Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL the original version of Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead reached number one on iTunes in the UK upon Margaret Thatcher‘s passing. (abcnews.go.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/IceBreak on 2025-03-05 02:15:44.

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TIL that the voice of Yoda in Star Wars is also Miss Piggy from The Muppet Show. (www.glamour.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Icy-Card2068 on 2025-03-05 02:04:03.

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TIL that the first hammer was invented 3.3 million years ago. It was made of a stone tied to a stick by strips of animal sinew. (simple.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/slartibortfast on 2025-03-05 01:49:24.

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Today I learned mice try to resuscitate stricken companions. (www.the-independent.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SanDTorT on 2025-03-05 01:03:23.

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TIL that bee flies (Bombylius major) lay their eggs near the entrances of solitary bee nests; upon hatching, their larvae enter the nest and feed on the bee larvae. (animaldiversity.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/kattymirella on 2025-03-05 00:27:19.

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TIL 73 years ago, San Benedicto rock wren became extinct when the island they lived on erupted. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Warcraft_Fan on 2025-03-05 00:13:36.

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Today I learned that 95% of international internet traffic goes through undersea cables (www.reuters.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Intrepid_Doubt_6602 on 2025-03-04 23:35:05.

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TIL The Jerry Springer Show had over 3800 episodes. (wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ok_Green2242 on 2025-03-04 22:50:49.

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TIL that Caravaggio was also a notorious criminal. He went to trial at least 11 times for things like writing libelous poems, throwing a plate of artichokes at a waiter and assaulting people with ... (www.biography.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/yooolka on 2025-03-04 21:16:02.

Original Title: TIL that Caravaggio was also a notorious criminal. He went to trial at least 11 times for things like writing libelous poems, throwing a plate of artichokes at a waiter and assaulting people with swords. He eventually fled Rome to escape punishment for killing a man and died in exile.

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TIL The fastest anyone has ever ran 60 meters is by Su Bingtian who ran a 6.29. This was done the middle of a 100m sprint, so the official fastest 60m sprint is held by Christian Coleman at 6.34 s... (www.youtube.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Venomous_Raptor on 2025-03-04 21:12:57.

Original Title: TIL The fastest anyone has ever ran 60 meters is by Su Bingtian who ran a 6.29. This was done the middle of a 100m sprint, so the official fastest 60m sprint is held by Christian Coleman at 6.34 seconds.

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TIL that sycamore seeds (also known as helicopters), are actually poisonous to horses. (www.bluecross.org.uk)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MisterMacromedia on 2025-03-04 19:39:44.

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TIL that to persuade his first wife to accept a divorce, Einstein promised her the entire financial reward from his Nobel Prize. Three years later, he won the prize and transferred all the money t... (www.biography.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/yooolka on 2025-03-04 21:12:14.

Original Title: TIL that to persuade his first wife to accept a divorce, Einstein promised her the entire financial reward from his Nobel Prize. Three years later, he won the prize and transferred all the money to her.

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TIL Japanese yen banknotes are produced from plants that grow in Nepal, making the Himalayan paper bush one of Nepal's important exports. (nepalitimes.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/blueberrisorbet on 2025-03-04 20:46:19.

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TIL Vincent Van Gogh left art school shortly after an incident where he was assigned to draw the Venus de Milo and instead drew the nude torso of a peasant woman. When confronted by his teacher Va... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2025-03-04 20:45:25.

Original Title: TIL Vincent Van Gogh left art school shortly after an incident where he was assigned to draw the Venus de Milo and instead drew the nude torso of a peasant woman. When confronted by his teacher Van Gogh protested that a woman must have "hips, buttocks," and "a pelvis in which she can carry a baby."

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TIL that there's a skydiving center in California where 28 people have died since 1985. It's still open. (www.sfgate.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JimmyMcGinty24 on 2025-03-04 19:43:14.

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TIL that a medieval hermit could voluntarily choose to live in a small sealed room attached to the church for the rest of their lives. Priests would give them funeral rites before they entered and... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/non- on 2025-03-04 19:17:37.

Original Title: TIL that a medieval hermit could voluntarily choose to live in a small sealed room attached to the church for the rest of their lives. Priests would give them funeral rites before they entered and they were treated like living saints.

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TIL that Taco Bell once tried to open a hotel, and it sold out in 2 minutes. (www.cnbc.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Icy-Card2068 on 2025-03-04 18:44:12.

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TIL - There are 12’000 tonnes of ordnance ammunition and bombs in various lakes across Switzerland, including phosgene bombs in lake Geneva (Leman) (www.swissinfo.ch)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mr_Wolf9 on 2025-03-04 18:28:36.

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TIL - Rats prefer the sound of silence to Beethoven and Miles Davis – except when they are on drugs. Then, they prefer the jazz. (www.classicfm.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JackABoioi on 2025-03-04 17:56:43.

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TIL that Fuente del Ángel Caído - the Monument of the Fallen Angel, situated in Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain - is at the height of exactly 666 meters above the sea level and is reputed to be ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/NapalmBurns on 2025-03-04 17:00:26.

Original Title: TIL that Fuente del Ángel Caído - the Monument of the Fallen Angel, situated in Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain - is at the height of exactly 666 meters above the sea level and is reputed to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to the devil

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TIL that in France, unwed women over 25 were called “Catherinettes” and wore garish yellow and green hats for good luck in finding husbands on November 25 (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/knd10h on 2025-03-04 16:12:10.

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TIL that the soundtrack to the 1959 Disney animated classic Sleeping Beauty is scored almost entirely to the music from Tchaikovsky's 1889 ballet of the same name (www.udiscovermusic.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sm0keyM0key on 2025-03-04 15:22:53.

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TIL that in the late 1600s Emperor K'ang Hsi, who had survived smallpox as a child, had his children inoculated. That method involved grinding up smallpox scabs and blowing the matter into nostril... (historyofvaccines.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/42percentBicycle on 2025-03-04 15:01:03.

Original Title: TIL that in the late 1600s Emperor K'ang Hsi, who had survived smallpox as a child, had his children inoculated. That method involved grinding up smallpox scabs and blowing the matter into nostril. Inoculation may also have been practiced by scratching matter from a smallpox sore into the skin.

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TIL there were no pigs in North America until Europeans arrived. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/OccludedFug on 2025-03-04 14:26:15.

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TIL using special aquariums, a team of researchers proved that some flowers that grow in the ocean are pollinated by plankton and invertebrates just like flowers on land. Inside each flower is a n... (hakaimagazine.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/admiralturtleship on 2025-03-04 13:55:13.

Original Title: TIL using special aquariums, a team of researchers proved that some flowers that grow in the ocean are pollinated by plankton and invertebrates just like flowers on land. Inside each flower is a nutritious substance filled with pollen that sticks to the animals when they move from flower to flower