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TIL Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and "Father of the Nation", delivered one of his last speeches in Kobe, Japan, in November 1924.

https://www.sonbunkinenkan.com/%E5%B8%B8%E8%A8%AD%E5%B1%95
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmiu9d/til_sun_yatsen_chinese_revolutionary_and_father/

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TIL Josef Koeberl set a world record by standing in a box filled with 440 pounds of ice for 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 57 seconds. Wearing only swim trunks, he beat his previous record by 30 minutes, enduring the pain by focusing on positive thoughts.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/06/frozen-the-sequel-austrian-man-beats-own-record-for-longest-immersion-in-ice…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmitus/til_josef_koeberl_set_a_world_record_by_standing/

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TIL: That at least six people have been killed in the Philippines just for singing the song "My Way" on karaoke. Explanations for these incidents differ from the song being simply frequently sung among the nation's karaoke bars where violence is common or to perceived aggressive lyrics of the song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_killings
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmijcy/til_that_at_least_six_people_have_been_killed_in/
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TIL that there’s a female chimpanzee who enjoys TV porn. Not only does she use the remote control perfectly well, but she also regularly chooses adult entertainment over other programming by herself.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chimpanzee-enjoys-tv-porn-spanish-researcher-finds-1.1386435
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmig2v/til_that_theres_a_female_chimpanzee_who_enjoys_tv/

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TIL Queen Victoria received a Pekingese dog in 1860 from the expedition army to China in the second Opium War, and it's named Looty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looty_(dog)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmhlwy/til_queen_victoria_received_a_pekingese_dog_in/

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TIL in 1907, chemist Leo Baekeland accidentally overheated a mixture of chemicals while trying to find a substitute for shellac. Instead, he created Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, which transformed manufacturing and paved the way for the modern plastics and polymer industry.

https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/bakelite.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmh3g2/til_in_1907_chemist_leo_baekeland_accidentally/

Bakelite® First Synthetic Plastic - National Historic Chemical Landmark - American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.
American Chemical Society
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TIL of the Bladderwort, a carnivorous plant that captures small aquatic organisms by having miniature bags that suck in prey

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414d33517a4d34457a6333566d54/index.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmgx0b/til_of_the_bladderwort_a_carnivorous_plant_that/

Carnivorous Plant: The plant with vacuum power

When an insect touches the trigger hair connected to the valve, the trap opens and sucks the insect inside with a fast and strong inflow of water.
news.cgtn.com
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TIL In contrast to high treason, petty treason was a crime in England which involved the killing of a social superior seen as breaking the social hierarchy; such as a servant killing their master. Unlike with high treason, men would be hanged but not quartered, women would be burned but not drawn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petty_treason
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TIL: That when recording "I Feel Fine", the Beatles had begun to explore new sources of inspiration in noises previously eliminated as mistakes, such as electronic goofs, twisted tapes and talkback. "I Feel Fine" marks one of the earliest examples of the the use of feedback as a recording technique.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_Fine
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmfp4j/til_that_when_recording_i_feel_fine_the_beatles/

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TIL Highway hypnosis is an altered mental state in which an automobile driver can drive lengthy distances and respond adequately to external events with no recollection of consciously having done so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_hypnosis
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmfn82/til_highway_hypnosis_is_an_altered_mental_state/

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TIL that the .nu top-level domain, intended for the country of Niue, is currently managed by the Swedish Internet Foundation. The government of Niue is in legal proceedings to reclaim ownership of the domain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.nu
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmfdws/til_that_the_nu_toplevel_domain_intended_for_the/

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TIL that Kentucky, not one of the original 13 colonies of the United States, was the last state to get both a star and a stripe added to the flag. Vermont and Kentucky were given both a star and a stripe to the flag as the 14th and 15th states admitted into the Union. This remained until 1818.

https://www.votelevy.com/Portals/Levy/documents/History%20of%20Our%20Flag.pdf
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmeg7w/til_that_kentucky_not_one_of_the_original_13/
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TIL in the Tamil language, one of the word for flower is பூ pronounced as "poo", while one of the word for poo in Tamil is பீ pronounced "pee".

https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gme70j/til_in_the_tamil_language_one_of_the_word_for/

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TIL That A Mistake In Counting of Popes, due to a confusion on the Latin word 'domnus' an 'Domus' unintentionally Listed a fictional pope named "Donus II)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Donus_II?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gme1q3/til_that_a_mistake_in_counting_of_popes_due_to_a/
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TIL the world record for longest stationary manual on a skateboard is 2 hours 55 minutes 22 seconds, achieved by Brandon González in 2017. He trained for six years before his successful record-breaking attempt.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-skateboard-stationary-manual
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmd75d/til_the_world_record_for_longest_stationary/
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TIL in 1980s Britain a particular ad campaign helped cure a slump in Levis sales, increasing demand such that supply became a problem

https://www.marketingweek.com/levis-laundrette-sales-boost/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmcdw3/til_in_1980s_britain_a_particular_ad_campaign/
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TIL Swedish Fish manufactured in North America can't be imported into Europe because it doesn't meet European food safety standards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Fish#In_North_America
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmblgy/til_swedish_fish_manufactured_in_north_america/

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TIL bloodletting, the withdrawal of blood to prevent or cure illness. This practice was believed to balance the humors—bodily fluids, including blood, once thought to influence a person’s health. It was common from antiquity until the 19th century, when studies began to reveal its harmful effects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmbfby/til_bloodletting_the_withdrawal_of_blood_to/

