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Original Title: TIL when Japanese-American Norm Mineta was interned as a child, US authorities confiscated his baseball bat. Later elected to Congress, someone gifted him a $1500 Hank Aaron bat-- which he had to return, since it violated House rules on gifts. Said Mineta: "The damn government's taken my bat again."

TIL that many fire departments display “Keep Back 343 Feet” on the back of their fire trucks not only as a safety reminder, but specifically in remembrance of the 343 firefighters lost on 9/11. (kdhnews.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Firesondiego on 2025-03-13 02:02:18.

TIL about sanewashing, where people try to minimise the perceived radical aspects of a person or idea to make them appear more acceptable to a wider audience. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ribbitor123 on 2025-03-13 01:23:44.

TIL that the Hindenburg (which was filled with flammable hydrogen gas) had a smoking lounge. The entrance to the lounge was pressurized, and the bartender had to make sure no hydrogen gas leaked, ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Super_Goomba64 on 2025-03-13 00:33:05.

Original Title: TIL that the Hindenburg (which was filled with flammable hydrogen gas) had a smoking lounge. The entrance to the lounge was pressurized, and the bartender had to make sure no hydrogen gas leaked, or if someone walked with a lit pipe or lit cigarette

TIL Burlington, Ontario closes a section of King Road for annual migration of the Jefferson salamander. (www.conservationhalton.ca)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Razzore on 2025-03-13 00:27:52.

TIL about Stephenson 2-18 being the largest star in the universe at 10 billion times larger than our sun. (www.star-facts.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jaknonymous on 2025-03-13 00:20:25.

TIL Apple's first CEO, Michael Scott, once personally fired forty Apple employees, believing they were redundant. Later the same day, he gathered employees around a keg of beer and stated, "I'll f... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2025-03-13 00:19:19.

Original Title: TIL Apple's first CEO, Michael Scott, once personally fired forty Apple employees, believing they were redundant. Later the same day, he gathered employees around a keg of beer and stated, "I'll fire people until it's fun again." Following this event, he was demoted to vice chairman.

TIL in 2015, Thomson Reuters experienced a "reply all" email storm when an employee located in the Philippines accidentally sent an email requesting his phone to be re-activated to over 33,000 cow... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-03-12 23:45:56.

Original Title: TIL in 2015, Thomson Reuters experienced a "reply all" email storm when an employee located in the Philippines accidentally sent an email requesting his phone to be re-activated to over 33,000 coworkers. Seven hours later, the original email resulted in nearly 23 million emails.

TIL Aaron Burr was the U.S. Vice President in July 1804 when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and continued to serve until his term ended eight months later. Charges of murder were complicat... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-03-12 23:13:52.

Original Title: TIL Aaron Burr was the U.S. Vice President in July 1804 when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and continued to serve until his term ended eight months later. Charges of murder were complicated by the fact that Hamilton was shot in New Jersey but died in New York.

TIL about the Law of Triviality (aka bike-shedding) where the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum [of the money] involved. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Olshansk on 2025-03-12 22:31:25.

TIL while voice actor Tara Strong was recording crying noises for her character Dill Pickles on Rugrats, the producers stopped her because her crying was so real that she made a woman in the studi... (www.avclub.com)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SaltyPeter3434 on 2025-03-12 21:29:25.

Original Title: TIL while voice actor Tara Strong was recording crying noises for her character Dill Pickles on Rugrats, the producers stopped her because her crying was so real that she made a woman in the studio lactate