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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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TIL The likelihood of conceiving twins is higher in African individuals than in any other group. (hal.science)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AerieAvailable on 2024-10-09 18:41:27.
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TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal's age at between 115 and 1... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jenesuispashariselon on 2024-10-09 18:05:39.

Original Title: TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal's age at between 115 and 130 years.

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TIL that Heath Ledger refused to present the Oscars in 2007 after he and Jake Gyllenhaal were asked to make fun of their "Brokeback Mountain" characters' romance (news.sky.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/9oRo on 2024-10-09 17:31:21.
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TIL that elephants sleep lying down on their sides and often huddle closely together while they do. (www.youtube.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/teacherterryj on 2024-10-09 17:00:26.
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TIL about Mortimer Taube, a pioneer in information and library sciences, whose "Computers and Common Sense: The Myth of Thinking Machines" (1961) and its analysis/critique of "thinking machines" ... (www.academia.edu)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/blonderengel on 2024-10-09 16:11:24.

Original Title: TIL about Mortimer Taube, a pioneer in information and library sciences, whose "Computers and Common Sense: The Myth of Thinking Machines" (1961) and its analysis/critique of "thinking machines" is still relevant to today's discussions involving artificial intelligence

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TIL a country called Republic of Indian Stream existed between USA and Canada, for less than three years between 1832 and 1835. It is now part of New Hampshire. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Striking-Bat-553 on 2024-10-09 15:17:34.
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TIL that the loudest shout ever recorded was by a primary school teacher who yelled ‘quiet!’ It was clocked at 121.7 decibels and the record has stood for 30 years. (www.bbc.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Brendawg324 on 2024-10-09 14:54:15.
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TIL While leather is edible, largely containing 60–70% water and 30–35% protein, only leathers that are either untanned or vegetable-tanned can be eaten. Leathers tanned by chemicals like in shoes... (www.mashed.com)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/UndyingCorn on 2024-10-09 13:10:44.

Original Title: TIL While leather is edible, largely containing 60–70% water and 30–35% protein, only leathers that are either untanned or vegetable-tanned can be eaten. Leathers tanned by chemicals like in shoes, wallets, and luggage will not be edible.

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TIL the Spanish pueblo which eventually became modern-day Los Angeles was originally called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/backrowejoe on 2024-10-09 09:50:07.
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TIL that Paul McCartney and his wife Linda agreed to appear in the Simpsons episode Lisa the Vegetarian, on condition that she would remain a vegetarian in subsequent episodes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jenesuispashariselon on 2024-10-09 07:42:29.
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