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TIL a film in 1997 with a budget of $15 million only made $309 because it only played in 2 movie theaters before being pulled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1
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TIL the popularity of the Brazilian wax has exposed the female anatomy to such an extent that at least 20% of women believe they need cosmetic genital surgery.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-10/labiaplasty-growing-in-popularity-say-doctors/5804316
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqtje8/til_the_popularity_of_the_brazilian_wax_has/

Designer vaginas: Pubic hair removal leading to increased requests for labiaplasties, doctors warn

The Brazilian wax - or total pubic hair waxing - has laid bare the female anatomy to such an extent that at least one in five women believe they need cosmetic genital surgery.
ABC News
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TIL the leader of the Crips, Stanley “Tookie” Williams wrote a children’s book in prison about anti gang violence. He was nominated for 4 Nobel Prizes for what he did to stop gang violence and was nominated for the Nobel prize For Literature once for this book.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/LegalCenter/story?id=1377890
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqt8y1/til_the_leader_of_the_crips_stanley_tookie/
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TIL: during the conquest of the Aztecs, Hernán Cortés was a wanted criminal, having foregone orders by the colonial governor of Cuba to cease operations. Expeditionary forces were even sent to attempt and arrest him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqstub/til_during_the_conquest_of_the_aztecs_hernán/

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TIL of Rough and Tumble Fighting or "Gouging", a martial art attested from rural southern and frontier areas in the 18th and 19th centuries in which mutilation of the opponent was a basic fighting technique (disturbing description)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_and_tumble_fighting
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqskrp/til_of_rough_and_tumble_fighting_or_gouging_a/
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TIL goose dad, a South Korean term for fathers who work in Korea while their families live abroad for English education, driven by "English Fever". The intense feeling of loneliness and desolation can lead them to engage in extramarital affairs, commit suicide, or face the risk of dying alone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gireogi_appa
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TIL Tom Six who is the creator behind The Human Centipede Trilogy, was an original director for the Dutch TV series Big Brother. Big Brother became an international franchise with over 508 seasons in over 63 franchise countries and regions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Six
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqryf9/til_tom_six_who_is_the_creator_behind_the_human/

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TIL: The bodies of two women were discovered over a year after the eruption of Mount St. Helens, but they were both actually victims of murder prior to the eruption whose bodies were hidden to the debris and ash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens#Uncertain_death_toll
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqrxxz/til_the_bodies_of_two_women_were_discovered_over/

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TIL that because the Earth takes 365.2422 days to complete a rotation around the Sun, 1 Leap Day every 4 years would give us 3 extra days across 400 years. To prevent this, Leap Days are skipped on years ending with 00 but not divisible by 400 (1700, 1800, and 1900 skipped Leap Days, but not 2000).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqqbm3/til_that_because_the_earth_takes_3652422_days_to/

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TIL Thai people DO NOT traditionally use chopsticks, unless they’re eating Chinese food. Classic Thai dishes like red/green/yellow curry, pad Thai, pad see ew, drunken noodles, pad krapao and Thai fried rice are most authenticity eaten with a fork and spoon.

https://www.lionbrand.com.au/blog/should-you-ask-for-chopsticks-in-a-thai-restaurant-thai-dining-etiquette/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqpwz8/til_thai_people_do_not_traditionally_use/

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TIL of Savitri Devi, a french born greek-italian hindu and ardent nazi who tried to combine hinduism and nazism and proclaimed Hitler to be an avatar of Vishnu. She was also an animals rights activist who believed that people who don't respect animals and nature "should be executed"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_Devi
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqp1ap/til_of_savitri_devi_a_french_born_greekitalian/

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TIL I learned about the Seneca Falls Convention, that fought for the social, civil and religious rights of women.

https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/seneca-falls-convention
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqm7qy/til_i_learned_about_the_seneca_falls_convention/

