Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL that they were giant mega-penguins. They were the size and the weight of a full-grown man. (www.cam.ac.uk)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Shatterstar23 on 2024-10-12 19:42:23.

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TIL that Philip Noel-Baker is the only person ever to have won a Nobel Prize as well as an Olympic medal (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flaky_Air_ on 2024-10-12 19:41:16.

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TIL South Asians are genetically predisposed to higher rates of central body obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (diabetesjournals.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/xXx_killer69_xXx on 2024-10-12 19:39:46.

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TIL About the Tsavo Man Eaters. A pair of male lions who systematically hunted and killed Railway Workers in 1898. (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SagerToof on 2024-10-12 19:19:35.

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TIL a babirusa's tusks grow upwards through the skin, curve back, and can penetrate their own skull if they don't grind the tusks. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/memedab99 on 2024-10-12 18:11:05.

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TIL the constant mash and tug of starts and finishes is strong enough to detach the retina from drag racers' eyeballs. In the 1970s and 1980s some drag racers were knocked unconscious inside the c... (www.denverpost.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Brutal_Deluxe_ on 2024-10-12 18:06:40.

Original Title: TIL the constant mash and tug of starts and finishes is strong enough to detach the retina from drag racers' eyeballs. In the 1970s and 1980s some drag racers were knocked unconscious inside the cockpit by a horsepower-caused recoil dubbed “tire shake”

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TIL Aphantasia is a condition affecting 1 to 3% of people. Its mind or imagination blindness. People with Aphantasia cannot visualize anything in the minds. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/schmimilybrickjames on 2024-10-12 16:25:04.

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TIL while bat sleeps head down, they still flip around, head up to pee. (www.youtube.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Warcraft_Fan on 2024-10-12 15:56:37.

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TIL Todd Field, director and writer of Tár, helped create the first batch of Big League Chew bubble gum (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SaltyPeter3434 on 2024-10-12 15:55:05.

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TIL The Little White schoolhouse built in 1853 in Ripon, Wisconsin, is the birthplace of the Republican Party. The first meeting was held on March 20, 1854 to fight against the spread of slavery. ... (lwsh.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/cuspofgreatness on 2024-10-12 14:15:29.

Original Title: TIL The Little White schoolhouse built in 1853 in Ripon, Wisconsin, is the birthplace of the Republican Party. The first meeting was held on March 20, 1854 to fight against the spread of slavery. This meeting and another in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6 led to the formation of the Republican Party.

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TIL that in 1853, linguist and explorer Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as a Muslim and made the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca which is required of all Muslims. He later wrote a book abou... (www.baumanrarebooks.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe on 2024-10-12 13:41:51.

Original Title: TIL that in 1853, linguist and explorer Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as a Muslim and made the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca which is required of all Muslims. He later wrote a book about his experiences.

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TIL that during the siege of Leningrad during World War II, 28 scientists chose to die of hunger while protecting the seed vault at the Vavilov Institute rather than eating the seeds (www.grunge.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-10-12 12:57:44.

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TIL that a group of Jews came to China around 10th century and lived in the heart area of China, Henan province where Yellow River flows and Chinese originated, till middle 19th century when final... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/uniyk on 2024-10-12 11:45:55.

Original Title: TIL that a group of Jews came to China around 10th century and lived in the heart area of China, Henan province where Yellow River flows and Chinese originated, till middle 19th century when finally broken by wars, all while maintaining their Jewish identity and traditions and even Hebrew language

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TIL that in 1981, the magazine Locus butchered the title of Gene Wolfe's next novel "The Citadel of the Autarch" and announced that it would be titled "The Castle of the Otter". Wolfe found the mi... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ShabtaiBenOron on 2024-10-12 11:23:19.

Original Title: TIL that in 1981, the magazine Locus butchered the title of Gene Wolfe's next novel "The Citadel of the Autarch" and announced that it would be titled "The Castle of the Otter". Wolfe found the mistake so funny he actually published a book titled "The Castle of the Otter" the following year.

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TIL Catherine O’Hara (Moira from Shitt’s Creek) has reversed internal organs, a condition known as situs inversus (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CinnamonDish on 2024-10-12 09:43:50.

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TIL LSD was originally meant to be an analeptic, used in overdoses to stimulate the CNS, but the researcher accidentally absorbed some and got super high, leading to its discovery as a psychedelic (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BusinessCardGiver on 2024-10-12 05:04:37.

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TIL Narwals use their tusks to club and stun fish (youtu.be)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CantSmellThis on 2024-10-12 01:15:12.

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TIL that when U.S. Counties are ranked by per capita income, of the worst 5 percent of the counties, one - third are named for Confederate Leaders. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2024-10-12 09:09:59.

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TIL that even with the two massive hurricanes in the past few weeks, the damages in the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster were nearly double that of Helene and Milton damage estimates combined. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2024-10-12 08:17:43.

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TIL of Project Artichoke which was a mind control program from the intelligence divisions of the Army, Navy, Air Force and FBI. The goal was to determine if someone could involuntarily be made to ... (www.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AutomaticInfluence64 on 2024-10-12 04:54:26.

Original Title: TIL of Project Artichoke which was a mind control program from the intelligence divisions of the Army, Navy, Air Force and FBI. The goal was to determine if someone could involuntarily be made to perform an act of assassination. It also studied forced addiction to morphine, hypnosis, and amnesia.

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TIL During a 6-mo period, 2,055 Brown Recluse spiders were collected in a 19th-century-built home in Lenexa, KS. Estimates show that at least 400 spiders were large enough to cause envenomation. A... (academic.oup.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Fragzilla360 on 2024-10-12 01:19:03.

Original Title: TIL During a 6-mo period, 2,055 Brown Recluse spiders were collected in a 19th-century-built home in Lenexa, KS. Estimates show that at least 400 spiders were large enough to cause envenomation. A family of 4 had been living there since 1996 and had never been bit despite seeing them multiple times.

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TIL that "The Huckleberry Hound Show" by Hanna & Barbera was the first animated series to win an Emmy Award as an "Outstanding Achievement in the field of Children's Programming". It won the a... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TelescopiumHerscheli on 2024-10-12 01:13:26.

Original Title: TIL that "The Huckleberry Hound Show" by Hanna & Barbera was the first animated series to win an Emmy Award as an "Outstanding Achievement in the field of Children's Programming". It won the award in 1960.

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Today I learned Dana Carvey underwent heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery, but the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the hospital and won 7.5... (montanakids.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/walnutstampede on 2024-10-12 00:37:41.

Original Title: Today I learned Dana Carvey underwent heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery, but the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the hospital and won 7.5 million dollars, all of which was donated to charity.

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TIL a neutrino could pass through a lightyear of lead before it has a 50% chance of hitting a lead atom. (www.astronomy.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/oneMorbierfortheroad on 2024-10-12 00:16:54.

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TIL In 1797, Fath Ali Shah, the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran, was given a complete set of the Encyclopædia Britannica's 3rd edition, which he read completely; after this feat, he extended his ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Minifig81 on 2024-10-11 22:59:22.

Original Title: TIL In 1797, Fath Ali Shah, the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran, was given a complete set of the Encyclopædia Britannica's 3rd edition, which he read completely; after this feat, he extended his royal title to include "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopædia Britannica.