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TIL about Botulf Botulfsson, the only person executed for heresy in Sweden. He denied that the Eucharist was the body of Christ, telling a priest: "If the bread were truly the body of Christ you would have eaten it all yourself a long time ago." He was burned in 1311.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulf_Botulfsson
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gmbb0c/til_about_botulf_botulfsson_the_only_person/
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TIL about Lucy Salani, who was an Italian activist and the only known Italian transgender person to have survived the Nazi concentration camps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Salani
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm97s8/til_about_lucy_salani_who_was_an_italian_activist/

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TIL the 1980s Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar illegally imported four hippos (one male and three female) to his private zoo. After his death in 1993, the hippos were left to roam freely. With no natural predators, their population grew significantly, leading to ecological concerns.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pablo-escobar-abandoned-hippos-wreaking-ha…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm8u1m/til_the_1980s_colombian_drug_lord_pablo_escobar/

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TIL in 1859, an Australian man named Thomas Austin released 24 rabbits for hunting on his estate. With no natural predators, they multiplied so rapidly that within a few decades, they overran Australia, causing massive ecological damage and leading to one of the largest control efforts in history.

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/how-european-rabbits-t…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm8ght/til_in_1859_an_australian_man_named_thomas_austin/

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TIL the world's shortest scheduled jet service is from Brazzaville to Kinshasa, Congo, covering 24 km or 15 miles. There are 7 flights a week, using a Boeing 737-800.

https://www.oag.com/blog/worlds-shortest-flights
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The World's Shortest International Commercial Flights | Flight Routes | OAG

Discover the world's ten shortest international commercial flights, and the aircraft that fly them, connecting remote areas and boosting tourism economies.
OAG (OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited)
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TIL 1800s grave robbers in England sometimes stole recently buried corpses to sell their teeth to dentists. Known as "Waterloo Teeth," these teeth were cleaned and fitted into dentures, providing "fresh" replacements for wealthy clients.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33085031.amp
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm7yz6/til_1800s_grave_robbers_in_england_sometimes/

The dentures made from the teeth of dead soldiers at Waterloo

How teeth from dead soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo found their way into the mouths of the wealthy 200 years ago.
Paul Kerley (BBC News)
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TIL about Lucy Salani, who was the only transgender person to have survived imprisonment and torture in the Nazi concentration camps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Salani
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm7ucy/til_about_lucy_salani_who_was_the_only/

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TIL in September 1866, O. O. Howard requested that assistant commissioners in the readmitted Southern states compile reports of "murders and outrages" to catalog the extent of violence, to prove reports of a peaceful South were wrong, and to argue in Congress for the necessity of martial law.

https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/historian-explores-racial-violence-…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm7azs/til_in_september_1866_o_o_howard_requested_that/

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TIL there have been MANY cases of "elephant lynching", or the killing of an elephants for spectacle with pseudo-legal or performative aspects, in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_execution_in_the_United_States
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm6uv3/til_there_have_been_many_cases_of_elephant/

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TIL Terminal lucidity is an unexpected, brief period of clarity or energy in individuals who have been very ill or in a state of decline. It’s a phenomenon that has been observed in people with various terminal conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_lucidity
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm6u44/til_terminal_lucidity_is_an_unexpected_brief/
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TIL that IBM was also a military contractor in WW2 and produced M1 Carbines in 1943

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm6bjv/til_that_ibm_was_also_a_military_contractor_in/

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TIL that in 1952, the United States Air Force airlifted more than 3500 pilgrims from Lebanon to Jeddah to complete their hajj, after airlines at Beirut couldn't hand the surge of passengers.

https://amcmuseum.org/history/operation-hajji-baba/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm5qj2/til_that_in_1952_the_united_states_air_force/

Operation Hajji Baba – Air Mobility Command Museum

Where do old airplanes go? The lucky ones go to the Air Mobility Command Museum—the only museum dedicated to airlift and air refueling history!
amcmuseum.org
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TIL that Disney tried to change the film "Dead Poets Society" to be about dancing instead of poetry, and to rename it "Sultans of Swing".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm4rhy/til_that_disney_tried_to_change_the_film_dead/

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TIL Gotye’s widely popular song “Somebody That I Used To Know” had its main riff sampled from an instrumental track by Luiz Bonfa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm4hy1/til_gotyes_widely_popular_song_somebody_that_i/

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TIL that Las Vegas people originated in 8000 BCE and were among the earliest farmers in the Americas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_culture_(archaeology)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm3mzq/til_that_las_vegas_people_originated_in_8000_bce/

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TIL that in 2018, during a local election for mayor in Makassar, Indonesia, a man ran unopposed and received more than 260,000 votes. He lost to a blank ballot, which received over 300,000 votes.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Makassar_mayoral_election
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm3g6f/til_that_in_2018_during_a_local_election_for/
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TIL of the 1986 Illinois gubernatorial election, where Lyndon LaRouche's cultists hijacked the Democratic lieutenant governor primary to nominate one of their own, causing the actual Democrats to split off and form their own 3rd party for the year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Illinois_gubernatorial_election
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm3exl/til_of_the_1986_illinois_gubernatorial_election/

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TIL of Philip Spivak, a Republican Chicago-area attorney who lost running for County Judge, then changed his name to Shannon O'Malley, switched to the Democratic party, and won the same election 8 years later

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/11/9/18469170/he-ran-for-judge-lost-changed-parties-took-irish-name-won-cook-county-race
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gm3a3h/til_of_philip_spivak_a_republican_chicagoarea/

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