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TIL that the CIA's Directorate of Science & Technology created the lithium-ion battery in the mid 1960s and declassified it for public sector use

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency_Directorate_of_Science_%26_Technology
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3nghm/til_that_the_cias_directorate_of_science/

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TIL that the founder of “Famous Amos cookies”, Wally Amos, was also the first African American talent agent at the William Morris Agency. He would send prospective clients a batch of cookies and an invitation to talk. This would lead to his clients giving him a loan to create Famous Amos cookies.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Amos
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3neyt/til_that_the_founder_of_famous_amos_cookies_wally/

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TIL that the Panopticon prison design used centrally positioned guards to create the illusion of constant surveillance, ensuring low-cost control over inmates behavior

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3na5b/til_that_the_panopticon_prison_design_used/

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TIL that Mr Bean and Bruce Dickinson (singer of Iron Maiden) made a song together called 'I want to be Elected'

https://youtu.be/4vvYc6q7-Os?feature=shared
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3na4u/til_that_mr_bean_and_bruce_dickinson_singer_of/

- 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 Over 60 percent of tooth decay involves genetic factors.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449725/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3m7w8/til_over_60_percent_of_tooth_decay_involves/

Genetic Susceptibility to Dental Caries Differs between the Sexes: A Family-based Study

Many of the factors affecting susceptibility to dental caries are likely influenced by genetics. In fact, genetics accounts for up to 65% of inter-individual variation in dental caries experience.
PubMed Central (PMC)
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TIL Portuguese Jesuit missionaries João Cabral and Estêvão Cacella became the first Westerners to visit Bhutan and Nepal in 1627

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%AAv%C3%A3o_Cacella
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3lo9v/til_portuguese_jesuit_missionaries_joão_cabral/

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TIL Scatman John had a severe stutter and was a recovering heroin addict and little known pianist until he began singing in his performances at the age of 48

https://scatmanjohn.com/biography/
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Biography - Scatman John

Scatman: The authorised biography, written by Gina Waggott, is currently in progress. Sign up for the Scatman John mailing list here for updates on this and
Scatman John Team (Scatman John (Official))
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TIL in addition to the musical "Chess," Benny Anderssen and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA wrote a musical called "Kristina från Duvemåla," a story of a young Swedish family emigrating to the United States in the mid 1800s (based on the Swedish novels "The Emigrants" by Vilhelm Moberg)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_fr%C3%A5n_Duvem%C3%A5la
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3ldp6/til_in_addition_to_the_musical_chess_benny/

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TIL that Mr Fantastic originally first met invisible woman (his wife) when she was twelve and he was in college. Marvel understandably retconned this decades later.

https://www.cbr.com/the-abandoned-an-forsaked-did-mr-fantastic-really-first-meet-the-invisible-woman-when-she-was-twelve/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3lbnh/til_that_mr_fantastic_originally_first_met/

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TIL that an inscription on Maya hieroglyphs details a battle between Dos Pilas and Tikal which reads “Nahb’aj ch’ich’ witzaj jo” or “The blood pooled, the heads piled up”. Dos Pilas a much smaller nation inflicted a shocking defeat upon the Tikal which helped consolidate their nation is Mesoamerica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_Pilas
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3jauj/til_that_an_inscription_on_maya_hieroglyphs/

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TIL local Cretan resistance in WWII was so great that civilians would attack Axis paratroopers as they were landing with knives, axes, scythes and even their bare hands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_resistance
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3iihj/til_local_cretan_resistance_in_wwii_was_so_great/

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TIL that, Some species of pearlfish have chosen an interesting shelter: inside the anus of a sea cucumber.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2014/08/pearlfish-lives-in-sea-cucumber-anus/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3hxw1/til_that_some_species_of_pearlfish_have_chosen_an/

The fish that lives in a sea cucumber anus

Some species of pearlfish have chosen an interesting host shelter: inside the anus of a sea cucumber.
AG Staff (Australian Geographic)
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TIL: Olive Garden stopped salting its pasta water because the salt voided warranties on its pots

https://www.thetakeout.com/1572127/olive-garden-unsalted-pasta-water/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3h41z/til_olive_garden_stopped_salting_its_pasta_water/

Olive Garden Should Be Locked Up For This Culinary Crime

Olive Garden often breaks the rules when it comes to Italian cooking, but there's one crime the chain does that should make the chain serve time.
Erica Martinez (The Takeout)
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TIL about the Tiger Keelback snake, one of the very few poisonous-venomous snakes in the World

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28829-Rhabdophis-tigrinus
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3h3yi/til_about_the_tiger_keelback_snake_one_of_the/

Tiger Keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)

Rhabdophis tigrinus is a venomous colubrid snake found in East and Southeast Asia. Many sources, though not ITIS, recognize one subspecies, Rhabdophis tigrinus formosanus of Taiwan. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.
iNaturalist
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TIL Gunslinger effect, The quantum physicist Niels Bohr deducted that in a gun dual, the person who draws first loses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunslinger_effect
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3h2kh/til_gunslinger_effect_the_quantum_physicist_niels/

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TIL that from 1998-99, when Total Request Live's #1 song changed, 55 of those times it was from a Backstreet Boys song to an N Sync song or vice versa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRL%27s_Number_Ones
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3gvjj/til_that_from_199899_when_total_request_lives_1/

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TIL that when the Bugatti Chiron set the world record of 304mph for a (pre) production car, the driver had to go over a “jump” (when the road changed from a new surface to an old surface - “a bump that you’d barely notice in a normal car”)

