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TIL about the Korean Axe Murder Incident, occurring in the North & South Korean DMZ in 1976. Incensed at US troops trimming a historical tree, North Korean troops attacked, killing two US Army officers. Retaliating with an overwhelming show of force, US troops returned and chopped down the tree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident
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TIL About 130 million adults in the U.S. — half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 — have low literacy skills

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gxae6s/til_about_130_million_adults_in_the_us_half_of/

Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab

About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education.
APM Research Lab
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TIL the Equal Rights Amendment met all constitutional requirements for ratification in 2020, and the American Bar Association recommended immediate publication in 2024

https://www.americanbar.org/content/aba-cms-dotorg/en/news/reporter_resources/annual-meeting-2024/house-of-delegates-resolutions/601/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gxa4e6/til_the_equal_rights_amendment_met_all/
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TIL 92% of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have skull malformations that squish part of their brain into their spinal column.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5461676/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gxa2cf/til_92_of_cavalier_king_charles_spaniels_have/

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TiL it took 35 years and a lot of thrown away clothes to find out Hydrogen peroxide will remove set-in blood stains from clothes, rugs, furniture, hair, and just about anything else you can think of.

https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fthefabricofourlives.com%2Fcare-tips%2Fstain-removal%2Fblood-stains&utm_campaign=aga&utm_source=agsadl1%2Csh%2Fx%2Fgs%2Fm2%2F4
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How to remove blood stains from clothes | Cotton | Cotton

Get those blood stains out of your favorite clothes with this helpful guide. Whether they’re new or old blood stains, follow these easy steps to remove them.
Cotton Incorporated
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TIL Justin Bieber didn't have a Number 1 hit till 'What Do You Mean' in 2015 (half a decade after Baby and all the "Belieb" stuff, years after the controversies, and a few months after the Comedy Central Roast)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/justin-bieber-scores-first-billboard-820920/
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Justin Bieber Scores First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The track is just the 23rd song ever to start at No. 1, launching with sales of 337,000 downloads.
Gary Trust, Billboard (The Hollywood Reporter)
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TIL that Saturn's sixth-largest moon Enceladus is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it the most reflective body in the Solar System. It shoots out water vapor, and other solid material totaling about 200 kilograms per second. Most of these materials supplies the making of Saturn's E ring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus
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TIL in 1989, when Universal Studios found out that the Disney Co was suing 3 Florida daycares over using 5 foot tall likenesses of their trademarked characters illegally, they stepped in and offered the daycares permission to use their characters like Scooby-Doo, Flintstones, and Yogi Bear for free.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daycare-center-murals/
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Did Disney Demand the Removal of Cartoon Murals from Daycare Center Walls?

Disney forced the removal of murals featuring their cartoon figures from the walls of three Florida day care centers.
David Mikkelson (Snopes.com)
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TIL the USS Stein was a US navy vessel that was attacked by a sea monster. In 1978 huge gashes and cuts were found in the rubber coating of the sonar dome. Inside the cuts were broken pieces of cephalopod claws, larger than those of any known giant squid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stein?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gx5uik/til_the_uss_stein_was_a_us_navy_vessel_that_was/

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TIL there was a disastrous Broadway musical based on "Lolita," created by major talents, including the composer of the James Bond theme and the lyricist from "My Fair Lady."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita,_My_Love
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gx5s6v/til_there_was_a_disastrous_broadway_musical_based/
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TIL: The gaming industry generates more revenue than the film, television and music industries combined, with a global worth exceeding $200 billion in 2023.

https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-industry-is-larger-than-film-television-and-music-combined/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gx58hk/til_the_gaming_industry_generates_more_revenue/

Georgia’s Got Game: Why the Gaming Industry Is Larger Than Film, Television and Music Combined

Georgia has discovered that video games and esports are powerful tools for economic development, and even more so for youth skill development and workforce development.
Staff (Georgia Entertainment)
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TIL the Indian state of Uttar Prades has 241 million inhabitants making it the most populous country subdivision in the world. It has 3% of the world's population and outranks all but 4 countries outside India in population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh
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TIL in 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets of the Yukon Territory challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup. The Dawson City hockey players embarked on an arduous 3 week journey (4,000 miles) via dog sled, bicycle, foot, train, and ship. On arrival, they were were roundly defeated (9–2 and 23–2)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_City_Nuggets
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TIL: A site manager's failed attempt to free a stuck flatbed truck resulted in it rolling off a cliff, blocking a railway tunnel just as an express train was approaching, leading to a crash that killed 49 people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Hualien_train_derailment
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gx3own/til_a_site_managers_failed_attempt_to_free_a/

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TIL Ray Bolger, the actor who played Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz (1939) was asked if he got any residuals from telecasts of The Wizard of Oz, Bolger replyed: "No, just immortality. I'll settle for that."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bolger
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TIL: a site managers' poor attempt to unstuck a flatbed truck sent that truck rolling down a cliff where it blocked a railway tunnel entrance, just as an express train was barreling into the tunnel. 49 people died as the train hit the fallen truck, derailed, then hit the tunnel entrance head on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Hualien_train_derailment
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TIL People sometimes resort to amputating limbs to prevent the spread of infection. Woodworm ants, specifically C. floridanus, have also been observed to do this. They will gnaw off an injured leg of a fellow ant in order to save the other ant's life.

