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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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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g33lr5/til_that_the_entire_posthumous_album_titled/

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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TIL that the British Royal Family are the largest landowners in the world. Followed by the Catholic Church and the Inuit People of Nunavut

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-10-largest-landowners-world-120019749.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g32m4x/til_that_the_british_royal_family_are_the_largest/

Top 10 Largest Landowners in the World

The people and organizations who own the most land in the world own millions -- and in the case of the top landowner -- billions of acres of land. Many of...
Gabrielle Olya (Yahoo Finance)
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TIL After Hurricane Katrina, residents would decorate their refrigerators. The "Katrina Refrigerator," which was taped shut and left on the curb, became a community source of graffiti, art, political and creative expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_refrigerator
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g31kb8/til_after_hurricane_katrina_residents_would/

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TIL that .io is a ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) and not a generic IT/developer related domain. It belongs to the British Indian Ocean Territory and will be phased out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g31ior/til_that_io_is_a_cctld_country_code_top_level/

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TIL there is a microbe, Mixotricha paradoxa ("paradoxical being with mixed-up hairs"), that has both cilia and flagella which protists are supposed to only have one of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixotricha_paradoxa#Discovery
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TIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.

https://astroshamanism.org/exorcism-adorcism/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g30g81/til_that_the_opposite_of_exorcism_is_adorcism_the/
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Today I learned about "Detonography" the art of using explosives to make sculpture.

https://evelynrosenberg.com/artist.php?p=45
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Evelyn Rosenberg - Technique

Evelyn Rosenberg uses a technique for creating metal sculpture by detonating a sheet of plastic explosive over a sandwich of a carved image and a metal plate, forcing the metal plate onto the carved image.
evelynrosenberg.com
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TIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship or parachuted from a plane and to be able to cope with the humidity of the South Pacific.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Vertical
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2zd76/til_the_gi_piano_aka_victory_vertical_was_a_piano/

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TIL the lead actor for the very 1st episode of The Twilight Zone is still alive today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Holliman
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2yyx5/til_the_lead_actor_for_the_very_1st_episode_of/

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TIL: Grimace has an Irish uncle named Uncle O’Grimacey.

https://wescook.art/2024/10/09/uncle-ogrimacey/
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Uncle O’Grimacey

I know I don’t need to tell you who this is, right? Uncle O’Grimacey is Grimace’s Irish uncle. “He was created for a McDonald’s commercial that promoted green milkshak…
The Wes Cook Archive
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TIL Mickey Mantle, Hall of Fame CF, tore his ACL in his rookie year during the 1951 World Series. He went on to play the rest of his 18-year career on a torn ACL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
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TIL Mr.Beast recorded a video in 2015 to his future self released in 2020. He had 8,000 subscribers at the time hoping he'd have 1,000,000 by the time the video went public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKJfakEsgy
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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 there’s a form of water where the hydrogen atoms are all Deuterium (D2O). This causes it to be heavier than normal water and gives it different physical and chemical properties

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water
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TIL that "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears was heard by Simon Cowell who knew it would be a hit. He offered the writer, Max Martin an Aston Martin if he would give the song to his boy band, Five. Five initially began writing verses; however, Martin had promised the song to Britney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_(group)#1997%E2%80%931998:_Formation_and_5ive
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2wuzp/til_that_baby_one_more_time_by_britney_spears_was/

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TIL that the extinction of the dinosaurs was closer in time to us today than the beginning of the Cretaceous period, and that's not even factoring in the Triassic and Jurassic periods.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous
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TIL Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix 9 times. The next most successful drivers at the event are Jim Clark and Alain Prost, who have each won it 5 times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Grand_Prix?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2w5ex/til_lewis_hamilton_has_won_the_british_grand_prix/

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TIL The wrestler that Triple H faced on his WWE/WWF debut was a man called Buck Zumhofe who is currently serving a 25 year jail sentence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Zumhofe
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2vjd5/til_the_wrestler_that_triple_h_faced_on_his/

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TIL Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM) refers to a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events from a first-person perspective.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181112-severely-deficient-autobiographical-memory-is-surprisi
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Could you have this memory disorder?

