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TIL that WW2 British General Bernard Montgomery made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith, that if he could capture Sfax by April 1943, then he would get a Flying Fortress. Montgomery did so and when Sm... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/OnAFalseErrand on 2023-09-02 10:26:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that WW2 British General Bernard Montgomery made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith, that if he could capture Sfax by April 1943, then he would get a Flying Fortress. Montgomery did so and when Smith tried to laugh it off, went to Eisenhower to get his Flying Fortress.

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TIL Spock was originally supposed to be a Martian, but Gene Roddenberry changed his home to the fictional Vulcan because he feared humans will already land on Mars during the show‘s runtime and ma... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL Spock was originally supposed to be a Martian, but Gene Roddenberry changed his home to the fictional Vulcan because he feared humans will already land on Mars during the show‘s runtime and make it look outdated

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TIL There are yellowdates (specialtyproduce.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Margali on 2023-09-02 09:14:45+00:00.

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TIL that in the early 1960s, Texas AM radio station KXOL in Fort Worth had among its staff future comedian George Carlin, future CBS reporter Bob Schieffer, and future Price is Right announcer Rod... (kxol1360.com)

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Original Title: TIL that in the early 1960s, Texas AM radio station KXOL in Fort Worth had among its staff future comedian George Carlin, future CBS reporter Bob Schieffer, and future Price is Right announcer Rod Roddy.

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TIL ant corpses release a chemical when they die. A scientist once recreated this chemical and put it on a live ant. Its ant friends kept bringing it to the graveyard no matter how much it struggl... (www.npr.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ParadoxicalState on 2023-09-02 08:27:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL ant corpses release a chemical when they die. A scientist once recreated this chemical and put it on a live ant. Its ant friends kept bringing it to the graveyard no matter how much it struggled to return.

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TIL George Foreman won an Olympic Gold Medal after boxing for only a year and a half and with only 20 amateur fights (coxscorner.tripod.com)

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TIL people who were born blind use their visual cortex to solve math problems (www.npr.org)

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TIL that King of Jordan, Abdullah II, lent the crew of John Wick: Chapter 4 a chopper to film the sunrise shot in the film. (www.slashfilm.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fan387 on 2023-09-02 06:19:35+00:00.

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TIL that English Pouter Pigeons exist (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL: Victorian hookers were tight knit and would help each other pay rent or bail them out, however, they also fought over territory and fights between the older and younger girls were common. The... (sites.udel.edu)

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Original Title: TIL: Victorian hookers were tight knit and would help each other pay rent or bail them out, however, they also fought over territory and fights between the older and younger girls were common. They also led the government to pass the Contagious Disease Act due to the military being frequent clients.

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TIL about D.R. kaprekar, a great indian recreational mathematician who discovered kaprekar's constant and other magical numbers , but lived a humble life as government school teacher in a small town. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL: Only 1,280 breeding humans once roamed Earth, gene study shows (gizmodo.com)

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Today I learned Heath Ledger Was Originally Attached To Direct ’The Queen’s Gambit’ and strongly consider Elliott (Ellen at the time) Page for the lead. (uproxx.com)

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TIL that Harvard tried to incorpate MIT. (www.thecrimson.com)

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TIL About the strangest named places ive ever seen! (youtu.be)

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TIL Chris Hemsworth made 150k for his first appearance as Thor BUT Sean Austin only got 250k for Fellowship of the Ring which grossed 1 Billion. Rumor has it he only get 500k for the entire trilog... (wegotthiscovered.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rockaddict on 2023-09-02 02:11:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Chris Hemsworth made 150k for his first appearance as Thor BUT Sean Austin only got 250k for Fellowship of the Ring which grossed 1 Billion. Rumor has it he only get 500k for the entire trilogy which bagged 2.9 billion.

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TIL In the 19th century, doctors warned women of 'Bicycle Face' as a side effect of excessive cycling. It was described as a face usually flushed with dark shadows under the eyes and always an exp... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL In the 19th century, doctors warned women of 'Bicycle Face' as a side effect of excessive cycling. It was described as a face usually flushed with dark shadows under the eyes and always an expression of weariness.

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TIL Gambia is actually named "The Gambia" or the "Republic of The Gambia" (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL of the 172-year old Botafumeiro, a giant incense spreader (AKA a "thurible") that is swung from the ceiling of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain at speeds of about 68 km/h, reachin... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL of the 172-year old Botafumeiro, a giant incense spreader (AKA a "thurible") that is swung from the ceiling of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain at speeds of about 68 km/h, reaching 21 meters from the ground at the height of its 65-meter arc

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TIL after making some anti-Semitic comments, Lou Reed was asked if he was Jewish, to which he replied: “Of course, aren’t all the best people?” However, when asked by journalist Lester Bangs about... (www.clashmusic.com)

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Original Title: TIL after making some anti-Semitic comments, Lou Reed was asked if he was Jewish, to which he replied: “Of course, aren’t all the best people?” However, when asked by journalist Lester Bangs about how his songs relate to being Jewish, Reed contrarily answered that he didn’t know any Jewish people.

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TIL that when Hideki Tojo was given new dentures, the message ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ had been secretly drilled into them (www.newsreview.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Bannable_Lecter on 2023-09-01 22:23:48+00:00.

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Today I learned that President Glover Cleveland had a secret surgery removing a tumor in his mouth on a yacht because he worried that news of him having cancer would effect the stock market. (www.npr.org)

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TIL that the UK has a wild population of 10-15,000 yellow tailed scorpions. They live in Sheerness Dockyards in Kent and came over in shipments of Italian masonry in the 1800's. (naturenook.co.uk)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2023-09-01 21:41:58+00:00.

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TIL that the myth of carrots improving your eyesight and helping you see in the dark was WWII propaganda (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Jake52212 on 2023-09-01 21:05:29+00:00.

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TIL Chris Hemsworth earned just $150,000 for his first appearance as Thor and the film brought in nearly $450 million globally (finance.yahoo.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/cartstanza on 2023-09-01 19:54:53+00:00.