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TIL about Belphegor's prime, 1000000000000066600000000000001, a palindromic prime number with 666 at its heart and 13 zeros on either side. It was named after one of the Princes of Hell, who was charged with helping people make ingenious inventions and discoveries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belphegor%27s_prime
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gok62n/til_about_belphegors_prime/

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TIL of 'Sokushinbutsu', ascetic Japanese buddhist monks who practiced self-mummification; they would prepare for death by eating a diet rich in pine needles and resin, paired with severe dehydration, until they 'hardened' in place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gojuub/til_of_sokushinbutsu_ascetic_japanese_buddhist/

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TIL Tony Hinchcliffe wrote Martha Stewart's jokes for Comedy Central's roast of Justin Bieber.

https://youtu.be/9V3PhXNNMGg?si=1VwDpNIz8woumlZh
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1goirib/til_tony_hinchcliffe_wrote_martha_stewarts_jokes/

- 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 China hadn't discriminated homosexuality for the most part of the history until homophobia was brought into it during the westernization movement starting from late Qing dynasty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_China
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1goin3j/til_china_hadnt_discriminated_homosexuality_for/

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TIL that Super Bowl XXVII was originally going to be in Tempe, Arizona. However, due to state blocking Martin Luther King day from being recognized, the NFL moved the game to the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1goh4yc/til_that_super_bowl_xxvii_was_originally_going_to/

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TIL dioxins continue to contaminate Vietnam’s soil and rivers decades after the war there, with severe health consequences like birth defects.

https://e360.yale.edu/features/fifty-years-after-a-daunting-cleanup-of-vietnam-toxic-legacy-dioxin-agent-orange
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1goglz7/til_dioxins_continue_to_contaminate_vietnams_soil/

Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving dioxin contamination that has severely affected the health of three generations of Vietnamese. Now, the U.S.
Yale E360
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TIL that the first Medal of Honor awarded by the U.S. Army was given to a group of Union soldiers who hijacked a Confederate train during the "Great Locomotive Chase" in 1862, a daring sabotage mission that became a pivotal moment in the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gog4s1/til_that_the_first_medal_of_honor_awarded_by_the/

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TIL that when Mel Brooks was 16 years old, he worked for a theatrical producer who raised funds by sleeping with his investors, most of whom were elderly women. He also knew two showmen who created flop after flop, but still profited. They inspired him to make the 1967 film, “The Producers”.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/80238/12-outrageous-facts-about-producers
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gofprr/til_that_when_mel_brooks_was_16_years_old_he/

12 Outrageous Facts About The Producers

Utterly fearless, Mel Brooks’s classic comedy joked about every taboo subject the late 1960s had to offer.
Mark Mancini (Mental Floss)
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TIL in 2012, the town of Idyllwild, California, elected a golden retriever named Max as mayor for life. Max I was succeeded as mayor by Max II upon his death in 2013. Max II was succeeded by Max III in 2022.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human_electoral_candidate
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1god4bk/til_in_2012_the_town_of_idyllwild_california/

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TIL the highest rated episode of 'Breaking Bad' (Ozymandias, S5E14) and the lowest rated episode (Fly, S3E10) had the same director and writer ( Rian Johnson and Moira Walley-Beckett)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gocsvn/til_the_highest_rated_episode_of_breaking_bad/

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TIL In 1890 a political struggle over seating a republican from West Virginia turned so heated it became called the "Battle of the Reed Rules". Speaker Reed ordered the doors barred to prevent a quorum from being denied, though Constantine Kilgore of Texas escaped by kicking a door down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1goci5n/til_in_1890_a_political_struggle_over_seating_a/

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TIL after Ryan Murphy’s pilot about a transgender father was rejected, he created Glee as a “wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty/Handsome
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gobsy9/til_after_ryan_murphys_pilot_about_a_transgender/
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TIL that Irish boxer Steve Collins used a variety of mind games to unnerve and defeat opponent Chris Eubank. These included allegedly having himself hypnotised before the fight and listening to headphones during Eubank’s entrance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Collins
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gob308/til_that_irish_boxer_steve_collins_used_a_variety/

