Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL that Catherine Parr was 31 years old and twice widowed when she married 52-year-old King Henry VIII in 1543. Three years later, she became a widow for the third time. A few years after Henry’s... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-02-04 21:00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Catherine Parr was 31 years old and twice widowed when she married 52-year-old King Henry VIII in 1543. Three years later, she became a widow for the third time. A few years after Henry’s death, she married Thomas Seymour, the brother of Henry’s third wife.

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TIL that in animation, the voices are generally recorded first, then the animation was or is drawn or rendered to that. (youtu.be)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Money-Ad7257 on 2025-02-04 18:44:01.

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TIL our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain between 100 and 400 billion stars (asd.gsfc.nasa.gov)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Careless_Spring_6764 on 2025-02-04 17:16:34.

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TIL about the Jarramplas Festival in Spain, where a man dressed in a costume gets pelted with turnips. (www.theguardian.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/quietjaypee on 2025-02-04 16:08:36.

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TIL of Steven K. Roberts, considered the earliest Digital Nomad who traveled thousands of miles across America on a bicycle (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/itstherizzler96 on 2025-02-04 13:56:47.

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TIL The myth of Achilles being invincible except for his heel wasn't originally part of Achilles' story, but a later addition (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AevnNoram on 2025-02-04 20:00:16.

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TIL the Star-Spangled Banner has an unofficial fifth verse, written by the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes at the beginning of the Civil War. Unlike the familiar verse, it's not about a foreign enemy. ... (www.npr.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Nur-Anscheinend on 2025-02-04 19:36:21.

Original Title: TIL the Star-Spangled Banner has an unofficial fifth verse, written by the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes at the beginning of the Civil War. Unlike the familiar verse, it's not about a foreign enemy. It's about the foe from within.

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TIL that 11-year old Ted Danson and his friends chopped down a bunch of billboards around Flagstaff, AZ, because they obstructed views of nature. He was caught when his father, a museum curator, l... (azdailysun.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DoctorKynes on 2025-02-04 18:59:30.

Original Title: TIL that 11-year old Ted Danson and his friends chopped down a bunch of billboards around Flagstaff, AZ, because they obstructed views of nature. He was caught when his father, a museum curator, learned that billboards for the Museum of Northern Arizona were spared.

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TIL Bhutan committed ethnic cleansing against its indigenous Nepali population, leading them to seek refuge in other countries including Nepal and European countries (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ImperialOverlord on 2025-02-04 17:52:24.

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TIL there is currently a worldwide shortage of black pepper and the price-per-ton has almost tripled since January 2023. (www.majesticspice.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/oceanicplatform on 2025-02-04 16:59:20.

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TIL that aniseed balls were incorporated into limpet mines in the 1930s. The balls were situated between striker and detonator and dissolved in a consistent time of ~35 minutes, allowing saboteurs... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DurhamOx on 2025-02-04 16:55:49.

Original Title: TIL that aniseed balls were incorporated into limpet mines in the 1930s. The balls were situated between striker and detonator and dissolved in a consistent time of ~35 minutes, allowing saboteurs time to escape after being attached to a target.

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TIL Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II are honorary Harlem Globetrotters (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Harvickfan4Life on 2025-02-04 15:54:47.

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TIL the Humor Research Lab thinks humor comes from “benign violations”: minor attacks on our physical, psychological, and cultural stability that we consider harmless. (humorresearchlab.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/lord_braleigh on 2025-02-04 15:39:07.

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TIL about Karen Wetterhahn who was a chemist that died of severe trimethylmercury poisoning. Her life could've been saved, if she had removed her gloves before 15 seconds of exposure to a drop of ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Infamous-Echo-3949 on 2025-02-04 15:09:44.

Original Title: TIL about Karen Wetterhahn who was a chemist that died of severe trimethylmercury poisoning. Her life could've been saved, if she had removed her gloves before 15 seconds of exposure to a drop of it. In 1996, regulatory bodies didn't know latex gloves were insufficient; she died almost a year later.

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TIL the Purple Earth Hypothesis proposes that the Earth's surface biosphere may have appeared purple in the past due to photosynthesis at the time being based on simpler retinal instead of more co... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/woeful_haichi on 2025-02-04 14:42:32.

Original Title: TIL the Purple Earth Hypothesis proposes that the Earth's surface biosphere may have appeared purple in the past due to photosynthesis at the time being based on simpler retinal instead of more complex chlorophyll

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TIL that people with depression tend to see the world in less saturated colors due to changes in the retina’s response to contrast. (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/According-Stress-743 on 2025-02-04 14:35:32.

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TIL Warner Bros turned down signing Papa Roach after listening to an unreleased demo. The demo included the tracks "Infest," "Last Resort," "Broken Home," "Dead Cell," and "She Loves Me Not". (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/fanboy_killer on 2025-02-04 14:23:33.

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TIL that of the 195 UN member and observer states, just 5 aren't party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Of these, 4 are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons, while the fifth is Sou... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/huseddit on 2025-02-04 14:04:48.

Original Title: TIL that of the 195 UN member and observer states, just 5 aren't party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Of these, 4 are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons, while the fifth is South Sudan.

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TIL That Troy Hurtubise, the man who made the only modern bear proof suit, died in 2018 in a horrific car accident (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/KrackSmellin on 2025-02-04 13:54:48.

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TIL that Andrew Carnegie funded an organization to simplify spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevelt began using the reformed spelling in his official communications and tried to get the ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2025-02-04 13:06:06.

Original Title: TIL that Andrew Carnegie funded an organization to simplify spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevelt began using the reformed spelling in his official communications and tried to get the federal government to follow suit, but Congress unanimously voted to stop him.

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TIL about infinitism, the philosophical belief that knowledge can be justified by an infinitely long non-repeating chain of reason (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Bobbitibob on 2025-02-04 12:03:18.

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TIL that when Winona Ryder was offered the role of Joyce Byers, she agreed on the condition that she would be allowed time off to film a sequel to Beetlejuice if it began filming while Stranger Th... (variety.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TedTheodoreMcfly on 2025-02-04 07:09:35.

Original Title: TIL that when Winona Ryder was offered the role of Joyce Byers, she agreed on the condition that she would be allowed time off to film a sequel to Beetlejuice if it began filming while Stranger Things was still in production.

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TIL - Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper in World Cup history to win the Golden Ball (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/wendalltwolf on 2025-02-04 06:59:09.

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TIL Babybel cheese held a competition for the best Babybel cheese wax sculpture last year. The winner won $1500 (Australian Dollars) for his sculpture "Three Cheeky Mice". Babybel recreated and di... (www.perthnow.com.au)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ClownfishSoup on 2025-02-04 06:24:57.

Original Title: TIL Babybel cheese held a competition for the best Babybel cheese wax sculpture last year. The winner won $1500 (Australian Dollars) for his sculpture "Three Cheeky Mice". Babybel recreated and displayed a giant version of the sculpture using 20,000 cheeses worth of wax.

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TIL In Japan, the Johatsu, meaning "evaporated people", choose to abandon their current lives - due to family strain, work pressure or any other reason. So-called 'night moving' companies help the... (www.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/RebelGrin on 2025-02-04 06:15:41.

Original Title: TIL In Japan, the Johatsu, meaning "evaporated people", choose to abandon their current lives - due to family strain, work pressure or any other reason. So-called 'night moving' companies help them disappear without a trace and start a new life somewhere else.