Today I Learned (TIL)
- TIL Strom Thurmond remained in the US Senate until he was 100
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WrongEarth4 on 2023-08-08 01:50:16.
- TIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhe...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2023-08-08 00:51:58.
Original Title: TIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhere without his coffin
- TIL that the Teletubbies from the BBC Children's series had a hit single - "Teletubbies say Eh-oh!" - which reached Number One on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in December 1997. It remained i...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AspireAgain on 2023-08-07 23:41:02.
Original Title: TIL that the Teletubbies from the BBC Children's series had a hit single - "Teletubbies say Eh-oh!" - which reached Number One on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in December 1997. It remained in the top 100 for a total of 41 weeks and sold well enough to be certified double platinum.
- TIL the featured speaker at Gettysburg was Edward Everett, not Lincoln. He gave a 2 hour speech preceding the Gettysburg Address. After, he wrote to Lincoln "I should be glad if I could flatter my...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/firstpc13 on 2023-08-08 00:02:49.
Original Title: TIL the featured speaker at Gettysburg was Edward Everett, not Lincoln. He gave a 2 hour speech preceding the Gettysburg Address. After, he wrote to Lincoln "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes."
- TIL that Napoleon was an ethnically Italian and was above average in height for his time.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LandscapeKind4598 on 2023-08-07 22:41:51.
- TIL that the earliest known depiction of a handshake is an ancient Assyrian relief of the 9th century BC depicting the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III shaking the hand of the Babylonian King Marduk-...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/starkfr on 2023-08-07 22:12:17.
Original Title: TIL that the earliest known depiction of a handshake is an ancient Assyrian relief of the 9th century BC depicting the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III shaking the hand of the Babylonian King Marduk-Zakir-Shumi I to seal an alliance.
- TIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s no...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DemocrrrracyManifest on 2023-08-07 21:28:32.
Original Title: TIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s novel used by a secret master race to give them special powers.
- TIL that Irving Berlin is the only Academy Award winner in history who presented the award to themselves. He won for writing ‘White Christmas’, and declared that opening the envelope was extremely...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/purplerainbowsrule on 2023-08-07 20:33:27.
Original Title: TIL that Irving Berlin is the only Academy Award winner in history who presented the award to themselves. He won for writing ‘White Christmas’, and declared that opening the envelope was extremely awkward. The rules were then changed to prevent this ever happening again.
- TIL when the town of Exeter, Massachusetts renamed itself to honor Benjamin Franklin in 1778, they asked Franklin to donate a bell to the town church. Franklin responded with a donation of books i...www.franklinma.gov Library History | franklinma
Video ToursLibrary Renovation and Expansion 2017 The Franklin Public Library is considered America's first public library. In 1778, when the town was incorporated, the designated name Exeter was changed to Franklin in honor of Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/blueberrisorbet on 2023-08-07 20:15:23.
Original Title: TIL when the town of Exeter, Massachusetts renamed itself to honor Benjamin Franklin in 1778, they asked Franklin to donate a bell to the town church. Franklin responded with a donation of books instead, which formed the founding collection of America's first public library.
- TIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.www.pbs.org The Telephone | American Experience | PBS
The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and was an instant success. Although first rented only to "persons of good breeding" and seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, the telephone soon transformed American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Vektor0 on 2023-08-07 19:50:03.
- TIL: The brother of John Wilkes Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life from a train accident a year before the assassination
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WizardWolf5 on 2023-08-07 19:44:08.
- TIL that Galileo wasn’t vindicated by the Church until 1992
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ForceSmuggler on 2023-08-07 19:34:00.
- TIL about Roy Pearson, a judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million after he accused them of losing his pants
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HOMER_J_FONG on 2023-08-07 19:19:38.
- TIL There was a 55,000-person Yugioh riot in 1999 over special-edition cards, with riot police called on the kids at the Tokyo Dome
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/robin_f_reba on 2023-08-07 18:26:07.
- TIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no ...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Such-Track5369 on 2023-08-07 18:52:03.
Original Title: TIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no injuries on landing
- TIL India developed Vyomitra, a female humanoid robot, to accompany its first astronauts in the historic Gaganyaan spaceflight programwww.thehindu.com ‘Can read, talk’: ISRO’s humanoid Vyommitra’s skills get a lift-off with digital grey matter
The robot to have ability to operate and read the display panels aboard the unmanned test flight and communicate with the ISRO ground stations
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RagiModi on 2023-08-07 18:28:12.
- TIL about the pumpkin toadlet, a tiny Brazilian toad that due to its tiny ear canal makes it terrible at hoppinggizmodo.com Glowing Pumpkin Toadlet Can't Hear Its Own Tiny Scream
Scientists in Brazil say they’ve discovered a new species of poisonous toad with fluorescent bones.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/froggy_diggum on 2023-08-07 18:15:41.
- TIL the green on the flag of Brazil represents the House of Braganza for Pedro I while the yellow represents the House of Habsburg for Empress Maria Leopoldina
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IllustriousDudeIDK on 2023-08-07 17:25:03.
