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TIL that in the United Kingdom, prior to the 1840 introduction of postage stamps, letters were paid for by the recipient. The cost was determined by the distance from sender to recipient, and the ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-12 04:19:10.

Original Title: TIL that in the United Kingdom, prior to the 1840 introduction of postage stamps, letters were paid for by the recipient. The cost was determined by the distance from sender to recipient, and the number of sheets of paper used.

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TIL that actor Robert Reed hated playing Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch as he saw it as beneath his Shakespearean training. He often clashed with producers over the script. Despite this he got alon... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/astarisaslave on 2024-12-12 02:49:49.

Original Title: TIL that actor Robert Reed hated playing Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch as he saw it as beneath his Shakespearean training. He often clashed with producers over the script. Despite this he got along very well with the rest of the cast and appeared in the show's spinoffs and sequels.

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TIL Formula 1 cars generate enough downforce at high speeds to theoretically drive upside down. At full speed, they create 2.5x their weight in downforce and pull 3.5g in corners, making drivers f... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2024-12-12 02:19:07.

Original Title: TIL Formula 1 cars generate enough downforce at high speeds to theoretically drive upside down. At full speed, they create 2.5x their weight in downforce and pull 3.5g in corners, making drivers feel nearly 45 lbs of force on their heads and struggle to breathe, requiring extreme fitness to endure.

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TIL that Hermann Göring's father was the colonial governor of German Southwest Africa (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ozem_son_of_Jesse on 2024-12-12 00:56:11.
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TIL: Mikhail Gorbachev never ran for office in a direct popular election until 1996. He received .5% of the vote. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/theotherbogart on 2024-12-12 00:45:54.
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TIL smoking a lot of weed can result in cycles of nausea and vomiting. It’s called Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) and people suffering from it says hot showers help their symptoms. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/simulatislacrimis on 2024-12-12 00:30:44.
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TIL that Switzerland doesnt have a head of state instead a council of 7 people (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/charliewaffles2412 on 2024-12-11 23:38:21.
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TIL that during James Cook’s first Pacific voyage, the crew brought a Polynesian navigator on board. He produced a chart of 130 islands he knew across a 2,000 mile radius, including 74 of their n... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-11 23:28:58.

Original Title: TIL that during James Cook’s first Pacific voyage, the crew brought a Polynesian navigator on board. He produced a chart of 130 islands he knew across a 2,000 mile radius, including 74 of their names and many of their distances, sizes, chiefs, and foods they produced.

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TIL High-testosterone men have weaker immune systems (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyty5869 on 2024-12-11 22:38:50.
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TIL Paul McCartney’s voice was supposed to appear on Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” but Roger Waters cut them after he realized McCartney “thought it was necessary to perform” and wasn’t... (faroutmagazine.co.uk)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/itwas20yearsago2day on 2024-12-11 21:51:38.

Original Title: TIL Paul McCartney’s voice was supposed to appear on Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” but Roger Waters cut them after he realized McCartney “thought it was necessary to perform” and wasn’t giving him his genuine thoughts.

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TIL a team of researchers at UC Irvine found that the average attention span in 2004 was 150 seconds. In 2012 it was found to be 75 seconds, and recently was found to be 47 seconds. (thesciencesurvey.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Texas_Rockets on 2024-12-11 19:16:09.
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TIL about the Franklin Athletic Club, from Franklin, PA, who won the World Series of Football in 1903, without giving up a score the entire season (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TrollingForFunsies on 2024-12-11 18:46:07.
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TIL psychiatrists often overlook a patient’s caffeine intake habits during evaluations, despite its overuse being linked to worsening anxiety, disrupting sleep, and mimicking many common symptoms ... (www.cambridge.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2024-12-11 18:11:03.

Original Title: TIL psychiatrists often overlook a patient’s caffeine intake habits during evaluations, despite its overuse being linked to worsening anxiety, disrupting sleep, and mimicking many common symptoms of psychosis.

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TIL of 'rubber soldiers' - Brazilians conscripted by their government during World War II to harvest rubber in the Amazon for the war effort. Approximately 30,000 died from rough conditions and di... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Kintpuash-of-Kush on 2024-12-11 17:20:13.

Original Title: TIL of 'rubber soldiers' - Brazilians conscripted by their government during World War II to harvest rubber in the Amazon for the war effort. Approximately 30,000 died from rough conditions and disease - more than the total number of solders Brazil sent to fight overseas during the war.

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TIL that in 1941, German engineer Konrad Zuse unveiled the Z3, the world's first fully functional programmable computer. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/k12nysysadmin on 2024-12-11 15:09:35.
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TIL that the Moon is drifting away from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches per year. In about 600 million years, the Moon will be too far to cause total eclipses! (www.space.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Normal_Macaron1468 on 2024-12-11 15:04:42.
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TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a "degenerate art" gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was "saving" them from. The concept backfi... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/whatsaphoto on 2024-12-11 14:14:59.

Original Title: TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a "degenerate art" gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was "saving" them from. The concept backfired, and Goebbels had to go to great lengths to discourage the pieces from being admired by guests.

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TIL The average depth of the ocean is 12080 feet, or over 2 miles deep. (oceanservice.noaa.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/wmhaynes on 2024-12-11 12:33:09.
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TIL: Pythagoras feared fava beans due to a common enzyme deficiency in Mediterranean people which makes them toxic (favism) (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Echo__227 on 2024-12-11 07:32:21.
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TIL in 1969, Hungarian gastrophysicist Nicholas Kurtis, with the newly available microwave oven, created a reverse baked Alaska consisting of a frozen meringue shell filled with hot liquor he call... (www.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ghosts_of_Bordeaux on 2024-12-10 16:02:31.

Original Title: TIL in 1969, Hungarian gastrophysicist Nicholas Kurtis, with the newly available microwave oven, created a reverse baked Alaska consisting of a frozen meringue shell filled with hot liquor he called the "frozen Florida".

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TIL that the director of the 1991 film The Rocketeer, Joe Johnston also co-created the design of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Make_the_music_stop on 2024-12-10 15:30:26.
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TIL The Noisestorm - Crab Rave music video was made by the Irish DJ himself using Unreal Engine (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BringBackSoule on 2024-12-10 15:09:52.
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TIL that stenocereus eruca AKA creeping devil lies down on the ground and grows on one end while the other slowly dies, it can also clone itself in isolation and lack of pollinating creatures, all... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tillthesecondone on 2024-12-10 14:01:29.

Original Title: TIL that stenocereus eruca AKA creeping devil lies down on the ground and grows on one end while the other slowly dies, it can also clone itself in isolation and lack of pollinating creatures, all of which have allowed it to create massive “colonies” on the coast of Baja California Sur

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TIL that Renato Bialetti requested that his ashes be placed in a big moka machine (edition.cnn.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/lowkeytokay on 2024-12-10 08:49:12.
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TIL almost every third West Virginian is depressed - 29% (compared to 11.4% in Hawaii and 15.3% in California) (www.usnews.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-12-10 06:51:06.
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