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TIL about the tiny hairs on Zucchini plant called "trichomes," tiny little bristles that can hurt the hands if not washed away properly.

https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2022.739393
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gatg4j/til_about_the_tiny_hairs_on_zucchini_plant_called/

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TIL about "Squash Hands," a reaction to the hands that can sometimes occur when handling raw Butternut Squash. The squash's skin has an irritant that can cause a tight feeling in the hands, as well as skin peeling.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/squash-hands-8401480
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gate9k/til_about_squash_hands_a_reaction_to_the_hands/

'Squash Hands' Is Real: What to Do If You Develop This Mysterious Reaction

"Squash hands" refers to a skin reaction characterized by itching, peeling, or tight skin that some people experience when handling raw butternut squash.
Maggie O'Neill (Verywell Health)
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TIL that putting two spaces after a period was once the standard and only started to fade out in the late 19th century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gatcyn/til_that_putting_two_spaces_after_a_period_was/

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TIL Orcas (“killer whales”) comes from the name Orcinus, which means "of the kingdom of the dead", or "belonging to Orcus".

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gas4pl/til_orcas_killer_whales_comes_from_the_name/

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TIL S. Korea has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. Citizens can be imprisoned 5 years for using cannabis, even in a legal area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_South_Korea?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gas3k4/til_s_korea_has_some_of_the_strictest_drug_laws/
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TIL that the S&P 500 ETF Trust, otherwise known as SPY, with more than $500B assets under management, is pegged to the lives of 11 millenials. Upon their death, the fund shall cease to exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDR_S%26P_500_ETF_Trust
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaqrub/til_that_the_sp_500_etf_trust_otherwise_known_as/
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TIL that the Knights Hospitaller, One of the many Catholic military orders that fought in the Crusades, exists today and briefly had an air force.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta#Air_force
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaq93h/til_that_the_knights_hospitaller_one_of_the_many/

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TIL about the London Beer Flood of 1814. One of the Horse Shoe Brewery's fermentation tank supporting bands snapped and set loose 320,000 gallons of beer on the neighborhood of St. Giles. Ultimately, the beer flood resulted in eight deaths.

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaoyqm/til_about_the_london_beer_flood_of_1814_one_of/

The London Beer Flood of 1814

On Monday 17th October 1814, a terrible disaster claimed the lives of at least 8 people. A bizarre industrial accident resulted in the release of a beer tsunami onto the streets of London...
Historic UK
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TIL a South African hunter led an expedition in Zimbabwe where they encountered a charging herd of breeding elephants he shot at the elephants, and one of the elephants lifted him with its trunk. Another hunter shot the elephant, causing it to collapse on Botha, crushing him to death.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/well-known-south-african-game-hunter-dies-after-elep…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gamw2o/til_a_south_african_hunter_led_an_expedition_in/

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TIL that the Las Vegas Strip is not actually located in the city of Las Vegas.

https://thenevadaindependent.com/fact-briefs/is-the-las-vegas-strip-located-in-las-vegas
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1galm19/til_that_the_las_vegas_strip_is_not_actually/

Is the Las Vegas Strip located in Las Vegas? - The Nevada Independent

NO, The 4.2-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard lined by hotels and casinos and known as the Strip is located in unincorporated Clark County, not within Las Vegas city limits. The hotel corridor is pa
The Nevada Independent
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TIL In Tudor England, there was a type of criminal called a "baretop trickster". It was a woman who would flash her breasts to lure men into a house. Once the man was inside he would be robbed by the woman’s accomplices.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2cqrwx/revision/2
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1galhp0/til_in_tudor_england_there_was_a_type_of_criminal/

Vagrancy, heresy and treason in the 16th century - Nature of crimes – WJEC - GCSE History Revision - WJEC - BBC Bitesize

Learn about and revise the types and nature of various crimes from 1500 to the modern day for WJEC GCSE Unit 3.
BBC Bitesize
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TIL there's a method of divination based on the size, shape and peculiarities of a person's navel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalomancy
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1galg02/til_theres_a_method_of_divination_based_on_the/

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TIL when Kosovo changed its currency to German marks, they never bothered to inform Germany that they were doing so

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/deutsche-wahrung-wird-auch-im-kosovo-offizielles-zahlungsmittel-die-bundesbank-wurde-nicht-gefragt-616147.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1galacc/til_when_kosovo_changed_its_currency_to_german/

Politik: Deutsche Währung wird auch im Kosovo offizielles Zahlungsmittel - die Bundesbank wurde nicht gefragt

