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Original Title: TIL "Johanne Sacrebleu" a parody short film, set in France and filmed in stereotypical French accents (but starring Mexicans and filmed in Mexico). It was released after the wide backlash from the poor portrayal of Mexico and its people by the film "Emilia Pérez"

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TIL a polar bear swam continuously for 687 kilometres (426 miles) in the Beaufort Sea. She swam for 232 hours or 9 days straight, in waters that were 2-6 degrees celsius, resulting in her cub dyin... (news.bbc.co.uk)

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Original Title: TIL a polar bear swam continuously for 687 kilometres (426 miles) in the Beaufort Sea. She swam for 232 hours or 9 days straight, in waters that were 2-6 degrees celsius, resulting in her cub dying and a drop in her body fat

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Random__Bystander on 2025-01-28 13:22:59+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Percilus on 2025-01-28 12:36:09+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Square-Singer on 2025-01-28 12:26:21+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/I_notta_crazy on 2025-01-28 11:23:59+00:00.

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 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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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sozh on 2025-01-28 11:25:56+00:00.

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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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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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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HughLauriesTits on 2025-01-28 05:25:50+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Glittering-Test-3763 on 2025-01-28 08:07:57+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/methodicalghostwolf on 2025-01-28 06:33:48+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FidelCashflows247 on 2025-01-28 05:21:06+00:00.

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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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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 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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CustomDunnyBrush on 2025-01-28 02:06:13+00:00.

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TIL The concept of 1st, 2nd & 3rd World country was purely Geopolitical and had nothing to do with its economy. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/The_Orgin on 2025-01-28 00:08:33+00:00.

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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 was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/not--a--redditor on 2025-01-27 22:55:35+00:00.

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.

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TIL that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won Emmy Awards for Comedy Acting in three different series: The New Adventures of Old Christine (1 Lead Actress award), Veep (6 consecutive Lead Actress awards), ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-01-27 22:37:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won Emmy Awards for Comedy Acting in three different series: The New Adventures of Old Christine (1 Lead Actress award), Veep (6 consecutive Lead Actress awards), and Seinfeld (1 Supporting Actress award).

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TIL that Alexander the Great apparently slept with an annotated copy of his favorite book, the Iliad, given to him by his tutor Aristotle under his pillow along with a dagger to harm anyone that t... (penelope.uchicago.edu)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PositiveDepth1533 on 2025-01-27 22:02:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Alexander the Great apparently slept with an annotated copy of his favorite book, the Iliad, given to him by his tutor Aristotle under his pillow along with a dagger to harm anyone that tried to take it from him while he slept.

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TIL the World Toilet Organization was founded in Singapore with the mission to improve global sanitation and toilet conditions worldwide. (rusticpathways.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheNewBruceWayne on 2025-01-27 21:38:49+00:00.

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TIL Wells Fargo Bank is a citizen of South Dakota (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Just_Want_To_Write on 2025-01-27 21:09:23+00:00.

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TIL that the now common white variant of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus is only about a century old and was serendipitously discovered in a Pennsylvania farm. (www.gbif.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gsurfer04 on 2025-01-27 20:14:44+00:00.

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TIL the orca (AKA killer whale) is a type of dolphin, and dolphins, in turn, are a class of whale. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/innergamedude on 2025-01-27 19:18:03+00:00.