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TIL there’s a secret material called FOGBANK that is used in nuclear warheads. "The material is classified. Its composition is classified. Its use in the weapon is classified, and the process itse... (www.twz.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tomekzak on 2024-10-09 16:07:45.

Original Title: TIL there’s a secret material called FOGBANK that is used in nuclear warheads. "The material is classified. Its composition is classified. Its use in the weapon is classified, and the process itself is classified.”

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TIL that drinking too much coffee (more than six cups per day) can reduce brain size and cause dementia (www.gilmorehealth.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-10-10 09:38:00.
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TIL that 600 Ottoman defectors under the command of rival to the throne Orhan Çelebi joined the defense of the Byzantine Empire during the siege and ultimate fall of Constantinople in 1453 (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/hariseldon2 on 2024-10-10 09:32:07.
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TIL the US government utilized weather warfare during Vietnam (history.state.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/swz on 2024-10-10 09:19:18.
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TIL that Tuvalu announced plans as the first country in the world to build a digital replica in the metaverse to preserve its cultural heritage. (www.abc.net.au)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Idontknowofname on 2024-10-10 08:11:33.
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TIL Dictator Muammar Gaddafi had a strange obsession with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He had Libya's most famous composer write her a song called "Black Flower in the White House." A p... (www.npr.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/PinheadLarry2323 on 2024-10-10 07:58:01.

Original Title: TIL Dictator Muammar Gaddafi had a strange obsession with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He had Libya's most famous composer write her a song called "Black Flower in the White House." A photo album full of pictures of her was also found next to his bed by opposition fighters

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TIL that in Japan you can visit Soineya, a co-sleeping specialty shop. It’s a cafe where you pay for sleeping (literally) or cuddling with a girl you like. (novasiagsis.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tomekzak on 2024-10-10 06:20:28.
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TIL humans can have a form of echolocation.Just by clicking their tongue or simply snapping their fingers they can know where they are, or where to go.About 30 percent of blind people use this wit... (www.physoc.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AST_XS1S on 2024-10-10 04:56:04.

Original Title: TIL humans can have a form of echolocation.Just by clicking their tongue or simply snapping their fingers they can know where they are, or where to go.About 30 percent of blind people use this with their stick that most use. Even people who aren't blind can do this with lots of patience and training

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TIL Strawberry Pop-Tarts are one of the most purchased food items at Walmart during hurricane preparation. (abcnews.go.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2024-10-10 03:36:29.
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TIL when bowler Peter Weber famously exclaimed "Who do you think you are I am?" after he won the 2012 US Open on ESPN, what he meant to say was "Who do you think you are rooting against me? I am t... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-10 03:24:25.

Original Title: TIL when bowler Peter Weber famously exclaimed "Who do you think you are I am?" after he won the 2012 US Open on ESPN, what he meant to say was "Who do you think you are rooting against me? I am the man in this tournament!" He directed it at a young heckler who would jeer him during his approach

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TIL although Sweden has the lowest level of people who smoke in Europe (9.3%), it's the only country where noticeably more women smoke than men (www.euronews.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-10-10 02:43:07.
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TIL That in the United States people weigh the least shortly before Thanksgiving (news.cornell.edu)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/enjoyyournight on 2024-10-10 02:17:29.
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TIL that a group of American sugar plantation owners with support of the US Government overthrew the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani to make Hawaii a US Protectorate. Hawaii would later b... (www.history.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GeneralIronsides2 on 2024-10-10 01:09:14.

Original Title: TIL that a group of American sugar plantation owners with support of the US Government overthrew the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani to make Hawaii a US Protectorate. Hawaii would later be annexed.

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TIL that there is no certain proof about how Repulse Bay in Hong Kong got its name. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TheSanityInspector on 2024-10-10 00:34:49.
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TIL US president Benjamin Harrison was widowed while in office in 1892. Four years later, Harrison married his dead wife's niece and had a daughter with her. His adult children who were around 40 ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Fishblaster69 on 2024-10-09 23:02:42.

Original Title: TIL US president Benjamin Harrison was widowed while in office in 1892. Four years later, Harrison married his dead wife's niece and had a daughter with her. His adult children who were around 40 years old, were horrified that their father married their cousin and didn't attend the wedding.

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TIL that Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost piece of land in the world at 83°39′N latitude, has flowers growing on it (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/A_Mirabeau_702 on 2024-10-09 20:49:06.
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TIL of Buttergate - a 2021 controversy caused by Canadian dairy farmers adding palm oil to cows' diets, resulting in butter that didn't spread at room temperature. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/EtOHMartini on 2024-10-09 20:41:51.
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TIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her l... (www.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AutomaticInfluence64 on 2024-10-10 00:17:36.

Original Title: TIL in 1874, Mary Rafferty came to Dr. Roberts Bartholow at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for a lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as cancerous and surgery was attempted. Bartholow saw her lesion as terminal so decided to experiment on her exposed brain. He was condemned by his peers for this.

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TIL about The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. It was built in 1883 as a toll way and operated as such until the 1920s when it was rebuilt. Legend has it that an early traveler was so overcome ... (www.durango.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LadyWarrior73 on 2024-10-09 23:53:44.

Original Title: TIL about The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. It was built in 1883 as a toll way and operated as such until the 1920s when it was rebuilt. Legend has it that an early traveler was so overcome by vertigo on the steep, winding road that he said he would never travel it again even for a million $.

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TIL about Sigfox, a global network operator founded in 2010 that built wireless networks to connect low-power devices over large areas and to reach underground objects. As of November 2020, the ne... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jacknunn on 2024-10-09 23:23:05.

Original Title: TIL about Sigfox, a global network operator founded in 2010 that built wireless networks to connect low-power devices over large areas and to reach underground objects. As of November 2020, the network covered a total of 5.8 million square kilometers in 72 countries

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TIL in 2010 during Netherlands' Remembrance Day ceremony a man screamed so loud into crowd of 20,000 people it caused a panic stampede injuring 87. (www.dutchamsterdam.nl)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Robb_Banks on 2024-10-09 22:34:19.
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TIL Earth's magnetic field was approximately twice as strong in Roman times as it is now (geomag.bgs.ac.uk)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Simopop on 2024-10-09 19:39:38.
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TIL: A large study led Dr. Danielle Dick and 26 researchers analyzed the genes of 1.5 million people, and found 579 locations in the genome linked to anti social behavior, drug use, and addiction.... (news.vcu.edu)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2024-10-09 21:24:37.

Original Title: TIL: A large study led Dr. Danielle Dick and 26 researchers analyzed the genes of 1.5 million people, and found 579 locations in the genome linked to anti social behavior, drug use, and addiction. It is known as a high risk profile. However, fighter pilots, CEOs, and entrepreneurs also have it.

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TIL Seth McFarlane is one of many waiting to be cryopreserved when they die (wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Training-Republic301 on 2024-10-09 20:52:03.
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TIL background music help with concentration - it increases task-focus and decreases mind-wandering (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SebOritws on 2024-10-09 18:45:15.
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