Daily Dose Of Interesting Facts: February 22, 2021 (20 Facts)

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Daily Dose Of Interesting Facts: February 22, 2021 (20 Facts)

Did you know: Noninvasive spinal stimulation enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands. A team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries — three of them completely paralyzed — have regained use of their hands and fingers

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February 22, 2021

Noninvasive spinal stimulation enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands. A team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries — three of them completely paralyzed — have regained use of their hands and fingers

(Source: NEWSROOM.UCLA.EDU)

Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer for the 1933-1937 construction of the Golden Gate bridge made safety a high priority on the project. It was the first construction site in America to require workers to wear hard hats.

(Source: HISTORY.COM)

After the release of the film "Jaws", fishermen started catching as many sharks as possible, believing they were doing a public service, causing a huge decline in shark populations in the North Atlantic. Peter Benchley, the author of the original book, has become a dedicated conservationist.

(Source: OCEANINFO.COM)

The first U.S official coin in circulation, the Fugio Cent, designed by Benjamin Franklin had the insignia "Mind Your Business" instead of the modern design "In God we Trust" and had 13 chain rings on the back representing the 13 states.

(Source: EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

Catherine Zeta-Jones was initially offered the lead role in Chicago, but turned it down in favor of playing Velma just so she could sing "All That Jazz."

(Source: YAHOO.COM)

You might be interested in learning about Doug Tompkins, a high school drop-out and the co-founder of North Face and Esprit. He eventually sold both businesses and started to do conservation work in South America with his second wife, former CEO of Patagonia. A very experienced outdoorsman, he died from hypothermia while kayaking.

(Source: THEGUARDIAN.COM)

In the last year of his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt rode a horse 100 miles in one day in order to prove that his new military physical standards (100 miles in three days) were not unreasonable

(Source: AMERICANHERITAGE.COM)

Playing action video games can train the mind to make the right decisions faster. Video game players can develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, such as everyday activities like driving, reading small print, or navigating around town.

(Source: ROCHESTER.EDU)

Quentin Tarantino dug up and used actual KHJ radio broadcasts from 1968 and 69, along with commercials, for the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He sifted through 17 hours of airchecks to find the tracks he wanted to put in the film

(Source: FASTCOMPANY.COM)

Two French brothers hacked a national semaphore-based telecom system in 1834 to beat the stock market. Later caught, they were not convicted because no law existed to prevent their actions

(Source: ANDREAFORTUNA.ORG)

Ancient Romans used to eat hallucinogenic fish at parties to get high.

(Source: BONAPPETIT.COM)

The martial arts style portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2010 movie "The Book of Eli" is called Kali and is the national martial arts form of the Philippines. It teaches to focus on and react to angles of attack rather than particular strikes/attacks.

(Source: EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

CNN has a pre-recorded broadcast that was shot over 20 years ago set to be played in the event that the world is ending.

(Source: THEGUARDIAN.COM)

In a can of mixed nuts, only the hazelnuts are true nuts. The rest are mainly drupes- a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell (or pit) with a seed inside, like almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, pecans, pistachios, and cashews. Peanuts are legumes- seeds enclosed in a pod.

(Source: MENTALFLOSS.COM)

In the 1960s the CIA paid climbers to put nuclear powered spy devices in the Himalayas to monitor Chinese nuclear weapons tests. Some of the devices were left unattended and were subsequently lost.

(Source: BBC.CO.UK)

The first 500,000 units of the Playstation 3 came with a Blu Ray of Talladega Nights a month before its release.

(Source: HIGHDEFDIGEST.COM)

The Kingsmen song "Louie Louie" (which was investigated for indecency by the FBI for 31 months, which turned up nothing) did in fact contain swear word that was never detected by the FBI: the drummer audibly shouts "F***!" at approx. 0:55, when he dropped a drumstick during recording.

(Source: EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

"Mac" in Gaelic family names originally meant son and "O' " meant grandson

(Source: BRITANNICA.COM)

In 2002, a man in the UK legally changed his name to Playstation 2. He also attempted to marry his console

(Source: BRENDANMCGINLEY.COM)

The SMS data of 140 characters are so small that they're "free riders" -- they're embedded in the messages that cell towers and mobile phones send back and forth to each other anyway.

(Source: EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

Daily Dose Of Interesting Facts: February 22, 2021 (20 Facts)

Did you know: Noninvasive spinal stimulation enables paralyzed people to regain use of hands. A team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries — three of them completely paralyzed — have regained use of their hands and fingers

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