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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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TIL Gunter Schabowski accidentally announced the opening of the Berlin Wall at a press conference in 1989. He had not reviewed the press release script and was absent during the Politburo deliberations.

https://lithub.com/toppled-the-accidental-opening-of-the-berlin-wall/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go2p6g/til_gunter_schabowski_accidentally_announced_the/

Toppled: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Thirty years ago tomorrow—the evening of November 9, 1989—the Berlin Wall, an enduring symbol of the Cold War, came down. It was a momentous night. No shots were fired and no lives were lost, a rem…
Literary Hub
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TIL that in 1973, artist Chris Burden took a handgun, aimed it at an airplane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, and fired several shots. The act was filmed for a performative art piece titled 747. The piece was meant to depict the idea that you cannot regulate everybody.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/747_(performance_art)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go1rk5/til_that_in_1973_artist_chris_burden_took_a/

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TIL that President Nixon had an "Enemies List" targeting over 200 political opponents, activists, journalists, and celebrities, including Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, and John Lennon, with plans to use IRS audits and FBI surveillance against them. The list was exposed during the Watergate scandal.

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/watergate/nixon-s-enemies-list
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go166r/til_that_president_nixon_had_an_enemies_list/
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TIL Elwood Edwards was paid $200 in 1989 for recording the iconic phrase "You've Got Mail" for AOL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Edwards
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go0ld6/til_elwood_edwards_was_paid_200_in_1989_for/

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TIL Cow tipping, the purported activity of sneaking up on any unsuspecting or sleeping upright cow and pushing it over for entertainment, is generally considered an urban legend. Estimates suggest that at least four people would be required to achieve this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tipping
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1go019h/til_cow_tipping_the_purported_activity_of/

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TIL Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street," became the wealthiest woman of the early 20th century, amassing a $100M fortune (~$2.7B today) by investing in real estate, railroads, and mortgages. Green was also a miser who wore the same black dress daily, ate only oatmeal, and lived in cheap housing.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peculiar-story-hetty-green-aka…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnzhfi/til_hetty_green_the_witch_of_wall_street_became/

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TIL Wishing to "put a tip of gold on a golden life", philosopher Peregrinus Proteus, promised to set himself on fire in public, and he delivered: on the final night of the 165AD Olympics, he lit his own funeral pyre near Olympia and jumped in after delivering his own eulogy to a crowd of spectators

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrinus_Proteus#Life
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnyoru/til_wishing_to_put_a_tip_of_gold_on_a_golden_life/
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TIL that Apple Watch has a hidden water eject mode. While swimming or other water exposure, you turn on "Water Lock," which locks the screen to avoid unintended taps. When done, press and hold the Digital Crown. The watch will generate tones with its speaker to eject water from its interior.

https://www.lifewire.com/eject-water-from-apple-watch-7549306
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnyopr/til_that_apple_watch_has_a_hidden_water_eject/

How to Use Water Lock to Eject Water From an Apple Watch

Whether you use it while swimming or accidentally get it wet, don't worry: Apple Watch is water resistant. You can eject any water trapped in the Watch's speaker by using these simple instructions.
Sam Costello (Lifewire)
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TIL that some celebrities refuse to sign in blue ink, believing it can be forged more easily. This was historically a thing, but with modern technology, the risk of forgery is not dependent on the ink color, but soley on the quality of the ink and paper used.

https://www.today.com/popculture/claire-foy-wont-sign-blue-pen-why-rcna130619
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gny4xp/til_that_some_celebrities_refuse_to_sign_in_blue/

Claire Foy Won't Sign In Blue Ink. Does It Have To Do With Forgeries?

Claire Foy recently refused to sign an autograph in blue ink. Is there any explanation? Here's why the internet is fascinated by this clip.
Randi Richardson (TODAY)
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TIL of the eccentric Lord Longford who attempted to get parole for serial killer Myra Hindley, and who visited strip clubs in the 1970’s to compile a report on them. Longford nonetheless did acts of kindness, such as visiting a man who was dying of AIDS and had been abandoned by his family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnxttm/til_of_the_eccentric_lord_longford_who_attempted/

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TIL that Giorno means Day in italian, and given that Giorno's whole power is giving life to inanimate objects, he is basically named New Day = New Life!!!

https://jojowiki.com/Giorno_Giovanna
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Giorno Giovanna

Giorno Giovanna (ジョルノ・ジョバァーナ, Joruno Jobāna) is the main protagonist of the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo, and the fifth JoJo of the series.
JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia - JoJo Wiki
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TIL The Hotel Arbez was intentionally built by a businessman in 1863, in a race against time during a border dispute. Spanning France and Switzerland, it enabled smuggling as people and goods crossed freely inside.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Arbez
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnweea/til_the_hotel_arbez_was_intentionally_built_by_a/

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TIL that Fiesta, a snack sold by Ferrero (Nutella’s brand) in Italy and targeted to the entire family, contains 8.5% liqueur.

https://www.ferrero.it/Fiesta
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnw03k/til_that_fiesta_a_snack_sold_by_ferrero_nutellas/

Fiesta

Ferrero, Il gusto che riaccende il ritmo, Fiesta è il fuori pasto ideale per la piccola fame tra un pasto e l\'altro
www.ferrero.it
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TIL the first Asian-American settlement was the fishing village of Saint Malo, in present-day Louisiana. It was settled by Filipino deserters of the Spanish navy and escaped slaves in as early as 1763.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Malo,_Louisiana
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnv8ii/til_the_first_asianamerican_settlement_was_the/

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TIL I learned a man named Joel Burger married a woman named Ashley King in 2015.Burger King paid for their wedding.

https://www.eater.com/2015/7/20/9002643/burger-king-whopper-of-a-wedding
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnv4yg/til_i_learned_a_man_named_joel_burger_married_a/

