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TIL of "Hara hachi bun me" the Japanese belief of only eating until 80% full. There is evidence that following this practice leads to a lower body mass index and increased longevity. The world's oldest man followed this diet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_hachi_bun_me
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8is52/til_of_hara_hachi_bun_me_the_japanese_belief_of/

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TIL that US President Chester A. Arthur was accused of not being a natural-born citizen because his family moved around a lot when he was growing up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8hmm4/til_that_us_president_chester_a_arthur_was/

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TIL One Gallon of Oil Can Contaminate One Million Gallons of Fresh Water

https://www.uomausa.com/why-burn-waste-oil/environmental-impact/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8hl7c/til_one_gallon_of_oil_can_contaminate_one_million/

The Environmental Impact of Oil Spills - Used Oil Management Association

Oil spills are expensive and detrimental to the environment. Reusing and recycling waste oil can prevent oil spills. Protect the environment.
Used Oil Management Association
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TIL about the "Rolleron" - a 'dumb'/passive/non-electrical stability system that was used for the early sidewinders. It acts by having the wind spin up rollers, creating a gyroscopic effect. The rollers were placed on hinges, so as the missile spun the rollers stopped the roll by acting as rudders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolleron
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8hk6t/til_about_the_rolleron_a_dumbpassivenonelectrical/

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TIL of "Pizza Crunch Dinner" a common food in Scottish chip shops consisting of a pizza that's deep fried in batter instead of baked and served with salt, vinegar or gravy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_fried_pizza
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8hdq0/til_of_pizza_crunch_dinner_a_common_food_in/

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TIL before the reintroduction of the horse to North America indigenous people of the great plains would use dog pulled travois to transport goods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travois?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8fo3s/til_before_the_reintroduction_of_the_horse_to/

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TIL author Maya Angelou was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated on her 40th birthday. For many years after she didn't celebrate her birthday only marking the occasion by reaching out to King's widow.

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-maya-angelou-martin-luther-king-jr-20180404-story.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8fme1/til_author_maya_angelou_was_a_friend_of_martin/

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TIL Avatar 2 was so expensive to make, a month before its release, James Cameron said it had to be the 4th or 5th highest grossing film in history ($2 billion) just to break even. It's currently the 3rd, having raked in $2.3b.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-2-budget-expensive-2-billion-turn-profit-1235438907/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8ekys/til_avatar_2_was_so_expensive_to_make_a_month/

'Avatar 2' Needs $2 Billion to Turn a Profit. James Cameron Says

James Cameron says that "Avatar: The Way of Water" will need to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing movie in history in order to break even.
Zack Sharf (Variety)
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TIL Lina Medina, the world's youngest mother in recorded history, gave birth at 5 Years Old

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8dt11/til_lina_medina_the_worlds_youngest_mother_in/

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TIL the most prolific man-eating lions were a pride of 15 in the Njombe region of Tanzania that claimed as many as 1,500 lives between 1932-1947. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-most-ferocious-man-eating…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8dipb/til_the_most_prolific_maneating_lions_were_a/

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TIL that in 2007, Switzerland accidentally invaded Liechtenstein after 171 infantrymen got lost and crossed the Liechtenstein border

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations#Incidents_involving_the_Swiss_military
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8c72c/til_that_in_2007_switzerland_accidentally_invaded/

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TIL that sometimes, but very rarely, you may catch a radio broadcast from your teeth fillings or braces.

https://youtu.be/aB8hiaVGFbw?si=VeTIMDVIGtv_GVbD
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8b32d/til_that_sometimes_but_very_rarely_you_may_catch/

- 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 Grand Mosque of Paris provided sanctuary to hundreds of Jews by hiding them within its complex, issuing them fake Muslim ID documents to help them escape detection by Nazis

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-paris-mosque-tells-forgotten-history-of-muslim-jewish-unity-17313637
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8a73x/til_the_grand_mosque_of_paris_provided_sanctuary/

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TIL the Fermi Paradox arose as part of a casual conversation in the 1950s when Enrico Fermi asked "But where is everybody?" referring to extraterrestrial life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g87o68/til_the_fermi_paradox_arose_as_part_of_a_casual/

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Today I learned that Emperor Ai of the Han dynasty had a male lover named Dong Xian. Their relationship was notable, with the emperor bestowing honours upon Dong Xian due to his affection. This bond is often cited as a significant example of same-sex love in ancient Chinese history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Xian
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g86kt1/today_i_learned_that_emperor_ai_of_the_han/

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TIL Half of pregnancies in giant pandas result in twins but the mother chooses the stronger cub and the other one is left to die of starvation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda#Reproduction
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g86bps/til_half_of_pregnancies_in_giant_pandas_result_in/

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TIL about Satan Panonski, a Croatian punk rock musician, performance artist and poet who was known for his highly controversial live shows and tumultuous personal life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYdq_w6LA-Y
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g84z1m/til_about_satan_panonski_a_croatian_punk_rock/

- 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 that close to half of the US population is projected to have obesity by the year 2030 (article is from 2019)

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/half-of-us-to-have-obesity-by-2030/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g85ghe/til_that_close_to_half_of_the_us_population_is/

Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity by 2030

About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030.
News
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TIL the largest Colombian "narco sub" to be decommissioned since records began in 1993 was seized in the Pacific Ocean in 2023 (3 tons of cocaine were on board). The vessel was about 100 ft long & 10 ft wide. Up to that point, the Colombian navy had seized a total of 228 drug-laden semi-submersibles

