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TIL NHL player Tim Horton (co-founder of the Canadian coffeehouse/restaurant chain) died at the age of 44 when he crashed his car while driving home after an NHL game in Toronto. His BAC was twice ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about Pelorus Jack who was a dolphin that was famous for escorting ships through a stretch of water in Cook Strait, New Zealand. The animal was reported from 1888 until his disappearance after ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that during WW2, the US government confiscated brass decor from theaters to use in the war effort. The Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago painted all of their brass white to hide it from the go... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about mammoth hunters, people in Russia's far north who hunt for and sell "ice ivory": the tusks of mammoths. Some will illegally utilise firefighting equipment to melt ice and dig huge tunnels... (www.wired.co.uk)
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TIL "RentAHitman" has an average of 15-20 requests of genuine attempted murder every month for the past 14+ years. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of the ABCD system of aircraft maintenance. A and B checks are routine checks, while C is more intensive. D checks happen every 6-10 years and require the entire plane to be disassembled and th... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Hamburgers cooked in Louis Lunch restaurant in New Haven are made on the original cast iron vertical gas broilers from 1898 (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL "The Bladerunner" is a medical crime story that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie Blade Runner. The movie is based on a novel called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" The produce... (www.vulture.com)
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TIL the song 'Ms. Jackson' is about Erykah Badu and her mother. In and Interview Badu noted that her mother loved the song so much she bought herself a 'Ms. Jackson' license plate, mug, pens. She e... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog is being bred in captivity in order to preserve the species. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL: Usain Bolt Has Never Run a Mile (www.insider.com)
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TIL In 2022, 68 year-old Maya Murmu was collecting water in India when an elephant stamped on her. She was rushed to the hospital, but died from her injuries. When family members gathered for her f... (www.fox26houston.com)
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TIL The Man versus Horse Marathon, which has been running yearly since 1980, has only been won by a human three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2022. In all other years, a horse won. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Oreos are an imitation of the Hydrox chocolate cream-centered cookie introduced in 1908, but they outstripped Hydrox in popularity so much that many think Hydrox is an imitation of Oreo (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL: There was a Stanford study that took low income stressed/anxious children and exposed them to distressing images such as car crashes and then pleasant images to determine that they have strong... (med.stanford.edu)
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TIL that there are 6 Billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way alone. (www.thespaceacademy.org)
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TIL that during WWII, the British diverted so much Indian textile production that civilians raided graveyards for clothes. Some people couldn’t work because they didn’t have clothes; others locked ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Humans Have Shifted Earth’s Axis by 1m by Pumping Lots of Groundwater (climate.nasa.gov)
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TIL that Canada produced over 800,000 military trucks during WW2, more than Germany, Italy & Japan combined. In 1945 the Canadian Army had 1 vehicle for every 3 soldiers (the US Army had 1 for ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about Preserved Fish, who was a Famous New York Merchant in the 1800's. He's also Featured in Terry Pratchett's "Real People". (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL although it’s widely believed that The Doors never had a bass player, the statement isn’t entirely accurate, as the band always had a session bass player for their studio recordings. In fact, E... (en.wikipedia.org)
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clickbait is bad (hackertalks.com)
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I like the today I learned posting bot. I'm frustrated with the frequency that it employs clickbait titles. Is that something we could fix? I've gone through a long process of removing clickbait from my life, and I'd love to avoid clickbait here if possible.

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TIL Hitler was a vegetarian and used gruesome descriptions of animal suffering at the dinner table to try to dissuade his colleagues from eating meat (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL in 2007, Jon Lovitz confronted Andy Dick at a restaurant, where Dick claimed he put the Phil Hartman hex on Lovitz, stating he was the next to die. Lovitz and Dick then had a heated encounter, ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that 2500 years ago, an explorer named Hanno found a tribe of ‘hairy and savage’ people. He captured three women, but they were so ferocious that he had them killed and skinned. It’s speculated... (en.wikipedia.org)
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