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00805-4#%20
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TIL of Yhprum's law, the opposite of Murphy's law, stating that "everything that can work, will work." "Yhprum" is "Murphy", spelled backwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yhprum%27s_law
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TIL about Superfecundation/bipaternization, when a woman is pregnant with 2 babies at the same time each with a different father.

https://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Superfecundation
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gx1cz8/til_about_superfecundationbipaternization_when_a/
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TIL Chen Mengjia, who opposed the Communist government's proposal to simplify Chinese characters. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was labeled a Rightist and sent to a labor camp. In 1966, at the start of the Cultural Revolution, he faced severe persecution again and committed suicide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Mengjia
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gx0kc1/til_chen_mengjia_who_opposed_the_communist/

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TIL that the triangle seen from the Flag of the Philippines is derived from masonic symbolism, as many early leaders of Filipino independence from Spain were themselves Freemasons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Philippines
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwxs4q/til_that_the_triangle_seen_from_the_flag_of_the/

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TIL In 2022, with 38.7 Million Readers, AARP The Magazine Remains America’s Most-Read Magazine for the 5th Consecutive Year

https://press.aarp.org/2022-12-13-AARP-The-Magazine-is-Americas-Most-Read-Magazine-According-to-MRI-Simmons
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AARP The Magazine is America’s Most Read Magazine, According to MRI-Simmons

New survey results from MRI-Simmons find that AARP The Magazine (ATM) remains America’s most-read magazine, a distinction it has held for five consecutive years.
MediaRoom
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TIL it’s likely that the last photo taken of John F. Kennedy before he was shot was by a Mormon missionary who walked to Dealey Plaza while waiting for his bus home at the end of his mission.

https://www.powelltribune.com/stories/silent-witness-powell-native-snapped-famed-jfk-photo,5102
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Silent Witness: Powell native snapped famed JFK photo

  It’s one of the most infamous moments in American history: The assassination of President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago Friday.   A Powell native had an up-close look at the tragic event, but he has chosen to remain silent about it for …
By Tom Lawrence (Powell Tribune)
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TIL about Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, an Uzbek actress and one of the first Uzbek women to dance onstage without a burqa on. She became the victim of an honor killing in 1929.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurkhon_Yuldashkhojayeva
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TIL The number 9 prefix added to a Price Look Up barcode on fruits signifies that an item is organic

https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/51586/food-labeling-how-to-identify-conventional-organic-and-gmo-produce
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Food Labeling: How to Identify Conventional, Organic and GMO Produce

What can you tell from those numbers on fruit and vegetable stickers? The price look-up (PLU) code system used by most produce distributors has the side benefit of allowing consumers to identify conventional and organic produce at the grocery store.
Mike Kahn (www.kqed.org)
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TIL that Christopher Guest who played Nigel Tufnel on This Is Spinal Tap was also a member of the British House of Lords.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Guest#Family
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwu6n8/til_that_christopher_guest_who_played_nigel/

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TIL that Chuck Jones, one of the original Looney Tunes directors, hated Space Jam. In particular he took issue with the premise that Bugs Bunny would ask others for help in fighting the Monstars and believed Bugs would have fought them himself.

https://www.looper.com/211131/the-untold-truth-of-space-jam/
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The Untold Truth Of Space Jam

Space Jam is one of the most fondly remembered films of the '90s, so here's a look behind the scenes of how the Toon Squad beat the Monstars and what made Space Jam so special.
Brian Boone (Looper)
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TIL that in the short story "Button, Button" (press button, get $ and someone you don't know dies) the husband dies because the wife didn't "really" know him and the author hated the Twilight Zone ending where the button was given to a stranger after being pressed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone)#Short_story
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwrw2c/til_that_in_the_short_story_button_button_press/

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TIL Ontario's boundary with the United States runs 2700 kilometres on water and only about one kilometre on land.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Land_Portage#Geography
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwrex2/til_ontarios_boundary_with_the_united_states_runs/

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TIL It only takes seconds for AI to turn an innocent photo into something pornographic that can be distributed online. CBC’s Ellen Mauro breaks down how the images are being used illegally, why it’s nearly impossible to stop and sees first-hand how easy these deepfakes are to make.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_oVhXcTkiI&t=340s&ab_channel=CBCNews%3ATheNational
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- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
www.youtube.com
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TIL In 1976, the CAF in Texas sponsored an air show where a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets, the pilot who flew the B-29 which bombed Hiroshima during World War II, reenacted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (including a mock mushroom cloud)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force
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TIL that leopard slugs have penises on their heads. They're hermaphroditic, and mate by hanging from a mucus rope and entwining their bodies counter-clockwise, and exchange sperm from the penises on their heads.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/08/country-diary-sex-life-slugs
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwpho6/til_that_leopard_slugs_have_penises_on_their/

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TIL over 30 years ago, Paul McCartney agreed to be in an episode of the Simpsons in part if the producers met his demand that Lisa Simpson becoming a vegetarian would be a permanent part of the series moving forward. They agreed and Lisa met Paul and Linda on Apu’s rooftop garden, in the shade.

https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2015/11/paul-mccartneys-backward-lentil-…
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TIL about the RNA World hypothesis, which suggests that life on Earth began only with self-replicating RNA molecules. This is supported by RNA's ability to store, transmit, and duplicate genetic information, as DNA does, and to perform enzymatic reactions, like protein-based enzymes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world#Support_and_difficulties
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwoz6r/til_about_the_rna_world_hypothesis_which_suggests/

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TIL: On September 11, 1905, was the worst accident on the New York City elevated railways, resulting in 13 deaths and 48 serious injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninth_Avenue_derailment
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gwmxk4/til_on_september_11_1905_was_the_worst_accident/

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TIL the second Mongol Khan, Ögedei Khan, was well known for his alcoholism. When his brother, Chagatai, entrusted an official to watch his habit, he vowed to reduce the number of cups he drank a day, only then having cups twice the size created for his personal use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96gedei_Khan#Character
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