The inability to ‘mentally time travel’ is the latest memory condition to intrigue researchers – and as most people with it likely don’t realise, it may be more common than we think.
Claudia Hammond (BBC)
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TIL the salt flats of western India have a "Wild Ass Sanctuary", meant for the endangered "Indian wild ass".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Wild_Ass_Sanctuary
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TIL An animated sequel to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" was released in 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxio1KJ7NU
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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 There was case in US where a person failed to die during electric chair execution and then his lawyers tried to argue that he was not dead but he had been executed and that it was cruel to go through a second time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_ex_rel._Francis_v._Resweber
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TIL In 1952, the press criticized Marilyn Monroe on her red dress stating that she looked like she was in a potato sack. Few days later she responded with a photo of her in a potato sack dress

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marilyn-monroe-potato-sack-1234947617/amp/
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Hollywood Flashback: Marilyn Monroe Posed in a Potato Sack 70 Years Ago

As one story goes, a columnist described one of the actress' looks as "tacky and vulgar" and added that she would have been better served wearing "a potato sack," so the Twentieth Century Fox PR department capitalized on the moment.
Seth Abramovitch (The Hollywood Reporter)
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TIL: The Creator of Pringles was Buried in a Pringles Can

https://www.npr.org/2008/06/03/91098067/inventors-ashes-buried-in-his-creation-pringles-can
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Inventor's Ashes Buried in His Creation: Pringles Can

The man who designed the distinctive Pringles potato crisp can died a month ago. On Monday, a portion of Frederic Baur's ashes were buried — in a Pringles can.
Scott Horsley (NPR)
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TIL the reason your mouth may feel gross after eating spinach is due to a chemical reaction called “spinach teeth”

https://www.delish.com/kitchen-tools/a60322104/why-spinach-makes-your-mouth-feel-weird/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2ru5w/til_the_reason_your_mouth_may_feel_gross_after/

Here's Why Spinach Makes Your Mouth Feel Weird

Eating spinach can leave behind a strange, chalky film in your mouth. This is why it happens.
Gabby Romero (Delish)
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TIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.

https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2017/04/12/13th_century_body_of_law_used_in_case_against_mma_f/
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13th century body of law used in case against MMA fighter

Grágás is Iceland’s oldest body of law, dating back to 1250. It was recently used high court in a case of a man who got injured in his bachelor party while fighting an MMA fighter in Mjölnir sport club (best known for being MMA fighter Gunnar Nelsson…
mbl.is
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TIL that the author of "The Last Ringbearer", a retelling of "Lord of the Rings" from Mordor's point of view, also wrote "The Gospel of Afranius", a retelling of the New Testament from an atheistic point of view

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of_Afranius
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2qz3l/til_that_the_author_of_the_last_ringbearer_a/
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TIL that after the trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI was released, its featured song, Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road", saw a near-37,000% increase in Spotify streams, had almost 250,000 searches on Shazam, and ranked second on the worldwide iTunes chart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_VI
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2qclt/til_that_after_the_trailer_of_grand_theft_auto_vi/

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TIL about the Candy Desk in the US Senate, a tradition where one of the desks is filled with candy from the Senator’s home state for the members of the Senate to partake of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Desk
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TIL In Mongolia, 'humans' are the fifth most abundant medium to large mammal. (Sheep > Goats > Cattle > Horses > Humans > Camels) There are 20 livestock per person in Mongolia, although this fluctuates from year to year. Not including wildlife.

https://montsame.mn/en/read/335867
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Mongolia counts 64.7 million head of livestock

According to the preliminary result of the annual livestock census, by the end of 2023, Mongolia has 64.7 million head of livestock, of which 29.4 million sheep, 24.6 million goats, 4.8 million horses, 547 million cattle, and 473.9 thousand camels.
MONTSAME News Agency
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TIL The average cost of obtaining a Driver's License in Germany is 3,000€ or $3,300. The total includes fees for: authorities and exams, learning materials, driving lessons and tuition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_licence_in_Germany
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2pn0h/til_the_average_cost_of_obtaining_a_drivers/

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TIL that fish eggs can survive after passing through a waterfowl's digestive system. This provides a good explanation of how fish can populate closed bodies of water like lakes

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2004805117
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2pa9r/til_that_fish_eggs_can_survive_after_passing/
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TIL while practicing for the '92 Olympics, the Dream Team lost (62-54) to an assembled squad of the best NCAA players. Head Coach Chuck Daly had limited Jordan's playing time & also made other non-optimal substitions in order to "throw the game" to teach the NBA players that they were not unbeatable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball…
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TIL that saxophone player Charlie Parker was the same age as Aaron Carter when he died (34)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g2oqmw/til_that_saxophone_player_charlie_parker_was_the/

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TIL that Leonard Cohen wrote about 150 different verses for Hallelujah, and that he sung different versions of it at different concerts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)
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