Burger King Gives Burger-King Couple 'Whopper' of a Wedding

Joel Burger and Ashley King made it official.
Khushbu Shah (Eater)
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TIL that a Japanese man Akihiko Kondo. married a fictional Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku in 2018 during a formal wedding ceremony.In high school, Kondo had an interest in real women, but he was rejected by them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiko_Kondo
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnunqu/til_that_a_japanese_man_akihiko_kondo_married_a/

Japanese man known for symbolically marrying Hatsune Miku

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
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TIL that the word "commonwealth" is is an English transliteration of Latin "respublica" which in turn is the root word of the word "republic", as well as the Polish transliterated "Rzeczpospolita"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzeczpospolita
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnszsb/til_that_the_word_commonwealth_is_is_an_english/

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TIL that the terms “left” and “right” in politics stem from the seating arrangements during the French Nat’l Assembly. Delegates were split on how much power King Louis XVI should have—enraged, anti-royalist revolutionaries sat to the left of the presiding officer.

https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-political-labels-left-wing-and-right-wing-originate
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnsphk/til_that_the_terms_left_and_right_in_politics/

Where Did the Terms ‘Left Wing’ and ‘Right Wing’ Come From?

It has to do with seating arrangements.
Evan Andrews (HISTORY)
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TIL of the Socorro springsnail. This critically endangered snail only remains in a single New Mexico spring, which is on private property; since the owner has denied access since 1995, the current population and status of the species is unknown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro_springsnail
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnsea2/til_of_the_socorro_springsnail_this_critically/

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TIL that female Adélie penguins trade stones for sex during a shortage of stones. Extra-pair copulation often occurs at the male's nesting site, after which the female takes one or more stones. In contrast, when it occurs at the female's nesting site, the male doesn’t take a stone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_among_animals
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnrgup/til_that_female_adélie_penguins_trade_stones_for/

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TIL In 2019 a man in the United States had a bone marrow transplant for leukemia and four years later his semen was the same as the donor. So, if he had children, they wouldn't have his DNA....he is now considered a chimera.

https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news-medical.net%2Fnews%2F20191210%2FTransplant-patient-finds-out-his-DNA-has-been-replaced-by-that-of-h…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnqq1f/til_in_2019_a_man_in_the_united_states_had_a_bone/

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TIL that transplanted organs can change the host’s personality to align more closely to the donor’s personality.

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799207/m2/1/high_res_d/vol20-no3-191.pdf
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnqcb8/til_that_transplanted_organs_can_change_the_hosts/
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TIL virologist Beata Halassy cured her breast cancer by injecting viruses into the tumor

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03647-0
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnq87w/til_virologist_beata_halassy_cured_her_breast/

This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab

Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.
Corbyn, Zoe
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TIL Harrison Ruffin Tyler is the (living) person with the oldest father. His dad was born in 1853.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ruffin_Tyler?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnpvhq/til_harrison_ruffin_tyler_is_the_living_person/

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TIL that during the wahabi movement the word wahabi was not used in its early days the early Wahabis called themselves either salafis sunni or muwahidun meaning oneness and they were and are influenced by hanbali school of thought

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnp10h/til_that_during_the_wahabi_movement_the_word/

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TIL that in 2017, an Ohio Sheriff's office auctioned off an M1921 Thompson submachine gun, that they originally owned. The starting bid was 40k USD, and the Thompson was eventually sold for 90k USD. The Sherriff's office originally purchased the weapon on May 13th 1934.

https://www.police1.com/police-products/firearms/articles/thompson-submachine-gun-nets-90k-for-ohio-sheriffs-…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnoy0h/til_that_in_2017_an_ohio_sheriffs_office/

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TIL that the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause was supposed to be shot in black and white. However, Warner Bros. realized that its star, James Dean, was gaining popularity and forced the filmmakers to switch to color for more box office appeal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Cause#Production
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnompg/til_that_the_1955_film_rebel_without_a_cause_was/

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TIL 'microfishing' is a hobby where people catch tiny fish using tiny hooks, take a picture of them, then let them go. The idea is to see how many different species you can catch

https://youtu.be/IQZAVa4Njb8
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnnl69/til_microfishing_is_a_hobby_where_people_catch/

- 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 that in medieval Europe, the Church’s emphasis on relics led to the practice of furta sacra, or "holy theft," where churches and monasteries would steal each other's relics believed to hold miraculous powers, thus increasing their own prestige and attracting more pilgrims.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furta_sacra
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnng8k/til_that_in_medieval_europe_the_churchs_emphasis/
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TIL The railway bridge depicted in the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai” actually crossed the Mae Klong river. It was renamed the Kwai Noi by the Thai government after the success of the film in the 1960s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai#:~:text=The%20major%20railway%20bridge%20described,five%20kilometres%20from%20Kanchanaburi%2C%20Thailand.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnmi74/til_the_railway_bridge_depicted_in_the_film_the/

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Today I learned that approximately two thirds of the moon rocks given as gifts by the Nixon administration are unaccounted for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_and_missing_Moon_rocks?wprov=sfti1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gnlaog/today_i_learned_that_approximately_two_thirds_of/

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TIL in 1925, a border dispute erupted between Greece and Bulgaria after a Greek soldier chased his runaway dog across the border and was shot by Bulgarian forces. This led to the "War of the Stray Dog," where Greece invaded Bulgaria. The League of Nations had to intervene to ease the situation.

https://www.balkanhistory.org/war-of-the-stray-dog.html
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War of the Stray Dog

​The Incident at Petrich in October 1925 was a border clash between Greek and Bulgarian forces near the town of Petrich, which is in modern-day Bulgaria. The incident had its roots in territorial...
Balkan Military History
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