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TIL during Obon, an annual family reunion holiday in Japan, the spirits of ancestors are believed to revisit household altars, and to help them come back home and return, a cucumber horse and an eggplant cow are crafted as vessels, respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obon
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gv1xct/til_during_obon_an_annual_family_reunion_holiday/

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TIL that in 2001, Warner Bros had to recall every single copy of a then-newly-released "The Powerpuff Girls" DVD because three of the DVD-ROM programs (including its installer) were accidentally infected with the "FunLove" computer virus, which would be spread to any PC that installed the software.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/powerpuff-dvd-spreads-funlove-virus/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gv1c7c/til_that_in_2001_warner_bros_had_to_recall_every/

Powerpuff DVD spreads 'FunLove' virus

Warner Brothers has confirmed that the latest Powerpuff Girls DVD has been recalled because the it spreads the 'FunLove' computer virus
Robert Lemos (ZDNET)
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TIL about the Night of the Big Wind, a January 6th 1839 storm that was the most severe to hit Ireland in centuries. Over 20% of houses in Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and was so severe that people believed the world was ending

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Big_Wind
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gv11uk/til_about_the_night_of_the_big_wind_a_january_6th/

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TIL in South Korea you don't write a "will" instructing how your estate is to be distributed upon your death. Instead, inheritance law dictates that your estate is divided up with your descendants each receiving 1 share and your spouse receiving 1.5 share.

https://down.mofa.go.kr/us-losangeles-ko/brd/m_4388/down.do?brd_id=13219&seq=1187102&data_tp=A&file_seq=2
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gv0dqz/til_in_south_korea_you_dont_write_a_will/
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TIL that the former first lady of Costa Rica, Marita Camacho Quiros, is the 19th oldest person alive in the world, aged 113.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Camacho_Quir%C3%B3s
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gv0441/til_that_the_former_first_lady_of_costa_rica/

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TIL that hyenas can count

https://wildtomorrow.org/blog/2020/5/7/10-amazing-facts-about-hyenas
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guyimu/til_that_hyenas_can_count/

10 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT HYENA

Hyena are one of the most misunderstood and under-appreciated species in the animal kingdom. Read 10 amazing facts about spotted hyena from our Wild Tomorrow South Africa Board member and hyena expert, a.k.a. “hyena man”, Axel Hunnicutt.
Wild Tomorrow Fund (Wild Tomorrow)
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TIL while filming Metropolis (1927) they would often end up with more children in the evening than in the morning. Coming from the poorest areas of Berlin, the children would sneak onto set or climb over the fence to experience the warm rooms, games, toys, cocoa, cake, and regular meals

https://monoskop.org/images/8/82/Metropolis_Magazine.pdf
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guy6qz/til_while_filming_metropolis_1927_they_would/
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TIL that the first ATM was developed and built by Luther George Simjian, and installed in 1939 in New York city by the City Bank of New York. Six months later, it was removed due to the lack of customer acceptance

http://scihi.org/inventions-luther-george-simjian/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guxbu5/til_that_the_first_atm_was_developed_and_built_by/
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TIL that in the Tenerife air disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history, none of the victims had tickets to Tenerife.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guwthw/til_that_in_the_tenerife_air_disaster_the/

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TIL that an increasingly common phenomenon in the modern dating world, ghosting, or a sudden cessation of all contact with someone, is often unilateral but simultaneous ghosting sometimes occurs in which case there is no ghostee.

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a60141926/mutual-ghosting/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guvs11/til_that_an_increasingly_common_phenomenon_in_the/

What Is Mutual Ghosting—And Can It Ever Be A Good Thing?

Mutual ghosting is a common dating trend in 2024, but it's a harmful one, according to therapists. Here's what it means, and when it's actually okay to do.
Jordana Comiter (Women's Health)
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TIL that RATFUCKING is a slang term used by U.S. military personnel to describe the targeted pillaging of MREs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal,_Ready-to-Eat#Ratfucking
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guvck7/til_that_ratfucking_is_a_slang_term_used_by_us/

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TIL: That the Don McLean song "Vincent" was a particular favorite of the rapper and actor Tupac Shakur. The song was played to him at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, the hospital that he was admitted to just before he died of gunshot wounds from a drive-by shooting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_(Don_McLean_song)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guue10/til_that_the_don_mclean_song_vincent_was_a/

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TIL that there was a V-class destroyer called "HMAS Vampire". Vampire was sunk on 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft while sailing with the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Vampire_(D68)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guu6u6/til_that_there_was_a_vclass_destroyer_called_hmas/

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TIL If you type a search term into Youtube and add either 'Before:YYYY' (Specified year) or 'After:YYYY' at the end, it will filter out any results that were uploaded before/after that year.

https://www.aware-online.com/en/search-youtube-videos-by-upload-date/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gutnrm/til_if_you_type_a_search_term_into_youtube_and/

Search YouTube videos by upload date - Aware Online Academy

In this OSINT tutorial, we explain how to search for YouTube videos based on a specific upload date. Click here to read this blog.
Aw@3e0nl1n3 (Aware Online Academy)
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TIL this is the song the James Bond theme was based upon

https://youtu.be/lNHbKBHV0kw
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gusrsp/til_this_is_the_song_the_james_bond_theme_was/

