Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-03-11 01:41:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the brain at once, it’s more effective than almost anything else at distracting from pain and discomfort.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-02-01 20:43:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: "Itasha" which translates to "painful" or "cringeworthy" car is a subculture that originated in Japan which involves wrapping cars in flashy graphics, typically anime girls. In recent years it has been growing in popularity in the US with specialized businesses such as "The Weeb Stop".

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/lucifrage on 2025-02-01 20:25:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RebelGrin on 2025-02-01 18:50:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-02-01 19:42:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL under suspicion that he might join protests at the republican party convention in 1972, John Lennon was under heavy CIA surveillance. Lennon and his wife were aware they were under surveillance to some degree, but were still shocked once they were informed about the full extent of it

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kari-kateora on 2025-02-01 19:42:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the final article of the Greek Constitution says all Greeks "have the right and the duty to resist by all possible means against anyone who attempts the violent abolition of the Constitution."

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/professorstreets on 2025-02-01 19:28:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the spoils system which is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (cronyism), and relatives (nepotism) as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2025-02-01 18:19:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after Superman’s much-publicized 1992 “death”, he returned in 1993’s “Reign of the Supermen” sporting a mullet. The cancelled film Superman Lives would have also featured a mullet-wearing Superman.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ralphbernardo on 2025-02-01 18:34:50+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Black Sunday, April 14, 1935, when a massive dust storm hundreds of miles wide and thousands of feet high tore through Oklahoma and Texas. Temperatures dropped 30+ degrees in 2 hours as the storm turned day into night, plunging the Southern Plains into total darkness.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/us_against_the_world on 2025-02-01 17:30:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Jefferson Davis attempted to patent a steam-operated propeller invented by his slave, Ben Montgomery. Davis was denied because he was not the "true inventor." As President of the Confederacy, Davis signed a law that permitted the owner to apply to patent the invention of a slave.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/pierraltaltal on 2025-02-01 17:09:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Acacia trees developped a defense response to giraffe browsing by increasing their thorn length, tannin production within leaves and airborne tannin release. This triggered a change in the giraffe's behaviour which adapted to move upwind and eat fewer leaves per trees.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/us_against_the_world on 2025-02-01 17:00:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL an enslaved blacksmith named Ned invented a "cotton scraper". His master, Oscar Stuart sought the patent for himself in Ned’s name but was denied as a slave was considered property and not a citizen, therefore could not apply for patent rights in the United States.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/thematicwater on 2025-02-01 16:09:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2025-02-01 16:48:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that demand for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) in 2024 forced Novo Nordisk to run factories 24/7, 365 days a year, hire 10,000+ workers, and spend $6B on expansion. New UK prescriptions were also halted due to shortages.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/woeful_haichi on 2025-02-01 16:21:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/us_against_the_world on 2025-02-01 16:12:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1715 Sybilla Masters was awarded the patent for her corn-processing machine in her husband's name as coverture laws at the time prevented a married woman from owning property, including intellectual property.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AWintergarten on 2025-02-01 15:09:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the phrase “mad as a hatter” comes from 18th- and 19th-century hat makers who suffered mercury poisoning from the chemicals used in felt production, leading to tremors, hallucinations, and erratic behavior.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/wilsonofoz on 2025-02-01 14:49:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish neurologist that escaped Nazi Germany, founded what would become the Paralympic Games in 1948 with the Stoke Mandeville Games. Guttmann believed sport was a major form of therapy for disabled people

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IvantheGreat66 on 2025-02-01 14:30:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Lokalaskurar on 2025-02-01 14:19:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/VisaMaster22 on 2025-02-01 07:23:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ComprehensiveDay2783 on 2025-02-01 12:41:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/wilsonofoz on 2025-02-01 12:14:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Nikola Tesla was obsessed with the number 3 and engaged in a number of compulsive behaviors around it. For example, he would walk around a building three times before entering and he commonly washed his hands three times in a row

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Familiar_Onion4898 on 2025-02-01 11:22:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Marblesmiller1 on 2025-02-01 09:27:19+00:00.