- TIL moss grows in sloths' fur, and there's a moth species that only lives in sloth fur moss. Sloths make risky descents to defecate rather than defecating from the canopy so moths which lay eggs i...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DAL59 on 2023-08-07 16:58:30.
Original Title: TIL moss grows in sloths' fur, and there's a moth species that only lives in sloth fur moss. Sloths make risky descents to defecate rather than defecating from the canopy so moths which lay eggs in their dung and make their moss more nutritious can live in their moss.
- TIL That Wi-Fi routers should typically be mounted on or near the ceiling for maximum throughputarstechnica.com The Ars Technica semi-scientific guide to Wi-Fi Access Point placement
Wi-Fi is like real estate—the secret is location, location, location.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/xyzerb on 2023-08-07 17:31:05.
- TIL that the chocolate bar known as "Milky Way" in the US is sold as "Mars" in the rest of the world and the chocolate bar known as "Milky way" outside the US is sold as "3 Musketeers" in the US
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Loki-L on 2023-08-07 16:37:43.
- TIL that over 60% of modern Japanese vocabulary is borrowed from Middle Chinese.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/hconfiance on 2023-08-07 15:50:15.
- TIL CLoudFlare has been using lava lamps, double pendulums, and Geiger counters as an alternative source of randomness for encryption keys since at least 2017
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bayesianganglia on 2023-08-07 15:40:37.
- TIL the co-founder of Alibaba group and the 4th richest chinese citizen, Jack Ma made a kung fu movie where he beats up kung fu legends
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/deepmush on 2023-08-07 13:43:56.
- TIL in the 1940s in Idaho they parachuted beavers into remote areas to help restore wetlands
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SpergerQuing on 2023-08-07 14:49:24.
- TIL about Ruisreikäleipä, a Finnish flat rye bread with a hole in the middle. The hole has a functional purpose: the bread is hung from poles suspended just below the kitchen roof. This allows the...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WouldbeWanderer on 2023-08-07 12:32:44.
Original Title: TIL about Ruisreikäleipä, a Finnish flat rye bread with a hole in the middle. The hole has a functional purpose: the bread is hung from poles suspended just below the kitchen roof. This allows the bread to mature and dry in the warmth of the kitchen.
- TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SilentWalrus92 on 2023-08-07 14:39:48.
- TIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that t...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Existing_Foot_3411 on 2023-08-07 10:07:54.
Original Title: TIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that the number of house representatives increase with population.
- TIL It is a good idea not to post a picture of your keys online, someone is able to make a copy of them and gain access to your property just from a picture, always blur your photo if you have to
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/YamiGigaPhil on 2023-08-07 11:15:50.
- TIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the t...www.espn.com The time Michael Jordan helped a guy win $1 million
Thirty years ago, Don Calhoun got picked to try a three-quarter-court shot during a Bulls game. He made it, sending Michael Jordan and the Bulls into an all-out frenzy because he had won $1 million. Or so everybody thought.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/f_GOD on 2023-08-07 11:48:09.
Original Title: TIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the team paid him themselves and years later he met Michael Jordan who told him "we made them give it to you"
- TIL one way schizophrenics identify hallucinations is to use their phone camera and check there.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Karnezar on 2023-08-07 06:23:18.
- TIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DemocrrrracyManifest on 2023-08-07 04:37:28.
Original Title: TIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed to the nearest male relative: His second cousin, who played the male lead on the TV series “The Nanny.”
- TIL: The Swingjugend was a German counter culture group of teenagers who admired the American way of life and thought the Hitler's Youth was uncool compared to the swing scene. They called their o...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2023-08-07 05:20:26.
Original Title: TIL: The Swingjugend was a German counter culture group of teenagers who admired the American way of life and thought the Hitler's Youth was uncool compared to the swing scene. They called their opposition the "Homo Youth" and too chaste (virgins). Their leaders were sent to the camps.
- TIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a bar
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Mecos_Bill on 2023-08-07 05:20:19.
- TIL the Pyrenean Ibex went extinct twice: Once in the year 2000, when the last specimen died - and once in 2003, when that specimen was cloned and lived for seven minutes
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/acasta403 on 2023-08-07 01:47:30.
- TIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying t...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Gr8fulFox on 2023-08-07 02:08:21.
Original Title: TIL That Grace Hopper, one of the very first women to ever work on a computer, came-up with the idea of using regular, English words to program a computer, due to her post-WWII experience trying to sell computers to the general public.
- TIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, rest...
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/iamveryDerp on 2023-08-07 01:57:13.
Original Title: TIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, and psychological phenomena such as the feeling of impending doom.
- TIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one time
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dakp15 on 2023-08-07 01:19:42.
- TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville everrefactoid.com 6 Jaw-Dropping Facts About Jacksonville, Florida - refactoid
Jacksonville, Florida is the most populous city in both the state of Florida and the southeastern part of the United States. The city was founded …
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IrwinRSchyster1 on 2023-08-06 23:30:28.
- TIL that the country with the most doctors per capita is Cuba (8.4 doctors per 1,000 people)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/B0rtles on 2023-08-06 23:22:11.
