Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fabulous_Bluebird931 on 2025-04-04 15:09:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Proboyhuh on 2025-04-04 14:30:58+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rosstedfordkendall on 2025-04-04 14:22:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-04-04 13:59:09+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building between the 78th & 80th floors, which killed 14 people and injured 26 others. Although on a normal workday, as many as 15,000 people worked in the skyscraper, but the crash happened to occur on a Saturday with only 1,500 present.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-04-04 13:52:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL to help finance the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, producers secured funding from Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and Pink Floyd. The British comedy was first released 50 years ago this week, in April 1975.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fit-Farmer7754 on 2025-04-04 12:01:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake created the Drake Equation, a formula to estimate the number of communicative alien civilizations in our galaxy, sparking the modern search for extraterrestrial life.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PeopleHaterThe12th on 2025-04-04 13:01:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the Smooth-Hawley tariff act of 1930 which increased US tariffs (by an average of 20%) on over 20,000 imported goods, while it seemed succesful at first by 1933 US exports had declined by 61% and its GNP by almost 50%

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AhmedMostafa16 on 2025-04-04 12:14:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Hairy_Ghostbear on 2025-04-04 09:59:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Blackraven2007 on 2025-04-04 09:25:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Sam Houston is the only person to have served as the governor of 2 U.S. states, with him serving as the 6th governor of Tennessee from 1827-1829, and as the 7th governor of Texas from 1859-1861.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RaccoonDoor on 2025-04-04 08:24:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Thailand declared war on the United States in 1942. However, the Thai ambassador to the United States refused to deliver the war declaration. As a result, the US simply ignored Thailand's declaration of war.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MechCADdie on 2025-04-04 08:19:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TarantusaurusRex on 2025-04-04 06:18:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Italy is home to the “World Capital of Ugly People,” where an official club celebrates ugliness with festivals, rankings, and a satirical "No-Bel" Prize. And you can apply to be assessed for membership.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-04-04 06:12:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Part of N.Machiavelli's diplomatic mission to Cesare Borgia included sending intel back to his government, even down to Borgia's personal habits. He noticed that he had inhuman energy and could go several nights working sleepless but occasionaly would "fall to his bed" and refuse to see anyone

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/anniegush69 on 2025-04-04 03:59:42+00:00.

Original Title: Today I Learned that a rare Panamanian tree fern can turn its dead leaves into functioning roots. When the fronds die and touch the ground, they regrow into nutrient-absorbing roots, effectively recycling themselves to survive in poor soil.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Longjumping_Bus2395 on 2025-04-04 04:23:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bellbros on 2025-04-04 04:23:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-04-04 04:08:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Harald a lowly Viking Chieftain proposed to his concubine Gyda, who declined, saying she’d only marry him if he ruled all of Norway. Harald vowed not to cut or comb his hair until he achieved this. After ten years of war, he united Norway, earned the nickname “Fairhair,” and married Gyda.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/1900grs on 2025-04-04 03:11:58+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/matterde on 2025-04-04 03:10:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flaxmoore on 2025-04-04 02:42:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/illogictc on 2025-04-04 01:15:41+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That even though Rob Zombie appeared as a character in Twisted Metal 4 in addition to contributing music and a music video to it, he didn't voice his own character. Jon St. John of Duke Nukem fame did.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Necessary-Phrase- on 2025-04-04 01:02:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MyNameIsMantis on 2025-04-03 22:27:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-04-03 21:46:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL with his dad totally against it, 19-yr-old Fabio Lanzoni moved to the US & within 48 hrs of arriving he walked into the Ford modeling agency without an appointment & walked out with a $150K contract. The next day he was hired for the launch of Gap Inc. Then began to pose for 15 book covers a day