会了「信息过度交付」。
感悟：联系上了前段时间讨论的网络小说作者大多写不好富裕之后的生活一样，因为是真穷过，少有富少。就像郭敬明写奢侈生活，就是 Prada Prada Gucci，只有几个品名，没有细节。但是《红楼梦》光看怎么做菜，就知道那是真讲究人，不是生在富贵人家想都想不出来。沈从文当土匪的时候也是从绑架来的孩子的吃鱼方式判断出身。
结论就是搞创作或运营要充分利用受众经验。
#TIL 原来 powershell.exe 的背景色是可以改掉的。 https://stackoverflow.com/a/36118181
TIL that since the invention of the automobile, cars have killed an estimated 60-80 million people and injured over 2 billion.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1bxf2du/til_that_since_the_invention_of_the_automobile/