Die Bundesbank wurde nicht kontaktiert. Sie ist von diesem Vorgang nicht betroffen und übernimmt damit auch keinerlei Verpflichtungen.
Rolf Obertreis (Der Tagesspiegel)
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TIL that Arthur Hill Hassall (1817– 1894) was a British physician, and a pioneer in the use of the microscope as a tool in medicine and public health. In 1846 he published a two-volume study, ‘The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body in Health and Disease’, the first English textbook on the subject

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/microscope
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gal2as/til_that_arthur_hill_hassall_1817_1894_was_a/

The Microscope | Science Museum

The development of the microscope allowed scientists to make new insights into the body and disease.
Science Museum
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TIL: In Florida there is "Sausage Castle", a Juggalo party compound near an alligator lake with depraved parties. The owner says, "If you are not 500 lbs, a midget, or m*lested by your dad, we don't want you". He is considered extreme even for Juggalo's and his parties are marketed to "lowlives".

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-sausage-castle-is-the-most-depraved-an…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gak0pz/til_in_florida_there_is_sausage_castle_a_juggalo/

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TIL that the recipe "Engagement chicken" got its name after Kathy Suder and later several of her co-workers received engagement proposals after serving it to their boyfriends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Suder
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gak059/til_that_the_recipe_engagement_chicken_got_its/
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TIL No member of the band The Police has naturally blonde hair: they started dyeing their hair for a Wrigley's commercial.

https://www.etonline.com/music/166153_7_things_you_never_knew_about_sting_the_police
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaj01c/til_no_member_of_the_band_the_police_has/

7 Things You Never Knew About Sting & The Police

Think you know everything about the Police? Think again.
Raphael Chestang (Entertainment Tonight)
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TIL During the Napoleonic Wars French cavalry developed a technique called Sabrage, which is opening a champagne bottle with a saber. The wielder slides the saber along the body seam of the bottle to the lip to break the top of the neck away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrage
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaj3k6/til_during_the_napoleonic_wars_french_cavalry/

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TIL in 1923, jockey Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack while in a horse race, but became the only known example of a dead man winning a horse race.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hayes_(jockey)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaj2hx/til_in_1923_jockey_frank_hayes_suffered_a_heart/

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TIL Bob Odenkirk wrote Chris Farley's "Matt Foley Motivational Speaker" sketch

https://youtu.be/JGzkeRHG5Zw?si=rmnfY9f8LB4cdOz-&t=503
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gai52p/til_bob_odenkirk_wrote_chris_farleys_matt_foley/

- 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 Silent Hill's art director, Masahiro Ito, drew inspiration for iconic characters like Pyramid Head from the haunting, surreal paintings of British artist Francis Bacon.

https://spilled.gg/how-masahiro-ito-created-silent-hill-2s-most-iconic-monsters/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gah2tw/til_silent_hills_art_director_masahiro_ito_drew/

How Masahiro Ito Created Silent Hill 2’s Most Iconic Monsters

Masahiro Ito's haunting monster designs for Silent Hill 2 made history, but where did he find inspiration for his iconic creations?
Dominik Bošnjak (Spilled)
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TIL in 1958 a drug was developed to manage the symptoms of morning sickness during pregnancy, The drug caused between 5,000 and 7,000 infants to be born with malformation of the limbs (phocomelia). Only 40% of these children survived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide#Birth_defect_crisis
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gagehg/til_in_1958_a_drug_was_developed_to_manage_the/

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TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military conducted “Operation Popeye,” a cloud-seeding operation to extend the monsoon season – The goal was to disrupt enemy supply lines by creating heavy rains.

https://www.aaas.org/taxonomy/term/10/despite-past-failures-weather-modification-endures
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gag5xt/til_during_the_vietnam_war_the_us_military/
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TIL that Syrtaki, the folk dance most commonly associated with Greece was originally choreographed for a 1964 film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirtaki
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gafj9l/til_that_syrtaki_the_folk_dance_most_commonly/

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TIL in 1967, the whiskey brand Canadian Club did a "Hide a Case" advertising campaign where they hid 25 cases of their whiskey in exotic locations around the world. There are still 9 cases still hidden with one being above the Artic Circle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Club#:~:text=In%201967%2C%20Hiram,%5B6%5D
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gae7mr/til_in_1967_the_whiskey_brand_canadian_club_did_a/