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28870777/bugatti-chiron-304-mph-world-record-speed/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3fuah/til_that_when_the_bugatti_chiron_set_the_world/

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TIL that the longest chess game in history took over 20 hours to complete and ended in a draw.

https://www.chess.com/blog/ThummimS/the-longest-tournament-chess-game
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3fovu/til_that_the_longest_chess_game_in_history_took/

The Longest Tournament Chess Game

The longest tournament chess game (in terms of moves) ever to be played was Nikolić–Arsović, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 269 moves and took 20 hours and 15 minutes to complete a drawn game.
Chess.com
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TIL during the rescue of Maersk Alabama Captain Phillips from Somali pirates the $30,000 in cash they obtained from the ship went missing, 2 Seal team six members were investigated but never charged. The money was never recovered

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Alabama_hijacking?wprov=sfti1#Hostage_situation
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3f92a/til_during_the_rescue_of_maersk_alabama_captain/

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TIL film score composer Hans Zimmer played synths in the first ever music video that was aired on MTV (video killed the radio star)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Killed_the_Radio_Star
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3dyde/til_film_score_composer_hans_zimmer_played_synths/

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TIL in 2007, Hamburg Mannheimer International (HMI), now part of Munich Re, held a party in Budapest with 20 prostitutes to reward 100 of its best salesmen

https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/bunga-bunga-in-budapest-german-insurer-treated-top-agents-to-bathhouse-sex-party-a-763541.html
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Bunga-Bunga in Budapest: German Insurer Treated Top Agents to Bathhouse Sex Party

A German insurance company has admitted hosting a decadent sex party at a Budapest bathhouse to reward its best agents for their work. Details of the secretive event include color-coded prostitutes and a ban on photos.
DER SPIEGEL
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TIL that the native language of the volcanic island Manam Motu has no words for cardinal directions (North, East, West, South). Instead, it uses polar coördinates—with words meaning “towards the volcano”, ”towards the sea”, “clockwise around the volcano”, and “counterclockwise around the volcano”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manam_language#Directional_system_and_spatial_d…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3denv/til_that_the_native_language_of_the_volcanic/
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TIL about Strongheart, a male German shepherd who was one of the earliest canine movie stars. Originally trained as a police dog, Strongheart served in the German Red Cross during World War I. Tragically he was burnt in an accident with a hot studio light, dying at age 11 on June 24, 1929.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongheart
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3d292/til_about_strongheart_a_male_german_shepherd_who/

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TIL that Raytheon (now RTX), military industry giant, started as a company producing appliances. From microwave ovens to missile systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytheon
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3bo0p/til_that_raytheon_now_rtx_military_industry_giant/

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Til in 2000, a convicted murderer on death row's execution was denied because he was "too fat to hang"

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11225694
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Prisoner once found too fat to hang dies at 51

Mitchell Rupe, a former death row inmate once found too fat to hang, died at the Washington State Penitentiary on Tuesday following a long illness, a prison spokeswoman said. He was 51.
NBC News
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TIL that during the French Revolution more than 4,000,000 volumes were burnt, of which 25,000 were medieval manuscripts

https://ageofrevolutions.com/2019/04/29/archives-lost-the-french-revolution-and-the-destruction-of-medieval-french-manuscripts/#_ftnref2
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g3abd7/til_that_during_the_french_revolution_more_than/

Archives Lost: The French Revolution and the Destruction of Medieval French Manuscripts

“Revolutionary Material Culture Series” This series examines the Age of Revolutions through its material markers, reminding us that materials themselves reflected and shaped political cultures arou…
Age of Revolutions
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TIL that the oldest surviving film "Roundhay Garden Scene" is from 1888. It is a 3 second clip of a family in a garden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g37ldv/til_that_the_oldest_surviving_film_roundhay/

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TIL: The Holy Prepuce or Foreskin was an ancient relic dating back to the 800s when Charlemagne claimed to receive it from an angel. It was looted in the Sack of Rome. In 2013, documentary, "The Quest for the Holy Foreskin" was broadcasted by National Geographic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce
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TIL The first person to discover viruses was the plant biologist Martinus Beijerinck. Before that, scientists thought that they were a type of small bacteria.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martinus-W-Beijerinck
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Martinus W. Beijerinck | Biography, Virology, & Facts | Britannica

Martinus W. Beijerinck Dutch microbiologist and botanist who founded the discipline of virology with his discovery of viruses. Beijerinck was the first to recognize that viruses are reproducing entities that are different from other organisms.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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TIL that the entire posthumous album titled Michael is not sung, composed or even recorded by Michael Jackson when he was alive.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmrnAvT3OdZYUJ3I1LkjPnEFxPjlkbZ46&si=a5zwc774NzRB2gEp
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Michael

It is the twelfth studio album and first posthumous album containing unreleased tracks by American singer Michael Jackson.It is his seventh album released th...
YouTube
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TIL that Wenhong joined Alibaba as a receptionist. When Jack Ma was allocating company shares he gave Tong 0.2% shares right saying it will worth 100 million when Alibaba goes public into the market. When Alibaba finally went public in 2014 she became a millionaire with 320 million worth.

https://veryinteresting.exblog.jp/30362444/
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Tong Wenhong, From Receptionist to Vice President

Tong Wenhong, From Receptionist to Vice PresidentJudy Tong Wenhong was 30 yea...
Fay0773813636 (エキサイトブログ)
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