Today I Learned (TIL)

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You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/yutfree on 2025-02-13 18:06:10.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Upset_Following9017 on 2025-02-13 17:48:53.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/happytree23 on 2025-02-13 17:45:19.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Hot-Silver3714 on 2025-02-13 16:59:06.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/robrt382 on 2025-02-13 16:58:33.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SpuddMeister on 2025-02-13 16:40:36.

Original Title: TIL in 1873, the US Supreme Court denied Myra Bradwell from practicing law. Some of the reasons were "would open the flood gates and many more women" and "Brutal cases would not be appropriate for a woman".

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SpaciousTables on 2025-02-13 16:36:31.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/mvincen95 on 2025-02-13 15:33:02.

Original Title: TIL that Nazi general Erwin Rommel was allowed to take cyanide after being implicated in a plot to kill Hitler. To maintain morale, the Nazis gave him a state funeral and falsely claimed he died from war injuries.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/mvincen95 on 2025-02-13 15:25:16.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Dorsai_Erynus on 2025-02-13 14:30:02.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/a3poify on 2025-02-13 13:46:54.

Original Title: TIL about the All-American Basketball Alliance, a white-only basketball league proposed in 2010 by boxing promoter Don Lewis. After being decried by mayors and colleges in the cities where teams were proposed, as well as by national media figures, the idea was abandoned.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/haddock420 on 2025-02-13 13:06:18.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/yooolka on 2025-02-13 11:51:17.

Original Title: TIL that Valentine’s Day originated from the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. During the feast, priests sacrificed two goats and a dog, then ran around touching women and crops with the bloodstained hides, believing it would increase fertility.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jacknunn on 2025-02-13 09:42:32.

Original Title: TIL some tropical species of cone snails have a "harpoon" sting which can be fatal, and has killed at least 27 people. One species is nicknamed the "cigarette snail" as the victim will have only enough time to smoke a cigarette before dying

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Lokalaskurar on 2025-02-13 08:22:46.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nosrettap25 on 2025-02-13 08:20:40.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Diligent_Mode7203 on 2025-02-13 08:15:22.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/petethecanuck on 2025-02-13 05:49:00.

Original Title: TIL why Japan drives on the left hand side of the road which goes back all the way to the Edo period (1603-1867) when Samurai ruled the country. In 1872, England won the bid to help Japan build it's railway system (railways were all left side running) and left hand side driving became "official".

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SappyGilmore on 2025-02-13 05:02:45.

Original Title: TIL Keanu Reeves was only offered the role of "Neo" in The Matrix after six leading actors turned it down including Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer and Sandra Bullock

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/filmeswole on 2025-02-13 03:57:48.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Odd_Advance_6438 on 2025-02-13 03:04:45.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Tall_Ant9568 on 2025-02-13 03:03:07.

Original Title: TIL that the movie Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut was so long (3 hours and 14 minutes), that it had an overture at the beginning and a 3 min intermission in the middle of the film where you watch a photo of Balian sitting with his fellow Crusaders after a battle to a special musical score

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AriadneThread on 2025-02-13 02:24:15.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/datcraybetch on 2025-02-12 23:42:37.

Original Title: TIL about the West Point Spiked Eggnog Riot of 1826, when cadets, including future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, went on a wild bender after sneaking booze into the academy. Captain Hitchcock tried to regain control but was attacked, and nearly shot, while a drunk drum corps played outside

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Conscious-Ad-7656 on 2025-02-12 23:32:27.
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