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TIL about the most influential PE coach in American pop culture- Leonard Skinner, who became the namesake for Lynyrd Skynyrd after he sent several band members to the principal’s office for wearing their hair too long.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Skinner
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gacvzr/til_about_the_most_influential_pe_coach_in/

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TIL in the 1950s, the CIA exploited Filipino vampire myths to instill fear in villages, killing a man, marking him with bite wounds, and hanging him upside down. This was part of efforts to help elect Ramon Magsaysay, a U.S. backed president.

https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/cia-vampires-communist-rebels-philippines.htm
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gace7j/til_in_the_1950s_the_cia_exploited_filipino/

How the CIA Used 'Vampires' to Fight Communism in the Philippines

Back in the Cold War craziness of the 1950s, a CIA operative in the Philippines used the local folklore myth of the blood-sucking aswang to try and scare off communist rebels. Did it work?
Dave Roos (HowStuffWorks)
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TIL 1 in 10 Brits believe “most robots have already developed higher levels of intelligence than humans”

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/how-intelligent-brits-think-robots-are
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaby6s/til_1_in_10_brits_believe_most_robots_have/

How intelligent Brits think robots are

Which ONE, if any, of the following statements do you MOST agree with?
yougov.co.uk
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TIL the first practical roadside breathalyzer was used in 1931 and it was called the Drunk-o-meter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathalyzer?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaazxy/til_the_first_practical_roadside_breathalyzer_was/

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TIL about the Bannister Effect: When a barrier previously thought to be unachievable is broken, a mental shift happens enabling many others to break past it (named after the man who broke the 4 minute mile)

https://learningleader.com/bannister/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaarvq/til_about_the_bannister_effect_when_a_barrier/

The Bannister Effect | The Learning Leader Show

This is an excerpt from my book, The Pursuit Of ExcellenceFrom the beginning of recorded history through May 6, 1954, the fastest any human being had ever run a mile was 4:01.4.
Ryan Hawk (The Learning Leader Show)
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TIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. Over the years, the coil is replaced by a longer one and more turns are added. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayan_people_(Myanmar)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaaqg5/til_girls_of_the_kayan_tribe_start_wearing_neck/

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TIL: CocoMelon and PawPatrol create zombie-kids

https://www-bnnvara-nl.translate.goog/kassa/artikelen/zombies-achter-het-scherm-impact-schermtijd-op-jonge-kinderen?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gaabnc/til_cocomelon_and_pawpatrol_create_zombiekids/

Zombies achter het scherm: Impact schermtijd op jonge kinderen - Kassa - BNNVARA

Kinderen kijken steeds jonger en steeds langer naar een beeldscherm. In tien jaar tijd is de schermtijd van kinderen van 0 tot 10 jaar verdubbeld. Kinderen van 0 tot 6 jaar brengen dagelijks gemiddeld 99 minuten achter een beeldscherm door.
BNNVARA
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TIL Nancy Sinatra was incredibly nervous recording the theme song to the the movie 'You Only Live Twice'. Producer John Barry had to make the final version of the song by combining her vocals from 25 different takes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Only_Live_Twice_(song)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ga9k4r/til_nancy_sinatra_was_incredibly_nervous/

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TIL The B-29 bomber program was the most expensive project of WWII, costing roughly ~50% more than the entire Manhattan Project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ga95fe/til_the_b29_bomber_program_was_the_most_expensive/

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TIL: that in Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they get lonely.

https://bedtimemath.org/fun-math-guinea-pigs/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ga7oru/til_that_in_switzerland_its_illegal_to_own_just/

Guinea Pigs Against the Law – Bedtime Math

Different pets need different things, and some animals really need another animal friend. Guinea pigs are some of those animals, and the people of Switzerland have decided to do something to make sure these cute critters have furry friends.
bedtimemath.org
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TIL: there is a Japanese word (Tsundoku) which means buying books and never reading them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44981013
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ga76qe/til_there_is_a_japanese_word_tsundoku_which_means/

Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them

Do you have a habit of picking up books which you never quite get around to reading? That's tsundoku.
BBC News
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TIL that the Olympic Games used to be sponsored by and partnered with Tobacco companies

https://cancerletter.com/in-the-archives/20240726_5/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ga7584/til_that_the_olympic_games_used_to_be_sponsored/

Before the Olympics were smoke-free, tobacco brand deals ran rampant

Tobacco companies have capitalized on the Olympics’ widespread cultural impact since the birth of the modern Olympic Games in 1896—until the practice was stopped in 1987.
The Cancer Letter Administrator (The Cancer Letter)
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