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TIL The Dachshund has it's distinct body shape due to being bred to enter the burrows of small animals, and its distinct face allowed it to access small crevices within these burrows to latch onto... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TitansFrontRow on 2025-01-28 17:38:34.

Original Title: TIL The Dachshund has it's distinct body shape due to being bred to enter the burrows of small animals, and its distinct face allowed it to access small crevices within these burrows to latch onto it's prey and be pulled out of the burrow by it's owner.

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TIL After the Osama Bin Laden raid the US Military used an early form of AI to analyze the recovered media and prevent imminent terror attacks. (www.defense.gov)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tipothehat on 2025-01-28 16:46:13.

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TIL about Pele's Hair, thin glass strands made from erupting lava (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SunUnlikely6914 on 2025-01-28 16:38:42.

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TIL an American photographer lost and fatally stranded in Alsakan wilderness was ignored by a state trooper plane because he raised his fist which is the sign of all okay (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/500Rtg on 2025-01-28 16:24:09.

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TIL that in 17th-century Naples, a nobleman fought 20 duels to prove Dante Alighieri a greater poet than Ludovico Ariosto, before admitting that he read neither of them (www.theguardian.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2025-01-28 14:30:20.

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TIL Maynard & Danny from TOOL were in the comedy rock band Green Jell-o (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Random__Bystander on 2025-01-28 13:22:59.

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TIL Anne Frank’s father Otto earned 2 Iron Crosses fighting at the Somme and Cambrai in WW1 before surviving Auschwitz (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/FidelCashflows247 on 2025-01-28 05:21:06.

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TIL that A Beautiful Mind was the second schizophrenia themed movie that Ron Howard optioned. Laws of Madness would have been based on the story of Michael Laudor starring Brad Pitt. The proje... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/trufus_for_youfus on 2025-01-28 04:30:50.

Original Title: TIL that A Beautiful Mind was the second schizophrenia themed movie that Ron Howard optioned. Laws of Madness would have been based on the story of Michael Laudor starring Brad Pitt. The project was abandoned after Laudor killed his pregnant fiancee in 1998.

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TIL that in 1986 "Dear God" by XTC was released about an agnostic questioning the existence of god and a Florida radio station received a bomb threat for playing it. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Percilus on 2025-01-28 12:36:09.

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TIL: The 1887 novel "Rondah, or Thirty-Three Years in a Star" is the earliest concept of a forcefield like technology, referring to a far off "sun island" that has an invisible "wall in the air" t... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/WingerRules on 2025-01-28 12:33:02.

Original Title: TIL: The 1887 novel "Rondah, or Thirty-Three Years in a Star" is the earliest concept of a forcefield like technology, referring to a far off "sun island" that has an invisible "wall in the air" that prevents passage but is sometimes disabled.

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TIL that Scrooge McDuck was canonically 80yo at his first appearance in 1947. Today he's 158. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Square-Singer on 2025-01-28 12:26:21.

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TIL a 1896 study found that 90% of all commercial ketchups contained “injurious ingredients” that could lead to death. So "at a time when no one else cared" Henry Heinz was obsessed with making pr... (www.fastcompany.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-01-28 11:28:13.

Original Title: TIL a 1896 study found that 90% of all commercial ketchups contained “injurious ingredients” that could lead to death. So "at a time when no one else cared" Henry Heinz was obsessed with making products as pure as possible. His see-through bottles were a design statement: purity through transparency

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TIL that cyclists in a peloton (tight bunch of riders) can see reductions in drag of 90% or more, leading to huge energy savings (www.sciencedirect.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/sozh on 2025-01-28 11:25:56.

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TIL the statue atop the US Capitol building was going to have a liberty cap (the old Roman symbol of an emancipated slave), but future Confederate President Jefferson Davis made the sculptor remov... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/I_notta_crazy on 2025-01-28 11:23:59.

Original Title: TIL the statue atop the US Capitol building was going to have a liberty cap (the old Roman symbol of an emancipated slave), but future Confederate President Jefferson Davis made the sculptor remove it.

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TIL about "scientific" matchmaking tests Hugo Gernsback proposed in the 1920s, which describes four tests that can be given to a couple to assess whether a marriage will succeed. (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/charmer143 on 2025-01-28 11:02:56.

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TIL inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu holds 3,377 patents (e.g. the floppy disk). He finds inspiration by going on long underwater swims while holding his breath as long as he can "to starve the brain of... (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-01-28 10:33:26.

Original Title: TIL inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu holds 3,377 patents (e.g. the floppy disk). He finds inspiration by going on long underwater swims while holding his breath as long as he can "to starve the brain of oxygen." Then at "0.5 seconds before death" he jots down his idea on a waterproof notepad & surfaces.

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Today I learned that Finland has a unique "day fine" system for speeding tickets, where fines are calculated based on the offender's income, making penalties proportionate to one's earnings. (www.theguardian.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Glittering-Test-3763 on 2025-01-28 08:07:57.

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TIL that the second oldest restaurant in South Korea serves North Korean cuisine (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/methodicalghostwolf on 2025-01-28 06:33:48.

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TIL about the Birmingham Rollers Pigeons - approx. 1,500 in LA, mostly areas with gang violence, that train pigeons to somersault mid-air! (youtu.be)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HughLauriesTits on 2025-01-28 05:25:50.

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TIL of the 3:16 game. In a Broncos/Steelers playoff game, Tim Tebow wrote "John 3:16" on his eyeblack. He would go on to have 316 passing yards and 31.6 yards per completion. Ben Roethlisberger th... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/WavesAndSaves on 2025-01-28 04:25:35.

Original Title: TIL of the 3:16 game. In a Broncos/Steelers playoff game, Tim Tebow wrote "John 3:16" on his eyeblack. He would go on to have 316 passing yards and 31.6 yards per completion. Ben Roethlisberger threw an interception on 3rd-and-16, and the Steelers had 31 minutes and 6 sesconds in time of possession.

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TIL a 1980 Swedish rockabilly song about a leaking reactor in a nuclear power plant has become a popular song in Mexico, where it is known as "Himno a la banda" (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Brutal_Deluxe_ on 2025-01-27 22:26:16.

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TIL about a Guitar Hero/Rock Band clone called Guitar Praise which contains songs by Christian Rock musicians such as 12 Stones, Stryper & Thousand Foot Krutch (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/D_White93 on 2025-01-27 19:29:50.

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TIL 97% of NYC Hydrant Tickets are Issued within 7ft (despite law being 15 ft) (paynycfines.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Locksmith_Usual on 2025-01-27 17:51:45.

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TIL The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde first started out creating a project called (Mike Hunt's) Dishonorable Discharge (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CustomDunnyBrush on 2025-01-28 02:06:13.

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TIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/not--a--redditor on 2025-01-27 22:55:35.

Original Title: TIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas Paine's proposal to create a coin with a one-cent value without making it excessively heavy.