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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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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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TIL about Jerome Kerviel, the individual with the most debt in the world. He owes his former employer $6.3 billion for fraudulent trades.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/news/blogs/the-sideshow/most-indebted-man-world-owes-former-employer-6-221741121.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMGSd8kwunmFzWMCjUWeqImF6NS4FZdpsb4qHxh…
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The most indebted man in the world owes former employer $6.3 billion

Former financial arbitrage trader Jerome Kerviel is the most indebted man on the planet, owing his former employer $6.3 billion. The amount Kerviel owes to...
Eric Pfeiffer (Yahoo News)
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TIL that the term 'meme' was coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976

https://www.britannica.com/topic/meme
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Meme | Definition, Meaning, History, & Facts | Britannica

Meme, unit of cultural information spread by imitation. The term ‘meme’ (from the Greek ‘mimema,’ meaning ‘imitated’) was introduced in 1976 by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his work The Selfish Gene.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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TIL that contrary to expectations most free people of color lived not in the North but in the South, the Upper South specifically, prior to the American Civil War

https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664392/beyond-slaverys-shadow/
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Book Details - University of North Carolina Press

On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million of these individuals, including over 250,...
University of North Carolina Press
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TIL about Genghis Khan’s Baljuna Covenant which was a cross-tribal alliance that brought together a very diverse group of people and leaders—even from enemy factions—and is considered a truly heterogeneous masterpiece of diplomacy and warfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baljuna_Covenant
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TIL Tommy Cooper was a Welsh magician/comedian whose shtick was "a clumsy magician messes up his tricks". He had a massive heart attack, collapsed and died on stage during a live broadcast, in front of 12 million viewers, with studio audience laughing at what they thought was just one of his acts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper#Death
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TIL until the 1980’s, US television stations would sign off at the end of the broadcasting day, and before they cut to static for the rest of the night, they would often play short clips of American landmarks and US military imagery in a patriotic montage accompanied by the star spangled banner.

https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/4320/old-tv-station-sign-offs-nation…
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TIL the Prince song 1999 was inspired by a documentary on Nostradamus and is about an imagined party during the end of the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_(Prince_song)
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TIL that during the 1908 London Olympics, the United Kingdom ordered every country to dip its flag in honor of King Edward VII. All except the United States did so, with the American flag bearer stating, "This flag dips to no earthly king."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States#Flag_etiquette
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TIL Hitler was almost killed by a malfunctioning V-1 bomb after it hit his headquarters where he was planning his defense against the Normandy landings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfsschlucht_II
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TIL that there's a Starbucks located at the CIA headquarters. Unlike other franchise store locations, baristas have to be extensively vetted before being hired and are not allowed to ask for customers' names to write on the cups.

https://www.tastingtable.com/862044/the-special-starbucks-thats-only-for-cia-employees/
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The Special Starbucks That's Only For CIA Employees

Unless you are a CIA employee (or otherwise have the security clearance), you won't be able to order a Frappuccino, or anything else, from that store.
Jen Peng (Tasting Table)
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TIL A cat in Connecticut was once placed under house arrest by a judge for allegedly attacking and frightening neighbors

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25536802
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Crazy cat mends ways under house arrest

A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
NBC News
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TIL That the size of Mars is not even double the size of our Moon. Mars has a diameter of 6787km while the moon is 3476km

https://www.digipac.ca/chemical/mtom/contents/chapter1/marsfacts.htm
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Earth - Mars - Moon Comparison

Mission to Mars - a study of Chemical Equilibrium is a chemical tutorial for high school and beginning college students on the topic of chemical equilibrium.
www.digipac.ca
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TIL that doctors use nitroglycerin as a medicinal drug because it's a vasodilator. Applications of this drug are heart failure, hypertension and angina pectoris among others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroglycerin_(medication)
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TIL during the filming of 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, it became a secret running joke between Tom Holland and Michael Keaton that Keaton would often whisper in a deep voice“I’m Batman” in Tom’s ear on set during a few fight scenes.

https://batman-news.com/2017/01/19/michael-keaton-im-batman-spider-man-homecoming/
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Michael Keaton kept saying "I'm Batman" during 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' fight scenes | Batman News

If you haven’t heard, Michael Keaton is playing the villain The Vulture in the upcoming movie Spider-Man: Homecoming. In a new interview with ShortList magazine (via CBM), Spider-Man actor To…
Chris Begley (Batman News)
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TIL the first video to mention China on YouTube is also the first UFO video ever on the platform

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca_t4U-DvTQ
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- 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 McDonald's was forced to discontinue the production, and distribution, of their spoon shaped coffee stirrers after it was discovered they had become popular among cocaine users.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stirring-response/
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Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons?

