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TIL the world's first hard drive, the IBM 350, was introduced in 1956. It was leased to companies for $37,600/month (adjusted to 2024), weighed one ton, and held 3.75 MB, about the size of a small PDF file.

https://www.dataclinic.co.uk/history-snapshot-1956-the-worlds-first-moving-head-hard-disk-drive/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g13i3o/til_the_worlds_first_hard_drive_the_ibm_350_was/

Computing History 1956 The First Moving Head Hard Disk Drive

A brief history and description of IBM's RAMAC 305 and 350 Disk File - the world's first hard disk drive, along with a YouTube video showing them in operation.
Chris Seeley (Data Clinic - Data Recovery Services)
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TIL that former President of Liberia Charles King has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the most fraudulent election in history. In the 1927 election, he secured victory with 234,000 votes in a country with a population of only 15,000.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._B._King
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g130dy/til_that_former_president_of_liberia_charles_king/

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TIL That hand warmers work by making iron rust ,and we just Use the excess heat coming from that reaction!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_warmer
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g12edh/til_that_hand_warmers_work_by_making_iron_rust/

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TIL of FK Arkadag, a football club founded by the former Turkmenistan President in 2023. This non-corrupt team is so good that they were included in the Turkmenistan top flight right from its foundation and would go on to win 2 league titles and 1 Turkmenistan Cup, winning EVERY game along the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FK_Arkadag
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g12aox/til_of_fk_arkadag_a_football_club_founded_by_the/

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TIL a scene from The Color of Money, a movie that follows a trio as they hustle at pool halls while making their way to a nine-ball tournament in Atlantic City, and sequel to the 1961 film The Hustler, inspired the name for Doom, a popular first person shooter created by id Software in 1993.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Money#cite_note-F2Wiw-35
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g10asf/til_a_scene_from_the_color_of_money_a_movie_that/

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TIL that “Tick-Tock the Crocodile” ‘s iconic music from 1953’s Peter Pan was composed with lyrics in 1939. Production of the movie was shelved due to WW2 and the lyrics cut from the final product. Its composer committed suicide in 1942.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Smile_at_a_Crocodile
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0zuq5/til_that_ticktock_the_crocodile_s_iconic_music/
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TIL of the Malaysian version of rock paper scissors called One Two Som which uses Rock, Water and Bird. Water is a stretched out palm (same as paper), but a Bird is represented by all five finger tips held together to form a bird beak. Rock kills Bird, Bird drinks Water, and Water sinks Rock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_paper_scissors#Different_weapons
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0z68p/til_of_the_malaysian_version_of_rock_paper/

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TIL that Everlast is the stage name of a solo artist, not a band, and be used to be in House of Pain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlast
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0ypoq/til_that_everlast_is_the_stage_name_of_a_solo/

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TIL that while the country of El Salvador "The Savior" is named after Jesus (the name brought by Spanish conquistadors) the original name according to the indigenous Nahua Pipil people was Kuskatan. The name means "The Place of Precious Jewels."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador#Pre-Columbian
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TIL NHL goalie's bro is the go-to defense attorney for a notorious convicted child r*pist and m*rderer

https://yle.fi/a/74-20115894
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0yh3t/til_nhl_goalies_bro_is_the_goto_defense_attorney/

Court sentences Valkeakoski murderer to life in prison

A 19-year-old man was found guilty of the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in the town of Valkeakoski earlier this year.
Yle News
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TIL the sound a whip makes when you crack it is caused by a sonic boom created when the tip of a whip moves faster than the speed of sound. The whip was also the first man made object to break the sound barrier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound
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TIL that male seahorses get pregnant and give birth.

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/male-seahorses-give-birth.htm#:~:text=Scientist%20think%20the%20reason%20the,ensures%20survival%20of%20the%20species
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0y20n/til_that_male_seahorses_get_pregnant_and_give/

Yes, Male Seahorses Do Give Birth! Here's How

Unlike most species on Earth, the male seahorse, rather than the female, does the gestating and delivery. And he does it in his own unique way, a new study found.
Jesslyn Shields (HowStuffWorks)
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TIL that there has been only 21 dunks in (Women's Basketball) WNBA history, with 7 of them coming in All Star games, and 14 of them in regular season and or playoffs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_dunk?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0xcs2/til_that_there_has_been_only_21_dunks_in_womens/

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TIL there are no laws in Victoria (Australia) that regulate truth in political advertising

https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/electoral-misinformation
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0xa9f/til_there_are_no_laws_in_victoria_australia_that/

Electoral misinformation

Advice on engaging with campaign material, and guidance on who to contact if you're unsure.
www.vec.vic.gov.au
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TIL that a Far Cry film, based on the video game, was released in 2006. Directed by Uwe Boll, it was a major box-office bomb, making only $743,000 against a $30 million budget.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Cry_(film)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0x3td/til_that_a_far_cry_film_based_on_the_video_game/

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TIL that Bismuth, the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol, technically has no stable isotopes - however its most stable and common isotope has a half-life more than a billion times the age of the universe. (Some more facts in the comments)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0x3lq/til_that_bismuth_the_active_ingredient_in/

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TIL The dog that portrayed Spuds MacKenzie was a female bull terrier named Honey Tree Evil Eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spuds_MacKenzie
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0x154/til_the_dog_that_portrayed_spuds_mackenzie_was_a/

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TIL that red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors’ delight.

https://www.weather.gov.hk/en/education/weather/folklore/00082-red-sky-in-the-morning-sailors-take-warning-red-sky-at-night-sailors-delight-explained.html
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"Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors delight." explained

