Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-05 17:40:46+00:00.

Original Title: TIL June Huh dropped out of high school & then took 6 years to earn his B.S. Though a professor had sparked an interest in mathematics, he was accepted into only 1 PhD program due to his undergraduate experience. However at age 39, he was awarded the Fields Medal "the highest honor in mathematics".

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ThrustBastard on 2025-07-05 17:26:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LorenzoApophis on 2025-07-05 18:48:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake is named after a comedic Irish-American ballad called Finnegan's Wake, about a man who breaks his skull and is thought dead, but when whiskey is spilled on his body at his wake, comes back to life and joins the celebration

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-05 19:05:12+00:00.

Original Title: TIL a study followed thousands of people, both with & without OCD, from 1973-2020 & found that those with OCD died at an earlier average age than those without it by 9 years (69 v 78). People with OCD were 230% more likely to die earlier from unnatual causes & nearly 5x more likely to die by suicide

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/XyleneCobalt on 2025-07-05 17:23:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL dogs began to diverge from wolves when random genetic mutations gave some wolves the ability to much more effectively digest starches and fats, causing them to follow nomadic humans and eat the leftovers of the food they ate

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/liebkartoffel on 2025-07-05 17:17:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL composer Alex North was initially hired to write the score for 2001: A Space Odyssey, but director Stanley Kubrick ultimately decided to use pre-existing classical pieces instead. North wasn't aware his score had been tossed aside until he attended the film's premiere.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-05 15:58:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Mobile-Evidence3498 on 2025-07-05 15:02:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ZitiRotini on 2025-07-05 13:22:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Rankine scale, which is a temperature measurement scale made by Macquorn Rankine, to be a Kelvin-equivalent for Fahrenheit. While 0 R degrees is equal to 0 K, water freezes at 491.67 R degrees.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gullydon on 2025-07-05 10:34:26+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Keiko Fukuda, a Japanese-American martial artist, was the highest-ranked female judoka in history. She became the first woman to hold the rank of 9th dan and is also the first and, so far, only woman to have been promoted to 10th dan in judo.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DeScepter on 2025-07-05 14:15:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Novel_Wolf7445 on 2025-07-05 13:00:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 on 2025-07-05 12:44:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that there’s a SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota, complete with recipe contests and a vocal quartet called the Spamettes, who only sing songs about SPAM. The town hosts a SPAM Jam, and the museum celebrates the canned meat’s global fame.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ualyej on 2025-07-05 12:09:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that France's second-largest airport, Nice Côte d'Azur, had to close a runway for 5 hours due to a snail invasion. Heavy rains drove hundreds of thousands of snails onto the tarmac, covering it in slime and forcing a massive cleanup operation.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/backstreet221 on 2025-07-05 11:48:00+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in Romania, witches are officially recognized as professionals and have to pay taxes like everyone else. Since 2011, they’re required to register their services, issue receipts, and contribute to health and pension funds.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/neoengel on 2025-07-05 11:40:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Allen Coage was the first African American to win a solo Olympic Games medal in a sport other than boxing or track and field. He later became a pro wrestler and went by the name Bad News Brown in WWF.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/No-Storm-4533 on 2025-07-05 10:54:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/house_of_ghosts on 2025-07-05 10:41:14+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The 1977 exploitation horror film Last House on Dead End Street had a budget of $3,000. However only $800 was actually spent on making the film; the remaining $2,200 was instead used to purchase drugs.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2025-07-05 10:20:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the founder of McDonald's Japan, Den Fujita, stated "if we eat McDonald's hamburgers and potatoes for a thousand years we will become taller, our skin become white, and our hair blonde" as part of his strategy to sell McDonald's in Japan.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Swiggy1957 on 2025-07-05 04:04:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1955, Dodge had a special custom package on their custom Royal Lancer to appeal to women buyers. The LA Femme was a two tone punk over white body and had such accessories as a matching purse and lipstick

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Chithrai-Thirunal on 2025-07-05 10:04:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/kutuup1989 on 2025-07-04 20:11:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-07-05 03:15:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flester_Guelbman on 2025-07-05 03:08:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlabamaHotcakes on 2025-07-05 07:25:59+00:00.