McDonald's did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
Barbara Mikkelson (Snopes.com)
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TIL a bear in a state park got into campers’ coolers and used claws & teeth to puncture beer cans; Fish & Wildlife Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear tried a can of Busch, ignored the rest, then drank about 36 Rainier beers. They caught it a live trap baited with donuts, honey, open cans of Rainier.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5756809#.Vaj_J_lViig
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Bear downs 36 beers, passes out at campground

When state Fish and Wildlife agents in found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort in Washington state, there were some clues scattered nearby — dozens of empty cans of beer.
NBC News
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TIL that orcas spend their entire lives with their mothers. Only one whale is known to have survived alone: Luna (or Tsux'iit) was young when separated and ended up in Nootka Sound. He was adored by locals for his interactive and playful demeanor, seeking socialization intensely without his pod.

https://www.destinationgoldriver.ca/luna-nootka-sounds-friendly-orca/
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Luna(L98) – Nootka Sound’s Friendly Orca - Gold River Chamber Of Commerce

A true tale of a legendary whaleArticle by Suzanne and Mike Chisholm Luna The Killer Whale In July, 2001, a stranger came to Nootka Sound and changed many lives. When he died on March 10, 2006, he left many broken hearts.
GRCOC_ChiefCook (Gold River Chamber Of Commerce)
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TIL Actor David Arquette was briefly made the world heavyweight champion of World Championship Wrestling to promote the movie Ready to Rumble; both the movie and the wrestling run were financial failures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arquette_in_World_Championship_Wrestling
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TIL about the uniquly designed magic roundabout in Swindon, UK which has consistently ranked in the top four worst roundabouts in various survies and studies. It has an outer main circle that carries traffic clockwise and five mini-roundabouts connected to it that carry traffic anti-clockwise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
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TIL the 2024 Ig Nobel prize in physiology was awarded to researchers who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses. This might offer an alternative way of getting oxygen into critically ill patients if ventilator & artificial lung supplies run low.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/science/ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-2024-intl-scli/index.html
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TIL that rent in Kowloon Walled City is the same price as a short cappuccino in Starbucks in Hong Kong nowadays (35 HKD).

https://www.archdaily.com/361831/infographic-life-inside-the-kowloon-walled-city
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Infographic: Life Inside The Kowloon Walled City

It has been twenty years since the demolition of the Kowloon Walled City. To mark this, the South China Morning Post ...
Nicky Rackard (ArchDaily)
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TIL a study shows time passes 4 nanoseconds faster per day at the 450m-high Tokyo Skytree observation deck than at ground level. A University of Tokyo professor said clocks "will become tools for measuring time and space, such as differences in altitude, in line with the theory of relativity".

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13284896
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TIL in the TV show House, the producers originally wanted as part of the opening sequence during the theme song, to include an image of a cane and an image of a Vicodin bottle but Fox objected so they settled on rowers on a lake instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)
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TIL that Jordan Rice, a 13-year-old Australian boy, became a symbol of courage during devastating floods when he sacrificed his life to save his younger brother. Despite his fear of water, his selfless act continues to inspire as a story of true heroism.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/australia-floods-teenage-rescuer-brother
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TIL that in 2001, the NASA spacecraft Odyssey detected vast amounts of water ice just below the surface of Mars. This discovery revolutionized the search for extraterrestrial life and made Mars one of the most promising candidates for future human colonization.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/odyssey-finds-water-ice-in-abundance-under-mars-surface/
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Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance Under Mars' Surface

Using instruments on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, surprised scientists have found enormous quantities of buried treasure lying just under the surface of Mars -- enough water ice to fill Lake Michigan twice over.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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TIL that the A1 Highway in the UK used to be a dedicated road for reigining monarchs since medieval times.

https://youtu.be/s1Guwgi7nnc?si=w_m-Tnvt-yYqg5-K
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gtvby2/til_that_the_a1_highway_in_the_uk_used_to_be_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.
youtu.be
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TIL of James Clyman, an American "Mountain Man" who wrote one of the accounts of Hugh Glass' bear mauling (subject of 'The Revenant' starring Leonardo Dicaprio) and advised the infamous Donner-Reed Party not to take their fatal shortcut along The Oregon Trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clyman
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