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TIL Port Hedland, a tiny little town in North Western Australia, is home to the 2nd largest bulk export port in the world and the #1 highest tonnage port in Australia with annual throughput of over 500 million tonnes of mostly iron ore headed to China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hedland,_Western_Australia
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6xbxe/til_port_hedland_a_tiny_little_town_in_north/


TIL about Walter Tetley, the voice actor who portrayed Leroy on The Great Gildersleeve in the 1940s-50s and Sherman on Rocky & Bullwinkle in the 1960s. It was rumored that his mother had had him 'fixed' before his voice changed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tetley
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6x964/til_about_walter_tetley_the_voice_actor_who/


TIL that at the height of her career, a rumor circulated that Shirley Temple was not a child, but a 30 year-old dwarf (due to her stocky body type). The rumor became so prevalent, that the Vatican sent a priest to investigate whether she was indeed a child

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6wble/til_that_at_the_height_of_her_career_a_rumor/


TIL that under the Invention Secrecy Act, the U.S. government can prevent certain patent applications from being disclosed if they deem the invention a threat to national security. Inventors can be prohibited from sharing or profiting from their own creations without even knowing why.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6vddr/til_that_under_the_invention_secrecy_act_the_us/


TIL In order to repay $30,000 dollars in legal costs due to a lawsuit brought by Wendy Carlos, Momus commissioned 30 songs on his following album for $1,000 each. Every song was dedicated to whomever paid for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_Forever
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6uy98/til_in_order_to_repay_30000_dollars_in_legal/


TIL: The Allies raided a Nazi chemical company in 1944 and interrogated a chemist due to the amount of radioactive material involved. However, they learned that he was not working on nukes, but radioactive toothpaste known as Duramad, using radiation to kill germs. Some samples are in a museum now.

https://museumofradium.co.uk/doramad-toothpaste/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6tzmc/til_the_allies_raided_a_nazi_chemical_company_in/


TIL the Roman Emperor Tiberius would execute boys whose sexual company he had grown tired of by having them thrown from a cliff into the sea while he watched. Some were tortured before being executed, and if they survived the fall, men waiting would break their bones with oars and boathooks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_(execution)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6t29n/til_the_roman_emperor_tiberius_would_execute_boys/


TIL Jerry Springer was elected to the Cincinnati City Council in 1971, was forced to step down 3 years later after admitting to soliciting a prostitute, and then was re-elected the next year by a landslide

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Springer
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6swm3/til_jerry_springer_was_elected_to_the_cincinnati/


TIL in order to reduce drag at transonic speeds, NASA and airliners have begun experimenting with very high aspect wings (like those found on gliders) using braces stabilize them and save weight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5LYkGHkTc
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6s6nm/til_in_order_to_reduce_drag_at_transonic_speeds/


TIL that in 1976, 3 men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren with the goal of ransoming them back for 5 million dollars. They tried to place the ransom call, but the line was busy, and they ended up falling asleep. By the time they woke up, the children had freed themselves and made it to safety.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnapping
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6rwn9/til_that_in_1976_3_men_kidnapped_a_bus_full_of/


TIL The Grudge is part of the Japanese "Ju-On" horror film franchise, all made by the same director who found success for the movies in Japan and translated that into Hollywood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge_(film_series)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6rbld/til_the_grudge_is_part_of_the_japanese_juon/


TIL A french waiter claimed to have invented Crêpes Suzette on accident when he was preparing a dish for future King Edward VII. The story goes that the cordials on a dish of crepes had accidentally caught on fire, but after a taste test he decided the taste had been improved and served it anyways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%AApes_Suzette
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6r0h7/til_a_french_waiter_claimed_to_have_invented/


TIL that during the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258, the Tigris River is said to have run black with ink from the countless books thrown into the river from the city's libraries

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=249
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6r088/til_that_during_the_mongol_invasion_of_baghdad_in/


TIL that in 2000, Pennzoil had a sweepstakes that was a tie-in with the movie Mission to Mars, where the grand prize winner could go on an actual trip to outer space:

https://youtu.be/hVogt-dLT_0?t=427
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6qv4i/til_that_in_2000_pennzoil_had_a_sweepstakes_that/


TIL The novel Maltese Falcon got its name from the tribute of one falcon per year that the Knight Hospitallers, a Catholic military order founded during the crusade, had to provide to the monarchs of Sicily in exchange for getting the island of Malta. It went on continuously from 1530 to 1798.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_of_the_Maltese_Falcon
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6qm3y/til_the_novel_maltese_falcon_got_its_name_from/


TIL In 1998, business mogul Bill Daniels donated his private mansion, called Cableland, to be used as the official residence of the mayor of Denver. It has never been used in this role.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cableland
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6pwuq/til_in_1998_business_mogul_bill_daniels_donated/