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TIL that Vanadium is one of the most effective spermicides discovered. Most spermicides irritate the vaginal wall. Not vanadium. It sneaks inside the sperm and snaps off the tail so it can't swim without external irritation. However, it also messes with blood sugar levels and turns the tongue green.

https://gizmodo.com/this-natural-spermicide-turns-your-tongue-green-16816…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1goaof4/til_that_vanadium_is_one_of_the_most_effective/

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TIL that the Micronesian island of Yap uses giant boulders as a form of currency.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180502-the-tiny-island-with-human-sized-money
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go8z3s/til_that_the_micronesian_island_of_yap_uses_giant/

The tiny island with human-sized money

The Micronesian island of Yap has a famously unusual currency: hundreds of giant discs of rocks scattered all over the island, many of them too heavy to move.
Robert Michael Poole (BBC)
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TIL Microsoft released the AI chatbot Tay (short for "Thinking About You"), designed to mimic a 19-year-old American, on March 23, 2016. It became a PR disaster when it learned offensive language from trolls, causing Microsoft to shut it down after just 16 hours and sparking debates on AI ethics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go8khs/til_microsoft_released_the_ai_chatbot_tay_short/

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TIL the 22nd Amendment, in addition to limiting the president to two terms, also states that, if the president's successor serves for more than two years in their first term, they can only be re-elected once.

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-22/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go8f8a/til_the_22nd_amendment_in_addition_to_limiting/
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TIL Chad Kroeger asked his stepfather to loan him CA$4,000 so that Nickelback could record the band’s first demo. Half the money was spent to record the EP, while Kroeger spent the other half on magic mushrooms to resell.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback#Formation_(1995)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go8811/til_chad_kroeger_asked_his_stepfather_to_loan_him/

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TIL that the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum now displays a Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle outfitted to resemble a Star Wars X-wing starfighter. This drone, first showcased at Disney's Galaxy's Edge in 2019, represents a major advancement in remote piloted aircraft technology.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-engineers-created-a-flyin…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go7owo/til_that_the_smithsonians_national_air_and_space/

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TIL the last time a supernova (a powerful and luminous explosion of a star) was visible with the naked eye was in 1604. Known as "Kepler's Supernova", it was so bright it was visible during the day for a period of three weeks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_Supernova
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go7o6w/til_the_last_time_a_supernova_a_powerful_and/

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TIL about Lewes Bonfire, biggest celebrated Fifth November Event in the world, where number of large effigies are drawn through the streets before being burned at the bonfires.

https://www.lewesbonfirecelebrations.com/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go6ytx/til_about_lewes_bonfire_biggest_celebrated_fifth/
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TIL in 1991, the Criterion Collection released the first three 007 films on laserdisc, featuring extensive crew commentary. Almost immediately, all remaining copies were recalled by Criterion due to the content of those commentaries, including insults to cast and crew and casual sexism and racism.

https://filmschoolrejects.com/39-things-we-learned-from-the-banned-dr-no…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go6m66/til_in_1991_the_criterion_collection_released_the/

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TIL dolphins don’t just leave their dead behind. Mothers have been seen carrying their lifeless calves for days, even as they decompose, showing a terrible sense of loss.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-dolphins-and-some-whales-grieve-their-dead-180969414/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go5hpl/til_dolphins_dont_just_leave_their_dead_behind/

