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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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TIL that even with an orbital velocity of 490,000 MPH, the sun has only circled the Milky Way 18-20 times. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Asleep_Onion on 2024-12-10 05:59:29.
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TIL Sister Rosetta Tharpe. "The original soul sister" &"The Godmother of rock and roll" She was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, and ... (www.youtube.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TheCountess_419 on 2024-12-10 05:25:43.

Original Title: TIL Sister Rosetta Tharpe. "The original soul sister" &"The Godmother of rock and roll" She was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, and use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues.

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TIL the world’s oldest wild bird, a 74-year-old albatross, is expecting again. (www.earth.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/stonehunter83 on 2024-12-10 07:51:52.
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TIL a beehive fence is a fence built to deter elephants based on their natural fear of bees. The fence is set up off the ground at chest height and contains hives spaced every 10 metres. If an ele... (wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SuvenPan on 2024-12-10 06:11:23.

Original Title: TIL a beehive fence is a fence built to deter elephants based on their natural fear of bees. The fence is set up off the ground at chest height and contains hives spaced every 10 metres. If an elephant disturbs the fence, then hives shake and the bees become agitated, and the elephants are deterred.

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TIL individual m&m's are called "lentils" (www.wtaj.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/StarFaerie on 2024-12-10 06:03:41.
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TIL that the anarchist Jean Crones poisoned the Mayor of Chicago, the Governor of Illinois, and 300 other powerful figures with arsenic laced soup in 1916 (blog.newspapers.library.in.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/eliseereclusvivre on 2024-12-10 05:19:04.
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TIL the longest word in any language is the chemical name of the titan protein which is 189819 letters. (www.languagetesting.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/scienceproject3 on 2024-12-10 04:43:44.
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TIL the second atomic bomb was intended for Kokura, but poor visibility from cloud cover and smoke forced the crew to circle the city three times. Low on fuel, they abandoned the mission and proce... (spectrumlocalnews.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Paper_Keys on 2024-12-10 04:13:14.

Original Title: TIL the second atomic bomb was intended for Kokura, but poor visibility from cloud cover and smoke forced the crew to circle the city three times. Low on fuel, they abandoned the mission and proceeded to Nagasaki, where the bomb was ultimately dropped.

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TIL that elephants are capable of recognizing themselves in a mirror, demonstrating a level of self-awareness previously thought to be unique to humans and a few other species. (www.animalcognition.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Personal-Mark-74 on 2024-12-10 04:05:04.
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TIL that more Americans that live north of the 35 degree line have some sort of gluten intolerance than their counterparts below the line, regardless of race, class or BMI. (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/aRandom_Encounter on 2024-12-10 03:24:01.
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TIL when researchers removed eyebrows from pictures of familiar faces, it reduced the chances of recognition substantially, and significantly more than removing the eyes themselves. (web.mit.edu)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ProudReaction2204 on 2024-12-10 02:14:50.
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TIL that the Amos n Andy Show, where white men played dumb African Americans, was so popular that theaters delayed the start of their movies so audiences could listen to the radio show first (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/campaxiomatic on 2024-12-10 01:47:51.
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TIL about “Riot Dogs,” stray dogs that have become symbols of resistance by accompanying protesters during demonstrations, notably in Greece and Chile, and more recently observed in Georgia. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/pr0tag on 2024-12-10 01:12:03.
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TIL Musician Chuck Mangione was featured on 12 episodes of King of The Hill (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Death4Free on 2024-12-10 00:48:05.
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TIL For over twenty years, Marcio Matolias has lived in a sandcastle on the beach in Rio de Janeiro. (www.bbc.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2024-12-09 23:59:15.
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TIL that Cunard intended to name its largest ship after the late Queen Victoria. It asked the current King for permission to name it after "Britain's greatest queen", but the King, thinking they w... (thegreatoceanliners.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Spykryo on 2024-12-09 23:56:10.

Original Title: TIL that Cunard intended to name its largest ship after the late Queen Victoria. It asked the current King for permission to name it after "Britain's greatest queen", but the King, thinking they were referring to his wife, Queen Mary, agreed. Cunard was forced to change the name to the Queen Mary.

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TIL that in 1965, philosophy professor Hubert Dreyfus, a staunch critic of artificial intelligence, boldly claimed that a machine would never beat a human at the game of chess. It would only be tw... (www.un.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ralphbernardo on 2024-12-09 23:55:33.

Original Title: TIL that in 1965, philosophy professor Hubert Dreyfus, a staunch critic of artificial intelligence, boldly claimed that a machine would never beat a human at the game of chess. It would only be two years before the outspoken scholar was himself checkmated by an MIT-developed computer.

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TIL that owls have long necks under all their feathers (sketchplanations.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Aksudiigkr on 2024-12-09 22:30:33.
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TIL about Gladys Aylward. a Christian missionary who traveled to the Chinese to Proselytize by helping at a inn and attempting to stop the tradition of foot binding. when the Japanese attacked she... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tanky-jakey on 2024-12-09 21:47:22.

Original Title: TIL about Gladys Aylward. a Christian missionary who traveled to the Chinese to Proselytize by helping at a inn and attempting to stop the tradition of foot binding. when the Japanese attacked she would lead 100 of the oprhaned children in her care to saftey away from the invading japanese on foot.

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TIL: Graffiti artist David Choe became a multimillionaire after he decided to to take Facebook stock instead of a payment for a painting (www.cnbc.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/zztop610 on 2024-12-09 21:18:02.
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TIL the theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by an asteroid was only proposed as recently as 1980. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/chuuniversal_studios on 2024-12-09 19:36:07.
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TIL Arthur Conan Doyle Secretly Resented His Sherlock Holmes Character (www.theguardian.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HelloVermont92 on 2024-12-09 19:34:11.
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