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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Altruistic-Wait-2720 on 2025-02-21 14:01:07.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/12jimmy9712 on 2025-02-21 13:54:52.

Original Title: TIL that Mozart's full name was "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart." He often went by the German name "Gottlieb," which means "beloved by God." After his death, he became widely known by the Latin version of his name, "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-21 13:15:51.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Adorable-Badger-2525 on 2025-02-21 13:03:54.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-21 12:31:40.

Original Title: TIL that 50% of Subway, the sandwich company, is owned by a charity. Cofounder Peter Buck donated his $5 billion share of the company before he died. The Buck Foundation contributes to many causes, including the Internet Archive and land conservation.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-21 12:56:48.

Original Title: TIL that sheriffs in Louisiana also collect taxes, among other duties besides law enforcement. They are so powerful that when dropping out of the gubernatorial race in 1995, sheriff Harry Lee said "Why would I want to be governor when I can be king?"

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tenaciousdeev on 2025-02-21 12:28:31.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-02-21 11:53:54.

Original Title: TIL Hans Zimmer had trouble timing the score for Jack Sparrow and Will Turner's fight in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl," until an assistant making coffee asked to be given a shot, and that's how Ramin Djawadi ("Game of Thrones," "Iron Man," "Pacific Rim") got his career.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Shawnj2 on 2025-02-21 06:10:26.

Original Title: TIL progress on an extension to the Metrolink Antelope Valley line to Palmdale and Lancaster in LA was expedited by approximately 10 years by an earthquake. Portions of freeways serving those cities collapsed leading to an emergency extension to the line and temporary platforms being built.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CobblestonesSkylines on 2025-02-21 04:07:07.

Original Title: TIL "Ain't I a woman?" was never said by Sojourner Truth in her 1851 speech. Frances Dana Gage published an altered version of Truth's speech in 1863, which was often used in suffrage and abolitionist movements.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/stargazer304 on 2025-02-20 23:54:16.

The original post: /r/damnthatsinteresting by /u/Gianleafs on 2025-02-21 15:28:30.