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TIL “tab” on a keyboard is short for “tabulate/tabulator”, (consisting of or presenting in columns or tables). (site.xavier.edu)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sesemebun on 2024-12-08 05:37:09.
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TIL That the "D" in D-Day simply stands for "Day". Meaning it's actually short for Day-Day. (www.britishlegion.org.uk)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Nikojjjj on 2024-12-08 04:49:12.
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TIL a 2019 study documented how the percentage of heterosexual married couples who met online rose from only 2% in 1998 to 20% in 2008 and then to nearly 50% in 2017, which made it the dominant fo... (www.stlouisfed.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-12-08 04:37:17.

Original Title: TIL a 2019 study documented how the percentage of heterosexual married couples who met online rose from only 2% in 1998 to 20% in 2008 and then to nearly 50% in 2017, which made it the dominant form of initial contact for couples who marry.

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TIL lungs don’t expand from air coming in, but the other way around: the ribcage and lungs expand FIRST, causing a negative pressure inside the lungs that makes air rush inside (youtube.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/8bitGS on 2024-12-08 03:58:03.
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TIL: that one of my more liked Joe Satriani songs "Sleep Walk" was originally composed by brothers Santo & Johnny Farina in 1959! (www.youtube.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nylon_roman on 2024-12-08 03:52:29.
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TIL the insult "suck eggs" originates from the full phrase "teaching grandmother to suck eggs," referring to a person giving advice to another person in a subject with which the other person is al... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/happy_bluebird on 2024-12-08 03:27:54.

Original Title: TIL the insult "suck eggs" originates from the full phrase "teaching grandmother to suck eggs," referring to a person giving advice to another person in a subject with which the other person is already familiar

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TIL between 1990-1994, Bashar Al Assad was an eye surgeon in London and was described as geeky and quiet. His boss and colleagues recalled him as humble and whom nurses thought exemplary in reassu... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SleeptGuava on 2024-12-08 02:05:31.

Original Title: TIL between 1990-1994, Bashar Al Assad was an eye surgeon in London and was described as geeky and quiet. His boss and colleagues recalled him as humble and whom nurses thought exemplary in reassuring anxious patients about to undergo anaesthetic.

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TIL Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Valentinocaronte on 2024-12-08 01:13:46.
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TIL that a Dec 7, 2007 oil spill in South Korea saw more than 1 million people join the clean-up effort -- roughly 2% of the nation's population (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/woeful_haichi on 2024-12-08 00:59:36.
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TIL A 2015 study conducted on Coupon usage had preliminary evidence to increase Oxytocin , reduce Stress, and improve overall Mood. (neuroeconomicstudies.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Olshansk on 2024-12-08 00:52:03.
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TIL about Shockwave, a semi-truck outfitted with three jet engines capable of producing 36,000 horsepower which allowed the truck to complete the quarter-mile in 6.63 seconds. It consumed fuel at ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Kyleforshort on 2024-12-08 00:47:26.

Original Title: TIL about Shockwave, a semi-truck outfitted with three jet engines capable of producing 36,000 horsepower which allowed the truck to complete the quarter-mile in 6.63 seconds. It consumed fuel at a rate equal to 400 gallons per mile (940 liters per km), even more when using the afterburners.

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TIL: That Mark Chapman, killer of John Lennon, has been allowed regular conjugal visits since he accepted solitary confinement in 2014. He is allowed to spend 44 hours alone with his wife in a spe... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/appalachian_hatachi on 2024-12-08 00:24:56.

Original Title: TIL: That Mark Chapman, killer of John Lennon, has been allowed regular conjugal visits since he accepted solitary confinement in 2014. He is allowed to spend 44 hours alone with his wife in a specially built prison home. He also gets occasional visits from his sister, clergy, and a few friends.