Reddish sky around sunrise means a lot of water vapour already present in the atmosphere. As clouds come in from the west, rainy weather is thus expected.
www.weather.gov.hk
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TIL Jacob Miller was shot in the head during the Civil War. Left for dead, he regained consciousness hours later and lived for another 54 years

https://greatergood.com/blogs/news/jacob-miller
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0v9cb/til_jacob_miller_was_shot_in_the_head_during_the/

Jacob Miller Volunteered To Fight For The Union, Was Shot In The Head, And Lived To Tell The Tale

In his own words, “Seventeen years after I was wounded buckshot dropped out of my wound and thirty one years after two pieces of lead came out.”
Dan Doyle (GreaterGood)
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TIL in 2023 a massive pumpkin named ‘Michael Jordan’ squashed the world record for the heaviest gourd at the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California. Travis Gienger, a Minnesota horticultural teacher, earned $30,000 in prize money. His 2,749lb pumpkin beat the previous record by 47lb.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67070839
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Pumpkin weighing 2,749lb squashes world record

After watering his gourd 12 times a day since April, a teacher wins the world championships in California.
BBC News
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TIL that the first footage of a real war was shot by Frederick Villiers during the Battle of Volos in 1897

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-early-history-of-faking-war-on-film-133838317/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0t3c8/til_that_the_first_footage_of_a_real_war_was_shot/

The Early History of Faking War on Film

Early filmmakers faced a dilemma: how to capture the drama of war without getting themselves killed in the process. Their solution: fake the footage
Mike Dash (Smithsonian Magazine)
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TIL that the Western Schism was a split within the Roman Catholic Church lasting from 20 September 1378 to 11 November 1417, in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, and were eventually joined by a third line of Pisan claimants in 1409.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Schism
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0sto6/til_that_the_western_schism_was_a_split_within/

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TIL that a study shows that a bottle of red wine is equivalent to 5-10 cigarettes in terms of cancer risk

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47723704
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0sr5j/til_that_a_study_shows_that_a_bottle_of_red_wine/

How many cigarettes in a bottle of wine?

A study suggests it is 10 for women and five for men, in a bid to communicate the health risks of drinking.
BBC News
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TIL Modern broiler chickens have been bred to get so heavy so quickly it can lead to bone deformities

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/leg-problems-in-broilers
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Leg Problems In Broilers

By Claudia S. Dunkley, Extension Poultry Scientist, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia. With the advancements in the genetics of broilers combined with improvement in the diet, enhan
www.thepoultrysite.com
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TIL that Comet Swift-Tuttle is the largest comet to make repeated close approaches to Earth. A collision would release 27 times the energy of the impact that caused the extinction of dinosaurs. It has been described as "the single most dangerous object known to humanity".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Swift%E2%80%93Tuttle
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0sd70/til_that_comet_swifttuttle_is_the_largest_comet/

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TIL about Erzsébet Báthory, the 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman who tortured and killed hundreds of young girls and bathed in their blood to preserve her beauty.

https://www.historiamag.com/vampire-or-victim-the-real-countess-bathory/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0s6y7/til_about_erzsébet_báthory_the_16thcentury/
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TIL author Honoré de Balzac, best known for The Human Comedy, wrote a fanfiction sequel to the Gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melmoth_the_Wanderer
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TIL professional wrestler and former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe was a dance performer at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the age of 5.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Joe
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0qfug/til_professional_wrestler_and_former_aew_world/

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TIL that a man sued his own search warrant and won the case in the Supreme Court. Titled Marcus v. Search Warrant, he believed the warrant was too vague and was unable to sue any of the agents as they acted within the law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_v._Search_Warrant
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0pwc9/til_that_a_man_sued_his_own_search_warrant_and/

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TIL Dr Pepper is the #2 soda in America behind Coca Cola

https://foodinstitute.com/focus/dr-pepper-no2-soda/
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Dr Pepper Overtakes Pepsi as No. 2 Soda in America - The Food Institute

Dr. Pepper: call it soda or call it pop, but either way, there’s a new no. 2 soda in America, and it isn't Pepsi.
Jordan Wiklund (The Food Institute)
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TIL the actor Michael jace who played officer Julien Lowe on fx 'the shield', murdered his wife on may 20, 2014 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jace
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0mybi/til_the_actor_michael_jace_who_played_officer/
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TIL A Sloth's claws are finger bones

https://slothconservation.org/8-facts-about-sloths-skeleton-anatomy/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g0m6mm/til_a_sloths_claws_are_finger_bones/

What is the skeleton of a Sloth like? What are their claws made of? | SloCo

What is the skeleton of a Sloth like? Here we bring you 8 surprising facts that you (probably) didn't know about sloths' anatomy! Read more.
Editor (The Sloth Conservation Foundation)
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TIL The cancelation of the US-Mexico Bracero Program indirectly lead to tasteless supermarket tomatoes

https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/contradictory-impacts-mechanizing-california-s-tomato-harvest
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Contradictory Impacts: Mechanizing California’s Tomato Harvest -- The Henry Ford Blog - Blog - The Henry Ford

While mechanical tomato harvesters represent large-scale scientific and industrial advances, they also offer insight into this country’s complex labor history.
www.thehenryford.org
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TIL that, as of today, the FCC requires all internet service providers to provide “broadband facts” labels at points of sale. These labels clearly break down monthly price, fees, and terms in a format similar to nutrition labels.

https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels
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Broadband Consumer Labels

Most broadband providers must display easy-to-understand labels to allow consumers to comparison shop for broadband services beginning April 10, 2024.
www.fcc.gov
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TIL that a herbert box is a region of the tropical Atlantic Ocean that can be used as an indicator for powerful hurricanes that may strike south Florida. Storms that have passed through a herbert box have collectively killed over 5,000 people

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebert_Box
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