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TIL there's a train station in Paris named after Rosa Parks (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/26point2miles on 2025-03-01 21:59:28.
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TIL that we found vitamin B3 on an asteroid (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/yavinmoon on 2025-03-01 21:51:06.
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TIL English philosopher Jeremy Bentham's preserved body, known as the "Auto-Icon,” is on display in a glass case at University College London's Student Centre. It includes Bentham's skeleton in hi... (www.ucl.ac.uk)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-03-01 20:50:38.

Original Title: TIL English philosopher Jeremy Bentham's preserved body, known as the "Auto-Icon,” is on display in a glass case at University College London's Student Centre. It includes Bentham's skeleton in his own clothes and a wax head.

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TIL that Aspirin can cause Reye’s Syndrome to users 18 & under which is a rare disorder that causes brain and liver damage. (kidshealth.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DifficultWinter5426 on 2025-03-01 19:36:27.
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TIL that osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP) is a procedure that uses a patient’s own tooth implanted in their eye to craft a support structure for an artificial cornea to restore vision. (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Remarkable_Pie_1353 on 2025-03-01 19:29:39.
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TIL Birds don't fart. (www.fws.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/makenzie71 on 2025-03-01 18:45:29.
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TIL people can get stones in your scrotum, just like they can get bladder and kidney stones. They are called "scrotal pearls" or "scrotoliths" and are benign calfications within the scrotal sac. (radiopaedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe on 2025-03-01 18:39:41.
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TIL the first scientist to show that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would increase global temperatures was Eunice Foote (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/borisRoosevelt on 2025-03-01 17:19:57.
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TIL that in 2012 a movie theater in Beirut was raided for homosexual pornography and 36 men were subjected to anal examinations to determine their sexual orientation. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Traveledfarwestward on 2025-03-01 17:20:38.
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TIL-1954 US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally becomes the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US. (March 1st) (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Zakkenayo_ on 2025-03-01 15:47:05.
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TIL that in some extremely impoverished areas, such as the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, residents use “flying toilets”: Plastic bags that, after being filled, are thrown as far away as possible. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/FullOGreenPeaness on 2025-03-01 14:03:20.
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TIL: Robert Fisher was convicted after defrauding Xerox in a toner ink scam in which they acquired $25 million worth of ink toner to resell for $11 million to a person in Miami. Fisher has to pay ... (www.justice.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-03-01 13:23:22.

Original Title: TIL: Robert Fisher was convicted after defrauding Xerox in a toner ink scam in which they acquired $25 million worth of ink toner to resell for $11 million to a person in Miami. Fisher has to pay the IRS 192k due to filing false tax reports.

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TIL about hindsight bias—the tendency to believe, after an event, that we could have predicted its outcome with certainty. It also leads people to judge historical figures based on prevailing cont... (www.psychologicalscience.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Tall_Ant9568 on 2025-03-01 13:09:15.

Original Title: TIL about hindsight bias—the tendency to believe, after an event, that we could have predicted its outcome with certainty. It also leads people to judge historical figures based on prevailing contemporary opinions.

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TIL that Sweden has a "sourdough hotel" where people can deposit their sourdough starters to be fed and cared for while they are on vacation. (www.vice.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/amateurfunk on 2025-03-01 11:50:40.
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TIL short-sightedness (myopia) is not entirely genetic, with environmental factors also contributing to the risk of developing it. The risk of myopia can be decreased by having young children spen... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jacknunn on 2025-03-01 07:45:48.

Original Title: TIL short-sightedness (myopia) is not entirely genetic, with environmental factors also contributing to the risk of developing it. The risk of myopia can be decreased by having young children spend more time outside

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TIL that Dmitri Mendeleev, who is credited with creating the Periodic Table of Elements was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 9 times but never won. His awarding was blocked each time by th... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-03-01 05:15:02.

Original Title: TIL that Dmitri Mendeleev, who is credited with creating the Periodic Table of Elements was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 9 times but never won. His awarding was blocked each time by the 1903 winner, Svante Arrhenius, who held a grudge against Mendeleev for criticizing one of his papers.

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TIL Francis Coppola told the victim molested by his protege Victor Salva that he would be blacklisted during the post-production of Clownhouse, and then attempted to sue the 12 year old for breach... (www.youtube.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ShadowsSheddingSkin on 2025-03-01 03:46:36.

Original Title: TIL Francis Coppola told the victim molested by his protege Victor Salva that he would be blacklisted during the post-production of Clownhouse, and then attempted to sue the 12 year old for breach of contract

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TIL that Pope Pius IX kidnapped a Jewish boy from Bologna to raise him as his own kid. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/piponwa on 2025-03-01 03:44:54.
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TIL Harriet Tubman was the first woman in American history to lead a major military operation. She also served as a Union spy and scout in the Confederacy during the Civil War. (www.army.mil)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Muscles_McGeee on 2025-03-01 02:52:33.
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TIL that most smoke detectors contain a small amount of Americium-241, a radioactive material that can undergo nuclear fission. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/FullOGreenPeaness on 2025-03-01 02:32:24.
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TIL the US Army Astronaut Badge is so rare that it has only been awarded three times. (www.army.mil)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/redmambo_no6 on 2025-03-01 00:59:19.
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TIL that Abraham Lincoln once captivated reporters with a speech so riveting that the audience stopped taking notes and we have no record of what he said! It has since been known as "Lincoln's Los... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SupermarketOk2281 on 2025-02-28 23:48:47.

Original Title: TIL that Abraham Lincoln once captivated reporters with a speech so riveting that the audience stopped taking notes and we have no record of what he said! It has since been known as "Lincoln's Lost Speech"

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TIL the dingo is the largest mammalian carnivore in Australia (australian.museum)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Inner_Response1424 on 2025-02-28 23:24:58.
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TIL In 1990, Freddie Mercury recorded the song The Show Must Go On in a single take and while dying of AIDS (www.musophia.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/kehillah on 2025-02-28 22:39:24.
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TIL of a neighborhood in Fresno, CA, where residents can land, taxi down extra-wide streets, and park their small aircraft in their home driveways. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Renbail on 2025-02-28 22:35:17.
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