- 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 A 71 year old man was acquitted of murder after claiming self-defense when another moviegoer threw popcorn at him

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/us/curtis-reeves-murder-trial-jury-deliberations
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guoo2t/til_a_71_year_old_man_was_acquitted_of_murder/

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TIL: Individuals born blind have a significantly lower risk of developing schizophrenia compared to those who lose their sight later in life.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00624/full
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guomjm/til_individuals_born_blind_have_a_significantly/

Frontiers | Cognitive and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms by Which Congenital or Early Blindness May Confer a Protective Effect Against Schizophrenia

Several authors have noted that there are no reported cases of people with schizophrenia who were born blind or who developed blindness shortly after birth, ...
Frontiers
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TIL about the 1937 marriage of 22-year-old Charlie Johns and 9-year-old Eunice Winstead, causing national attention after an article was written in Life magazine. It led to the state of Tennessee introducing a new law setting the minimum marriage age as 14. Other US jurisdictions followed similarly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_of_Charlie_Johns_and_Eunice_Wins…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guolwi/til_about_the_1937_marriage_of_22yearold_charlie/

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TIL James Caan Once Had Joe Pesci Beaten Up In 'Mafia Style Hit' Over Unpaid Hotel Bill

https://radaronline.com/p/james-caan-joe-pesci-beat-up-mafia-hit-hotel-bill/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gunr2d/til_james_caan_once_had_joe_pesci_beaten_up_in/

James Caan Once Had Joe Pesci Beat Up In Mafia Style Hit

The late actor James Caan, who died this week at 82-years-old, one had Joe Pesci beat up after the 'Goodfellas' star didn't pay a hotel bill in 1982.
Connor Surmonte (RadarOnline)
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TIL the tallest mountain in Spain is not located on the mainland but on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Known as Pico de Teide, it is also the highest peak on any Atlantic Ocean island.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gun3jk/til_the_tallest_mountain_in_spain_is_not_located/

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TIL A Fourth Spy Kids Movie was planned for a Late 2004 release, with Josh Hartnett eyed as the main villain, but it never went into pre-production and was simply an idea. A fourth Spy Kids movie eventually came out (with little to no continuity with the first 3 movies) in 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Kids:_All_the_Time_in_the_World?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gumgn5/til_a_fourth_spy_kids_movie_was_planned_for_a/

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TIL that Elogio del Horizonte, a concrete sculpture in Spain has been nicknamed "King Kong's toilet".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elogio_del_Horizonte
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gulbdg/til_that_elogio_del_horizonte_a_concrete/

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TIL Max Planck, the father of quantum theory, considered his quantum hypothesis just a mathematical trick to get the right answer rather than a sizable discovery until Einstein interpreted his hypothesis realistically and used it to explain physical phenomena.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics#History
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gujsk5/til_max_planck_the_father_of_quantum_theory/

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TIL: There was a scam in 2002 where people were invited to a year long reality TV show to win £100000. The participants were told to quit their jobs, leave their homes, and make 1 million within a year. Most realize they were making their own prize money quickly and left. However, some continued.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Russian_con
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guje4o/til_there_was_a_scam_in_2002_where_people_were/

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TIL about the Mechanical Turk, an 18th-century 'chess-playing machine' that fooled the world but was secretly controlled by a human.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1guje13/til_about_the_mechanical_turk_an_18thcentury/

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TIL that there’s a rarely-sung fourth verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that includes the line, “In God is our trust.” This verse is typically left out in public performances and media, partly due to tradition and secularization—even though "In God We Trust" is still printed on U.S. currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#Lyrics
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gugnxu/til_that_theres_a_rarelysung_fourth_verse_of_the/

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I think I am one of the only people of my generation (or maybe the last generation) who heard the word "meme" in the scientific context first.

I heard it in uni maybe in 2nd or 3rd year when one of my friends gave a talk about simulating evolution using software. Then, just one or two years later I started seeing the word "meme" pop up on the English-speaking internet literally everywhere.

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TIL the 1987 movie Million Dollar Mystery was promoted with a real contest in which $1 million were hidden in an undisclosed location that the winner would correctly identify. 14-year-old Alesia Lenae Jones won the contest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Mystery?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gugfk9/til_the_1987_movie_million_dollar_mystery_was/

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TIL the record for most number of leaves grown on a clover is 63

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/6/record-breaking-63-leaf-clover-grown-by-japanese-man-770312
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Record-breaking 63-leaf clover grown by Japanese man

Yoshiharu Watanabe from Japan has grown a 63-leaf clover, breaking the previous world record of 56 which was set 15 years ago.
Sanj Atwal (Guinness World Records)
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TIL about the outrageous prices of USPS uniforms, much of which is payed out-of-pocket by postal workers

https://www.skaggspostal.com/gore-tex-rain-parka
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gudpor/til_about_the_outrageous_prices_of_usps_uniforms/

Gore-Tex Rain Parka

Features the high-tech Gore- Tex fabric, attached fold away park hood, zippered front.
www.skaggspostal.com
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TIL there were no casualties in the 2022 Cyprus earthquake besides 1,600 chickens that died in a stampede caused by their panic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Cyprus_earthquake
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gucelv/til_there_were_no_casualties_in_the_2022_cyprus/

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