TIL that on May 26, 2022, the last convicted Salem witch was officially exonerated, 329 years after she had been found guilty, after pressure from schoolchildren who discovered the anomaly which had excluded Elizabeth Johnson Jr's name from the Massachusetts legislature act exonerating all others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6pg9e/til_that_on_may_26_2022_the_last_convicted_salem/


TIL that Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine is buried right next to Marilyn Monroe in Westwood Memorial Park. He paid $75,000 back in 1992 to secure the spot. He told the LA Times, "Spending eternity next to Marilyn is a opportunity too sweet to pass up."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner#Death
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6nbww/til_that_hugh_hefner_founder_of_playboy_magazine/


TIL of "Man Walking Around a Corner", a precursor of film shot in August of 1887. The work is not a film, but a series of 16 photographs, each taken from one of the 16 lenses from Louis Le Prince's camera. A year later, he made the world's first moving image in October 1888, "Roundhay Garden Scene".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Walking_Around_a_Corner
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6myik/til_of_man_walking_around_a_corner_a_precursor_of/


TIL that a popular Halloween song, "Thriller," was written by an Englishman named Rod Temperton. He wrote a number of top hits for other recording artists, won a Grammy award and was nominated for an Oscar. His nickname was "The Invisible Man" because he chose to stay out of the limelight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Temperton
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6mgnq/til_that_a_popular_halloween_song_thriller_was/


TIL North Korea is 49.48% the size of the United Kingdom. United kingdom being 243,610 km² and North Korea 120,540 km²

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/north-korea/united-kingdom
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6m35n/til_north_korea_is_4948_the_size_of_the_united/


TIL that the Tetrahymena thermophila, a single-celled ciliated unicellular eukaryote, has 7 different sexes. Any two different sexes can mate and produce offspring, and the sex of the offspring can be any of the 7 different types. This allows for 21 different mating combinations.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2013.12684
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6lwln/til_that_the_tetrahymena_thermophila_a/


TIL that british climber Alan Hinkes had to be air rescued from Nanga Parbat in 1997 when flour from a burnt chapati (a type of flatbread) got up his nose, making him sneeze so violently that he prolapsed a disc. He waited 10 days in agony before being rescued and is since known as the "chapati man"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hinkes
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6kuia/til_that_british_climber_alan_hinkes_had_to_be/


TIL about The Crash at Crush, a staged train collision in Texas on September 15, 1896, attracting 40,000 spectators. Intended as a publicity stunt, the event turned tragic when a boiler explosion killed three people and injured many. It remains an infamous moment in Texas history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6k6x4/til_about_the_crash_at_crush_a_staged_train/


TIL The Tocorón prison where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, has hotel-like amenities such as swimming pool, nightclub, children play area, and even a zoo

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66873494
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6jsyo/til_the_tocorón_prison_where_the_tren_de_aragua/


TIL Zelda Fitzgerald used to ridicule F. Scott Fitzgerald about his penis size so much that he made Ernest Hemingway take a look at it in a public bathroom. Hemingway told him his dick was normal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Fitzgerald#Meeting_Ernest_Hemingway
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6ix5x/til_zelda_fitzgerald_used_to_ridicule_f_scott/


TIL The cute looking pygmy slow lorises are the only known venomous primate. Modified sweat glands near their elbows allow pygmy slow lorises to secrete a toxin. When they’re alarmed, they can lick these glands, spreading the toxin to their teeth, able to incapacitate predators as large as humans

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/pygmy-slow-loris#:~:text=Pygmy%20slow%20…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6ijon/til_the_cute_looking_pygmy_slow_lorises_are_the/


TIL about John L Burns, a 70-year-old veteran of the war of 1812 who was caught in the crossfire during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863; after being released from his confederate prison, he promptly arrested the traitorous stragglers and took up his flintlock against the rest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6i2le/til_about_john_l_burns_a_70yearold_veteran_of_the/


TIL that the top secret SOG operators in the Vietnam war had trouble hiding their boot prints on Viet Cong trails, even trying special boots with bare footprint soles. They eventually collected 20,000 pairs of used boots from US combat hospitals and air dropped them to the NVA and Viet Cong.

https://spycraft101.com/leave-no-trace-disguising-footprints-in-the-jungles-of-sout…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6hrdt/til_that_the_top_secret_sog_operators_in_the/


TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.

https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2018/10/winning-lottery-ticket-for-alabama-waffle-house-waitr…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6hm63/til_a_waitress_was_tipped_a_lottery_ticket_and/


TIL the most prolific serial killer in Norway served 12 years of his 21 year sentence and was released for good behaviour. He has lived as a free man for nearly 30 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnfinn_Nesset
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g6dr0g/til_the_most_prolific_serial_killer_in_norway/