Seneca Falls Convention - Definition, 1848, Significance | HISTORY

The Seneca Falls Convention, held in upstate New York over two days in July 1848, was the first women’s rights convention in the United States.
Christian Zapata (HISTORY)
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TIL as the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto mounted, the inhabitants knew they would not survive. A team of historians, writers, rabbis, and social workers created a secret cache of documents to record their way of life. 2/3 of the cache survived the war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringelblum_Archive
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqm0b6/til_as_the_horrors_of_the_warsaw_ghetto_mounted/

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TIL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world with over 100 million (104,653,451) passengers passing through in 2023. The busiest domestic route from the airport is Orlando Florida, while the busiest international route is Cancún, Mexico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartsfield%E2%80%93Jackson_Atlanta_International_Airport
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqlhop/til_hartsfieldjackson_atlanta_international/

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TIL in the 1940s, psychologist BF Skinner proposed and developed a guidance system for missiles run by pigeons.

https://www.military-history.org/feature/pigeon-guided-missiles.htm
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqlb3a/til_in_the_1940s_psychologist_bf_skinner_proposed/

Pigeon-guided missiles | Military History Matters

Military Times revisits the bizarre WWII invention of Burrhus Frederic Skinner. Behavioural analyst, author, innovator, poet, social philosopher, and Harvar ...
Military History Matters
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TIL that Taylor Swift has an impact on the Canadian economy

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/7326-swift-effect-economy
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqkxur/til_that_taylor_swift_has_an_impact_on_the/

A Swift effect on the economy? - Statistics Canada

We’re always in our statistical era here at Statistics Canada, so let’s take a data snapshot of local economies that could get a bit of a gold rush from the upcoming concerts… ready for it?
www.statcan.gc.ca
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TIL while Hitler was signing autographs at the 1936 summer olympics in Berlin, his face was grabbed and forcefully kissed by an American woman. This act reportedly enraged him, leading to the dismissal and demotion of most of his security for failing to stop a middle aged woman from advancing on him

https://www.onthisday.com/articles/a-kiss-for-adolf-hitler
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A Kiss For Adolf Hitler

A woman spectator leaned over and kissed Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympic Games on this day. Hitler pretended to be amused, but his guards were to suffer.
Ray Setterfield (On This Day)
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TIL that a secret Nazi weather station sat undiscovered in Canada for decades.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/nature/outdoors/this-secret-nazi-weather-station-sat-undiscovered-in-canada-for-decades
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqksrn/til_that_a_secret_nazi_weather_station_sat/

This secret Nazi weather station sat undiscovered in Canada for decades

This largely unknown WWII weather station in Newfoundland was one of the only known Nazi operations that took place on North American soil. The Weather Network's Connor O'Donovan reports.
Connor O'Donovan (The Weather Network)
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TIL that rhinoceros mating can be brutal. First the males fight for dominance. Then the female chases the male. This is called a "bluff and bluster" ritual, & lasts hours. It often becomes violent, with wrestling and fighting. Sometimes it can even lead to death.

https://tsavotrust.org/how-do-rhinos-mate/
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How do rhinos mate? - Tsavo Trust

Rhinos mate through complex courtship rituals, which include activities such as marking territories, bluff and bluster, and intense aggressive fighting.
nick (Tsavo Trust)
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TIL that companies using paperless methods to “go green” aren’t actually “going green” at all.

https://twosidesna.org/US/greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-climate-change-key-facts-about-papers-impact/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqk1jk/til_that_companies_using_paperless_methods_to_go/

Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change: Key facts about paper’s impact - Two Sides North America

The pulp, paper and print industry is one of the lowest contributing industries to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at only 1% of emissions worldwide.
The Two Sides Team (Two Sides North America)
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TIL that during the 2001 anthrax attacks were exacerbated by mail sorting machines that diffused the spores into the air. Attempts to clean these, again made the situation worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Robert_Stevens
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqjvt3/til_that_during_the_2001_anthrax_attacks_were/

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TIL I learned that Andy Weir, author of the Martian, worked at Blizzard Entertainment to make Warcraft II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Weir
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqiuhl/til_i_learned_that_andy_weir_author_of_the/