Study Suggests Dolphins and Some Whales Grieve Their Dead

An analysis of 78 instances of cetaceans paying attention to their dead suggests grief may be part of being a highly social animal
Jason Daley (Smithsonian Magazine)
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TIL that in 1845, Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition aboard HMS Erebus and Terror vanished. The ships were discovered over 170 years later, and researchers believe lead poisoning from canned food and poor water filtration contributed to the crew’s fate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%E2%80%99s_lost_expedition
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go5a4m/til_that_in_1845_sir_john_franklins_arctic/
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TIL frogs use their eyeballs to help swallow food “The eyes assist in the swallowing of food as they can be retracted through holes in the skull and help push food down the throat”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog#:~:text=The%20eyes%20assist%20in%20the,push%20food%20down%20the%20throat
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go54j5/til_frogs_use_their_eyeballs_to_help_swallow_food/

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TIL the sky looks blue because gases and particles in the air scatter light from the sun and shorter blue wavelength light is scattered more than other wavelengths, so we see more of the blue than other colors. Sunsets are more atmosphere scattering most of the blue so you see more reds and yellows

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go4j27/til_the_sky_looks_blue_because_gases_and/

Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

Learn the answer and impress your friends!
spaceplace.nasa.gov
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TIL that the number of 100,000 km for the length of human blood vessels used some VERY generous assumptions, and that it is actually around 9,000 to 19,000 km.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7867635/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go4hc0/til_that_the_number_of_100000_km_for_the_length/

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TIL that the 1985 film Back To The Future was almost titled "Spaceman from Pluto" after executives at Universal didn't like the original title. In response, the film's producer, Steven Spielberg, sent them a memo thanking him for sending his wonderful "joke memo." The original title was kept.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-back-to-the-futur…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go4ekw/til_that_the_1985_film_back_to_the_future_was/

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TIL that in 2013, LG had an event in Seoul, where they would tie free phone coupons onto balloons and release them into the air. Participants ended up bringing BB guns and pointed staffs to try and get the balloons down. 20 people were injured because of this event.

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/lg-promotional-event-which-left-20-injured-dubbed-world-war-g-8759571…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go4du8/til_that_in_2013_lg_had_an_event_in_seoul_where/

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TIL about the theory that myxosporeans, A microscopic parasite, may have originally been a cancer that evolved into it's own independent species.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-new-species-evolve-from-cancers-maybe-heres-how-20190819/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go4bd5/til_about_the_theory_that_myxosporeans_a/

Can New Species Evolve From Cancers? Maybe. Here’s How. | Quanta Magazine

Researchers agree it’s a long shot, but transmissible cancers could theoretically evolve into independent species. Certain weird parasites might be living proof.
Christie Wilcox (Quanta Magazine)
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TIL that McIntosh is actually a variety of apple. And, the name Macintosh was inspired from the same.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_(apple)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go43jb/til_that_mcintosh_is_actually_a_variety_of_apple/

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TIL about "Sazae-san syndrome", a feeling of Sunday night blues named after one of the longest-running anime Sazae-san, which airs on Sundays from 18:30 to 19:00 in Japan. The end of each episode reminds viewers that the weekend is coming to an end, triggering a sense of depression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazae-san
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go42mu/til_about_sazaesan_syndrome_a_feeling_of_sunday/

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TIL in 2005 a typo nearly bankrupted one of Japan’s largest investment banks, Mizuho Securities. A broker mistakenly sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen each instead of 1 share at 610,000 yen. Attempts to cancel the trade failed. Mizuho lost over $225 million in minutes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8394814.stm
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go31me/til_in_2005_a_typo_nearly_bankrupted_one_of/

BBC News - Tokyo Stock Exchange told to pay 10.7bn yen damages

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is ordered to pay 10.7bn yen ($121m) in damages for failing to stop a trading error in 2005.
news.bbc.co.uk
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TIL about Mare Moscovrae, a lunar mare meaning "Sea of Moscow". Such maria were named after mental states or words for water in that era, but despite this tradition, the IAU accepted the name. At the meeting, French astronomer Audouin Dollfus said "Moscow is, in fact, a state of mind".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Moscoviense
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go2tct/til_about_mare_moscovrae_a_lunar_mare_meaning_sea/

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