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TIL that Hyochang Park in South Korea was originally used as a royal cemetery. Under Japanese rule, the cemetery was turned into a golf course, leaving the graves directly in the line of play. The park now contains a museum dedicated to Kim Koo, a leader in the independence movement against Japan.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyochang_Park
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TIL that the anti-copyright infringement campaigns such as "You Wouldn't Download a Car" ad were so widely ridiculed that they may have actually encouraged people to pirate more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn%27t_Steal_a_Car?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g5t2ge/til_that_the_anticopyright_infringement_campaigns/

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TIL that the word dollar originates from the 16th century silver mining town of Joachimstal. The coins were originally minted and called "joachimstaler." Eventually finding its way into English shortened to Dollar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar
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TIL that my favorite Halloween song, "Thriller," was written by an Englishman named Rod Temperton. The list of popular songs that he wrote blew me away. I really enjoyed listening to all of those songs on the radio when I was growing up and I'd never heard his name. "The Invisible Man" indeed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Temperton
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TIL In German bars/restaurants there are "Speibecken": These are basins into which you can throw up if you've had too much to drink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speibecken
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g5rxit/til_in_german_barsrestaurants_there_are/

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TIL Lyndon B. Johnson worked 18-20 hour days with no breaks and no leisure activities. He also smoked heavily, knew the ambitions, hopes and tastes of every senator, and used that to his advantage in securing votes. And as a congressman, he was the "most powerful majority leader in American history.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#Personality_and_public_image
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TIL Cavity Sam is the name of the patient in the game Operation (the guy who suffers from writer’s cramp, water on the knee, butterflies in the stomach, wrenched knee, broken heart, etc.)

https://spectrum.ieee.org/hasbros-classic-game-operation-was-sparked-by-a-grad-students-electric-idea
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Hasbro’s Classic Game Operation Was Sparked by a Grad Student’s Electric Idea

The original objective of the board game was to avoid dying of thirst in the desert
Allison Marsh (IEEE Spectrum)
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TIL in the Maori language the name for France is Wiwi (from overhearing the French say "Oui Oui" denoting agreement)

https://teara.govt.nz/en/french/page-1
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TIL about The Bohemian Twins. Their death was predicted by Ouija board. They were exhibited at local fairs from the age of one. Seen hereith Rosa's son they lived from 1878-1922. The only siames twin to bear a viable child.

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/13213760/rosa-blazek
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Rosa Blazek (1878-1922) – Find a Grave...

Rosa and Josefa Blazek were pygopagus twins born in Skerchov, Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) on January 20, 1878.
fr.findagrave.com
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TIL that Einstein not only was a socialist, but he also wrote essays about it

https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/
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Why Socialism?

Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that…
Albert Einstein (Monthly Review)
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TIL on the rare occasions that it fills completely, Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre is the largest lake in Australia, covering an area of up to 9,500 km2 (3667 sq mi)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre
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TIL during the 1984 Olympics, the new conglomerate Beatrice Foods ran so many commercials that they began alienating consumers, since the ad campaign made it clear that numerous brands were part of a far-reaching multinational corporation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Foods#1981-1984
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TIL 14th century conqueror Timur or Tamerlane's body was exhumed in 1941 by Soviet anthropologist for examination. The casket had the inscription "Whomsoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I." Three days later, Germany invaded Soviet Union.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Timur
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TIL In 1974, Richard built the world’s first 16-bit personal computer. Eric programmed the machine. A year later, Scott authored the first graphic video game for a personal computer.

https://news.fit.edu/archive/secret-history-creating-the-worlds-first-16-bit-home-computer-and-first-interactive-video-game/
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Secret History: Creating the World’s First 16-Bit Home Computer and First Interactive Video Game

Dateline: 1970/1975/1978 Etymology:  Adventure (n.)  c. 1200, aventure, auenture "that which happens by chance, fortune, luck," from Old French aventure (11c.) "chance, accident, occurrence,
Gordon Patterson (Florida Tech News)
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TIL Humans have the largest penis-to-body-mass ratio among primates & it has over 40 muscles and 4,000 nerve endings, making it highly sensitive.It has a unique "reflex" that allows it to become erect without conscious thought.

https://www.wikipedia.org
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
www.wikipedia.org
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TIL Men at Work's "Down Under" uses the melody of the nursery rhyme "Kookaburra" and the band got sued for it

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-07-06/kookaburra-gets-last-laugh-in-men-at-work-case/893668
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Kookaburra gets last laugh in Men At Work case

Kookaburra gets last laugh as Men At Work ordered to pay royalties for plagiarising part of their hit Down Under.
ABC News
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TIL The White Helmets in Syria is an organization dedicated to providing free aid to civilians during the war.

https://www.syriacivildefence.org/en/who-we-are/standard-page/
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TIL that visual identification of dog breeds can't be done accurately

https://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/research/current-studies/dog-breed-identification/
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What Breed of Dog is That?: Dog Breed Identification » What Breed of Dog is That? » Shelter Medicine Program » College of Veterinary Medicine » University of Florida