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TIL the doctor who discovered washing hands saves lives was sent to an insane asylum where the guards beat him to death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqis1l/til_the_doctor_who_discovered_washing_hands_saves/

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TIL that Los Angeles has oil rigs concealed in fake buildings all over the city including one that's meant to resemble a synagogue and even has a small island chain built off it's coast for the sole purpose of drilling oil. They are the only decorated oil islands in the United States.

https://youtu.be/CfaY9zqD-4A?si=aXsjWrLYQbGQvSpK
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqi30w/til_that_los_angeles_has_oil_rigs_concealed_in/

- 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.
youtu.be
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TIL that Whirlpool dryers are scandalous in the UK as some can catch on fire but the company refused to recall them. Instead, owners were advised to watch the dryers to respond quickly if they caught on fire or were offered £99 compensation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Corporation
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqhlrj/til_that_whirlpool_dryers_are_scandalous_in_the/

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TIL Sacramento, CA built a train station in the middle of a grass field, with a full parking lot inaccessible from any roads, and can only be reached via a 1/4 mile (0.4 km) trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_Creek_station
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqhk88/til_sacramento_ca_built_a_train_station_in_the/

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Today I Learned that John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is actually describing a road trip in Virginia to get to West Virginia, and not about driving in WVa, itself. 🤯

https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=82d454aa-59a6-419f-acb2-6eed80883683
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqg9wg/today_i_learned_that_john_denvers_take_me_home/
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TIL that John Wilkes Booth has a Bacon number of 5 (only separated from Kevin Bacon by 5 actors)

https://www.eonline.com/news/1355822/kevin-bacon-reveals-his-darkest-six-degrees-of-separation-yet
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqef7a/til_that_john_wilkes_booth_has_a_bacon_number_of/

Kevin Bacon Reveals His Darkest Six Degrees of Separation Yet

Kevin Bacon revealed he was connected to a murderer in a game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Learn which historic person Kevin was linked to that is "pretty dark."
Kelly Gilmore (E! News)
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TIL that the Bruce Dickinson song "Tattooed Millionaire" is actually a diss against Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, with whom his wife was apparently cheating with. The song takes a dig at not only at the fact that she cheated, but her low standards too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooed_Millionaire_(song)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqdj7w/til_that_the_bruce_dickinson_song_tattooed/

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TIL the uniform dark gray background color that many people report seeing in the absence of light is called Eigengrau or dark light or brain gray.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigengrau
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqd0hn/til_the_uniform_dark_gray_background_color_that/

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TIL Serial killer Dimitris Vakrinos would kill people who mildly annoyed him. He once shot two random teens for being rude to someone on the street. After an argument with a fellow taxi driver over taxi priorities he tracked him down months later, got in his taxi posing as a customer and killed him

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Vakrinos
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqcp20/til_serial_killer_dimitris_vakrinos_would_kill/

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TIL Tsukuba Syndrome, a phenomenon where researchers in Tsukuba Science City, a research hub northeast of Tokyo, committed suicide in the 1970s-80s. The suicide rate was more than twice that of the general population. In late 1985, three people from the same lab took their lives within a month.

https://ja-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%E7%AD%91%E6%B3%A2%E7%97%85?_x_tr_sl=j…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqcbi5/til_tsukuba_syndrome_a_phenomenon_where/
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TIL that capuchin monkeys in Brazil have been observed using stones to crack open nuts for over 3,000 years. They’re so skilled at it that some rocks show ancient wear marks, making these monkeys accidental archaeologists with their own "prehistoric" toolkits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_monkey#Tool_use
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqb2zl/til_that_capuchin_monkeys_in_brazil_have_been/

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TIL that I would be 3.04 years old on Jupiter due to its longer orbital period. On Jupiter, a year is about 4331.9 Earth days long. This means that a 36-year-old on Earth would only be about 3.04 "Jupiter years" old. The massive difference in the length of years between planets makes your age vary

https://calculatorcorp.com/how-old-would-you-be-on-mars-and-other-planets…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqaz5w/til_that_i_would_be_304_years_old_on_jupiter_due/
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