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/narco-sub-record-size-intercepted-colombia-pacifi…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g85b4a/til_the_largest_colombian_narco_sub_to_be/

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TIL an artificial heart is only temporary, implanted to keep patients alive until they can receive a heart transplant

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230217-the-61-year-long-search-for-artificial-hearts
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g851cs/til_an_artificial_heart_is_only_temporary/

Why science still hasn't cracked the artificial heart

Humanity's engineering achievements have been extraordinary, so why has building an artificial heart has proved to be more challenging than expected.
Sian E Harding (BBC)
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TIL scientists recovered DNA from the extinct miniature elephant on Sicily. Two different species of miniature elephants evolved separately on the same island. The smallest one was a meter tall and weighed about 300 kgs. The other was about 2 meters and 1,000 kgs.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/june/first-dna-recovered-from-extinct-miniature-elephants-sicily.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g83q1y/til_scientists_recovered_dna_from_the_extinct/

First ever DNA recovered from extinct miniature elephants of Sicily

Over the past few hundreds of thousands of years Sicily was home to two different miniature elephants.
www.nhm.ac.uk
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TIL: There was a German medical study on Shuriken (ninja stars) wounds. They used pig carcasses while researchers threw a cyclone shuriken, a plastic one, and a traditional one. All 3 were capable of inflicting fatal wounds. This study served to promote discussion on the German shuriken ban of 1980.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20642255/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g83i4m/til_there_was_a_german_medical_study_on_shuriken/

[Experimental studies on the wounding capacity of recently developed shuriken/throwing stars and their legal categorization--an interdisciplinary view] - PubMed

Shuriken/throwing stars are traditional Japanese weapons for close combat situations. They vary greatly in shape and mode of action. Due to their wounding capacity traditional shuriken made of steel were prohibited in Germany in the 1980's.
PubMed
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TIL Years ago, when two children were born within 12 months of each other, people called them "Irish twins." When a mom had three kids within three years, they were called "Irish triplets." This was due to a derogatory stereotype of poor Irish Catholic families having lots of kids close together.

https://www.parents.com/irish-twins-8605851
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g82p8z/til_years_ago_when_two_children_were_born_within/

What Are Irish Twins?

Irish twins aren't twins at all but they share a lot of similarities with them.
Pamela Prindle Fierro (Parents)
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TIL the Dating Show Killer Rodney Alcala and the Torso Killer Richard Cottingham both worked in the same office at the same time at Blue Cross although they both claim to have not known each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g8129o/til_the_dating_show_killer_rodney_alcala_and_the/

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TIL West Caribbean Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashed in Machiques, Venezuela after entering a Deep stall, a occurrence in some aircraft that causes them to enter a near-unrecoverable stall, killing all 160 on board.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Caribbean_Airways_Flight_708
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g80o57/til_west_caribbean_flight_708_a_mcdonnell_douglas/

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TIL Mongolia has a traditional type of air dried meat called borts. The meat is usually beef, camel, or goat and is cut into thin strips that are then hung up to dry from November to December when the temperature falls below -16’C over 6 to 7 days.

https://correctmongolia.com/borts-is-air-dried-meat/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g803r5/til_mongolia_has_a_traditional_type_of_air_dried/

The perfect food Borts: Mongolian air-dried meat

Traditional Mongolian air-dried meat, or borts, is a delicious and healthy staple food that can be stored for long periods of time.
Bayanbat.A (all about Mongolia)
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TIL that in the original Grease musical, Sandy was not Australian. When she was cast, Olivia Newton-John agreed to be paid at a lower rate in exchange for rewriting the script to make Sandy Australian so she wouldn't need to do an American accent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(film)#Casting
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g7xuhv/til_that_in_the_original_grease_musical_sandy_was/

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TIL That the 16th century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created a homunculus (a tiny human) by placing a vial of semen in horse dung, burying the mixture for 40 days, then digging it up and feeding it his blood for another 40 days.

https://pelicanmagazine.com.au/2020/04/18/how-to-build-a-guy-in-40-days-paracelsus-homunculus-recipe/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g7xwjd/til_that_the_16th_century_swiss_alchemist/

How to Build a Guy in 40 days: Paracelsus’ ‘homunculus’ recipe

A little sperm never hurt nobody.
Pelican
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TIL Hotels in the US always have ice, because the burgeoning Holiday Inn wanted to set themselves apart

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618837/surprising-reason-hotels-have-ice-machines
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g7xrp1/til_hotels_in_the_us_always_have_ice_because_the/

The Surprising Reason Hotels Have Ice Machines

Ice machines have become as pervasive in hotels as ironing boards. While they've always been there, the ice hasn't always been free.
Jake Rossen (Mental Floss)
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TIL that in the 1800s, dentures were often made using teeth from dead soldiers, especially after major battles like Waterloo. So, some people were literally smiling with battlefield souvenirs.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33085031
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g7wbyx/til_that_in_the_1800s_dentures_were_often_made/

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 The first use of commercial refrigeration was in Australia to keep beer cold.

https://coolphase.com.au/a-brief-history-of-cold-beer-commercial-refrigeration/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g7w2q9/til_the_first_use_of_commercial_refrigeration_was/

A Brief History of Cold Beer (Commercial Refrigeration) - Coolphase

Beer and commercial refrigeration. Hand in hand. Enjoy a brief history of beer disguised as an article on commercial refrigeration.
coolphase (Coolphase)
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