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/Smiling-Rats-2011 on 2024-11-26 18:05:24.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Fitsum_Joseph on 2024-11-26 17:31:03.

Original Title: TIL Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer, Was the Daughter of Romantic Poet Lord Byron and Mathematician Anne Isabella Noel Byron. Lord Byron was a renowned Romantic poet known for his passionate and extremely scandalous lifestyle, as well as masterpieces like Don Juan and She Walks in Beauty

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/rhymes_with_poop on 2024-11-26 15:51:46.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BezugssystemCH1903 on 2024-11-26 15:16:19.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/RealisticBarnacle115 on 2024-11-26 14:54:21.

Original Title: TIL Flappy Bird, released in May 2013, became a sleeper hit in early 2014, and by the end of January, it was the most downloaded free game on the iOS App Store, earning $50,000 a day. However, the developer soon removed it, citing guilt over "the game's addictive nature and overuse."

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/gmnitsua on 2024-11-26 14:25:13.

Original Title: TIL a quarter is often referred to as "two bits" unwittingly in reference to pieces of eight used in the golden age of piracy. One Spanish dollar was worth Eight Spanish Reales. Two Reales (or bits) was equal to a quarter of one dollar.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/caliberK on 2024-10-13 22:04:02.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ShannyGasm on 2024-10-13 21:34:18.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/UncleWillie on 2024-10-13 20:59:49.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/oyiyo on 2024-10-13 20:44:18.

Original Title: TIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship or parachuted from a plane and to be able to cope with the humidity of the South Pacific.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/cplcarlman on 2024-10-13 20:26:21.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/beanie_mac on 2024-10-13 19:45:59.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/truly-immaculate on 2024-10-13 18:58:51.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Hassaan18 on 2024-10-13 18:54:11.

Original Title: TIL that "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears was heard by Simon Cowell who knew it would be a hit. He offered the writer, Max Martin an Aston Martin if he would give the song to his boy band, Five. Five initially began writing verses; however, Martin had promised the song to Britney.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JimPalamo on 2024-10-13 18:22:57.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/mintwolves on 2024-10-13 17:55:53.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HauntedHippie on 2024-10-13 17:42:52.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/iliketoworkhard on 2024-10-13 17:05:54.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/No-Breadfruit1626 on 2024-10-13 16:02:54.

Original Title: TIL There was case in US where a person failed to die during electric chair execution and then his lawyers tried to argue that he was not dead but he had been executed and that it was cruel to go through a second time.

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/rubywizard24 on 2024-10-13 15:12:36.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mysterious_Lab_5611 on 2024-10-13 14:43:48.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Icelander2000TM on 2024-10-13 14:34:14.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/9oRo on 2024-10-13 14:04:01.

Original Title: TIL that after the trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI was released, its featured song, Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road", saw a near-37,000% increase in Spotify streams, had almost 250,000 searches on Shazam, and ranked second on the worldwide iTunes chart

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ADiestlTrain on 2024-10-13 14:00:31.
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/minaminonoeru on 2024-10-13 13:47:48.

Original Title: TIL In Mongolia, 'humans' are the fifth most abundant medium to large mammal. (Sheep > Goats > Cattle > Horses > Humans > Camels) There are 20 livestock per person in Mongolia, although this fluctuates from year to year. Not including wildlife.

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