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TIL Stars appear to twinkle because their light passes through our atmosphere and is bent and distorted by varying temperatures and densities of air (www.skyatnightmagazine.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Blue-Herakles on 2024-12-07 23:42:10.
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TIL that moths rest with their wings open/flat, while butterflies tend to rest with their wings closed/raised. (australianbutterflies.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/fanau on 2024-12-07 23:12:03.
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TIL the highest revenue Panda Express location in the world is located in a mall food court in Honolulu, Hawaii. (www.foodbeast.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2024-12-07 22:42:08.
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TIL In the opening prologue of Persona, Ingmar Bergman's 1966 arthouse film classic, the director inserted three frames (about 1/6th of a second) of an erect penis. This was excised from the Ameri... (www.criterion.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2024-12-07 21:28:48.

Original Title: TIL In the opening prologue of Persona, Ingmar Bergman's 1966 arthouse film classic, the director inserted three frames (about 1/6th of a second) of an erect penis. This was excised from the American and British releases.

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TIL Basketball player Kevin McHale played for the Celtics on the '87 playoffs with a broken foot (www.themendingplaybook.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jenkaaah on 2024-12-07 21:17:43.
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TIL Jon Favreau, creator of The Book of Boba Fett, confirmed to Patton Oswalt that the scene of Fett's hand reaching out of the sand to escape from the Sarlacc pit was cut to match Oswalt's descri... (www.slashfilm.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-12-07 21:13:10.

Original Title: TIL Jon Favreau, creator of The Book of Boba Fett, confirmed to Patton Oswalt that the scene of Fett's hand reaching out of the sand to escape from the Sarlacc pit was cut to match Oswalt's description of it in his improvised filibuster pitch for Star Wars: Episode VII on an episode of Parks & Rec.

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TIL about the siege of Dura-Europos, one of history's first use of chemical weapons and tunnel warfare, during the siege the Persians dug tunnels to bypass the Roman walls, Romans dug their own tu... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CommentFamous503 on 2024-12-07 21:07:07.

Original Title: TIL about the siege of Dura-Europos, one of history's first use of chemical weapons and tunnel warfare, during the siege the Persians dug tunnels to bypass the Roman walls, Romans dug their own tunnels to reach them and fight them but the Persians released sulphur dioxide in the tunnels, killing 20.

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TIL the universe is not "locally real"—the evidence provided by 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics recipients John Clauser, Alain Aspect, & Anton Zeilinger, who showed that objects are not influenced... (boingboing.net)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ralphbernardo on 2024-12-07 19:40:46.

Original Title: TIL the universe is not "locally real"—the evidence provided by 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics recipients John Clauser, Alain Aspect, & Anton Zeilinger, who showed that objects are not influenced solely by their surroundings ("local") and may also lack definite properties prior to measurement ("real").

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TIL that powered flight has independently evolved four times in history: in bats, birds, pterosaurs, and insects. (www.scienceworld.ca)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/vegfemnat on 2024-12-07 19:34:40.
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TIL of Banjawarn Station, which is a 4000 square km sheep station in western Australia In 1993, it was purchased by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, allegedly for mining operations. On the May 2... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BringbackDreamBars on 2024-12-07 19:20:45.

Original Title: TIL of Banjawarn Station, which is a 4000 square km sheep station in western Australia In 1993, it was purchased by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, allegedly for mining operations. On the May 28th 1993,a large fireball and seismic disturbance was spotted from just south of the site by sensors.

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TIL Big Pete from The Adventures of Pete and Pete retired from acting in 2013 and now works as an electrician on film and television (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/benbentheben on 2024-12-07 19:05:48.
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TIL Chicken a la Maryland was served on the last menu of the Titanic voyage, which is fried chicken topped with sautéed banana (marylandsbest.maryland.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/bens111 on 2024-12-07 18:46:55.
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TIL that George Orwell was very into pranks growing up. Amongst his more malicious, was to create an advertisement which implied his college tutor John Crace was a pederast. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HallowedAndHarrowed on 2024-12-07 18:44:07.
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