How to Find Out What Kind of Dog You Have While many people and pet owners like to know “what kind of dog is that?” just to satisfy their own curiosity, dog breed designations have also been used in an attempt to predict future behavior, match pets t…
sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu
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TIL about The Cave Without a Name near San Antonio, TX . In 1940 there was a state-wide contest to name the cave and the winner was a young boy who said that the cave "was too beautiful to have a name". He received the $50 cash prize award. The Cave Without A Name is a National Natural Landmark.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Without_a_Name
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TIL Alabama Song, made famous by the Doors, was originally written as a poem by Bertolt Brecht in 1925.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Song
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TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator is Microsoft's longest-running software product line, predating Windows by three years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator
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TIL When Napoleon died in exile on the island of St. Helena in 1821, his doctor surreptitiously took his penis during the autopsy and gave it to a priest, who smuggled it to Corsica.

https://www.npr.org/2008/07/02/92126411/the-twisted-journey-of-napoleons-privates
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The Twisted Journey Of 'Napoleon's Privates'

How did Napoleon's penis end up in New Jersey? Tony Perrottet, the author of the new book, Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped, outlines the route the emperor's organ took from the island of St.
NPR
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TIL about how the Vikings used the sod roof as an insulator method, it helped keeping their houses warm at winter and cold in the summer, it also helped prevent fires and floods.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1618866717300055
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TIL that the last U.S. Army cavalry charge in combat occurred in 1942. American soldiers would not enter combat on horseback again until Army Green Berets used them in October 2001.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Cavalry_Regiment_(Philippine_Scouts)
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TIL Shortly before he was killed by Native American warriors, Gen. George Custer testified to Congress about corruption in the Indian affairs office

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-custer/
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Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Custer led little more than 200 men in an attack on the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull's camp on Montana's Little Bighorn River.
American Experience
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TIL of the 1891 New Orleans lynching of 11 Italian-Americans, the largest lynching in American history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_New_Orleans_lynchings
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TIL that in the Quechua culture, a future wife must pass the test of peeling the Llumchuy waqachi potato variety in a short time with a llama bone.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10805114/#:~:text=In%20the%20Quechua%20culture%2C%20a,and%20serve%20her%20future%20husband.
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TIL - Napoleons great grand niece helped Sigmund Freud escape from the Nazis in Vienna. Pincess Marie Bonaparte knew Sigmund because she had previously consulted him for her failure to have orgasms during missionary position intercourse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bonaparte#Freud
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TIL The United States Ranked Among Top Nations in Global Food Waste Management: 190 Countries Waste More Per Capita Annually, Including Major Economies Like China, Japan, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/food-waste-by-country
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TIL Maryland's state motto is in Italian. Fatti maschii, parole femine. It literally translates as "Deeds are males, words are females", but the official translation is "Manly deeds, womanly words." In 2017, the State legislature established it to mean "Strong deeds, gentle words."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Maryland
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TIL the Python programming language is named after Monty Python, not the snake

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/appetite.html
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1. Whetting Your Appetite

If you do much work on computers, eventually you find that there’s some task you’d like to automate. For example, you may wish to perform a search-and-replace over a large number of text files, or ...
Python documentation
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TIL Strapped for cash, the Shah of Persia once agreed to sell effectively his country's entire infrastructure to Paul Reuter(founder of Reuter's). Deemed "the most complete surrender of the entire industrial resources of a kingdom ever", it was rejected by the british, who found it too excessive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuter_concession
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TIL about the Ghost Camaro, a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro driven in combat by Danish Special Forces officer Helge Meyer during the Bosnian War. The black Ghost Camaro was stealthily driven at night to deliver humanitarian supplies to civilians, going where white U.N. supply vehicles couldn’t safely go.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/armored-camaro-kept-civilians-…
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TIL of the Ryongchon disaster in North Korea, where in April 2004, two trains carrying explosive materials exploded through a collision with each other, or with a power line. Notably, there were some Syrian casualties alongside hundreds of North Koreans. Some sources allege foreign involvement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryongchon_disaster
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g57qjh/til_of_the_ryongchon_disaster_in_north_korea/
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TIL about the "London Resort", a proposed theme park and resort. It was first announced in 2012 and has since been repeatedly delayed. As of 2024, the land earmarked for the resort has gone up for sale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Resort
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TIL Outback Steakhouse was inspired by the popularity of the movie "Crocodile Dundee" and the founders, who have never been to Australia, decided to harness the rugged and carefree vibe of Australian culture into their Aussie-themed restaurant

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a47700/facts-about-outback-steakhouse/
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13 Things You Need to Know Before You Eat at Outback Steakhouse

For starters, the founders have never even been Down Under.
Rheanna O'Neil Bellomo (Delish)
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