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Today I learned you can get skin burns from peppers. (www.healthlinkbc.ca)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Demon_of_Order on 2024-12-09 19:12:50.
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TIL the Android operating system almost failed to release due to a lack of early funding. With the team facing eviction, Steve Perlman gave $10,000 cash and an undisclosed amount for seed funding,... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/sexpressed on 2024-12-09 18:55:50.

Original Title: TIL the Android operating system almost failed to release due to a lack of early funding. With the team facing eviction, Steve Perlman gave $10,000 cash and an undisclosed amount for seed funding, saving the team. Perlman refused a stake, saying he only did it because he "believed in the thing."

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TIL about Carcinisation, a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans tend to evolve a crab-like body morphology. It has been described as "the many attempts of nature to evolve a ... (www.popsci.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/vegfemnat on 2024-12-09 18:45:10.

Original Title: TIL about Carcinisation, a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans tend to evolve a crab-like body morphology. It has been described as "the many attempts of nature to evolve a crab"

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TIL Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife had the maiden name of... Roosevelt. They were cousins. (www.fdrlibrary.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/KevinCubano on 2024-12-09 17:26:11.
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TIL the tobacco company Philip Morris International founded and funded the Foundation for a Smoke-free World. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/KieranWriter on 2024-12-09 17:08:48.
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TIL - About PSR B1620−26 b, also known as "Methuselah" is the oldest planet in the universe. It's believed to be over 12.7 billion years old. (wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JackABoioi on 2024-12-09 17:06:51.
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TIL that there’s a lake in Antarctica so salty it never freezes, even at -58°F. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/k12nysysadmin on 2024-12-09 16:44:36.
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TIL about mulled wine, a centuries-old tradition of heating red wine with spices and sometimes fruits. It dates back to ancient Rome, where spiced wine was used to preserve it during winter, and i... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Fortune_Chaser on 2024-12-09 11:58:19.

Original Title: TIL about mulled wine, a centuries-old tradition of heating red wine with spices and sometimes fruits. It dates back to ancient Rome, where spiced wine was used to preserve it during winter, and it remains a popular holiday drink in many European cultures.

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Today I learned that California and Canada have roughly the same population and California's economy is almost twice as big as Canada's (www.gov.ca.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/lqwertyd on 2024-12-09 16:45:15.
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TIL Garry Hoy, a Canadian lawyer who attempted to prove that the building's glass windows were unbreakable by throwing himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the wi... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Anvaya on 2024-12-09 15:44:53.

Original Title: TIL Garry Hoy, a Canadian lawyer who attempted to prove that the building's glass windows were unbreakable by throwing himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the window frame gave way and Hoy fell to his death.

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TIL there are over 50 million slaves in the world 1 in 150 people. More slaves now than at any point in history (www.npr.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/rudbek-of-rudbek on 2024-12-09 15:42:04.
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TIL Quebec's ban on toy and fast food ads directed at children under 13 has contributed to a reduction in childhood obesity rates. (globalnews.ca)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MineMonMan1234 on 2024-12-09 15:09:10.
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TIL Scientists showed with study that 94% of their AI-generated exam answers remained unrecognized. The AI performed half a grade better than the students. (www.theguardian.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/charliewaffles2412 on 2024-12-09 13:16:42.
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TIL that Armadillos give birth to four identical quadruplets every time! (carnegiemnh.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jspmartin on 2024-12-09 12:25:56.
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TIL the Irish language has three counting systems: one for math, another for humans, and another for non-humans. (www.mentalfloss.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Torley_ on 2024-12-09 11:09:13.
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TIL about Bernt Balchen, a Norwegian-American aviation pioneer, Arctic explorer, and decorated war hero. He was the first person to pilot an airplane over the South Pole in 1929 and played a cruci... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/mortskaa on 2024-12-09 10:59:40.

Original Title: TIL about Bernt Balchen, a Norwegian-American aviation pioneer, Arctic explorer, and decorated war hero. He was the first person to pilot an airplane over the South Pole in 1929 and played a crucial role in advancing polar aviation. During WWII, Balchen led covert missions for the Allies.

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TIL the The Warriors was X-rated in France in 1979 for incitement to violence, the French Movies Control Board describing the movie as "a very realistic vision of the urban guerrilla warfare that ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Johannes_P on 2024-12-09 10:46:05.

Original Title: TIL the The Warriors was X-rated in France in 1979 for incitement to violence, the French Movies Control Board describing the movie as "a very realistic vision of the urban guerrilla warfare that gangs can develop to conquer a city"

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TIL Havre, MT burned down in 1904. The citizens moved into their basements and built tunnels between homes and businesses, until an entire city flourished underground, including a bordello, opium ... (havrebeneaththestreets.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/patronsaintofweed on 2024-12-09 07:43:52.

Original Title: TIL Havre, MT burned down in 1904. The citizens moved into their basements and built tunnels between homes and businesses, until an entire city flourished underground, including a bordello, opium den, and ice cream shop. It was opened for tours in 1999.

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TIL that during their 1966 world tour, which included the Philippines, The Beatles accidentally snubbed then First Lady Imelda Marcos by missing a palace luncheon sparking public outrage and a hos... (screenrant.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Top-Entertainment945 on 2024-12-09 07:11:45.

Original Title: TIL that during their 1966 world tour, which included the Philippines, The Beatles accidentally snubbed then First Lady Imelda Marcos by missing a palace luncheon sparking public outrage and a hostile send-off. It was so traumatic that the Beatles vowed never to return to the Philippines.

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TIL of the Sampit Conflict (2001), in which indigenous Dayak went back to their headhunting ways and massacred/beheaded hundreds of migrant Madurese people in the city of Sampit. Around 500-1000 p... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2024-12-09 03:59:26.

Original Title: TIL of the Sampit Conflict (2001), in which indigenous Dayak went back to their headhunting ways and massacred/beheaded hundreds of migrant Madurese people in the city of Sampit. Around 500-1000 people were killed and 100-700 were beheaded.

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TIL the corpse of an astronaut monkey is preserved at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum with its hand placed over its heart (airandspace.si.edu)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/finfangfoom1 on 2024-12-09 03:06:41.
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TIL that Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of the north tower of the World Trade Center, was the highest grossing restaurant in America in the year 2000. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jacknerik on 2024-12-09 02:57:38.
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TIL that there is such a thing as a Mountain Chicken. It is not a Chicken. It is, in fact, a kind of frog. (stlzoo.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CloudOfThought on 2024-12-08 23:37:53.
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TIL that Activision has a patent for manipulating multiplayer lobbies to increase exposure to people with paid skins and get players to spend more money on microtransactions this way (www.freepatentsonline.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Novacc_Djocovid on 2024-12-08 21:10:23.
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TIL "Kilroy Was Here" is hidden twice at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mulliganasty on 2024-12-08 20:49:34.
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