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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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TIL of the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War - a bloodless war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly that lasted from 1651 until peace was officially declared in 1986

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqao6f/til_of_the_three_hundred_and_thirty_five_years/

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TIL that laughter is a universal language! A study found that even babies as young as six months can recognize different types of laughter.

https://www.college.ucla.edu/2019/07/02/babies-know-the-difference-between-the-laughter-of-friends-and-strangers/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gqafir/til_that_laughter_is_a_universal_language_a_study/

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TIL the smallest known insects are wasps and that the family they belong to contains around 1400 species, collectively known as fairy wasps or fairyflies. They include the world’s smallest flying insect, barely bigger than the width of a human hair.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203203-Mymaridae
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq9gkc/til_the_smallest_known_insects_are_wasps_and_that/

Fairy Wasps (Family Mymaridae)

The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. It contains around 100 genera with 1400 species. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.
iNaturalist
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TIL there's 38 cities/towns/villages in Europe that claim to be "The Venice of the North"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_of_the_North
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq8ezw/til_theres_38_citiestownsvillages_in_europe_that/

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TIL of Louis Wyman - Winner of 1974 New Hampshire Senate Election by just 2 votes, and served only 3 days while marred in an epic dispute then lost a rematch the next year convincingly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_C._Wyman?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq88q7/til_of_louis_wyman_winner_of_1974_new_hampshire/

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TIL Weed is not as harmless as people claim.

https://youtu.be/qBRaI0ZeAf8?si=_XhwO1t_zM_RvV-e
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq84dt/til_weed_is_not_as_harmless_as_people_claim/

- 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 I learned that I have been pronouncing Kiribati wrong. 😳
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TIL the term "canary" in software deployment comes from coal miners who used actual canaries as early warning systems. Miners took these birds underground since they're extremely sensitive to toxic gases like carbon monoxide. If the canary fell ill or died, it was a signal for miners to evacuate.

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2022/10/07/coming-terms-canary-deployme…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq7dhp/til_the_term_canary_in_software_deployment_comes/

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TIL about Prototaxites, an exctinct genus of fungi that lived around 400 million years ago. They could rich 1m (3 ft) in width and 8m (26 ft) in length, making them by far the largest land-dwelling organism of their time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq7d3c/til_about_prototaxites_an_exctinct_genus_of_fungi/

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TIL the term "essential" in "essential oils" has nothing to do with being in any way "essential" to the human body - such as essential amino acids or essential fatty acids, it just means it contains the essence of the plant's fragrance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil#:~:text=An%20essential%20oil%20is%20essential,living%20organism.%5B2%5D
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq6wsd/til_the_term_essential_in_essential_oils_has/

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TIL what we call a 9-to-5 workday, Chinese people have "996," which means they have to work from 9am to 9pm 6 days a week.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66172192
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq6q20/til_what_we_call_a_9to5_workday_chinese_people/

Burnt out or jobless - meet China's 'full-time children'

Gruelling work hours and a dismal job market are forcing young Chinese to make unusual choices.
By Sylvia Chang & Kelly Ng (BBC News)
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TIL that France was using the guillotine into the 1970s

https://youtube.com/shorts/lRTt0uBQZOo?feature=share
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq62ls/til_that_france_was_using_the_guillotine_into_the/

- 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.
youtube.com
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TIL of Cruentation, Law of Bleeding. Where it was thought that a murdered corpse would spontaneously bleed in the presence of the murderer. It was used in various European courtrooms until the middle of the 18th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruentation
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq5z22/til_of_cruentation_law_of_bleeding_where_it_was/

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TIL the study and collection of postcards is called deltiology. The term was coined in 1945 from the Greek word "deltion", meaning "small illustrated tablet or card".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltiology
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq5oso/til_the_study_and_collection_of_postcards_is/

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TIL: In 2010 a Filipino mayor had giant statues of Mary and Jesus installed underwater to discourage the widespread use of cyanide and explosives for harvesting fish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_fishing#Philippines
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq50no/til_in_2010_a_filipino_mayor_had_giant_statues_of/

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TIL the Japanese word "saboru". In the early 1900s, "sabotage" caught on in Japan to describe industrial actions. However, it was shortened and took on a different meaning: "cutting classes" or "skipping work". Now it’s so casually used that even some native speakers don’t realize it’s a loanword.

https://unseen-japan.com/saboru-the-strange-origins-of-cutting-class-in-ja…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq4qfh/til_the_japanese_word_saboru_in_the_early_1900s/

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TIL that only the Gospel of Matthew claims Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. Luke and John suggest he was possessed by Satan, while Mark gives no motive. Mark is also the only book to claim he committed suicide, with Acts suggesting he felt no remorse and died accidentally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq4m3b/til_that_only_the_gospel_of_matthew_claims_judas/

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TIL about Nobel Disease aka Nobelitis - Tendency for Some Nobel Winners to Embrace Fringe Beliefs Later in Life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq42do/til_about_nobel_disease_aka_nobelitis_tendency/
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TIL There are two set of creators one with talent led and other ones being expert in fields. What are your thoughts

https://youtu.be/8ukIwmL7wJk
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq3nqd/til_there_are_two_set_of_creators_one_with_talent/

- 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 the name "Chilean seabass" was invented by a fish wholesaler named Lee Lantz in 1977. He was looking for a name to make the Patagonian toothfish attractive to the American market. In 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted "Chilean seabass" as an "alternative market name" for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_toothfish
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq390j/til_the_name_chilean_seabass_was_invented_by_a/

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TIL that Schrödinger’s cat experiment was created as a sarcastic critique of quantum mechanics, highlighting the absurdity of superposition by imagining a cat that’s both alive and dead. 🐱

https://www.britannica.com/science/Schrodingers-cat
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq1ruq/til_that_schrödingers_cat_experiment_was_created/

Schrodinger’s cat | Definition & Facts | Britannica

Schrödinger’s cat, thought experiment designed by theoretical physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 as an objection to the reigning Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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TIL pressing the o button while watching a youtube video changes the opacity of the captions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB-ztKj0cwghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB-ztKj0cwg
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gq1p3h/til_pressing_the_o_button_while_watching_a/

- 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 a Googolpex is a number so large that if you were able to write it out in books the total mass of the books required would be vastly greater than the mass of the observable universe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gpzpno/til_a_googolpex_is_a_number_so_large_that_if_you/
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TIL about Pine Mouth, where eating pine nuts can cause a bitter metallic taste in your mouth which can last weeks.

https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/about-us/science/food-risk-studies/pine-nuts-and-pine-mouth#:~:text=Eating%20pine%20nuts%20can%20occasionally,afflicted%20with%20the%20taste%20disturbance.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gpypar/til_about_pine_mouth_where_eating_pine_nuts_can/

Pine nuts and pine mouth

Background: what is "pine mouth"? Eating pine nuts can occasionally cause some people to experience a bitter or metallic taste lasting from a few d
NSW Food Authority
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TIL before joining the Ramones, Joey Ramone went by the stage name "Jeff Starship." He used the name from 1972 until 1974, the same year Jefferson Airplane changed its name to Jefferson Starship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper_(American_band)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gpyo4z/til_before_joining_the_ramones_joey_ramone_went/
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TIL that wood pipes were used in Europe and the US to transport water underground.

https://www.hiddenhydrology.org/the-water-in-the-wood/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gpyb98/til_that_wood_pipes_were_used_in_europe_and_the/

The Water in the Wood

The inventiveness of early builders constantly provides us with wonder at their ability to create systems from available materials.  The use of wood logs as piping for water and sewer is one of tho…
Hidden Hydrology
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